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Benin Republic has unveiled a 98 feet tall statue of Queen Tassi Hangbe, who formed the Dahomey Amazons, an all-female military unit that existed in the Dahomey Kingdom.The military unit operated from the 1700s till 1904.
American singer, NeYo, has called on his fans to respect him and give his family the privacy to work through the breakdown of his marriage.
NeYo’s wife, Crystal, has alleged that he cheated on her with multiple women in an emotional statement. “8 years of life and deception. 8 years of unknowingly sharing my life and husband with numerous women who sell their bodies to him unprotected…every last one of them,” the model, 36, said in a statement on her Instagram page.
Reacting NeYo took to his Twitter handle to say, “For the sake of our children, my family and I will work through our challenges behind closed doors. Personal matters are not meant tobe addressed and dissected in public forums. I simply ask that you please respect me and my family’s privacy at this time.”
The First Lady of Anambra State, Mrs Nonye Soludo, has visited the hospital and orphanage home in Awka to donate foodstuff and relief materials as part of activities to mark her birthday.
She was accompanied by her husband, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, Deputy Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mr Paschal Agbodike, Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Mrs Ify Obinabo and others.
They paid a visit to the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Amaku-Awka and Model Community Children’s Home, Ifite-Awka.
May Yul Edochie has taken to Georgina Onuoha’s recent post to show love to the former actress just days after she dragged her husband.
Georgina called Yul Edochie out after he mocked Nigerian actresses accused of affair with Apostle Johnson Suleman (read here).
Just days after, Georgina shared new photos of herself and May commented with multiple love emojis.
Georgina also responded to her comment by hailing her with sweet words.
Beyoncé’s long-awaited and highly-anticipated album was released today July 29, and it has created quite a buzz already.
While there’s quite a lot to be discussed following the album release, it was also noticed that the singer referenced her husband Jay-Z‘s past cheating, which were focal themes of her last album Lemonade and his project 4:44.
Bey also referenced the infamous lift incident which saw her sister, Solange physically attack Jay.
Appearing to refer to the criticism around their relationship over the past six years on Plastic Off The Sofa, Beyonce sings:
“We don’t need the world’s acceptance.
“They’re too hard on me, they’re too hard on you, boy.”
She also appears to show a softer side towards Jay, who she married in a top-secret intimate wedding on April 4, 2008 — the fourth day of the fourth month, in honour of their favourite number
Bey added;
“Boy, I know you can’t help but to be yourself around me, yourself around me.
“And I know nobody’s perfect so I’ll let you be, I’ll let you be
“It’s the way that you wear your emotions on both of your sleeves, til the face you make when I tell you that I had to leave.”
She then confidently reminded Jay that she’s the “only” one. “I’m one of one, I’m number one, I’m the only one,” she sang. “Don’t even waste your time trying to compete with me. No one else in this world can think like me. I’m twisted, contradicted, keep him addicted.”
Protecting her husband, who she met when she was 18 and in girl band Destiny’s Child, she sings:
“I’ll always be your secret weapon in your arsenal.
“And I know you had it rough growing up, but that’s OK, I like it rough. Baby when you let your feelings get in the way. I still like it, baby, oh I like it, baby.”
Referring to the 2014 fight between her sister Solange and Jay-Z in a New York hotel lift, she sings;
“Jay and Solange have apologised to each other and we have moved forward as a united family.
“They both acknowledge their role in this private matter that has played out in public.”
In the album’s second song, Cozy, Beyonce appears to hint at the incident, singing: “She’s a god, she’s a hero, she survived, all she been through, confident and she lethal.
“Might I suggest you don’t f*** with my sis, because she comfortable. Comfortable in my skin, cozy with who I am.”
Security camera footage at the time, showed Solange throwing punches at her brother-in-law before a bodyguard dragged her off the rapper.
In the 58-second clip Beyonce was seen frozen in the corner of the lift.
Renaissance marks Beyoncé’s first solo studio album since 2016’s Lemonade. Since then, she released Everything Is Love, a 2018 joint album with her husband, Jay-Z. In 2019, she put out Homecoming, essential the live album of her 2018 headlining Coachella performance, before releasing The Lion King: The Gift, a companion album to the live-action movie. The Gift featured several new Beyoncé songs, but none of these projects had the same weight as a solo album.
