Scarlett Johansson has been named the highest-paid actress for the second time in a row.
This was revealed by Forbes in its highest-paid actresses list of 2019.
Johansson dominates the list thanks to her Marvel paycheck with a salary of $56 million.
Second place goes to Sofia Vergara, who is officially the highest-paid television actress thanks to her work on Modern Family with a salary of $44.1 million.
Reese Witherspoon takes third place with $35 million, followed closely behind by Nicole Kidman with $34 million.
Notably this year, Angelina Jolie drops off the top ten list compared to last year when she made $28 million.
Sofia Vergara is also the only person of colour to make this year’s highest-paid actresses list.
Actress, Monalisa Chinda has revealed she endured domestic violence for five years in her first marriage.
In an exclusive with TopNaija, Monalisa revealed that she endured the violence because she wasn’t in a hurry to leave.
“I wasn’t in a hurry to leave the marriage, I gave it five years… Maybe if the marriage wasn’t violent, I would have stayed from day one from pushing of the head to slap to every slightest provocation….”
She also said that she expected the abuse would stop after the birth of her daughter, Tamar but it didn’t.
“When I had Tamar, I thought that would calm situations. But it didn’t. I knew this was not going to stop. So Tamar clocked one, the violence didn’t stop… So I said if I don’t go, this man is going to kill me and this girl. So I had to turn to God… I don’t believe in separation of any sort. I don’t believe in divorce. Why did I talk to God directly? Because I talked [sic] to in my church then, they didn’t do anything about it.
“I had a pastor. He didn’t do anything about it, not even calling him to order… And nothing changed. I turned to Holy Spirit now I said I’m going to leave. And I’m ready to face any consequences be it the media…
“One day, something happened… He came back and asked for something, it wasn’t available and next I heard was a bang on my head, slaps… My daughter was crying. Neighbours were screaming ‘you will kill her o! You will kill her o! Every day we no go hear something for this compound!’… That night… the friend came over and stopped it… The morning after, I’d packed my things and taken Tamar to go to my very good friend’s place… a colleague of mine who opened her home to me and my daughter… I had to go back again to get Tamar’s, few of Tamar’s things cuz I didn’t have any money…. and then he blocked me and immediately I went into tongue-speaking in my heart saying this man should not kill me today. And after that beating that day I almost died. I decided to never to come back there again.”
Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo has revealed that he refused to appear before an investigative panel of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) because of a lack of trust in the process.
Busola Dakolo, a photographer, alleged during a taped interview in June that Fatoyinbo, the founder of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), raped her twice when she was a teenager .
Another former member of his church alleged in July that the pastor raped her during a meeting between the two in 2017.
The PFN, of which COZA is a member, announced on Thursday, August 22, 2019 that the pastor failed to honour invitations extended to him by its “high-powered fact-finding” investigation team.
Among other reasons, Fatoyinbo said he didn’t honour the panel’s investigation because he and his lawyers feared it might be prejudiced against him.
In a statement signed by his senior assistant, Ademola Adetuberu, on Friday, August 23, he said he got legal advice to not make his case before the panel.
He said, “We recall that when Pastor Fatoyinbo was invited by a phone call few days ago by Pastor Akinola Akinwale, who is the National Administrative Secretary of PFN, we explained that our Pastor would not honour the invitation due to legal advice hinged on the ongoing police investigation.
“The legal advice was also premised on the press statement issued and personally signed by the PFN President, Bishop Felix Omobude, where our Pastor was publicly disowned.
“Based on the foregoing, we are convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that the PFN was already prejudiced and may not conduct an impartial session.
“According to the report, Rev. Omobude, whom we hold in high esteem, went further to crucify our Pastor without seeking to know his side of the story on the matter.
“With all due respect, we consider this a prejudicial position in dispensing justice and fairness.”
Adetuberu denied that Fatoyinbo ever got written invitations as claimed by PFN but that there’s still a chance he could honour the panel’s invitation at a later date.
“Once the police investigation is over, our Pastor is ready to honour the invitation.
“We have also been legally advised to deploy judicial intervention to clear our Pastor as soon as possible, and the process has commenced in earnest,” he said.
PFN said on Thursday that Busola and her celebrity husband, Timi Dakolo, appeared before the panel.
However, Isong said Fatoyinbo’s failure to appear means the probe has not reached a definite conclusion.
“We may make a further statement on a later date. But certainly, for now, Nigerians and well-meaning people are our witnesses that we have fulfilled scriptural, public and moral expectations as a reasonable and legal organisation,” he said.
