Nicki Gist

Celebrities are mostly seen as role models for the youth. The larger-than-life aura they exude via the social media make them look as if they can do no wrong but they’re humans after all and are bound to make mistakes. Because of their celebrity status, more often than not, they’re used as poster boys or girls by those in authority just to score some points. At the end of the day, when it comes to the law, there are no exceptions- even if you’re a hot shot celebrity. This is a list of celebrities who have had serious issues with the law as VANESSA OKWARA reports Upcoming musician, Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, courted controversy online and got blasted by fellow celebrities when he openly supported youths involved in online fraud commonly called ‘Yahoo Yahoo’. Naira Marley, known for his hit single, ‘Issa Goal’, recently came under fire by renowned rapper, Ruggedman, for promoting Internet fraud in his music. Marley even made a song out of it which is curren...

Blac Chyna , who recently settled her differences with ex-partner,  Rob Kardashian has admitted that having a good relationship with him is healthy for them. The 31-year-old and former ‘Rob and Chyna’ star who has six-year-old son   King Cairo   with her ex-boyfriend   Tyga , as well as two-year-old daughter   Dream   with her former fiancée Rob Kardashian, said it’s important for her to be on good terms with Rob in other to improve co-Parenting. Speaking to ‘Entertainment Tonight’s Brice Sander at her Lashed Cosmetics booth at RuPaul’s DragCon LA 2019 on Sunday, she opened up about how she and Rob have moved past the drama to successfully co-parent their 2-year-old daughter, Dream.  She said: “I just feel like having a good relationship with the other parent and co-parenting is a healthy type of thing. It’s something that a lot of people need to practice.” Chyna’s comments come after she and Rob recently settled their differences, afte...

Peter Okoye has threatened to sue an Angolan show promoter for using his photo in order to promote his brother’s show. The show promoters shared a photo of P-Square, both Peter and Paul, to promote the show even though the group is defunct and it was only Paul performing. Peter found this out and called them out while also shading his twin brother, Paul for needing his image to sell his show. See below.

Veteran actress, Idowu Phillips, aka Mama Rainbow, talks  about her career, foundation, family and other issues What is the name of your foundation and when was it started It is called the Mama Rainbow Foundation. It started over 15 years ago and we have been assisted by God and some people. For this year, we want to hold our annual event in a way that everyone would know about it. It will take place on Children’s Day in my house at Ojodu Berger, Lagos. In the past, whenever we called some people for our programmes, they weren’t aware of our activities. But now, we want everyone to know about us so that whenever we call widows and other people, they can attend our events. What is the focus of the foundation? We cater to widows. You know I am also a widow; I lost my husband over 30 years ago. I went through a lot and that is why I decided to be helping widows. On the day of the programme, we would advise one another. Being a widow doesn’t mean one should just sit in one p...

Earlier today, President Buhari signed the 2019 appropriation bill of N8.91 trillion into law In attendance at the signing ceremony were VP Yemi Osinbajo, Senate President Bukola Saraki, Speaker Yakubu Dogara and others. See more photos fromt he ceremony below  

A 3-year-old girl who was stolen alongside her sister, Amanda, in June 2018, by two female tenants of their father in Utesi, Edo State, has finally been recovered by the police. Christabel Omokpia was found in Enugu State after being sold for N850,000 by an orphanage in Rivers State. . Their mother, Faith, had left them in the care of the tenants, Mary and Rose, who disappeared with them. Christabel was first sold for N450,000 by the tenants and she was later sold for N500,000 to one Ogechi Favour. . She was later sold for N850,000 to one Anioke Augustine in Enugu State. The girl could not recognise her parents again after she was reunited with her family on Wednesday night. . Spokesman for Edo Police Command, DSP Chidi Nwabuzor, said four suspects earlier arrested in connection to the missing children were already in prisons in Ondo and Edo States. . On the whereabouts of Amanda, DSP Nwabuzor said the police would do its best to recover her. It was learnt that the woma...

Residents were left in a state of shock and confusion after a young lady allegedly ran mad after she was dropped by a Lexus SUV, yesterday, in Ijebu Ode area of Ogun State. As the news went viral online, the lady has now been identified as Blessing and said to be a student of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba in Ondo state. She was however found in an unfortunate state in Ijebu Ode, in Ogun state – according to reports, the lady who was interrogated could not give a cohesive answer as to what happened to her. She was later tied up by people around after she took her public displays of insanity to another level and causing disturbance. Efforts are now being made to locate her people.