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12 Scandals That Shook Nollywood To The Core
Here are the worst scandals that shook Nollywood to the core in no particular order.
1) INI EDO ABORTION, HUSBAND-SNATCHING & DIVORCE SCANDALS
In 2008, beautiful Ini Edo was enmeshed in abortion controversy. It was reported by the media that she had aborted a few weeks old pregnancy she had for her secret lover. It could have been a rumour but it really shook the industry.
In 2008, Ruth Okoro, A Nigerian based in the US, accused Ini of snatching her husband, Philip, from her. She wrote the actress, pleading with her to leave her husband for her. But Ini ignored her and went ahead to marry Philip.
Just last year, there were several accusations against the actress when news emerged that she was about divorcing her husband, Mr Ehiagwina Philip. Ehiagwina's family accused the actress of adultery. The divorce became messy.
2) MERCY JOHNSON THEFT SCANDAL AND HUSBAND-SNATCHING SCANDAL
In 2009, curvy actress, Mercy Johnson tasted her first major scandal. She was accused of stealing $ 4000 while she was on Europe tour from the young man that hosted her, Isaac Izoya. After the fuss generated by the scandal, Mr Izoya later exonerated her to make the case die down.
In 20011, Lovely Okojie accused Mercy of snatching Prince Odi from her. She released pictures to prove she was really married to Odi. It generated much noise in the industry, especially when the actress fixed her wedding. At a time, the press insinuated that Mercy would call off the wedding, but she went ahead with the most controversial wedding in that year and took 'a leap of faith' as she said that time.
3) SOLOMON AKIYESI WHITE WEDDING DISRUPTION SCANDAL
In 2013, Nollywood was agog with the disruption of the actor's white wedding in a church.
It was revealed that Nollywood actor, Solomon Akiyesi, whose wedding to another woman was disrupted by his legally married wife, Lilian, has actually been married twice, making it his third time of going to the alter in the last ten years. The actor was disgraced in Church when his wife stormed the venue of his wedding to another lady.
4) ANGELA OKORIE THEFT AND ADULTERY SCANDAL
Angela Okorie was accused of committing adultery and stealing of some money from a certain South-African-based Nigerian named Prosper last year. Actor Prince Ekeh worsened the whole scandal by confirming that the actress was actually guilty of the alleged crime. Her topic trended for a long time.
5) UCHE JOMBO ABORTION SCANDAL
In 2010, it was reported that the talented actress, UCHE Jombo, had aborted 6-month-old pregnancy. The news went viral. UCHE was devasted and threatened to sue the media organization that ran the story for libel.
6) NUELLA NJUBIGBO-CHIKERE HUSBAND-SNATCHING SCANDAL
Last year, Nuella was accused by her colleague, Sophia Chikere, of snatching her Director husband from her. It generated much noise in the industry due to the peculiar case of an actress, allegedly snatching another actress' husband. Nuella went ahead to marry Tchidi and now has a baby for him.
7) YUL EDOCHIE "GAY" SCANDAL
Yul recently opened up about his gay stalker, Steven Ugochukwu, who wouldn't let him be. In reaction, the alleged gay stalker opened up on so many details and insisted he was in a gay relationship with the star actor. But Yul had to solicit the help of his colleagues whom the stalker had also disturbed to prove himself innocent. Now, Desmond Elliot is crying out that Steven Ugochukwu is also stalking him.
STELLA DAMASUS HUSBAND-SNATCHING SCANDALPretty Stella was accused of snatching a colleague's husband, Daniel Ademinokan, from Doris Simeon. People tag her husband snatcher. But the actress defended herself and maintained that Daniel was never 'snatched'.
9) TONTO DIKEH SEX FOR N5M SCANDAL
In 2012, Tonto was trailed with a sex for N5M scandal with one Mr Taiwo Afolabi. It was alleged that the man paid her the sum just to sleep with her. Although the actress later denied it.
10 FOLUKE DARAMOLA HUSBAND-SNATCHING AND JUJU SCANDAL
Busty actress, Foluke was accused by her estranged friend, Bukola of being fetish and using Juju on her current husband Kayode to enable him chase his wife away and marry her. Bukola claimed she accompanied Foluke to the native doctor that did it for her. The actress later threatened to sue her estranged friend, Bukola for libel.
