Russian-born Nigerian actress and content creator, Fari Elysian has recounted how she lost three of her acquaintances to failed Brazilian Butt Lift surgeries.

She said they died as a result of complications they suffered after undergoing butt lift surgeries.

Speaking in a recent episode of The Time podcast hosted by Victoria Gure and Folasade Abimbola, Fari the experience was a difficult one for her.

She said: “We just started short films, Afro Tales, whereby in every episode we give people different stories; stories that everybody can relate to.

“Also being a position whereby I lost three women that I knew because of BBL [Brazilian Butt Lift]. And it wasn’t a funny feeling. You know somebody and the next thing you hear is that she had a complication, she couldn’t walk and then she died. Different cases. So, I had to going into it [BBL] deeper. We had to write a story about that. And we did one episode of Afro Tales that was about BBL.”

On how she met Don Jazzy, she said the Mavin Records CEO responded to her messages on social media after one year.

“Don Jazzy featured in my skit but nobody knows that he responded to me after one year after my video went viral and he saw it. And before we could shoot, it took him another four months before created time for me. But Don Jazzy, baba don try for me,” she said.

Nigerian musician Oladipupo Oladimeji popularly known as ‘Oladips’ is dead.

Oladips died on Tuesday, a post by his management announced on his official Instagram page on Wednesday.

“We are saddened to inform the general public that Oladipupo Olabode Oladimeji aka OLADIPS has passed away yesterday Nov 14th Tuesday evening, at exactly 10:14pm. We are still in shock as we speak!,” the statement reads.

The statement added that “for over two years he has kept his battles within himself, his body is now with his family & funeral services will be announced as soon as it is concluded!”

This comes barely months after another artiste, Ilerioluwa Aloba, otherwise known as Mohbad, died in a controversial circumstance and police are still investigating the death.

Popular singer, Iyanya Onoyom Mbuk, simply known as Iyanya, has revealed why he is monogamous.

According to him, dating multiple women is “expensive”.

He stated this while appearing in the latest episode of the Doyin’s Corner podcast hosted by reality star, Doyinsola Anuoluwapo David.

Iyanya said, “I have priorities. I am too busy. Cheating is expensive.”

Doyin inferred: “Is it? Sure, it is. To maintain one girl is expensive talk more of multiple women.”

The reality show star added that personally, she can’t accept N10,000 from a man, emphasizing that her partner needs to gift her money in dollars.

Veteran Nollywood actor Usman Pategi, popularly known as Samanja, has died at 81.

This was revealed by a theatre consultant, Husseini Shaibu, on Sunday via his Facebook page.

The cause of his death is yet unknown.

Shaibu said, “I have been reliably informed that light has dimmed on the veteran actor, Usman Baba Pategi, popularly known as Samanja Mazan Fama.

“The actor, who rode to national prominence in the 80s playing Samanja in the defunct NTA drama series (about the life of soldiers in the barracks), titled ‘Samanja’, reportedly passed on around midnight on Sunday.

“The last time I saw Samanja was in Lagos in 2019 when he was awarded the Fellowship of Theatre Arts (fta) by the Israel Eboh-led National Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners.”

Some actors also took to the post’s comment section to pay tribute to the deceased.

Okey Ogunjiofor said, “The Legends who made our early days sweet are departing gradually. May his soul rest in peace”.

Pategi was born on May 20, 1942, into the royal house of Pategi Emirate in Pategi, Northern Nigeria.

He is the son of Etsu Usman Patako, the late King of Pategi.

The popular actor, writer, and director starred in the popular Hausa films known as Samanja, Yusuf’s Ladan’s Zaman, Duniya Iyawa Ne and all.

Mr Pategi gained popularity in the movie Samanja by mixing Hausa, English and pidgin English.

Popular skit maker, Chukwuebuka Emmanuel Amuzie, better known as Brain Jotter, has rubbished claims that his fast-rising colleague, Micheal Charles, aka OGB Recent, is copying his comedy style.

In the latest episode of the Real Life Talk podcast, the host Ivie Naomi asked Brain Jotter what his opinion was on the speculations that OGB was copying him, and he rebuffed that his colleague wasn’t copying him.

He, however, admitted that OGB sounds like him in his skits but added that getting inspiration from someone’s work doesn’t necessarily mean copying the person.

Brain Jotter said, “OGB is not copying me. I know him personally. He is my man to an extent. But I don’t know what you guys mean by copying me.

