Author: Elizabeth Jenrola Oso

Nollywood actress Wumi Toriola has made history with her latest film ‘Queen Lateefah’, which has quickly become one of the highest-grossing Nollywood films of all time. Since its release in September, the film has grossed an impressive N350 million in just two months, surpassing Toyin Abraham’s ‘Malaika’, which earned N302 million. This remarkable achievement places Queen Lateefah among the top 7 highest-grossing Nollywood films, making Toriola a standout figure in the industry. The film is now poised to challenge the records set by Funke Akindele with her blockbuster films: A Tribe Called Judah, Battle On Buka Street, and Omo Ghetto:…

In what appears a legal win for the President-elect Donald Trump as he prepares to return to the White House, the judge in his criminal hush money case ordered on Friday that sentencing be delayed indefinitely. The incoming president was convicted of 34 felony counts in May after a jury found he had fraudulently manipulated business records to cover up an alleged sexual encounter with a porn star ahead of the 2016 election. Prosecutors argued that concealing the alleged tryst was intended to help him win his first run for the White House. Trump, who had been scheduled to be…

Authorities are urging a Wisconsin man accused of faking his death and fleeing to Europe to come home to spend the Christmas holidays with his wife and three children. Ryan Borgwardt, 45, went missing on Aug. 12 while kayaking in Green Lake, about 50 miles northeast of Wisconsin Dells. Crews spent 54 days searching the lake, which is more than 200 feet deep at points, to no avail. The entire search effort cost nearly $40,000, according to Green Lake County Sheriff Mark Podoll. “Great news, we know that he’s alive and well,” Podoll said in a press conference on Thursday.…

The Enugu State Police Command has arrested a 33-year-old man, Ikechukwu Okoye, and his 39-year-old girlfriend, Juliet Ogbodo, for allegedly kidnapping and murdering a 70-year-old woman, Mrs. Mary Nwatu. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, In a statement issued Thursday night, disclosed that the arrest was carried out by the command’s Anti-Kidnapping Tactical Squad following credible intelligence. Ndukwe said the suspects, both from Onuorie-Obuno in Akpugo Community, Nkanu West Local Government Area of the state, killed the victim and buried her in a shallow grave before demanding a ransom of N6 million from her children. They were apprehended after receiving…

The Police, on Thursday, shed light on the circumstances surrounding the death of the United States returnee, who was found dead in a hotel room in Ogun State. The visiting US-based 51-year-old Sunday Abidoye’s lifeless body was discovered at the Creestar Hotel room, GRA, Sagamu, on Wednesday. In a statement by its spokesperson, SP Omolola Odutola on Thursday, the Ogun State command said it found nine different drugs and medications in the hotel room of the deceased, indicating he could be battling some kinds of ailments. Odutola explained that the Chief Security Officer of the hotel, one Mr Oluwole, reported…

Sixty-eight pro-Iran militants were killed in Israeli air strikes on the Syrian city of Palmyra, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said on Thursday. Those killed in Wednesday’s strikes included 42 fighters from pro-Iran Syrian groups, 26 foreign fighters, most of them from the Iraqi Al-Nujaba movement, and four from Lebanon’s Hezbollah armed group, the monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said “Israeli strikes targeted two positions of pro-Iran groups in the Homs region,” including “a Hezbollah site in the Qusair area” near the border where “six Iran-backed fighters were killed.” It did not specify…

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Thursday 22 people were killed in an Israeli strike on Gaza City, while medical sources reported dozens of deaths in another overnight air raid. “We can confirm that 22 martyrs were transferred (to hospital) after a strike targeted a house… in Sheikh Radwan” neighbourhood of Gaza City, civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal said. Dozens more were killed in another strike at around midnight in northern Gaza, medical sources said. The civil defence has yet to announce a death toll from that strike. Dozens were killed and wounded in Israeli air strikes on several houses in…

Sean “Diddy” Combs is accused of sexually assaulting a then-39-year-old man who attended a 2022 house party hosted by Combs “in a large, glamorous home in New York City,” according to a new lawsuit filed Tuesday night. The anonymous plaintiff, who now lives in Georgia, said he attended the party with friends and consumed alcohol that had been provided to him by other individuals at the party. “After consuming the drink, Plaintiff began to feel disoriented and began to lose control of his body and to lose consciousness,” the lawsuit said, mirroring a fact pattern by other anonymous accusers represented…

A Canadian billionaire is facing allegations he sexually abused more than five dozen women when they were children — with the victims alleging they were recruited and paid to participate in his chilling sex ring. Robert Miller, the founder of Future Electronics, is accused of repeatedly giving underage girls money and gifts in exchange for sex between 1994 and 2016, Canadian outlets reported, citing that the alleged abuse happened in hotels throughout Montreal. Miller was ordered on Tuesday to fork over two of his million-dollar Montreal homes as part of a lawsuit filed by four of his accusers, who feared…

Chidimma Adetshina, the first runner-up at the recent Miss Universe pageant, has shared her future plans, emphasizing personal growth and career development. Speaking in an interview with BBC Pidgin, Adetshina disclosed her decision to take a hiatus from pageantry. She intends to focus on her education while advancing her modeling and acting careers, marking a new chapter in her journey. “I want to put pageantry aside for now and focus more on my education and establishing who Chidimma is,” she said. “I want to delve more into runway modeling, acting, and explore many other areas. There are so many things…