Author: Ola Ike

Nollywood actress and fitness enthusiast, Kate Henshaw has called out the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over the chaos the inaccessibility of the new Naira notes has caused. She slammed the apex bank for feeding tales to Nigerians and shifting blames, when they are totally complicit. The dark-skinned actress, questioned the rush in disposing the old notes in a bid to punish certain people, without considering average Nigerians. Kate Henshaw noted how the trust in banks have been totally eroded because of Central Bank’s insensitive decision. “I am beyond incensed and livid!!! The @centralbankng has been feeding tales and spinning…

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Big Brother Titans housemates Ebubu and Tsatsii aka the Royals have won the fourth week’s head-of-house games. Their role as Head of House give the pair immunity to this week’s nominations and free access to the Head of House lounge, unlike other housemates. All housemates were involved in the game but 2 pairs made it till the last batch —the Royals (Ebubu and Tsatsii) and Maya (Marvin and Yaya) They were asked to rearrange numbers 1 – 25 on a broad from the least to the highest. Yaya in group Maya turned her letter 5 the other way round, costing…

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Larissa London, the baby mama of the popular crooner, David Adeleke alias Davido raises eyebrows with some cryptic notes. The UK- based make-up artist who shares a son named Dawson with Davido took to her Instagram stories to share some thought-provoking posts. First, she reshared a self-blaming post that reads: “I deserved everything L I took. I got too comfortable wit a lot of shit & people and it backfired on me. BUT I got it now and it’s all understood.” See below: In a follow-up post, the mother of one admitted that her 20s have been the most confusing…

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Nigerian actress, Uche Ogbodo has taken to Instagram to recount how her dad ruined her makeup on her wedding day, causing her colleagues to react. Sharing the emotional moment of how it happened, Uche Ogbodo broke down in tears while her father prayed for her at her traditional wedding with her husband, Bobby Maris in January.In the video, while performing her wedding rites, Uche’s father’s prayers made her become so emotional that she burst into tears, ruining her makeup in the process. Uche and her man knelt before her father and while praying for her, the mum of two broke…

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Controversial singer, Portable has joined the campaign team of the Accord Party in Oyo state, just a few months after calling out the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the non-payment of his fees. Recall six months ago, Portable campaigned for APC governorship candidate in Osun, Gboyega Oyetola. The Zazuu star stirred controversy when he declared support for Oyetola and the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu.He and singer, Davido clashed over their separate choices and it resulted in a beef that lasted for months. In July, 2022 Portable called the APC out for deceiving him and not paying as promised, despite…

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Famous dancer and writer, Korra Obidi recently raged at a troll who made a side comment about her giving her estranged husband, Justin Dean another man’s children and cheating while in marriage. The mother of two who was speaking pertaining to her recently released book, ‘Korra Is Live‘ lost her cool after the comment popped out and she subsequently read it aloud. The troll questioned Korra Obidi for not telling her ex-husband that his children aren’t his. In reaction, she raged at the cybernaut while hurling curses at him/her for false accusation. Korra Obidi went on to state that Justin…

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Popular Nollywood actors Funke Akindele, Rotimi Salami and Jide Awobana have reacted to superstar singer, Tems’ win at the Grammy last night, February 5. Just like singer, Yemi Alade celebrated the woman of the moment on her Twitter page, Funke Akindele took to Instagram to congratulate Tems, urging her never to stop being original. Challenging other young women, Funke advised that they keep pushing, working hard. The actress cum politician wrote: “Congratulations @temsbaby on winning the Best Melodic Rap Performance at the #2023grammyawards You’re pride to Nigeria, Africa and women all over the world. Your originality made you stand out! This…

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Afrobeats superstar, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun also known as Wizkid has been captured on tape being teased by a lady. The Nigerian woman who has been identified as Mariam was with Machala in what looked like a hotel room and she challenged him to start acting like a celebrity. The lady addressed him as Popsy, another nickname Wizkid is known by and urged him to behave like a celeb but his attention was focused on his phone. In response, Wizkid blushed hard, gave a faint response amid a little smirk and continued what he was doing on his phone. It is…

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Nollywood Veteran, Chidi Mokeme has triggered speculations with a recent video of him and industry friend, Kate Henshaw. The movie stars’ friendship go way back over thirty years and their recent reunion was an adorable one. In the clip he posted on Instagram, the actor and his friend, Kate reunited like little kids, they ran into each other’s arms and shouted to express their excitement. Chidi lifted the actress who straddled him by the waist and when she eventually set her foot back down, they quickly shared a kiss. Almost oblivious to the camera, the Nollywood stars gushed over each…

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Temilade Openiyi, better known by her stage name Tems, a Nigerian singer, has reacted to her win at the 2023 Grammy Awards. Tems, clearly overjoyed, expressed her delight at the accomplishment, stating that she believes it is only the beginning. WITHIN NIGERIA recalls that the singer won the ‘Best Melodic Rap Performance’ category on Sunday night for her role in ‘Wait for U,’ Future’s 2022 hit song featuring Drake. Tems recalled in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine how she would always listen to several prominent artists with whom she now collaborates. Speaking specifically about her Grammy win, the singer…

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