While Lemonade currently stands at certified 3x Platinum by the RIAA, Everything Is Love has only reached Gold status, and the other projects haven’t crossed that threshold. Lemonade remains one of Beyoncé’s best-selling albums, matching 2006’s B’Day in Platinum status (3x). Only her 2003 album, Dangerously In Love, has sold more.
In a move to show deep appreciation to his supportive mum, an unidentified new lawyer in a viral video, prostrated before his mother in the profession’s full robe.
The new lawyer got emotional at the call-to-bar ceremony of the Nigerian Law School held in Abuja on Wednesday as he prostrated before his mother and tearfully thanked her.
The ceremony signifies the induction of new lawyers into the legal profession after their Bar final examinations held in May.
As he grabbed at her feet, he tearfully said, “I’m nothing without you. I’m grateful for you every day. Without you and God, I’m nothing.”
His mum, however, kept saying “It is well” while asking him to stand up from prostration.
He captioned the post, “My KING MAKER! My QUEEN. I’ll forever HONOR YOU MOM, no matter how big or how famous I get! You’re my source and life, I don’t care whoever is looking, Orisa mi E Ku aduro Ti”
No fewer than 1,507 graduating students from the Nigerian Law School were called to bar at the event organized by the Body of Benchers.
While 1,501 of the lawyers are fresh graduates, the six others are from the previous call.
Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos was spotted enjoying a stroll with his TV personality girlfriend in London.
Mr Bezos was seen walking hand in hand with his girlfriend Lauren Sanchez, 52, on Wednesday evening, July 27. She wore a white mini dress and evil eye pendant around her neck, while her man rocked £600 white Brunello Cucinelli jeans and brown polo.
The businessman, who is worth £121billion, was reported to have been secretly dating Miss Sanchez while married to MacKenzie Scott, 52, whom he divorced in early 2019.
An American family is suing a Sesame Street-themed amusement park for $25 million over claims of racial discrimination, after multiple costumed characters allegedly ignored their five-year-old daughter during a meet-and-greet event because she is ‘black.’
The suit was filed in a federal court in Philadelphia against SeaWorld Parks, the owner of the Sesame Place, for ‘pervasive and appalling race discrimination.’
The lawsuit, which seeks class action status, alleges four employees dressed as Sesame Street characters ignored Quinton Burns, his daughter Kennedi Burns and other black guests during the meet-and-greet on June 18.
‘Just looking at her face, it makes me want to cry every time I see it,’ Quinton Burns said during a press conference Wednesday.
The lawsuit comes after a viral video showing two other black girls from New York apparently being snubbed by Rosita during a parade at the park in Langhorne, outside Philadelphia last month.
Sesame Place apologized in a statement for that incident and explained that the actor inside the Rosita suit simply couldn’t see their daughter due to the costume’s limited field of vison.
The furor triggered more families to come forward with similar experiences.
The lawsuit says ‘SeaWorld’s performers readily engaged with numerous similarly situated white customers.’
During a press conference held Wednesday, one of the family’s attorneys, Malcolm Ruff, called for transparency from SeaWorld and for the company to compensate the Burns family.
‘She was ignored amongst a sea of other young white children who were able to interact, give hugs, high fives,’ Ruff said.
The park also said the mascot likely did not see the girls due to limited vision in the costume’s unwieldy mask, which ‘sometimes make it difficult to see at lower levels’ leading actors to occasionally ‘miss hug requests from guests.’
‘Kennedi was forced to experience racism at the age of 5. This is unacceptable and we will not stand by and let this continue,’ Ruff continued.
Sesame Place responded to the lawsuit in a statement sent to Eyewitness News, saying: ‘We will review the lawsuit filed on behalf of Mr. Burns. We look forward to addressing that claim through the established legal process. We are committed to deliver an inclusive, equitable and entertaining experience for all our guests.”
The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus reportedly asked for a meeting with leadership at a Sesame Street theme park after video showing a costumed character waving off two six-year-old black girls during a parade went viral.