11) COSSY ORJIAKOR SEX WITH DOG AND HIV SCANDAL
Cossy was once said to have slept with a dog and also had HIV scandals trail her in the past, but she vehemently denied the sex with dog and HIV story.
12) JIM IYKE N15M DEBT AND HIV SCANDALS
It's not an undetstament to assert that Jim Iyke is the most controversial Nollywood actor. Jim has found himself in lots of controversial situations.
He was involved in a N15M debt mess few years back as one Alhaja Habib Abubakar arrested him and later took him to court over the money the star actor owed her.
The media was agog few years back over story that Jim has a son and was possibly HIV positive, but the actor denied all of them vehemently.
ANITA HOGAN UNCLAD SCANDAL WITH DUTCH LOVER
Anita Hogan's scandal was the worst because it involved Unclad pictures of herself and her Dutch lover who later married her after her famous scandal. Anita's nudes were gotten from her laptops and the man that got them went ahead to publish them. Anita Hogan participated in one of the editions of Gulder Ultimate Search before she went into acting. She's happily married.
Paris puts an end to romance, bans lovelocks, to remove all existing ones
Sorry romantic lovers heading to Paris, the Love Lock Tradition is about to be wiped out. The city of Paris has decided that to end the tradition of tourists coming over and dumping bits of metal all over its bridges, starting from Monday, the padlocks will be removed from the Pont Des Arts & plexiglass panels will soon replace the grills. The Pont Des Arts has been the most popular bridge with up to 1 million locks thought to be attached to the railings. The City has however had enough.
This is somehow Justifiable because a part of the 'Pont Des Arts' collapsed sometime ago due to the weight of metals attached in the name of love.
Photo: Two friends die trying to stop a suicide bomber
2 volunteer security guards (pictured above) are being hailed as heroes for stopping an ISIS suicide bomber reaching worshipers at a mosque in Saudi Arabia yesterday.
Independent UK reports;
The friends, named as Mohammed Hassan Ali bin Isa and Abdul-Jalil al-Arbash, died after reportedly turning the attacker away from the Imam Hussein mosque in Dammam yesterday. Eyewitnesses claim the man was disguised as a woman and tried to enter through a closed female entrance before going to the main gate, where the pair were manning a civilian checkpoint.
They chased the suicide bomber when he tried to enter the women's section of the mosque in the south entrance,” he added.Abdul-Jalil was reportedly 25 and had recently returned from studying at university in the US, getting married just days ago.
One of the men’s mothers, Kowther al-Arbash, is a high-profile writer for Saudi newspaper al-Jazira,Middle East Eye reported.
Photos of the pair were circulating on social media today, with people calling them heroes and “martyrs”.
Videos also emerged claiming to show the fathers of both men praising their sons' heroism.
A video from inside the al-Anoud mosque showed the moment the explosion was heard outside, with prayers being interrupted by a huge blast that shook the building, causing people to jump to their feet and shout in the ensuing panic.
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Photo: Woman who stabbed husband to death, remanded in Bayelsa
Mrs. Victoria Ambakadrimo, the 28-year-old woman that stabbed her husband, Late Barr.Henry Gagariga, to death with a kitchen knife on the throat around 11pm of Wednesday, February 4 after a quarrel in Bayelsa has finally appeared before a state high court in Yenagoa for the first time.
The presiding judge, Justice A.S Rotimi, adjourned proceeding to 18th June 2015, to enable the prosecuting (the state) hand over certain forensic evidences to the defence counsels before hearing commence.
However, an appeal by the prosecuting counsel to have Victoria remanded at the Okaka medium security prison in Yenagoa until final judgment is read was granted.
Though frail looking Victoria pleaded not guilty to the one count charge of murder leveled against, she sobbed over and again as she was escorted to prison at the end of the court session.
The alleged husband slayer before killing her husband works at the Bayelsa State Council for Arts and Culture, and is reportedly the daughter of a renowned journalist and retired director in the state Ministry of Information.
Recall that Victoria stabbed her husband, Gagariga, to death during a domestic quarrel in their bedroom and was sighted by neighbours while attempting to dump his body on the road.
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