Celebrity Gist

Alexander Kareem, brother of a former Big Brother Naija housemate, Khafi Kareem, has been shot dead in London. According to The Sun UK, the 20-year-old student was gunned down close to his family home in Shepherd’s Bush, West London. The ...

Plans are underway by the International Police (INTERPOL) Nigeria to extradite Instagram celebrity Raymond Igbalodely a.k.a. Hushpuppi from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Nigeria to face alleged multiple fraud charges, The Nation reports. This is against Kemi Olunloyo’s claims ...

  Kanye West has seemingly defended Michael Jackson and declared documentaries shouldn’t be allowed to “tear down our heroes”. The rapper spoke out about the late King of Pop in an interview with Pharrell Williams for i-d magazine. In the ...

Nollywood actress Halima Abubakar is 35 today. And she has shared beautiful photos of herself to celebrate her special day. Captioning the photos, she wrote; ”Happy Birthday Halima🎉🎉🎉🎉Gods own🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂Am humbled to see today.The gift you have given me , is ...

  Chrissy Teigen has updated fans on how her breast implant removal surgery went. Following the surgery, she admitted she was left feeling “so so so so so sore “. The celebrity chef – who is married to singer John ...

Georgina Rodriguez has admitted she felt “ashamed” training with her Cristiano Ronaldo during the coronavirus lockdown – but now revels in learning from her “best teacher.” Rodriguez admitted the Juventus striker is her inspiration because of the sacrifices he makes ...

Nollywood film producer, Victor Okpalan, who was recently accused of r.a.p.e by young actresses, shared a cryptic message. Earlier, an actress, Sharon Jatto called him out for posting the hashtag; ”Say No to R.a.p.e”, despite demanding for sex in exchange ...

Kobe Bryant is set to receive an Emmy award for his work in ‘philanthropy, community building and inspiration’ following his tragic death in January. The basketball star will be awarded the 72nd Los Angeles Area Emmy Governors Award which will ...

Nicki Minaj and 6ix9ine have reportedly broken the record for the fastest number 1 song on the US iTunes. They made history in just nine minutes with their collaboration titled “TROLLZ.” This becomes Nicki’s 14th song and 6ix9ine’s 3rd to ...

Professor James Nwoye Adichie, father of the renowned novelist, Chimamanda is dead. A family source revealed that he died on Wednesday night in Awka, Anambra State. Before his death, the 88-year-old father was admitted at the Chira Memorial Hospital in ...

Beyoncé is in advanced talks to sign an £80million deal with Disney for three major projects. The singer will appear on the soundtrack for Marvel film Black Panther 2, which is due for release next year, plus two other blockbusters.. ...

Former Wimbledon champion Ilie Nastase has tied the knot for a fifth time with his latest bride some 30 years younger than him. The 73-year-old Romanian tennis ace wed Ioana Simion, 43, during a “simple and beautiful” ceremony at the ...

Israeli model Bar Refaeli has agreed to pay $4.8million and do community service as part of a plea bargain which ends a long-running tax evasion case against her. The 35-year-old, who previously dated Leonardo DiCaprio, agreed to do nine months ...

Music producer and singer, Gabriel Oche Amanyi, popularly known as Terry G has asked Nigerians to urgently pray for Hushpuppi saying no one is clean. Though the news is yet to be properly confirmed, however a lot of people in ...

  Ghanaian actor, John Dumelo has made fulfilled his promise of ending flooding in West Legon, Ghana. The actor had announced on twitter that he will be working on the drainage, and yesterday came back on the same platform, to ...

Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury have agreed in principle to meet in two blockbuster fights, according to Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn. Hearn has been negotiating with Fury’s camp for several weeks and he said the terms were in place for ...

Rapper Iggy Azalea has finally confirmed the birth of her son, weeks after she welcomed her first child into the world. The internet has been buzzing since April after rumors first dropped that she welcomed a son with her fiance ...

Kendall Jenner and Devin Booker sparked romance rumours as they had dinner at one of Malibu’s finest restaurants. The supermodel, 24, and Phoenix Suns basketball player, 23, have got everyone talking about whether they were dating after they hit the ...

Twenty-time Grand Slam singles champion Roger Federer said Wednesday he would be sidelined until 2021 after undergoing his second knee operation in a matter of months. The 38-year-old Swiss said he needed follow-up arthroscopic surgery “a few weeks ago” after ...

A Russian influencer has revealed she is pregnant with her stepson’s baby – after recently divorcing his father. Marina Balmasheva, 35, recently announced she is engaged to her 20-year-old boyfriend Vladimir – having split from his father Alexey, 45, whom ...

Rachel Adedeji has quit Hollyoaks after four years on the show. Rachel, who plays Lisa Loveday on the Channel 4 soap, has already filmed her final scenes after handing in her notice before the start of lockdown. Her news comes ...

If news of Kemi Olunloyo is anything to go by, then Hushpuppi and his bosom friend, Woodberry are already being extradited to the United States. The two and one other person where allegedly arrested yesterday in Dubai. Now Ms Olunloyo ...

Brazil and Barcelona legend, Ronaldinho has opened up on his ‘sixty long days’ as he remains under house arrest in Paraguay for allegedly using a fake passport to enter South American country. The 40-year-old and his brother Roberto were arrested ...

They happen to be the same date — June 9th. And while Tonto Dikeh celebrated her 35th, giving updates and showed off her car gift, Churchill also took to Instagram to celebrate the new woman in his life. He wrote, ...

She recently shared two in the same outfit, and now she is sharing another two!