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  • I was in car crash – Maraji gives reason for social media hiatus

    I was in car crash – Maraji gives reason for social media hiatus

    Popular Nigerian comedian, Gloria Oloruntobi better known as Maraji, has disclosed that she and her family were recently involved in a car accident.

    TheNewsGuru.com(TNG) reports that the skit maker, who have been away from social media for some couple of months, in a YouTube video said that the crash happened on a day they were all returning from a church service.

    Narrating the experience, Maraji revealed  she and her family rode in “spun severally before ending in a ditch”.

    “If you have ever been in a car accident, you know it feels like you are in between life and death,” she said.

    “It feels like you could have just died.

    “What made it even made it scary for me was the fact that everybody was in the car. My husband, myself, and my kids.

    “We were coming back from church. It was just so scary and made me kind of think I could have just died.

    “If I had died, all the work I have done would just go.

    “What is the point of working so hard if you will not rest?

    “And that made me appreciate life more and do what I love to do which is rest.

    “I was shocked by the accident. We were just driving when a car hit us from the side and we were turning around.

    “It was a Nigerian film, it was crazy. The car was just going around and then we found ourselves in the ditch.

    “I checked my kids and they were okay. Everybody was just fine, nobody had any injury.”

  • Seyi Law reacts as X user accuses him of being a cultist

    Seyi Law reacts as X user accuses him of being a cultist

    Popular Nigerian comedian, Oluseyi Aletile, professionally known as Seyi Law have reacted to accusations of being a cultist.

    This comes after a netizen took to the microblogging platform, X on Thursday, August 8th to share a video of some men dancing at a party, claiming that Seyi Law was a ‘supreme member’ of a cult group, Eiye and pictured in the group of men dancing.

    The X user alleged further alleged that almost everyone in the Southwest is a member of the cult group.

    The post read, “So @seyilaw1 na supreme Eiye member. Almost everybody na Eiye for SouthWest.”

    Reacting, Seyi Law hinted at a possibe legal action, saying that he hopes Nigerians would not call it oppression when he does.

    He wrote, “I hope that when I take action now, people won’t call it oppression.”

  • Comedian Sabinus shares testimony after father’s abduction

    Comedian Sabinus shares testimony after father’s abduction

    Nigerian comedian Emmanuel Chukwuemeka Ejekwu, better known as Sabinus has taken to social media to share his testimony after the release of his father following his abduction by unknown kidnappers.

    It would be recalled that Sabinus’ father was reportedly kidnapped during the week at his home in Rivers State.

    Giving an update on his father, the popular sensation expressed gratitude to his creator as he announced that his father had been released.

    Despite the distressing situation, Sabinus chipped in humor by stating the possibility of the kidnappers laughing at his skits.

    He stated that people would have sympathised with him by now if God didn’t come through for them.

    “Kidnappers wey go carry my papa fit still watch my video dey laugh. This life sha, but we bless God for providing unless how I wan pay ransom. By now e for he so sorry I for dey hear.
    Thank you, Lord”.

  • Basketmouth celebrates first son’s 14th birthday in style

    Basketmouth celebrates first son’s 14th birthday in style

    Popular Nigerian comedian and actor, Bright Okpocha, popularly known by his stage name Basketmouth is celebrating his son, Jason as he marks his 14th birthday today.

     

    The proud father, shared throwback photos of his son from his time as a baby till his present age, saying: “My son in whom I am well pleased.”

     

    Thenewsguru.com (TNG) shows cute photos when he was younger;

     

  • ‘Nigerian comedians cannot speak truth to power’- Wale Gates

    ‘Nigerian comedians cannot speak truth to power’- Wale Gates

    UK based Nigerian comedian, Wale Gates has condemned Nigerian comedians for not being able to speak truth to power. Gates asserted that his desire is to be able to say whatever he wishes regardless of whose ox is gored. He added that this has prevented him from doing many shows in Nigeria. He made this known in an interview with ace broadcaster, Funmi Iyanda.