I’ve never actually come out to say he’s copying me. I feel like he has my kind of voice but I don’t really think he’s copying me.”

Comfort Ike, mother of popular Nollywood actor, Emeka Ike is dead.

The actor announced the death of his mother, aged 90, in a post on his Instagram page on Saturday.

According to him, his mum touched lives and accomplished a lot as a preacher and Christian.

“My hero is gone, RIP world Mother.

“We will hold on to the love you showed humanity,” he wrote alongside a video.

Former Big Brother Naija housemate Leo Dasilva, has tied the knot with his lover, Maryam Laushi.

The marriage traditionally took place on Saturday in Kaduna State.

Congratulatory messages have been pouring in from his colleagues and friends.

Leo and Maryam got engaged earlier this year.

Leo rose to fame after his appearance on season three of the reality show show in 2018.

Leo’s wedding comes at about the same time when another BBNaija star, Chizzy Francis, tied the knot with his lover in Anambra State.

Nigerian singer and producer, Samuel Oguachuba, popularly known as Samklef, has pledged to pray for Davido’s success in securing his first Grammy nominations amid their social media feud.

Samklef said this in a now-trending video on his Instagram page on Saturday, while congratulating the singer.

“This post is a special post for Davido only! As you don get 3 nominations I will be praying for you to win the 3. You must win something sha. And I also like the fact that you no send anybody. Me and you have something in common. Congratulations once more,” he stated.

The feud between the duo started in October after Samklef, in his congratulatory, shared a video of Davido and his wife, Chioma with their newborn twins leaving the hospital in Atlanta, USA.

Reacting to this, Davido who hasn’t announced his twins birth, slammed Samklef and eventually blocked him.

Since the incident, Samklef had, in a series of posts, called Davido out for refusing to pay the N1 million he allegedly owes one of his boys, a University of Lagos (UNILAG) student, Mastermind, from 2020.

Popular media personality and host of Big Brother Naija reality show, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, has revealed the year that “destroyed” his mental health the most.

He said 2012 was a difficult year for him, emphasizing that he cried more in that year than his entire life combined.

The TV host made the revelation in a recent tweet in response to a trending tweet asking people what year destroyed their mental health most.

The tweet read, “Which year destroyed your mental health most?” To which Ebuka replied, “2012. Cried more in that year than my entire conscious life combined.”

Record producer and singer, Philip Kayode Moses, popularly known as Pheelz, has lamented that Nigerian artists are fasting losing genuine love for music.

Speaking on The Dadaboy Show hosted by media personality, Ehiz, Pheelz said Nigerian artists are now more interested in the lucrative business side of music than the art itself.

He said there is no difference between Nigerian artists, entrepreneurs, or manufacturers.

He, however, warned that marketing strategies are ephemeral as he emphasized that only good music will stand the test of time.

Pheelz said, “We [Nigerian artists] are losing that love for music. It’s starting to become manufacturing. It’s starting to feel like we’re manufacturing soaps like we are making iPhones.

“It’s starting to feel repetitive like we’re losing our creative sauce and our creative essence. It’s becoming work. Now, it’s harder to promote than to even make the music. Now, it’s becoming about promotion and marketing, not even about the art of it.

“I don’t know about anybody else but for me, it’s about the music. I think that’s the most important thing. That’s the one thing that will stand the test of time. Marketing strategies will come and go. We shouldn’t be really focused on that. The way we market music now was not the same way we used to market music.

“When people say stuff like, ‘It doesn’t even matter if the music sounds good, if you no get money to push am e no go blow.’ That kind of thing hurts me. I’m like, then what are we doing? If we don’t really exalt good music anymore and we just follow clout and hype what are we doing? Are we really making music then?”

Actress Sharon Stone has said a former head of Sony Pictures exposed himself to her during a meeting in the 1980s.

Ms Stone did not name the executive, but she said the encounter was “not the last of many weird experiences” throughout her long career.

Sony Pictures did not immediately return the BBC’s request for comment.

The Oscar-nominated 65-year-old talked about the incident during a podcast with US talk show host Kelly Ripa.

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She says she was called to the office of the former “head of Sony” for a meeting when she first moved to Los Angeles in the 1980s.

Ms Stone claims the executive told her: “It’s true what they say about you and you’re the most gorgeous. We haven’t seen anyone like you in decades. Everybody’s talking about you, and look at you. You’re the most articulate. You’re so smart and beautiful – and that hair”.

