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Forget the Genevieve – Etisalat deal and the new property Omotola just acquired on Bank Anthony road in Ikeja, the two actresses are definitely not smiling as very few acting opportunities have come their way. According to Obi Emelonye, producer and director of Mirror Boy and Last Flight to Abuja this development is not due to the fault of the actresses rather, they have become victims of their own success. In an exclusive chat with TheNollywoodReporter.com, Emelonye said: “Genevieve and Omotola are the two biggest actresses we have in Nollywood, they cannot afford to charge less than their status and that is where the problem comes in. Their charges are probably above what the industry can afford. Their charges are like half of the entire production budget so which producer can afford that?” Continuing, he said: “What they can do now as it is with other big stars all over the world, is that they should begin to fund their own productions and act in them, they can ac...

20 year old Isaac Anya Ojiabo Jr. (pictured above) has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of his mother, Joy Ojiabo, who was found beaten and stabbed to death at their million dollar home in Forest Hill, Maryland. When police arrived at the home of 51 year old Joy Ojiabo around 5pm on Wednesday Jan. 29th, they found her suffering from multiple injuries, “to include a large, wooden handled knife protruding from her chest.”. She was pronounced dead 20 minutes later. Isaac Ojiabo Snr, the deceased’s husband who called the police said Isaac Jr., had escaped with his mother’s Lexus SUV after the stabbing. Police later located Isaac and the vehicle around 4:35 a.m. Thursday January 30th about a mile and a quarter from the crime scene. He told police they had fought and he lost it. He is being held without bail. Continue… At his bail review on Friday afternoon in Harford County District Court, the judge heard that police had been called to the Ojiabo residence...

A temporary wave of apprehension swept through the prestigious St. Nicholas Hospital, located at 57 Campbell Street, Lagos Island, on Sunday when fire broke out in a room on the 9th floor of the health institution, displacing over 40 patients on admission. It was learnt that the fire, which lasted for over an hour, was started by an electrical fault. Firemen told our correspondent that the fire did not spread to the medical wards. Confirming the fire disaster, the Director, Lagos State Fire Service, Mr. Rasak Fadipe, said the fire service was prompt in responding to the fire outbreak even as he expressed relief that no life was lost in the incident. He said, “We got a distress call around 6.07pm that there was a fire outbreak at the St. Nicholas Hospital and on getting there, we observed that smoke was billowing from a legal office on the 9th floor. The smoke was so thick that we had to use breathing apparatus to access the place. “Fortunately, the hospital had firefight...