Last week was eventful in showbiz. TheCable Lifestyle examines the top entertainment stories that got tongues wagging in the past seven days.
ASAKE JUMPS OFF STAGE AT AFRO NATION PORTUGAL
Asake caused a stir at the Afro Nation music festival in Portugal on Thursday night when he jumped into the crowd during his performance.
The YBNL artiste entertained the crowd with a remarkable rendition of hit songs such as ‘2:30’, ‘Sungba’, and ‘Joha’.
To spice things up for the already thrilling audience, the ‘Amapiano’ hitmaker decided to leap into the crowd with breakneck speed with the intention of being caught by his fans.
The crowd was, however, not prepared for his sudden jump and he ended up landing on the ground.
IYABO OKO DIES AT 61
Iyabo Oko, the Yoruba actress, died last week at the age of 61.
Her death was confirmed in a social media post by Bisi Aisha, her daughter. Aisha, however, did not reveal the cause of her death and when she passed on.
Iyabo Oko was born on November 15, 1960, in Iwo LGA of Osun state. She started acting as a teenager in 1973. She later began to feature on the Eda Onileola theatre troupe.
During her prime in the Yoruba film industry, the actress was called names such as ‘Iyabo Oko’, ‘Apoti Aje’, and ‘Sisi Mama’.
Before her death, Iyabo Oko had battled with paralysis that led to her acting hiatus.
She would later spend two years away from the acting scene — while the last time she was on a movie set was in 2016.
AGN SUSPENDS JERRY WILLIAMS OVER ‘DRUG ABUSE’
The Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) last week suspended Jerry Williams following his alleged involvement in illicit substances.
Abubakar Yakubu, the national secretary of AGN, said the decision to suspend Williams was to protect other actors who would be on set with him.
He said the restriction was to allow the actor to undergo proper rehabilitation.
Yakubu added that the suspension is indefinite until the actor is certified by a doctor.
“And also to protect others who will be on set with him because when someone is under the influence of drugs, sometimes he might be given arms or dangerous weapons to handle or even driving in a scene, if you are not normal, you might begin to do abnormal things,” he added.
“So those are the reasons why. We just wanted to withdraw him from filming activities so that no one would give him any job, for now, to enable him to go through proper rehab. It is indefinite until he is certified by a doctor.”
FIVE NIGERIANS JOIN OSCARS ACADEMY
Kunle Afolayan, Richard Mofe-Damijo (RMD), C.J Obasi, Jade Osiberu, and Shola Dada are the Nigerians invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) class of 2023, making them voting Oscars members.
The Nigerians are among the 398 artists and entertainment executives invited to join the Oscar-dispensing group.
See how the Nigerians were placed on the list:
- RMD — actor category
- Kunle Afolayan — writer category
- Shola Dada — writer category
- CJ “Fiery” Obasi — director category
- Jade Osiberu — producer category
The Academy said the new members were invited based on “professionalism, commitment to representation, inclusion and equity”.
SKIT MAKER TRINITY GUY SPENDS A WEEK IN PRISON OVER CHILD SEXUALISATION
A family court in Ibadan ordered the remand of Trinity Guy at the Agodi correctional centre on June 26 over the alleged sexual exploitation of a 10-year-old girl in a skit.
The Oyo state police command earlier summoned the skit maker for asking the minor “inappropriate questions” about his manhood in a viral video.
He was arraigned on a two-count charge of conspiracy and sexual abuse as well as exploitation.
The magistrate ordered the remand of the defendants at the Agodi correctional facility in Ibadan till July 11 for further hearing.
It is understood that the skit maker is liable to 15 years imprisonment under the Child Rights Law, 2006 if convicted.
TWO WOMEN CLAIM DAVIDO IMPREGNATED THEM
Davido was in the public eye last week after Anita Brown, the US-based lady, and Ivanna Bay, the woman from France, accused him of impregnating them.
Brown claimed Davido got her pregnant and neglected responsibility. She alleged that they first met in Dubai in 2017 and dated “on and off until the pandemic.”
Bay, on the other hand, claimed she met the 30-year-old during the promotion of ‘Timeless’, his new album, in Paris.
Davido is yet to respond to either of the pregnancy claims.
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