Jodi Brown, the mother of one of the girls, first shared the nine-second video clip last weekend, showing the Sesame Place character Rosita high-fiving a white child and woman, then gesturing ‘no’ and walking away from the two black girls who had their arms out for hugs.
Black Caucus members are seeking a meeting with the theme park’s general manager Cathy Valeriano to ‘discuss the changes, plans of action, and training the park plans to implement,’ Fox News reporter Chad Pergram said on Saturday.
The caucus said: ‘Over the past week, we’ve seen multiple glaring examples of racism coming from the park, including the viral video in which two beautiful little black girls were blatantly rejected by a character they idolized while white children were embraced.’
Brown has claimed that Rosita immediately hugged a white child after snubbing her daughter and niece, though those events are not seen in the video.
On Saturday, Brown appeared on MSNBC and said she rejected the apologies that had been issued by Sesame Place, the theme park outside Philadelphia.
‘I don’t believe it was genuine, I believe they were just putting out statements due to how viral the video has gone,’ Brown said.
Brown’s attorney B’Ivory Lamarr appeared alongside the mother and reiterated his threat to sue the theme park and demand that the unidentified employee in the Rosita costume be fired.
In a statement on Sunday, theme park officials called the now viral moment a ‘misunderstanding,’ saying the mascot likely did not see the girls due to limited vision in the costume’s unwieldy mask.
‘Our brand, our park and our employees stand for inclusivity and equality in all forms,’ the statement read. ‘That is what Sesame Place is all about and we do not tolerate any behaviors in our parks that are contrary to that commitment.’
‘We also are, and always have been, committed to making sure every family and every child has the best possible experience at our parks and we are incredibly disappointed when that does not happen.’
‘We spoke to the family and extended our apologies and invited them back for a special meet-and-greet opportunity with our characters,’ the statement read.
The park said the actor portraying Rosita – who was not named – ‘did not intentionally ignore the girls and is devastated about the misunderstanding.’
The statement alleged Rosita was gesturing ‘no’ to another guest who had requested they hold hold their child for a photo, ‘which is not permitted.’
The park also said the mascot likely did not see the girls due to limited vision in the costume’s unwieldy mask, which ‘sometimes make it difficult to see at lower levels’ leading actors to occasionally ‘miss hug requests from guests.’
‘We apologize to these guests for not delivering the experience they expected and we commit to do our best to earn their and all guests’ visit and support,’ the statement concluded.
Bodmas Kemepadei, a Special Assistant to Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri, on New Media, has said that there is nothing wrong with pastors having sex with single ladies.
“Nothing wrong about a pastor having sexual relationship with single ladies.
The punishment is against married women.” he said on Tuesday night, July 26.
Shania Twain has recorded a tell-all documentary where she talks about her husband’s devastating affair with her best friend.
The singer poured out her heart in the documentary which will air on Netflix.
Shania said that, having been a role model to females around the world due to the powerful lyrics of her song, it was an extra hard pill for her to swallow when she learnt her ex-husband Robert ‘Mutt’ Lange had been having an affair with her personal assistant who was also her best friend in 2008.
The 56-year-old described the feeling as similar “to losing her parents” in the teaser clip for her new upcoming documentary.
Reflecting back on the betrayal, Shania said she felt at the time that she “had lost her voice forever”.
Shania discovered that Robert had been unfaithful and had been having an affair with her then-personal assistant, best friend and “confidant” Marie-Anne Thiébaud.
Speaking about the situation with Oprah Winfrey previously, Shania told the host: “I said, ‘Marie-Anne, don’t you think my husband is acting strange?”
“And she said, ‘No, I don’t see anything strange.'”
After 14 years of marriage, Robert who shares son Eja with Shania broke off their union and didn’t give her an explanation.
Her friend Marie-Anne also never revealed the truth to her.
The singer was informed of the infidelity by Marie-Anne’s then-husband Frédéric Thiébaud – who had found out himself.
Speaking on the Oprah Winfrey show about breaking the news he explained: “I said, ‘guys, now you have to tell her. This is ridiculous. You owe her that.'”
After Robert and Marie-Anne refused to confess to Shania, Frédéric decided to get in touch with the hitmaker.
