Category: Celebrity

By Damilola Peter Olatade Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye, known as King Sunny Adé, is 80 this year. He has devoted more than 60 years of his life to influencing Nigeria’s popular music and promoting the unique sounds of jùjú music. Jùjú is a Nigerian musical tradition that combines intricate rhythms, percussion, guitars, talking drums, call-and-response and […]

Following the death of veteran actor Olu Jacobs at 84 on Wednesday, a 2021 interview in which his wife, actress Joke Silva, first publicly opened up about his health condition has resurfaced. Silva disclosed during an interview with media personality Chude Jideonwo in November 2021 that Jacobs had been living with dementia with Lewy bodies, […]

Oludotun Baiyewu Jacobs, better known as Olu Jacobs, died on September 16, 2026, at the age of 84, bringing to an end a screen career that spanned British theatre and television, international cinema and Nollywood. His son, Olusoji, announced his death, prompting tributes from politicians, entertainers and fans who remembered his decades-long career and contribution […]

President Bola Tinubu has mourned veteran Nollywood actor and film executive, Oludotun Baiyewu Jacobs, popularly known as Olu Jacobs, who died at age 84. Jacobs’ death was announced by his son, Olusoji Jacobs, on Instagram on Wednesday. In a statement issued on Wednesday by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu described […]

Veteran Nigerian actor and elder statesman, Oludotun Baiyewu Jacobs, popularly known as Olu Jacobs, has died at the age of 84. His death was announced by his son, Olusoji Jacobs, on Instagram on Wednesday. Olu Jacobs was one of Nigeria’s most respected actors and a towering figure in the country’s theatre, television and film industries. […]

United States President Donald Trump has mourned the death of country music icon, Dolly Parton, describing her death as a “true loss for millions of people.” In honour of the late icon, the president ordered American flags across the country to be lowered for one week. Trump made this known in a post on his […]

Country music icon, Dolly Parton, has died at the age of 80, according to multiple reports, including The Independent, The Guardian and Sky News. Parton’s death was reportedly announced by her nephew, Bryan Seaver, on Instagram on Tuesday. “I have imagined the heaviness of this moment but haven’t truly felt it until now. “It is […]

Yinka Quadri at the burial Tears flowed in Ilaro, Ogun State, on Monday as the remains of veteran Nollywood actor, Taiwo Hassan, popularly known as Ogogo, were carried to his final resting place. An emotional atmosphere enveloped the venue as family members, friends, colleagues and sympathisers gathered for the burial rites of the 66-year-old actor. […]