Isong also disclosed that Fatoyinbo had reached out to PFN for help when the allegations were first made public and that he expressed disappointment when he wasn’t offered a public show of support.
Fatoyinbo directly dismissed Dakolo’s allegation as false and stepped down from the pulpit until very recently when he returned to the pulpit.
Dakolo filed a petition against Fatoyinbo with the Police in June, but the pastor has also filed complaints of criminal conspiracy and falsehood against her with the authorities.
On Thursday, the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced an indictment charging 80 people for fraud related activities, most of whom are Nigerians.
An update by TheCable reveals that out of the 80 suspects, 77 are Nigerians.
Here is the full list of Nigerians involved as reported by TheCable;
1. Valentine Iro
2. Chukwudi Christogunus Igbokwe
3. Jerry Elo Ikogho
4. Izuchukwu Kingsley Umejesi
5. Adegoke Moses Ogungbe
6. Chukwudi Collins Ajaeze (better known as Thank You Jesus)
7. Ekene Augustine Ekechukwu
8. Chuks Eroha
9. Collins Nnaemeka Ojima
10. Uchenna Ochiagha
11. Nnamdi Theojoseph Duru
12. Ericson Uche Oforka
13. Mark Ifeanyi Chukwuocha
14 Augustine Nnamdi
15. Chiemezie Christopher Chilaka
16. Charles Ohajimkpo
17. Stanley Ugochukwu Uche
18. Chika Augustine Odionyenma
19. Paschal Chima Ogbonna
20. Samuel Nnamdi Onwuasoanya
21. Macwilliam Chinonso Chukwuocha
22. Emmanuel Onyeka Uzoka
23. Joshua Aniefiok Awak
24. George Ugochukwu Egwumba
25. Uchechukwu Solomon Ezirim
26. Augustine Ifeanyi Okafor
27. Okay Sam Mal
28. Leslie N. Mba
29. Ogohukwu Innocent Ikewesi
30. Emmanuel Uzoma Ogandu (better known as Son of God’
31. Amarachukwu Harley Anywanu
32. Bright Ifeanyi Azubuike
33. Emeka Moses Nwachukwu
34. Donatus Izunwanne
35. Chinwendu Kenneth Osuji
36. Eusebius Ugochukwu Onyeka
37. Chidi Anunobi
38. Anthony Nwabunwanne Okolo
39. Obinna Christian Onuwa
40. Chijioke Chukwuma Isamade
41. Linus Nnamdi Madufor
42. Chrysaugonus Nnebedum
43. Ugochukwu Okereke
44. Fidel Leon Odimara
45. Kingsley Chinedu Onudorogu
46. Dessi Nzenwah
47. Chimaroke Obasi
48. James Chigozie Agube
49. Chimaobi Uzozie Okorie
50. Ogochukwu Ohiri
51. Kennedy Chibueze Ugwu
52. Ifeanyichukwu Oluwadamilare Agwuegbo
53. Victor Ifeanyi Chukwu
54. Chidi Emmanuel Megwa
55. Princewill Arinze Duru
56. Desmond Iwu
57. Onyeka Vincent Chika
58. Ifeanyi Kingsley Mezienwa
59. Victor Uchenna Aguh
60. Kevin Amarachi Eshimnu
61. Vitalis Kelechi Anozie
62. Williams Obiora Agunwa
63. George Chimezie Dike
64. Munachiso Kyrian Ukachukwu
65. Nwannebuike Osmund
66. Chidiebere Franklin Nwangwu
67. Damian Uchechukwu Ajah
68. Emeka P. Ejiofor
69. Lawrence Chukwuma Ubasineke
70. Chinedu Bright Ibeto
71. Valentine Amarachi Nwanegwo
72. Emmanuel Chidiebere Dike
73. Jeremiah Utieyin Eki
74. Chinaka Davidson Iwuoha
75. Chima Darlington Duru
76. Ikenna Christian Ihejiureme
77. Obi Onyedika Madekwe
Barack and Michelle Obama have made their Hollywood debut in a documentary called ‘American Factory’.
American Factory looks at the economic and personal toll that the closure, which resulted in the loss of 2,000 jobs, had on residents of Moraine, Ohio, and at what happened after the facility was acquired by a Chinese investor in 2014.
The factory was reopened as Fuyao Glass, an auto-glass manufacturer that promised the return of jobs to the community.
Michelle Obama told the filmmakers she was particularly struck by the opening scenes of workers on the factory floor.
“That was my background, that was my father,” she said.
“One of the many things I love about this film… is that you let people tell their own story. “American Factory’ doesn’t come in with a perspective; it’s not an editorial.”
