Celebrity Gist

Rapper and prominent marijuana advocate Black The Ripper has died, it has been revealed. He was 32. The musician, real name Dean West, initially rose to fame with his hugely popular mixtapes Afro Samurai and Holla Black, which were released in the mid-noughties. While he continued to make music in the years that followed, he eventually became a voice in ...

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested and detained the former gubernatorial candidate in Lagos State, Babatunde Gbadamosi, for allegedly contravening lockdown order declared by the State Government to curtail coronavirus spread. According to Guardian NG, Gbadamosi was detained after being spotted in a viral video attending a birthday party organised by Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele-Bello for her husband, Abdul-Rasheed ...

Nollywood actress, Halima Abubakar is a mom for the first time. The actress disclosed last night that she just welcomed a baby boy putting the date at 3/4/20. ”A gift from God And I will cherish you for life 😩❤️❤️❤️Biggest miracle ❤️A Boy🙏🏻 3/4/20”, she wrote while making the big announcement.

The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed that Naira Marley has turned himself in. Marley was among the guests at the 42nd birthday party of Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele’s husband held over the weekend at their AMEN Estate home in disregard to the lockdown directive ordered by government to stop further spread of the novel Coronavirus disease. Confirming he was ...

Lagos State Government is to prosecute all those who attended Saturday’s birthday party hosted by Nollywood star, Funke Akindele for her husband. The state Attorney-General, Mr Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN), said on Monday that they would be prosecuted for flouting social distancing regulation of the state He made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) shortly ...

  Sonia Morales, ex-wife of Nollywood actor IK Ogbonna has expressed gratitude that the Coronavirus pandemic never happened while she was with him.   According to the mother of one, staying indoors because of Coronavirus would have been bad if it happened 5 years ago because she was staying in a house without a steady light and water.   Sonia ...

After creating the star-studded #HesGotTheWholeWorldChallenge to raise COVID-19 awareness, Tyler Perry decided to use some of his $600M fortune to help the staff at one of his favorite restaurants in Atlanta. On Sunday, the 50-year-old movie/TV mogul left a $500 tip for each of the 42 out-of-work servers employed at the West Paces location of Houston’s while picking up a ...

A judge has ruled that details of Adele’s divorce to Simon Konecki will never be made public. A court in the US has decided that what happens to the superstar’s £140million fortune after the split will be kept secret. The singer and charity boss ended their marriage after eight years together last April. But it is widely understood a pre-nup ...

The Lagos State Police Command says Naira Marley had yet to honour its invitation over a house party he attended in contravention of the lockdown order in Lagos State. Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele, had on Saturday hosted a party in honour of her husband, Abdulrasheed Bello, called JJC. When the video of the party leaked, the police arrested the actress ...

The sister of Meghan Markle has claimed that the former senior royal has been “using people” to advance her career. The 54-year-old mother-of-three has stated that she think the Duchess of Sussex that was, deliberately made sure she could advance her TV career by using people as “stepping stones” and that once she was famous, she cut off her family ...

A Magistrate court sitting in Ogba, Lagos state has sentenced Funke Akindele and her husband Abdulrasheed Bello to 14 days community service each. The court also directed them to pay a fine of N100,000 each. Funke Akindele and her husband had over the weekend held a house party which breaks the lockdown rules.

The couple were arraigned this morning at Ogba Magistrate Court in Lagos. More photos below…      

Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele may be prosecuted today. She is likely to be charged before Ogba Magistrate Court 1 at about 11 a.m today. The prosecuting team will be from the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP). The actress on Saturday organised a house party to celebrate her husband JJC’s birthday at her residence in Amen Estate Ibeju-Lekki in Lagos This ...

The Lagos State Police Command, yesterday, arrested popular actress, Mrs. Funke Akindele-Bello for hosting a party to celebrate the birthday of her husband, Abdulrasheed Bello aka JJC Skillz on Saturday in contravention of the lockdown order in Lagos State. The Lagos State Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, confirmed that the actress had been taken to the State Criminal Investigation Department, ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has denied Nollywood actress Funke Akindele popularly as Jenifa, was its brand ambassador. Akindele was arrested on Sunday for hosting a house party that contravened the lockdown order of the government. She had appeared in adverts for the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Dettol, calling on Nigerians to observe social distancing and ...

The Flash and When Calls the Heart actor Logan Williams is dead. He died suddenly at 16 years old on Thursday. His mom Marlyse has spoken of her devastation and told Tri-City News she is having to grieve alone because of the coronavirus lockdown. She said: “I am not able to hug my parents who lost their only grandchild. “It’s ...

Bankrupt playboy James Stunt has blasted his former in-law Bernie Ecclestone for fathering a child at 89. He hit out after the F1 tycoon revealed wife Fabiana, 45, is pregnant. Stunt has been in a war of words with Bernie following his split from daughter Petra. He is also smarting after being evicted from his central London home. He said: ...

Piers Morgan promised to bid £10,000 as part of fundraising efforts for NHS charities. The gesture was in response to an auction started by footballing legend Robbie Savage. The footballer has been raising money to contribute to the NHS Charities Covid-19 Urgent Appeal as well as 250 other charity groups. As part of the event, sporting ace Thierry Henry agreed ...

Nollywood superstar, Funke Akindele popularly known as Jenifa, has been arrested for hosting a brithday party that defied Lagos State Government’s restriction orders. Nollywood actress,  Funke Akindele has been arrested for hosting a brithday party that defied Lagos State Government’s restriction orders. Funke was arrested today for hosting a party on Saturday in honour of her husband, Abdul Rasheed Bello ...

Kim Kardashian has admitted she has seen her family during the Los Angeles coronavirus lockdown. California governor Gavin Newsom announced a shelter-in-place order effective from March 20, that asked state residents to stay home unless absolutely necessary. But Kim revealed that she had left the home she shares with husband Kanye West and their children, to visit her mother Kris ...

Jay-Z and Meek Mill announced they were forming a criminal justice reform organization last year. Now, to protect staff and inmates from the coronavirus pandemic, the organization sent nearly 100,000 surgical masks to prisons and jails across the United States on Friday. Contagious diseases can wreak havoc quickly on correctional facilities because prisoners live in such crowded quarters, and are ...

She was intimately involved in their wedding ceremony. So it’s only fitting that Tina Knowles honored her daughter Beyoncé marriage to Jay-Z for their 12th anniversary on Saturday. The 66-year-old businesswoman shared a joyous black and white photo from the 2008 wedding to her Instagram. ‘Happy anniversary to Bey and Jay❤️❤️❤️it seemed like yesterday these guys walked down the Aisle. ...

Floyd Mayweather’s daughter, Iyanna, has reportedly been arrested for allegedly stabbing her fiance’s baby mama. TMZ reported that the 19-year-old was arrested for ‘felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon’ after arguing with the mother of rapper NBA YoungBoy’s child. According to the media entity, the 19-year-old daughter of the famous professional boxer was arrested on Saturday at 1:30 a.m. ...

Paul Okoye popularly know as Rudeboy shares his love for sports, playing football with Mikel Obi as a teen and why he became a Chelsea fan in this interview with  Kelvin Ekerete Favourite Sport? Everybody knows my favourite sport is foo tball. I can’t do without football. I play a lot of sports as well including basketball but I was ...

Toke Makinwa has expressed her dissatisfaction for cooking, saying it;s one thing she hates and can;t withstand. The media personality and author said she tried cooking yesterday when she went into the kitchen to make a meal, but ended up walking out with a glass of wine and cracker. She then came on Twitter to talk to her followers about ...