Nollywood actor and producer Femi Adebayo’s film ‘Jagun Jagun’ has bagged three awards at the 2024 Africa Movie Academy Awards, AMAA.

Announcing the news in a post on his page, Adebayo said ‘Jagun Jagun’ won the “Best Male Actor in Supporting Role, Achievement in Visual Effects and Achievement in Makeup.”

Other winners of the award include Nigeria’s Daniel Oriahi’s ‘The Weekend,’ which bagged four awards, and South Africa’s Jahmil X.T. Qubeka’s ‘The Queenstown Kings,’ which also won four awards.

The 20th edition of the Africa Movie Academy Awards was held at the weekend in Lagos State.

‘Jagun Jagun’ was nominated in seven categories: Achievement in Production Design; Best Actor in a Supporting Role; Achievement in Costume Design; Achievement in Visual Effects; Achievement in Makeup; the Ousmane Sembene award for Best Film in an African Language; and NFVCB award for Best Nigerian Film.

Renowned Nollywood actress Ronke Odusanya has shared details about the alleged role a close friend played in the breakdown of her marriage to Saheed Olarewaju, widely known as Jago.

Speaking with her colleague, Bimpe Akintunde, Odusanya revealed how damaging accusations made by this friend led to distrust and ultimately contributed to the end of her marriage.

Odusanya claimed her friend falsely informed Jago that she intended to leave him and pursue a life in prostitution.

Furthermore, the friend alleged that she was romantically involved with a senator and had taken their daughter, Fife, to spend a night at the senator’s house.

Reflecting on these events, the actress recounted her disbelief and distress upon hearing the accusations. “A friend of mine told him that I wanted to leave him and go into prostitution. That when I left that night, I went to sleep in a senator’s house with Fife. When he told me, my mouth was left open,” she said.

To counter the accusations, Odusanya gathered evidence, recording her location and timestamped moments with her daughter, which she later shared with Jago. Despite these efforts, she noted that the ordeal left her in a vulnerable position financially and emotionally. “When we left, I didn’t have up to N10,000 in my account… all my jewelry was taken away,” she revealed, adding that she struggled to find a new place to stay.

Odusanya also mentioned that Jago later regretted listening to her friend’s claims, realizing the harm they had caused.

Nigerian singer, Adekunle Gold has bemoaned the worsening economic hardship in the country.

Decrying the current state of the economy, Adekunle Gold stated that this is the year P-Square should have sung their 2009 hit song, ‘E No Easy,’ which talks about the struggles of life in the face of economic hardship.

He added that if the song was released this year, he would have taken advantage of it to express his own frustrations about the current economy in one of the verses.

On his Snapchat page, Gold wrote, “Na this year Psquare suppose sing ‘E No Easy’. Make them feature me, make I express my feelings for verse 3.”

‘E No Easy’ was released off P-Square’s ‘Danger’ album in 2009. It featured producer J. Martins.

It was revived as a bilingual French/English song “Positif”, by Matt Houston featuring P-Square in 2012, becoming a hit in France.