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  1. Rapper Zlatan Ibile and his partner Davita announced on Instagram on Thursday, 8 October 2026 that their wedding will take place on Saturday, 24 October 2026.
  2. The save-the-date reel, narrated by one of the couple's two sons, had 271,172 likes when GistMatrix checked it at about 10:30am WAT on Friday, 9 October 2026.
  3. Pulse Nigeria reported that Zlatan and Davita held a private civil wedding in December 2025, which became public through a decorator's posts in May 2026.
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Celebrity · 4 min read

Zlatan sets 24 October wedding date with Davita in son-voiced video

Nine months after Zlatan said Davita was the mother of his children, not his wife, the couple have fixed their wedding day in an Instagram video narrated by one of their sons.

Rapper Zlatan Ibile has named the day. In a save-the-date video posted on Instagram at about 10:20pm WAT on Thursday, 8 October 2026, the singer and his partner Davita revealed that the Zlatan wedding will take place on Saturday, 24 October 2026. The caption was just the date, "24 October 2026", a ring emoji and the hashtag #DTTheUnion. The voice…

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  1. Inspector-General of Police Olatunji Disu has approved the Aloba family's petition for a fresh investigation into Mohbad's death, family lawyer Oladayo Ogungbe said in a statement dated 29 September 2026.
  2. The family's petition cited inconsistencies in the first investigation and asked for a forensic review; the IGP forwarded it to the Lagos State Police Command and a new team of Special Enquiry Bureau officers is handling it, Ogungbe said on 1 October 2026.
  3. As of 11:20am WAT on Friday, 2 October 2026, the Nigeria Police Force and the Lagos command had not publicly confirmed the new probe; their spokespeople did not respond to Premium Times.
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Celebrity · 5 min read

Mohbad: IGP approves fresh probe into singer’s death, family says

The Aloba family's petition, filed in April, has gone to detectives at the Lagos police Special Enquiry Bureau, their lawyer says. It comes days after a court in Abuja threw out an NGO's bid for the same thing.

Updated 11:30 WAT, 15 October 2026: As of 15 October, the Nigeria Police Force had not publicly confirmed the reinvestigation, and no arrests, new police statement or appeal by Break the Silence Foundation had been reported. Updated 11:20am WAT, Friday, 2 October 2026: the family's petition cited inconsistencies in the first investigation and asked for a forensic review, according to…

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  1. Maria Avila, the housekeeper mauled by a dog at Chris Brown's Los Angeles home in December 2020, accepted a reduced $9.5 million award on Thursday, 1 October 2026.
  2. Judge Huey Cotton called the jury's $12.9 million award "excessive" in a conditional order on Tuesday, 29 September 2026, offering her the lower sum or a retrial on damages.
  3. Brown admitted negligence before the June 2026 trial but disputed her injuries; as of 7:35am WAT on Friday, 2 October, he had not commented on the reduced award.
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Celebrity · 4 min read

Chris Brown dog attack: housekeeper accepts $9.5m to avoid retrial

The singer's former housekeeper gave up $3.4 million of her jury award rather than face a second trial over the 2020 mauling at his Tarzana home. Her own lawyer had urged the judge to cut it only to $11 million.

Updated 11:30 WAT, 15 October 2026: Avila has asked a Los Angeles judge to issue an arrest warrant for Brown, alleging he has failed to provide dates to appear with his bank records so his finances can be examined, according to court documents reported by TMZ on 12 October. Chris Brown's former housekeeper Maria Avila has agreed to take $9.5…

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VeryDarkMan drops 7-minute video as Apostle Arome row enters week two

The activist says the church is part of Nigeria's problem, a week after a clip of Arome Osayi saying the country's calling is revival, not building engines, went viral. Pastors have lined up on both sides.