Shania and Frédéric bonded over their shared heartbreak. They then became close, struck up a romantic relationship, and were married just a few years later.
Speaking of their newfound love on the Ellen DeGeneres Show, Shania said: “We were a support to each other and really found something beautiful in the end and unexpected.”
Britney Spears will reportedly not be called to testify over allegations her father Jamie abused his position as conservator.
According to TMZ, the singer’s attorney Mathew Rosengart filed legal documents that state he will be going forward with documents, physical evidence, and just Jamie’s testimony.
Rosengart insisted that Britney’s testimony would not be relevant to any legal proceeding and he will not call her as a witness if the case goes to trial as the fact she would not be called ‘eviscerates’ any reason why she would need to be deposed.
The ongoing legal battle is about Britney’s allegations that her father abused conservatorship regulations and stole from her when he was supposed to be managing her finances.
Last month Jamie’s attorney Alex Weingarten called for the Grammy-winning singer, 40, to be deposed over the ‘incendiary allegations of various factual matters’ that she has made via social media.
However, Britney’s attorney told the court that he felt that the move to push Britney into a deposition was ‘retaliatory’ and ‘abusing the legal process,’ amid an attempted probe of Jamie’s handling of funds and alleged surveillance of the singer.
The lawyer said the …Baby One More Time singer cannot testify to matters about the conservatorship since she was the one living under it, and that she would be traumatized again in facing questions about it.
Rosengart, who has represented the Toxic artist since last year, suggested that Jamie’s legal team should either depose Jamie or Britney’s ex-business manager Lou Taylor for information on the arrangement.
Earlier this month, Jamie was ordered by a Los Angeles Superior Court judge to take part in a deposition about his actions heading the conservatorship the pop star was under for more than 13 years.
Judge Brenda Penny ruled that Jamie, 70, must schedule a deposition by August 12 after he was previously served with notices to sit for a deposition from Britney’s lawyer and did not appear, Page Six reported.
Rosengart said in legal docs filed in May that Jamie had been ‘running and hiding’ from being deposed, and must account ‘for his misconduct – under oath – as required by law.’
Another issue heard before the court was Jamie’s request Britney’s estate cover his attorney’s fees in the wake of the termination of the conservatorship this past November.
After Jamie was dropped by his former legal team, he hired Weingarten at an hourly rate of around $1,200, Variety reported last year.
Rosengart told Page Six that Jamie’s petition was ‘not only legally meritless’ but ‘an abomination’ under the circumstances of the case.
‘Mr. Spears reaped many millions of dollars from Britney as a conservator, while paying his lawyers millions more, all from Britney’s work and hard-earned money,’ Rosengart said of the previous arrangement.
Jamie was loaned $40,000 in 2008 – just before the conservatorship started – by Lou Taylor’s organization Tri Star Sports & Entertainment Group, the outlet reported, adding that Taylor’s attorney Charles Harder said that Jamie had ‘repaid’ the ‘small loan’ and that it had no impact on ‘Tri Star’s work for the estate in later years.’
The ongoing legal battle comes eight months after Britney was finally freed from the controversial legal conservatorship her father and a court-appointed guardian held over her for years.
Former Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose, on Tuesday, July 26, underwent a back surgery.
Recall that the ex-governor said he was attacked during the 2018 Ekiti state governorship election. He attended one of the rallies with a neck collar and wept saying he was in severe pains.
His brother, Isaac, who shared video and photos from his hospital bed, said the former governor has undergone two major surgical operations within five months, one for his neck which happened in February and another one for his back.
According to him, the neck and back problem resulted from the attack on the former governor during the 2018 Ekiti governorship election.
A man identified as Badejo Idowu was on Monday July 26, stabbed to death by his first son, Tunde Badejo, over a land belonging to the family.
Daily Trust reported that the incident occurred at Masaka, Karu LGA of Nasarawa State.
Prior to carrying out the murder, Tunde had been pestering his father for a portion of the land for over a year.
The deceased’s wife, Madam Tolani Badejo told the publication that her husband asked Tunde to give him time to apportion the land fairly among other family members.
Badejo said;
“He had been on my husband’s neck for the land since last year. So during their last argument on Monday, he pulled out a knife and stabbed his father several times on the head, neck, chest, hands and legs which killed him. I raised alarm and he fled.”