    According to him:” Yeah, I am. To be honest, I don’t wanna do what they do and again I want to be free. That’s the dynamics of it. I hate that. Honestly, I want to look at powerful people and say [my mind]. I don’t like when comedians have to be stupid to make rich people laugh. I hate that thing. No, I don’t want to do that. In the Nigerian system, they do that.I want to be able to say what I want. Someone like Ali Baba, it’s taken him years to be able to do that. I don’t want to wait that long. I want to be able to speak to power now. Would I be able to do it in Nigeria? No. If I see something, I have to say it. The reason why Nigerian comedians can’t afford to be arrogant is that they need to conform so that money will come in” he said.

    Wale was born in East London to Nigerian parents, but moved to Lagos, Nigeria with his parents as a child. He spent his early years in Primary school in Lagos and boarding School in Ogbomosho, Oyo state. After Secondary school, he gained admission into the University of Lagos and graduated with a Bsc in Economics. It was at the university while also in Theatre 15 (A stage drama production company in the university) as a stage actor, that he decided to launch out solo as a stand-up comic in October 2001

  • Good news: Comedian, Julius Agwu returns to social media

    Famous Nigerian comedian has been off social media for a while, supposedly due to his health and his fans have been understandably worried.

    Julius seems better now, enough to send out a message of gratitude to his fans and supporters on Instagram. He shared a photo of The Rock with a quote on it then captioned it:

    “Thanx to everyone who PRAYED for me… May almighty GOD reward you all in JESUS Name, Amen !!!”

     

     

  • Buchi finally off the singles market as he gets married

    Comedian, Onyebuchi Ojieh, known by his stage name Buchi is officially off the singles market as he tied the knots with his lovely girlfriend today, 19th January.

    Ace Nigerian comedian, composer, writer, and actor who is from Delta State, took all his friends and colleagues to Edo State, the hometown of his bride for his exquisite wedding.

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  • Bovi calls out female blackmailer on social media

    Ace comedian, Bovi took to his Instagram page to warn a woman who is trying to blackmail him after he ignored several messages she sent on behalf of her husband.

    He wrote:

    ”The above woman has been going back and forth trying to blackmail me emotionally because she says I snubbed her husband’s messages. After failing to prove that I did that or that I know him personally, I urged her not to DM me on his behalf again if she has any regards for him. She went against my advice.

    ”I suspected she would so I have our entire chat history saved. This is d tail of it. It’s the dead of the night but this woman won’t just stop….. now this is a memo to whom it may concern; it’s easier to lie against me blatantly than to guilt trip me. If you try to make me feel bad I will make
    you feel bad. I lost my mum exactly 12 months ago and part of my anger is that she always let sleeping dogs lie all d time.

    ”Now she’s not here to alter my temperament anymore so if you come for me, I will hug you tightly! We are all going to die someday! I’m not gonna spend my life manning the gates of anybody’s Insecurities!”

    Photo credit: Instagram @officialbovi

     

  • Bovi sends SOS to stranger who swapped his luggage mistakenly

    Bovi sends SOS to stranger who swapped his luggage mistakenly

    Bovi, Nigerian ace comedian has sent an SOS to the stranger who mistakenly took his luggage after they disembarked from an Air Peace flight from Lagos to Benin yesterday.

    Read what he wrote below:

    SOS!!! Dear friends, someone carried my bag instead of his yesterday upon landing in Lagos from Benin via air peace. We landed Lagos around 3pm. I carried his as well because I was one of the last to disembark. It was such a full flight and I didn’t board early so I had to keep my bag in an overhead cabin far from my seat. All efforts to get my bag have proven abortive. I tried to get my car keys out of the bag and realized the swap. Sadly I couldn’t find him. I have dropped his bag with the air peace customer care. If by chance you know this person, please ask him to do same and drop mine with air peace customer care. On the alternative, you can dm me as well and we take it from there. I’d be very grateful. Please! ??