Martins Vincent Otse, the activist known as VeryDarkMan, posted a 7-minute-44-second video on his Instagram page and YouTube channel on Wednesday, 30 September, keeping up his fight with Apostle Arome Osayi. His caption set the tone: "They ask why I am criticizing the church as of the church is the problem of the country.....let me open your eyes." By about…

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  1. Adekunle Gold told BBC Radio 1Xtra that a sickle cell crisis on a flight to Tanzania left him unable to walk; the clip was posted on 29 September 2026.
  2. The singer said he left the plane in Ethiopia in a wheelchair for the first time and a doctor told him to drink more water whenever he flies.
  3. His foundation launched 5 Star Care, free health insurance for 1,000 people with sickle cell in Lagos, on 19 June 2025.
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Celebrity · 4 min read

Adekunle Gold: sickle cell crisis on a flight put him in a wheelchair

The singer told BBC Radio 1Xtra that the pain started as cramps on the way to Tanzania and got so bad the crew nearly landed early. A doctor in Ethiopia gave him one simple rule for flying.

Adekunle Gold thought it was bad airport food. It was a sickle cell crisis, and by the time his plane reached Ethiopia he could not walk. The singer, born Adekunle Kosoko, described the episode in an interview with Eddie Kadi on BBC Radio 1Xtra. The station posted a clip on Instagram on Tuesday, 29 September 2026, and Nigerian outlets including…

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  1. Lagos dancer Benjamin Daniel Gabriel, known as Bendancer, finished a 168-hour dance marathon at Freedom Park, Lagos, on Tuesday, 29 September 2026, Vanguard reported.
  2. The Guinness World Records title for the longest individual dance marathon is 127 hours, set by Indian dancer Srushti Sudhir Jagtap in 2023.
  3. Guinness World Records told Vanguard on Tuesday, 29 September 2026 that no record can be confirmed until it has reviewed and verified Bendancer's evidence.
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Celebrity · 3 min read

Bendancer finishes 168-hour dance marathon, now Guinness must rule

The Lagos dancer came off the floor at Freedom Park on Tuesday, 29 September, well past the 127-hour record. Guinness World Records says his evidence must pass review first, and Hilda Baci's 2023 wait shows what that involves.

Seven days on his feet. Lagos dancer Benjamin Daniel Gabriel, known as Bendancer, completed his 168-hour dance marathon at Freedom Park on Tuesday, 29 September, in a bid for the Guinness World Record, Vanguard reported. That is 41 hours more than the current mark. The record for the longest dance marathon by an individual is 127 hours, held by Indian…

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  1. Actor Andrew Garfield told the YouTube music show Track Star, in an episode released on 2 September 2026, that Fela Kuti's music shaped his Spider-Man.
  2. Garfield said the way he moved in the Spider-Man suit drew on Fela, and that Fela's revolutionary politics gave Peter Parker a justice-seeking streak.
  3. A clip of the interview spread on Nigerian social media on Tuesday, 29 September 2026; the full episode is free to watch on YouTube in Nigeria.
Gist Reel

Celebrity · 4 min read

Andrew Garfield credits Fela Kuti for how his Spider-Man moved

The Oscar-nominated actor says a Fela playlist shaped his body language and sense of justice as Peter Parker. He said it on Track Star in early September; the clip hit Nigerian timelines on Tuesday.

Andrew Garfield has credited Fela Kuti for the way his Spider-Man moved. The British-American actor told the music show Track Star that he made a playlist for the role and that Nigeria's Afrobeat pioneer ended up at the centre of it. Garfield said he started listening to Fela when he first got the part. "There was something about the sound…

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  1. A black-and-white graphic claiming Jackie Chan had died, marked ‘1954–2026’, spread on social media on Tuesday, 29 September 2026, without any source.
  2. As of 2:30pm WAT on Tuesday, 29 September 2026, no family member, representative or credible news outlet had reported the death of Jackie Chan.
  3. Jackie Chan, 72, visited a Singapore school on 7 July 2026 and was reported to be filming Armour of God: Ultimatum in Baku in August.
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Celebrity · 3 min read

No, Jackie Chan is not dead. The viral ‘1954–2026’ post is a hoax

The 72-year-old's family and representatives have announced nothing and no credible outlet has reported a death, yet a memorial graphic pulled in millions of views on Tuesday. Here is where it came from and when he was last seen.