“We want people to be able to get outside of themselves and experience and understand the lives of somebody else,” Obama told filmmakers Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar in a promotional video released by Netflix.
“A good story gives you the chance to better understand someone else’s life,” Mr. Obama said Wednesday in a tweet. “It can help you find common ground. And it’s why Michelle and I were drawn to it.”
The Washington Post called “American Factory,” which arrived on Netflix on Wednesday, “a perfect vehicle for (Higher Ground’s) mission to lift up stories from underrepresented groups.”
Higher Ground Productions has also highlighted the film’s focus on culture wars, describing it as “early days of hope and optimism give way to setbacks as high-tech China clashes with working-class America.”
On August 18, Esther Ijewere, Social Entrepreneur and Founder of Rubies Ink Initiative, posted a picture of her makeup free face with a hairnet on her head, with a goofy caption to promote self love.
See post below:
The goofy post apparently didn’t sit well with a ‘concerned’ Facebook follower who believed a ‘woman of class’ shouldn’t be posting a picture with hairnet, so she sent a lengthy message to rebuke Esther.
See the message below:
I woke up to this 👇👇👇 in my Inbox. I removed the names of the people she mentioned to avoid conflict.
“Esther I have been seeing your post and to be candid I am highly disappointed in you and I have to bear my mind as someone who I’ve been following you for at least 8 years.
Your last post with the Hair net comes in very bad taste for woman of class. I wanted to reach out last week as well when you posted about the Fuji guy and wondered if your account had been hacked , then I saw you responding to comments.
This is very disappointing for a women’s advocate. Please pull down the photo and picture. People like ××××××××× won’t do this. Go on their timeline and see what they share daily to Inspire other women.
I just felt I should say this as I have been bothered, even had to talk to ×××××××× since you seem close to her and asked her to pass the message.
Have a good evening dear.”
That message inspired the #HairnetChallenge. Esther created a plot twist out of the message by launching the #HairnetChallenge to preach self love and encourage women to be themselves.
With the likes of Patricia Nwanyioma Sparkle, Defunke Adewunmi, Rahmatallahi Muh Awwal, and Olasunkanmi Momooreoluwa championing the Challenge by posting pictures of them wearing their hairnets, more people were encouraged to upload pictures of them proudly wearing their hairnets.
See photos below:
Patricia Nwanyioma Sparkle
Olasunkanmi Momooreoluwa
Rahmatallahi Muh Awwal
A man also particiapated on behalf of his girlfriend
Omolabake Bode Matthew, Bims Oreofe, Defunke Adewunmi, Sparkle Diva, Patricia Nwanyioma Sparkle, and other anonymous donors, all donated rewards in cash and kind to winners of the #HairnetChallenge.
At the end of the challenge, Kehinde Bukola won with 131 Facebook likes. 2nd winner was Ononye Lauretta Onyeka, and the 3rd winner was Blessing Awulotu Felix. The winners all got their rewards in cash and kind.
At the end of the Challenge, a whole lot of women were left feeling more proud of and loving themselves the more, which was the sole purpose of the Challenge.
The Guild of Medical Directors of Nigeria has called on the Federal Government to immortalise the late Dr. Stella Ameyo Adadevoh by declaring August 19 a national holiday every year in her honour.
Dr Adadevoh, who worked with the First Consultant Hospital in the Obalende area of Lagos, died on August 19, 2014, in her attempt to prevent the spread of Ebola Virus Disease in the country.
On Tuesday, the Public Relations Officer of the Abuja chapter of the guild, Biodun Ogungbo, released a statement urging the government to honour the late doctor.
The statement titled, Remembering Stella Adadevoh, reads: “It is said that there is no greater love than to lay down your life for your friend.
“The most tragic part of her passing is that she couldn’t be given a proper burial, and with all the respect that her sacrifice demands.
“The very bug that cut her down is so virulent, so unforgiving, that even that honour was deprived of her.
“She had put her life on the line for 170 million of her fellow citizens, many of whom do not even understand the concept of what it means to be a citizen.
“The very least that Nigeria can do in appreciation, is to honour her.
“The Guild of Medical Directors of Nigeria and other medical associations honoured Adadevoh in their small capacities in the past. We gave awards and plaques and foodstuff to the hospital. It’s not enough.
“Nigeria should declare August 19 each year a national holiday and in her name.
“That way, some Nigerian children in six decades (time) can ask their parents, ‘Who is Stella Ameyo Adadevoh?’ And the parent can reply, ‘That woman saved my life, and the lives of all of us’.
“It is the least we can do. It is the least we should do. She should never and will never be forgotten.”