Second son of the deceased, Ayomide Badejo, said the matter had been reported to the police while his father’s remains had been deposited in a mortuary.
BBNaija star Ike Onyema has reacted to insinuations that his ex girlfriend, Mercy Eke, took care of him while they were dating.
Mercy was on a show where she stated that she had dated someone she took care of. Other members of the show immediately responded saying they know who she was referring to.
The follow-up question was about her affair with Ike which Mercy immediately denied.
Ike has now denied claims that any woman has ever taken care of him. In a post shared on his Instagram page, Ike also dared any lady who claims to have taken care of him while they were together to provide receipts.
His post reads;
”I am responding to this, because it’s obvious that the producers of this podcast can’t pay for ads to promote the dead podcast, so as usual they look for who to attack to indirectly promote their dead podcast, well congratulations you have Triggered perfectly, for over two years my image and reputation have constantly been dragged to the mud, so it’s time to swim with pig’s.
I am making a bold statement that no lady whosoever has taken care of me. If anyone claim otherwise they should bring out receipts of one thing they have done. I have been quite because I don’t also want to expose so many people including the show, so I intentionally allowed myself to be ridiculed, but that era is over, people that can’t take care of their family coming out to chat shit about me
@nedu_wazobiafm and @prettymikeoflagos please be careful how involve yourself in things you have no idea of the background story. I respect the both of you but I would not hesitate to call you guys out if I’m being disrespected to please your principals and the bosses that hired you.
This should be the last time anyone would use me to count cheap scores…
I would start dropping receipts and exposing everyone if this continues, I have enough receipts to go around and everybody go collect, enough is enough!!!!!
A word is enough for the wise!!!!!People I respect so much, even the guy on blonde hair, someone I call my friend and drink together with can comfortably sit on a podcast and chat shit about me, would go a long way to tell you about what the word friendship mean to people.
They keep forgetting that I blog and people randomly send me information about so many celebrities, even when I don’t ask, I just don’t want to ridicule anybody, but I know everything everyone is doing (Both dirty and clean), I just chose not to go down that line of trying to Humiliate them.
But I’m waiting for any of them to respond to me openly and we can now unveil cans of worm. I dare any of them to reply me or respond back…
Be careful who you call your friend that’s all I have to say for now!!
Have a productive day!!!”he wrote
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Rapper YCee has slammed social media influencer Solomon Buchi for saying his wife isn’t the most beautiful or the most intelligent but he chose her.
Solomon’s post has been the topic of conversation since he shared it as many social media users debate if it’s OK to point out your significant other’s deficiencies in the name of being “truthful”.
Weighing in, Nigerian rapper YCee took to Snapchat to share a screenshot of Solomon’s Facebook post directed at his fiancée Adeola Arike.
YCee then wrote: “You people should marry someone that likes you and sees you as the number one person in the world because what even in the fuck is this message?”
YCee added multiple puking emoji.
He also shared an old tweet Solomon wrote in 2020 vowing never to say his woman is not the most beautiful.
YCee added to the screenshot: “No, but you can see this clown.”
A 22-year-old Brit has been killed by a spinning helicopter blades while returning from a family holiday.
Jack Fenton was travelling back from Mykonos with three friends in the hired chopper as his parents followed behind when he was struck in the head by the craft’s high-speed rear rotor in Athens, Greece.
Local reports suggested he was taking a selfie when getting out of the helicopter.
Police have now arrested three people over the tragedy that took place at about 6.20pm yesterday July 25.
The pilot of the black Bell 407 craft said to be “deeply traumatised” by the incident and two ground technicians have been arrested as cops investigate.
Jack who is an Oxford Brookes student disembarked the chopper after it landed at the Superior Air helipad in Spata, unaware that a rotor was still spinning. It’s understood he walked towards the tail of the helicopter.
His fellow passengers and the pilot then reeled in horror as they saw a sweeping blade kill him instantly at around 6.20pm local time.
A police official, who identified the victim as Jack, told The Times:
“He was the first to disembark the Bell 407 helicopter in Athens and as he moved to the back, he was hit in the head by the aircraft’s small rear rotor.