“Then he went, came walking right up in front of me, and he said, ‘But first,’ and he took his p*nis right out in my face,” she said.Ms Stone said she got hysterical and the executive backed off and left through a door behind his desk. She said his secretary later led her out of the office.

Ms Stone said there was “no way I could have told this story before” and “Sony would never hire me again” if she did at that time.

When she was promoting her 2021 memoir, The Beauty of Living Twice, Ms Stone said she felt pressured to reveal whether she had experienced sexual abuse in Hollywood.

The book came out a few years after the #MeToo movement exposed systemic sexual abuse by some of the entertainment industry’s most powerful figures.

Ms Stone shot to sex symbol status in the early 1990s via the hit movie Basic Instinct.

She went on to star in critically-acclaimed films such as Casino, for which she won the Golden Globe Best Lead Actress in a Musical or Comedy and was nominated for an Oscar.

Omowunmi Aloba, wife of late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, also known as Mohbad, has narrated that her problem with her father-in-law began after she gave birth to her son.

Wunmi told the Lagos coroner’s inquest on Wednesday that her relationship with Mohbad’s father was strained because she refused to give him her son, Liam’s placenta.

According to her, she only supported Mohbad in this decision and it led to a series of arguments.

Wunmi also debunked Mohbad’s father’s claim that he saw a blood-soaked bucket in Mohbad’s room.

She insisted that the “blood” was from a minor cut and what was soaked up was water.

Controversial Nigerian transgender, Idris Okuneye Olanrewaju, widely known as Bobrisky has finally disclosed why he decided to be a woman after being born as a man.

Bobrisky said he opted to transform his gender after realizing that he would do better as a woman.

Speaking in a lengthy post on his Instagram page on Monday, Bobrisky described himself as the sexiest trans on earth.

Also, on why he chose Bobrisky as a name, he explained that he took a lot of risk going under several knives and still living to be a woman today.

He wrote, “Meet the sexiest trans on earth. Okuneye Idris believes MONEY answers all demand. With money you can be whoever you want on earth. Idris was born a man in 1992, August 31. Immediately I got mature enough to differentiate between my right and left, I told myself I want to be a WOMAN. There’s nothing bad about being a man. But I see myself doing better in life as a woman.

“Ever since I started transitioning into a woman I gave myself this name BOBRISK because I took a lot of risk going under several knives to be a woman today. I’m a successful woman today with so much fame, houses, cars, etc.”

Popular singer, Raoul John Njeng-Njeng, better known as Skales, has called out the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, claiming heavily armed operatives of the agency broke into his house and wrongly accused him of being a fraudster.

He said he was sleeping with his six-month-old daughter when the anti-graft agency operatives numbering about three broke into his house through the backdoor on Monday night.

The ‘Shake Body’ crooner said he had a panic attack because of some health issues he is dealing with.

He also claimed his record producer was injured by the EFCC operatives.

In a series of tweets, Skales wrote, “So @officialEFCC pulled up to my house with 3 men with guns and some with sticks and hammers lol, they broke my back door while I was sleeping on the bed with my 6 months old daughter, imagine I had a panic attack Cz of my health issues…. Is this not a crime?

“God go punish una @officialEFCC I am not a criminal, I have never done fraud in my life, you came in with guns to oppress me in front of my daughter and her mother & my staff. You will never prosper in anything you do as long as you’re EFCC staff! You will always be a failure.

“They hit my producer with a stick on his leg. Imagine @officialEFCC una father! You guys are a criminal organization…it’s sad the kind of power you are given.. that’s why you’re abusing it… enikure.”

Nollywood actor and director, Charles Inojie has asserted that there is “an army of Jezebel daughters” in the Nigerian movie industry.

He said their agenda is to lure directors and producers into giving them movie roles in exchange for sex.

The ace filmmaker spoke in the latest episode of The Honest Bunch Podcast co-hosted by Chinedu Ani Emmanuel, aka Nedu.

He said the issue of sex-for-role in Nollywood is not perpetrated by just filmmakers but also some actresses who throw themselves at them to get movie roles.

Inojie said, “There are some actresses who can do anything just to be in front of the camera. And when you meet a character who is not properly formed as the director or producer, he will fall. So, there are actresses like that. The issue of sex-for-role is not just one-way. It is a two-way thing.

“There is also an army of Jezebel daughters looking for directors and producers to fall… So, the level of desperation among some of these girls is also an issue.

“That’s why they are quick to fall into the booby traps set by a lot of producers and directors with characters that are not properly formed; people who came from very shaky backgrounds.”