Oseyiza Oogbodo Blog

While Toyin Aimakhu is thanking God that her marriage is going strong, Emeka Ike must be wondering where he got it wrong as his marriage is said to have hit the rocks to the extent that his wife has filed for divorce. According to the news which is now the rave of the town, Emeka’s wife, Emma, said she’s tired of being his punching bag and all his accusations levelled at her, especially that she’s a witch, so she wants out of their twelve-year union.

The fact that her marriage to fellow actor, Niyi Johnson, has survived two years has made popular actress, Toyin Aimakhu, so emotional that she went online to express her innermost self. “It has been two spectacular years with my rib and I bless the Lord everyday for sending me such a good, patient, loving and good hearted man. Marriage is a lot of work and commitment, it isn’t easy but you do your best to continue to make it work and I pray that the good Lord give us grace to celebrate many more years together. “I love you my husband. God knew exactly what He was doing when He sent you to me and may God continue to give you all that makes a man a real man.”

Life is truly a case of only the person wearing the shoe knows where it’s pinching him. Apply this proverb to Kemi Adetiba and it is quite appropriate. She’s one of the entertainment industry’s most respected hands, and is probably the only female music video director in the country. She’s known as a big girl living life to the fullest. Many women not as successful as her are probably envious of her. But no matter how envious they are, they won’t be envious of the secret she’s just disclosed. And they might even pity her, for she has been going about with a very heavy burden for many years. And finally speaking about it, because she’s now free of it, she said, “I battled with an extreme case of fibroid in secret for many years. When I say extreme, I mean EXTREME. From being rushed to the ER where the intense PAIN wouldn’t even allow me cry, to being dangerously close to death because of anaemia, to the physical changes, the mental and emotional roller coaster, it takes not only YOU, ...

Maikori Audu Maikori is one of the biggest guns in the Nigerian entertainment industry. As founder of Chocolate City, he’s been behind the mainstream success of many artists: MI, Ice Prince, Nosa and BrymO included. OSEYIZA OOGBODO met him recently and he didn’t hold back on the issues raised .

The reason highly rated comedian, Julius Agwu, has been quiet for quite some time now has finally been revealed. According to him, he had to undergo brain surgery in the United States recently because two lumps were discovered in his brain. But he’s now okay. We thank God for you, J.

Ex-Governor of Calabar, Donald Duke and his wife, Onari, have been announced among honorary award winners at the Nollywood and Africa Films Critics Awards set to hold in California, USA on September 12th. They will both be presented with NAFCA’s Honourary Image and Humanitarian Award for their political, business and philanthropy endeavours. NAFCA also announced that American celebrity, Omarosa Manigault, will host this year’s NAFCA which is the fifth edition. Describing Omarosa, NAFCA said, “Born in Youngstown, Ohio, Omarosa Manigault or just Omarosa, earned valuable experience working in the office of then-Vice President Al Gore but earned fame as the breakout star of Donald Trump's reality show, The Apprentice. “There is much more to this ‘political insider’ than meets the eye. As one of The Donald's first season Apprentice contestants, she captivated America with her sassy no-holds-barred business savvy. She quickly emerged as pack leader while negotiating deals with such ...

From every indication, comedian and actor Baba Tee, definitely has to be very careful as his ex-lover, Yetunde Oduwole, the London-based big girl popularly known as Bustline, has released a video in which she threatened him, adviced him, and ended up crying as she reached out to Baba Tee. According to her, Tee is making her life miserable by constantly embarrassing her on social medial and his latest effort at humiliating her, in which he removed her pictures from his Facebook albums, but left those of her friends, has caused her much embarrassment as she got over twenty messages from concerned people asking if she and Tee were quarrelling again. For some time now, they’ve been known to have issues, and her coming out sorrowfully strongly only proves that something must have gone horribly wrong to make them still be at each other’s throat. And according to the video, she asked Tee if it was a crime to have dated him. She then told him that whoever dates her and treats her callously li...

The brouhaha surrounding the Africa category of America’s BET has taken a new twist with the category’s director, Lillian Blankson, coming out to speak to clear the air over the main issue generated by the category, which is that its winners are presented their plaque backstage. But without mincing words, Blankson defended the strategy, saying African music is not on American radio, and until it is, African artists won’t be respected in America. Blasting, encouraging and advising African artists in a series of tweets, she got to shed light on the whole situation, and indicated lucidly that BET is not downgrading African artists and that African artists have to upgrade themselves. “We need to work hard and get our music on the radio here in the US,” she tweeted. “How do people respect your brand when you’re not on the radio? First of all, tell the truth and stop tweeting lies and mistruths. There has never been a backstage presentation of any award. Just pre-recorded. “BET will always s...

Primate Ayodele Popular prophet, Primate Elijah Ayodele, founder of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, has warned Nigerian and Ghanaian entertainers to pray against death in their midst.

For a long time now, the deejaying sector of the Nigerian entertainment industry has been dominated by DJ Jimmy Jatt. That seems about to change however as one DJ is set to give Jatt a run for his money and take over the sector. Surprisingly, the DJ in question is not even a man, but a woman, and she seems set to succeed where many other male DJs have failed. This DJ is none other than DJ Cuppy, the worldwide famous daughter of the billionaire, Femi Otedola, who in a very short space of time has become Nigeria’s top female DJ and is now set to go the whole way and become not just Nigeria’s top DJ, but Africa’s. Already, she has performed at occasions that many Nigerian and African DJs only dream of. She set a record with one of such performances when she was chosen as the first African DJ ever to perform at the 2015 edition of the Oil Barons Charity Gala in Dubai. Right now, Cuppy, basking in the success of her recently released mixtape, House Of Cuppy II, which has superlatives mixes...

Two time MTV Africa Music Awards nominee, Seyi Shay, releases her first single since signing her international recording deal with Island Records. The single, titled Right Now, was produced by award-winning producer and songwriter, Harmony Samuels, who has also produced records for Ariana Grande, Chris Brown, Fantastia, Kelly Rowland and many more. The song which follows a succession of previously released successful hits (Murda, Crazy, Jangilova) talks about the sweet memories of love and attraction, takes a slow-dance reggae approach with a very catchy tune and showcases Shay's voice in a way you have never heard. Shay also released the video of the song on July 7, 2015 on Youtube. The video was directed by Meji Alabi for JM Films.