“There was no chance of him surviving. His death was instantaneous.”
Cops are probing whether Jack, who went to the £7,740-a-year Sutton Valance School in Maidstone, Kent, was trying to take a selfie when he was struck.
A police source told The Sun;
“We are examining every eventuality, including the possibility of the boy going there to take a selfie in the excitement of the moment.”
The shocked pilot managed to radio the second craft with his wealthy parents on board and requested emergency permission to abort the landing.
Jack’s mum and dad Miguel who is head of marketing, sales and PR at the 400-acre visitor attraction The Hop Farm in Kent, were instead taken to Athens Airport.
A source told The Sun;
“The pilot saw what had happened and decided to spare the parents the sight of their son – it was horrendous.
“He flew on to another helipad at Athens where the couple were consoled as it was confirmed that the young man was dead.
“The cause is being investigated but it remains unclear why this happened – or was allowed to happen when rotor blades pose such an obvious danger.
“We are talking about a tragedy – an unprecedented tragedy – a tragedy that should never have happened.”
The helicopter’s pilot could face manslaughter charges if he was deemed to be at fault, Kalliakmanis told the Mega news channel.
Giorgos Kalliakmanis, the head of the Greek police union told Mega news channel;
“We want to see if the pilot informed the passengers to get off the helicopter.
“These propellers run for about two minutes from the time he turns the engine off unless he presses a button which stops them at 50 seconds.
“The helicopter door has no security, anyone who wants to open the door and get out.
“The preliminary investigation will look at whether the pilot informed them to get out when the propeller and engines stopped.”
The company that manages the helicopters has insisted that Jack and his fellow passengers were led to the safety of the reception area after getting off the chopper.
Workers at the helipad claim he turned around and returned to the runway as the craft was in the process of being shut down, reports Protothema.
Accident investigators probing the tragedy are questioning the chopper pilot as to why the rotors were not still or secured before passengers were allowed off.
Two airport officials and the pilot appeared before a prosecutor today July 26, to testify in connection with potential negligence charges.
The weather may have also contributed as high winds were reported across Greece as well as searing 40C heat on Monday.
A snake handler has died days after his 18-foot-long pet boa constrictor wrapped itself around his neck.
Elliot Senseman, 27, of Fogelsville, Pennsylvania, USA, was pronounced dead in an area hospital on Sunday, July 24, after suffering from what the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office deemed accidental asphyxiation that caused an anoxic brain injury.
Police were called to Senseman’s home by a family member on Wednesday afternoon, July 20.
When they arrived, they found the 27-year-old unresponsive with his 18-foot boa constrictor wrapped around his body.
The snake’s head was far enough away from the man that officers decided to shoot the animal.
“Our officers responded and shot the snake with hopes of freeing the victim,” Lt Peter Nickischer of the Upper Macungie Township Police told Lehigh Valley Live. He also said that police did not know the circumstances of how the attack occurred.
The police lieutenant said in his 19 years doing police work, he’s seen “nothing like this” and that the snake, which eventually died, was “very long, very thick.”
The creature reportedly did not die instantly and slithered away before it was euthanised.
Four days after the attack, Senseman died in hospital.
“My son was unique and kind and should still be with his family and friends,” Senseman’s mother, Heather, told Lehigh Valley Live.
She said her son often rescued snakes and that he “was still working with” the boa constrictor “because it was so aggressive couldn’t be placed yet.”
She said of her son: “He was experienced and would never handle that snake alone.
“He was only checking the enclosure and all appropriate measures were taken. Too many people get these snakes and can’t handle or take care of them. They shouldn’t be bred to be kept as pets. He wanted them to be in a habitat that was as close to their natural environments as possible since they couldn’t be put in the wild.”
A family member told The Daily Beast that Senseman began working with snakes when he was 10 and had experience handling them.
He’s been rescuing snakes for the last six years and was passionate about finding them a new home, the outlet reported.
“A lot of times the snakes were neglected or mistreated and needed medical care,” the relative told the outlet. “He would provide all of that.”
Along with the boa constrictor that killed him, Senseman had two other snakes that he had taken in at the time. In his previous home, the boa was abused and malnourished, according to The Daily Beast.
