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  • Actress, Chacha Eke Faani takes down Instagram page over alleged worsening mental breakdown

    Nollywood actress, Chacha Eke Faani, has taken down her Instagram page following an alleged worsening mental breakdown.

     

    According to a popular blogger, Gistlover, the actress’s medical condition has gone beyond the bipolar disorder she was diagnosed with, in 2020.

     

    The faceless blogger also claimed that the actress’s condition has made her team take down her Instagram page.

     

    The actress’s Instagram page was discovered to have been taken down indeed.

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    The blog post reads, “Another sad news for Nollywood. God oo. This ija industry jazz too full am oo Kai. That beautiful woman. No wonder Dem help her deactivate her account. The first time them say na bipolar. Now it’s gone beyond that. God abeg ooo. Details later”.

     

    The actress was born and bred in the capital city of Ebonyi State, known as Abakaliki.

     

    She was born on 1 May 1993.

     

    Chacha Eke grew up in a middle-class family that later relocated to Enugu state and subsequently Asaba, the Delta state capital.

     

    Her father, Prof. John Eke, is a renowned politician, lecturer, and former Commissioner of Education in Ebonyi State chosen by the then Governor David Nweze Umahi.

     

    She has a sister whose name is Peace Eke.

     

    The actress’s educational background started when she attended the Esut Nursery and primary school situated in Abakaliki, Ebonyi state.

     

    She completed her junior and secondary school education at a missionary school known as Our Lord Shepard International School located in Enugu, Southeast Nigeria.

     

    After obtaining her mandatory West African Examination Council (WAEC) certificate and the Senior Secondary School Certificate (SSCE), she was admitted into Ebonyi State University (EBSU).

     

    She successfully graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Accounting.

     

    Chacha Eke started acting as a teenager. She worked in local events and at the same time engaged in her studies.

     

    The actress got her first official role in a movie after successfully auditioning at a talent hunt hosted in her home town Abakaliki.

     

    Subsequently, she attended other talents show and was selected to act in her first movie in 2009.

     

    In 2012, Chacha Eke acted in a popular TV drama titled, The End Is Near, which gained her prominence in the heart of fans and the movie industry.

  • American pop-star, Mariah Carey reveals battle with bipolar disorder

    American pop-star, Mariah Carey has revealed that she suffers from bipolar disorder and has entered treatment.

    Mariah says that for years she didn’t want to believe her diagnosis, but now the superstar singer is proud to share, which she unveiled through a new People magazine cover.

    “Until recently I lived in denial and isolation and in constant fear someone would expose me,” she said.
    “It was too heavy a burden to carry and I simply couldn’t do that anymore. I sought and received treatment, I put positive people around me and I got back to doing what I love — writing songs and making music.”
    Mariah said she was first diagnosed in 2001 when she was hospitalized following a breakdown.
    Mariah told the publication she is now in therapy and taking medication for bipolar II disorder, which involves periods of depression as well as hypomania.
    “It’s not making me feel too tired or sluggish or anything like that,” the singer said. “Finding the proper balance is what is most important.”
    On Wednesday, Mariah tweeted the cover image of her story in People.
    “I’m grateful to be sharing this part of my journey with you,” she wrote in the tweet.
    Mariah Carey, who is in her late 40’s divorced from actor Nick Cannon and shares 6-year-old twins Monroe and Moroccan with him.
    She decided to go public saying, “just in a really good place right now, where I’m comfortable discussing my struggles with bipolar II disorder.”
    “I’m hopeful we can get to a place where the stigma is lifted from people going through anything alone,” Carey said.
    “It can be incredibly isolating. It does not have to define you and I refuse to allow it to define me or control me.”