Bella Thorne has opened up on how she was molested her whole life’ in an emotional Instagram post.
Back in 2018, the former Disney Channel actress, 21, revealed that she was sexually abused till she was 14.
Bella Thorne, 21, who was once in relationship with YouTuber Tana Mongeau and musician Mod Sun started her post by wondering why she ‘needs’ validation from everyone but mostly men.
Sharing topless photos of herself, she wrote: ‘What is wrong with me? Why do I always need Validation from everyone but mostly men…’ she started, ‘What is wrong with me? Why do I always need Validation from everyone but mostly men…
Seeming to address her relationship, she said: ‘Everyone keeps telling me to be single, be alone, and make your self happy. But All those things sound so fucking scary to me. all I want is him. I want him to hold me, I want him to love me, I want him to tell me it’s ok, I want him to look me in the eyes and let me know I’m accepted.’
‘Why? Because I can’t accept myself. For some reason in my head I’m just not fucking good enough. Not good enough for him or Her or anyone else.
‘And if it’s not him I just look for the ‘next’ him, or her Why can’t I just look for the next me? Find me and accept me.
‘Was it because I was molested my whole life,’ she wondered.
‘Exposed to sex at such a young age it’s all I know how to offer to the world…or is it because I was raised to think I wasn’t good enough. Not good enough for her or anything else,’ Bella said.
‘But it doesn’t matter what happened to me.. What matters is whats happening to me right now. I can’t blame my childhood, in fact I can’t blame anyone for anything.
‘All I can do is blame me. I blame me for not loving myself. I blame me for not thinking I’m attractive, I blame me for putting this on everyone around me. Expecting people to love me enough for me to love myself,’ Bella wrote.
‘But at the end of the day that will never happen. Because the only way to get to your end goal is to work through it. Not around or above or try and find a cheat code so you don’t have to hurt as much.
‘You have to hurt in this world. Hurting, loving, and accepting. That’s what our emotional world lays on. Right now I only have one of those things. Can you guess what it is? Hurting. Right now I only hurt…but I’m not hurting for other people no I’m only hurting myself. By not loving me and by not accepting me.’
This poem is about mommy and daddy and me and you,‘ she concluded.
Michelle Obama has revealed why it is important for people to marry their equals in order to make a marriage work.
The former US First Lady was interviewed by CBS’ Gayle King for a special piece at the Essence Festival in New Orleans. During the interview, Michelle shared stories with Ms King about her time in the White House, her marriage and the rocky road it took to get to where she is today.
She said: “This is the beauty of finding a partner you really love and respect.
“After all the highs and lows, the ups and downs we’ve been through, we have each other, which makes the journey worth it.”
Speaking on how important she felt it was for people to marry their equals to make a marriage work, she said: “My husband is my teammate and if we are going to win this game together, he has to be strong and he has to be ok with me being strong.”
Michelle also told Ms King people saw her relationship as “hashtag relationship goals”, but she wanted to let people know there were difficult times too.
Before the interview, Ms Obama revealed in her book ‘Becoming’ that her father Fraser C. Robinson III was fearful of her relationship with Barack Obama and said, “He won’t last due to Michelle’s previous track record of dating.
The ex-FLOTUS wrote: “My father appreciated Barack instantly, but still didn’t like his odds.
“After all, he’d seen me jettison my high school boyfriend David at the gates of Princeton.
“He’d watched me dismiss Kevin the college football player as soon as I’d seen him in a furry mascot outfit.
“My parents knew better than too get too attached.
“According to Craig (brother), my father shook his head and laughed as he watched me and Barack walk away.
18 years after Aaliyah died in a plane crash, the RnB star has lived on in many forms. The latest is a new wax figure at Madame Tussauds in Las Vegas.
Aaliyah’s wax figure at Madam Tussauds was unveiled on Wednesday August 21, immortalizing one of her iconic looks. Adam Morey, Studios Manager at Madame Tussauds Las Vegas revealed that the discussions on making an Aaliyah figure began over a year ago.
This set, rather than being a recreation of any one particular Aaliyah moment, was instead designed with a message to her fans in mind,” he said.
“It’s a message that hopefully reflects her everlasting legacy.”
The designer worked closely with Aaliyah’s family on the wax figure which was inspired by the music video for her smash hit “Try Again”.
Aaliyah was an American singer and actress who died in a plane crash on August 25, 2001, at the Marsh Harbour Airport on the Abaco Islands, Bahamas. She had just completed filming for the music video for her single “Rock the Boat”.
Actress, Monalisa Chinda has revealed she endured domestic violence for five years in her first marriage.