Goergina Onuoha has slammed reports that she had an affair with Apostle Johnson Suleman and she is one of the Nollywood actresses who benefited financially from the pastor.
Unfounded rumours were circulated, naming some Nollywood actresses who have allegedly been side chics to the married pastor.
Most of those named have refused to dignify the report with a response.
However, Georgina took to instagram to slam the report as well as the “faceless cowards hiding behind keyboards” to spread false news.
She challeneged the “faceless” account to reveal the identity of the person behind the account while making such claims about her.
She pointed out that this isn’t the first time she’s been accused of being funded by a man. She recalled the accusation that she was a beneficiary of a Nigerian governor some years ago.
This allegation made people call her out and demand she returns the money the governor allegedly spent on her, she said.
She added that they are back making ‘baseless accusations’ and this time it involves a pastor.
She went on to curse those claiming she’s funded by men – first a governor and now a pastor.
She also addressed a 2017 report being circulated where she joined others in Nollywood to defend Apostle Suleman when he was accused of a sex scandal.
At the time, she said in defence of Suleman: “Where are all the Nollywood beneficiaries of this preacher? We all see your pictures with him. You all are now radio silence? May God have mercy on us all and may God heal all involved in this.
“Majority of our colleagues Male and Female are benefactors of this man’s goodness and kindness. Go through his events and videos you will see almost all of Nollywood around him. He is known for blessing actors with cars and starting business for them.
“He is a friend to majority of us including me. Majority of Nollywood players travel to his events home and abroad, people stalk him in towns and hotels wherever he lodges to preach or pray asking for prayers and help. He has supported majority of us. Seeing all these makes my heart bleed.”
Georgina explained why she defended him at the time.
She said she, and others in the movie industry, defended him because they are recipients of his kindness and generosity and not because she knows “the dealings of his private life”.
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It is a winning season for Nigerian award-winning singer, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, as she made her solo debut on Billboard Hot 100 chart with her 2020 song, “Free Mind” off her For Broken Ears EP.
“Free Mind” made it to the chart on Monday, a day after Tems featured on the soundtrack of the trailer for Marvel’s Black Panther sequel, “Wakanda Forever”.
The trailer, released on Sunday, was soundtracked by Tems’ rendition of Bob Marley’s “No Woman, No Cry” and Kendrick Lamar’s “Alright”.
For her debut solo entry, Tems peaked at No. 90, making it her fourth time appearing on the prestigious Billboard Hot 100 chart.
In May, Tems made her debut at the No. 1 spot on Billboard Hot 100 charts with her feature on “Wait For U” by American rapper, Future.
The track also featured Canadian artiste, Drake, and is the seventh on Future’s latest LP album, I Never Liked You.
Tems had debuted earlier on the Hot 100 last October, with her feature on “Essence” remix. The hit song by Wizkid also featured Justin Bieber, and peaked at No. 9 on the charts.
She got her previous entries into the chart from guest appearances in Drake’s “Fountain”.
In June 2022, Tem broke a record as the first Nigerian female artiste to clinch the Best International Act at the BET Awards 2022.
The 2022 award ceremony was held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. The BET Awards celebrate Black excellence in music, culture and sports.
The talented singer beat Fireboy, Dave from the UK, Dinos from France, Fally Ipupa from Congo, Little Simz from the UK, Ludmilla from Brazil, Major League Djz from South Africa, and Tayc from France.
Receiving the award, Tems urged women and girls to continue on their chosen path, adding that the hard work will soon pay off.
Rollie Bands, a rapper living in Tampa, Florida, was shot and killed outside his home shortly after daring his critics on Instagram to confront him physically at his house.
Rollie had posted on his Instagram Story: “A lot of these ni**as know where I live at fr. I sleep in peace. If a ni**a want smoke I’m at my crib in 5 mins.”
Just five minutes after his post, at around 3:30 p.m. on Friday, July 22, the rapper was shot once in the parking lot of his apartment complex.
He was rushed to an area hospital, but couldn’t be saved.
The suspects fled the scene in a vehicle. They remain at large.
“At this time, the shooting does not appear random, as the suspects and victim are possibly known to each other,” the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said in a report.