Celebrity Gist

Nigerian singer and songwriter, Ayoleyi Hanniel Solomon, better known as Reekado Banks is currently stranded in another African country, Gabon, urging the federal government to open borders, so he can return home. The 26-year-old musician can not return to his ...

Lizzo, Billie Eilish and Sir Elton John will perform at a TV concert curated by Lady Gaga, which will celebrate health workers amid the coronavirus crisis. Gaga, along with the group Global Citizen, has already raised $35m (£28m) for the ...

Miss England 2019 has decided to hang up her crown and return to work as an NHS doctor during the coronavirus pandemic. Bhasha Mukherjee was a junior doctor specialising in respiratory medicine before competing in the Miss World pageant on ...

Actress Honor Blackman, who played iconic Bond girl Pussy Galore, has died aged 94. The star of film, TV and theatre appeared with Sean Connery in the 1964 classic Goldfinger. At 38 — five years older than 007 Sean at ...

Nollywood actress Eniola Badmus took to her Instagram page to share an emoji, tagging her colleague Funke Akindele Bello after she posted it. Eniola posted a heartbreaking emoji to express how she feels about the arrest and judgement the court ...

The daughter of Floyd Mayweather is disheveled and on the verge of tears in a mugshot taken shortly after she is accused of stabbing the mother of her boyfriend’s child. Iyanna Mayweather, 19, looked weathered and worse-for-the wear after being ...

Veteran Yoruba actress, Alhaja Anike Alajogun, aka Yeye Oba who retired from acting in Nigeria to become a nurse working with the NHS in Manchester, UK. has tested positive for Coronavirus. The UK cum Naija socialite, who is the owner ...

Pregnant Nikki Bella let slip a massive hint she was longing for her ex John Cena. It’s been almost two years since the exes went their separate ways after they called it quits on their six-year romance in April 2018. ...

South African television presenter Vinolia Mashego has died at the age of 57. It is understood that the Generations star passed away in her sleep. Mashego’s father Collins and younger sister Prelley Seale confirmed the tragic news on Monday morning. ...

Cardi B has revealed she lost five pounds in four days because of stomach illness that landed her in the hospital last week. The 27-year-old rap star wrote in a since-deleted tweet that she was ‘throwing up everything I swallow,’ ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

  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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...