Jackie Chan has survived six decades of his own stunts. On Tuesday, 29 September, he also had to survive the internet: a black-and-white graphic bearing his name and the dates "1954–2026" spread across social media, but there is no credible evidence that the 72-year-old has died. The fake memorial travelled fast. One post had more than 3.8 million views within…

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  1. Sylvester Stallone, 80, has released The Steps, a memoir covering his life up to Rocky's Best Picture win at the 1977 Oscars, The Independent reported on 29 September 2026.
  2. In The Steps, Sylvester Stallone says he told a director he would knock Richard Gere's teeth out on the 1973 set of The Lords of Flatbush.
  3. Sylvester Stallone writes that he and his father squared up on Rocky's final shooting day after his father failed to ring the timekeeper's bell on cue.
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Celebrity · 4 min read

Sylvester Stallone memoir: 5 revelations, from Richard Gere to Rocky

The Steps traces the 80-year-old's road from cleaning lion cages at a New York zoo to the Oscars, including a stand-off with his own father on the last day of shooting Rocky.

Before Rocky made him famous, Sylvester Stallone was shovelling out lion cages at a New York zoo. That is one of the stories in The Steps, the 80-year-old's new memoir, which follows his life up to the night Rocky was named Best Picture at the 1977 Oscars, The Independent reported on Tuesday, 29 September. The book is a warts-and-all account…

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  1. Comedian Carter Efe beat rapper Speed Darlington by unanimous decision after four rounds at Chaos in the Ring in Lagos on Thursday, 1 October 2026, TVC News reported.
  2. Before the fight, Speed Darlington told Nevo Media he wanted to box Burna Boy next, P.M. News reported on 28 September 2026; no such bout has been announced.
  3. Phyna knocked out Nkechi Blessing in the fourth round on the same card on Friday, 2 October 2026, then challenged Etinosa Idemudia, who accepted on stage, The Guardian Nigeria reported.
Gist Reel

Celebrity · 7 min read

Speed Darlington loses to Carter Efe after Burna Boy call-out

Carter Efe kept his celebrity boxing belt with a unanimous decision over Speed Darlington in Lagos on 1 October. The rapper had named Burna Boy as his next target; no such bout has been announced.

Updated 4:10am WAT, Friday, 2 October 2026: Phyna stopped Nkechi Blessing in the fourth round and has challenged Etinosa Idemudia, who accepted on stage; Carter Efe named DDG and Floyd Mayweather as the opponents he wants next, The Guardian Nigeria reported. Updated 2:35am WAT, Friday, 2 October 2026: Carter Efe beat Speed Darlington by unanimous decision, according to Balmoral Group…

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  1. Danielle Adewusi, a medical doctor representing Lagos State, was crowned Miss Universe Nigeria 2026 on Sunday, 27 September, at the Federal Palace Hotel, Lagos.
  2. Anita Osikhena of Edo State finished first runner-up to Danielle Adewusi at Miss Universe Nigeria 2026 on 27 September, Pulse Nigeria reported.
  3. Danielle Adewusi will represent Nigeria at the 75th Miss Universe in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on 24 November 2026, according to Pulse Nigeria.
Gist Reel

Celebrity · 3 min read

Miss Universe Nigeria: doctor Danielle Adewusi wins the 2026 crown

The Lagos State representative, a King's College London-trained physician, beat 19 contestants and will fly Nigeria's flag at Miss Universe 2026 in Puerto Rico.

Danielle Adewusi, a medical doctor representing Lagos State, has been crowned Miss Universe Nigeria 2026. She won the title on Sunday night, 27 September, at Balmoral Hall, Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, Pulse Nigeria and Vanguard reported. Who is Danielle Adewusi, Miss Universe Nigeria 2026? Adewusi studied at King's College London, where she earned a medical degree (MBBS) and…

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  1. BBNaija: Keivo and Tram Clash Over Shirt, Fight Breaks Out in Biggie's House
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Celebrity · 2 min read

BBNaija: Finalists Keivo and Tram Come to Blows Over Shirt

 A disagreement over a shirt escalated into a physical altercation between Big Brother Naija Season 11 finalists Keivo and Tram on Monday night, forcing other housemates to step in and separate the pair. How it started The trouble began when Tram noticed Keivo wearing a shirt he insisted belonged to him. Tram said he had come into the house with…

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