This year has been an interesting one in the Nigerian entertainment industry, on social media some celebrities experienced some very low moments that trended, and i will be discussion that in this article.
1. Tonto Dikeh, Mr. Kpokpogri, Jane Mena & The Tape Scandal: Popular Nigerian actress, Tonto Dikeh, her ex-boyfriend, Mr. Kpokpogri, and dancer, Jane Mena is number one on the biggest scandals that rocked the entertainment sector this year. It was really a chaotic one for these trio and their chaos lasted a while on the internet space.
It started off with Tonto Dikeh showing off her new man, Mr. Kpokpogri, and few months ahead the relationship came to a halt. Afterwards, we saw Tonto Dikeh on social media claiming to have a s3x tape of Jane Mena with Mr Kpokpogri. It got heated, resulting to Jane Mena and Tonto Dikeh exchanging words, and it ended with Jane Mena suing Tonto Dikeh to court and demanded 500 million Naira in damages caused.
2. BBNaija Maria, Cubana Chief Priest, Kelvin & The Infidelity Scandal: A few months ago, in October Maria Chike Benjamin, an ex-big brother Naija housemate, trended online following a scandal that involved dating an alleged married man.
This was made known publicly by a celebrity bar man as he calls himself, and also known as Cubana Chief Priest. He called Maria out alleging that she snatched his sister’s husband and turned him against his wife and kids. In no time, divorce documents and chat receipts surfaced online. This chaos lasted for about 4 days and gradually died down. Sometime in November, Maria was also spotted hanging out with the alleged married man in Dubai, UAE
3. Tiwa Savage’s Leaked Tape Scandal: Popular Nigerian singer, Tiwa Savage had one of the worse scandals this year. Prior to when the s3x tape got leaked, she came online to inform people about it. She had an interview where she mentioned that she was being blackmailed, so decided to deal with it by talking about it. Some days after the interview, the tape surfaced online, however celebrities showed support for Tiwa Savage and called her a queen.
4. Tuface, Pero Adeniyi, Annie Idibia & The Infidelity Scandal: Some months ago, Annie Idibia, a Nigerian actress and wife to the popular singer, Tuface called her husband out online for cheating on her and spending the night with his ex-lover and baby mama, Pero Adeniyi.
This scandal ended with Annie apologizing to her husband and family after settling their differences, and remained married. However, the baby mama Pero issued a 500 million Naira lawsuit on Annie Idibia for defamation of character.
5. Destiny Etiko, Tein Jack-Rich & Their Dating Scandal: Destiny Etiko was accused of having a secret relationship with a married man, Tein Jack-Rich sometime this year which she completely denied.
The trigger for this scandal was Destiny Etiko’s newly acquired Toyota Prado Land Cruiser worth millions of Naira. She posted the pictures of the car in celebration, but a certain blogger claimed that Tein Jack-Rich was the man who bought the car for her. This claim was refuted by both Destiny and Tein Jack-Rich.