The Reacher star filmed himself singing the 1983 ballad in a hotel room and told fans to watch it for "pleasure or scorn". By Sunday it had more than 445,000 likes on Instagram, and he has been here before.
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Two days after turning 56, the Chief Daddy star told a Lagos audience at Kike Abati's media anniversary that she prays she never gets the chance to leave Nigeria, and gave young people her own advice for staying.
Nollywood actress Shaffy Bello says she has no plan to join the japa wave. Speaking at the Real Talk With Kike anniversary event at Eko Hotels and Suites, Lagos, on Saturday, 10 October 2026, she told the room she prays never to get the chance to leave Nigeria. "America trained me, but Nigeria made me," she said, according to Vanguard.…
In an Instagram video on Monday night, 12 October, the comedian told fans to ignore a viral report that his wife had left for the US, six weeks after the couple marked their 25th wedding anniversary.
Six weeks ago, Okey Bakassi was on Instagram thanking his wife for 25 years of marriage. On Monday night, 12 October 2026, the Nollywood comedian was back on the same account telling fans that the marriage is still standing, after a viral report claimed she had left him. "My family is intact and in God's hands," he wrote under a…
The University of Benin first-class graduate, now a PhD researcher at McGill, is hunting for sperm biomarkers that standard semen tests miss. He says the gap is one he saw first-hand as a pharmacist in Nigeria.
When a couple can't conceive, the tests usually start with the woman, and often stay there. Chika Onochie wants to change that, and Québec has put up to CAD$100,000 behind him. The Nigerian pharmacist, a PhD researcher at McGill University in Montreal, has won a scholarship worth up to CAD$100,000 from the Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ) for his…
Nigeria's Unwana Sambo Essien made the top five in Thailand and won King of Kings and Best National Costume, on the night his countrywoman Oma Osele took the women's crown.
Nigeria's Unwana Sambo Essien finished third runner-up at Mister Continental World 2026 in Ayutthaya, Thailand, on Friday, 9 October, and collected two special awards on the way: the King of Kings title and Best National Costume, according to Leadership and Naija TV. He made the final five of the men's contest, which was won by India's Karnajit Ningthoujam. Thailand's delegate…
The law graduate from Port Harcourt beat Nigeria's previous best at the Bangkok pageant, finishing behind only Türkiye's Dilhan Divrikli, a year after he was named Mister International Africa.
Nigerian model Bethel Mbamara finished first runner-up at Mister Global 2026 in Bangkok, Thailand, on Saturday, 10 October, the best result Nigeria has ever recorded at the international male pageant. The crown went to Dilhan Divrikli of Türkiye. Mbamara climbed through every cut on the night, from the Top 20 after the swimwear round to the Top 10 after formal…
The 28-year-old Lagos medical laboratory scientist won the pageant's first-ever edition in Thailand, and also collected Queen of Africa, Best National Costume and Best Physique. Here is who she is and how the win came together.
Iruomachukwu Oma Osele is the first woman ever crowned Miss Continental World. The Nigerian model won the inaugural edition of the pageant in Ayutthaya, Thailand, with news of her victory reaching home on the night of Friday, 9 October. She did not stop at the crown. Osele also left Thailand with three special awards: Queen of Africa, Best National Costume…
The TikTok couple shared maternity photos on Instagram on Thursday, 8 October, weeks after brushing off pregnancy talk as weight gain. A slip on a livestream had already given fans a hint.
Two months after their Lagos wedding, Peller and Jarvis have confirmed what fans had guessed for weeks. The Peller and Jarvis pregnancy is official: the TikTok couple are expecting their first child, they said in a joint Instagram post on Thursday, 8 October 2026. The post was built around a maternity shoot, with Jarvis showing her bump. In the caption,…
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