Entertainment
Actors Guild of Nigeria reacts to Muonagor’s death
By Francesca Hangeior
The Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) Enugu Chapter, on Monday described the death of veteran Nollywood actor, Amechi Muonagor, 62, as unfortunate.
The Chairman, AGN, Enugu Chapter, Ene Brown, told journalists in Enugu that the deceased battled with different ailments for a very long time.
“His sickness became worse in 2024 with stroke, diabetics and kidney failure.
“Mounago battled with diabetes for over 10 years and has been managing it. It was only these past six months that he started appealing to the public for assistance.
“Just like John Okafor, it is not their fault that they became diabetic.
“We did our best in supporting him with the little we can as an organisation and individuals, but death is inevitable.
“‘Uncle’ as he is fondly called was energetic, friendly and acrobatic; we enjoyed him while he was alive. We really missed him so much,” he said.
On why the industry was recording deaths, Brown said that death is inevitable for everyone adding that the only difference was that their members were popular as actors and actresses.
“We are not God and cannot change nature. People got to know about their death and are reacting,” he said.
Brown said that the organisation was working to ensure that their members attended to their health by going for regular check-up.
“The organisation has initiated a health insurance scheme for members to curtail their health expenses.
“The industry is doing its best to ensure that actors/actresses sign to Health Maintenance Organisation (HMO) that allows them access to 600 hospitals in Nigeria,” he said.
Entertainment
Diddy Implicated in Tupac’s Murder: New Court Documents Reveal Shocking Allegations
U.S. rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was further implicated in new court documents that claimed he paid $1 million to have Tupac Shakur assassinated in 1996.
Mr Combs’ name appeared in the records over 75 times.
Key suspect Duane ‘Keefe D’ Davis, who was apprehended in Tupac’s murder probe last year, said Diddy had funded his rival’s assassination on September 7, 1996, according to court documents obtained by U.S. Sun.
Pseudonyms ranging from Puff Daddy, P Diddy and Diddy were mentioned in the documents filed on July 18, where the first reference indicated that there was already bad blood between Diddy and Tupac.
The “deadly rivalry” between Diddy’s Bad Boy Records on the East Coast and Tupac’s Death Row Records, then owned by Marion “Suge” Knight on the West Coast, was not a secret in the hip-hop industry.
Keefe told law enforcement that Diddy paid $1 million to another gangster, Eric Von Martin, to kill Tupac.
According to Keefe’s account in court records, Diddy reached out after the news of Tupac’s assassination broke, asking whether it was “us” or another rival gang.
“Sean Combs reaches out to Defendant wondering if South Side Crips were responsible for Shakur’s death by asking, ‘Is that us?’,” court records showed. “Defendant, beaming with pride, answers, ‘Yes’.”
Keefe had willingly given up the information under the assumption that he had immunity from prosecution, which had now backfired and could be used to convict him.
“Defendant( Keefe) asserted that the conspiracy to commit the murder began in California between Defendant, Eric ‘Zip’ Martin, and Sean Combs,” court filings stated
Keefe admitted to LA police detectives that his nephew Orlando ‘Baby Lane’ Anderson “popped the dude (Tupac), narrating in detail how his nephew “leaned over, rolled down the window, and popped them.”
Entertainment
What I Achieved While I Took A Break From Acting – Emeka Ike
Veteran Nollywood actor, Emeka Ike, who recently returned to the screen after a prolonged absence, has shared the significant strides he made during his time away from the industry.
In an interview with NollyNow, Ike explained that his break allowed him to develop new, iconic brands.
“My absence wasn’t really bad because it created room for me to build more brands apart from Emeka Ike you know. I now own Nollywood TV on Startimes and I am building other brands that are highly in demand,” Ike stated.
He also mentioned that his time away from the industry also allowed him to explore opportunities in politics.
Ike expressed his enthusiasm about returning to entertain his fans and fulfill his role as one of Nollywood’s pioneering actors. “We’re breaking the ice once again. I aim to keep entertaining my fans and meet their expectations,” he added.
Emeka Ike’s disappearance from the screen followed the end of his marriage to Suzanne Emma, who is half-Dutch and half-Nigerian.
It’s worth noting that their marriage which began in 2000 and produced four children, officially ended on July 13, 2015, following allegations of constant battery, leading to its dissolution by a Lagos Island Customary Court.
The Nollywood actor and film producer has found happiness again with his new wife, Yolanda Pfeiffer, and they have a baby girl.
Entertainment
Singer Sean Kingston, mother accused of wire fraud, face 20 years in prison
Popular American singer Sean Kingston, whose real name is Kisean Anderson, has been indicted for his alleged involvement in a $1 million wire fraud scheme.
Kingston, along with his mother Janice Turner, was charged in a Miami federal court on Friday.
Daily Mail on Friday said according to the indictment, the scheme involved making fraudulent payments through banks that were never processed, resulting in the accumulation of over $1 million in property.
Kingston and Turner have been charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and five counts of wire fraud.
If convicted, they face up to 20 years in prison on each count.
According to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida, the defendants “unjustly enriched themselves by falsely representing that they had executed bank wire or other monetary payment transfers.”
The payments, however, never went through, allowing the defendants to obtain $1 million in property without payment.
Kingston was previously arrested nearly two months ago in California, shortly after a SWAT team raided his rented mansion in Southwest Ranches, Florida.
The Broward County Sheriff’s Office stated that the “Beautiful Girls” artist was taken into custody on a Florida warrant for numerous fraud and theft charges. His mother was also arrested that day.
Following his arrest in May, Robert Rosenblatt, an attorney representing Kingston and his mother, told the Associated Press, “We are aware of some of the allegations being made against both of them. We look forward to addressing these in court and are confident of a successful resolution for Sean and his mother.”
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