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Family announces funeral plans for late actor, Alexx Ekubo

The family of Alexx Ekubo have announced the burial arrangements for the late actor.

The late Alexx died on Tuesday, May 12, after battling advanced metastatic kidney cancer.

Since then, friends and colleagues of the actor, 40, have been paying touching tributes to him.

In a latest development, the late actor’s family have thanked his fans for the overwhelming outpouring of love, prayers, messages, visits, calls, support, and strength shown during the period of his transition.

https://apex.ng/2026/05/25/family-announces-funeral-plans-for-late-actor-alexx-ekubo/

Nigeria’s Queen of Afrobeats, Tiwa Savage, has spoken on her journey in the music industry and the challenges it comes with.

In an interview on BBC’s ‘Focus on Africa’, the singer/actress said that as an up-and-coming artiste, she was seen as a financial liability because of her peculiar needs.

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Alleged Fraud: EFCC arraigns Blessing CEO in Lagos

The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, on Friday, May 15, arraigned social media influencer and self-styled relationship therapist, Okoro Blessing Nkiruka, also known as Blessing CEO, before Justice D.I. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, over an alleged N36 million fraud.

Recall that in March, Blessing drew emotions from her fans and followers after she claimed that she had been diagnosed with stage four breast cancer.

She then went ahead to receive donations from well-meaning Nigerians.

According to a statement from the EFCC, the internet personality was arraigned on a two-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence and stealing to the tune of N36,000,000.00 (Thirty-six Million Naira).

The defendant pleaded “not guilty” to the charges when they were read to her.

https://apex.ng/2026/05/15/alleged-fraud-efcc-arraigns-blessing-ceo-in-lagos/

Shakira first teased ‘Dai Dai’ last week, sharing a minute-long teaser clip of her dancing in the centre of the field of Maracaná Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.

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Actress, Temi Otedola is the cover girl for Glamour South Africa.

Otedola was recently announced as the Sub-Saharan African digital brand ambassador for L’Oreal Paris.

The actress graces the first of two standalone covers for Glamour South Africa’s ‘Disruptors’ issue series featuring L’Oreal Paris.

https://apex.ng/temi-otedola-celebrates-all-things-loreal-in-south-africa/

Yul Edochie, controversial Nollywood actor-turned-preacher has said that God called him because he is a stubborn person.

In a video posted on his Instagram page, the politician said that he ranks among the top three most stubborn Nigerians.

According to him, those called by God cannot function if they are not stubborn.

https://apex.ng/yul-edochie-says-god-called-him-because-hes-stubborn/

Nigerian singer, Simi has announced the release date of her new album, ‘Lost and Found’.

It is coming weeks after releasing a single, ‘Borrow me your Baby’ featuring Falz.

Announcing the album launch on social media, the songstress said that the album symbolises finding parts of herself that she hoped she hadn’t lost permanently.

https://apex.ng/simi-announces-new-album-lost-and-found/

Have you read a book today? Try ‘Justice Night’, a story of four ladies who find themselves in a romantic mess but, with some elbow grease, are able to get on track, fighting the ‘bad guys’ as they seek their happy ending.

In this Nigerian story, the ladies wage war on their partners and somewhere in the mix, a gun pops up. Their mission to seek revenge becomes complicated by the fact that among them is an operative who has dealings with an underground terror organisation.

This novella is laced with action, suspense and drama wrapped up in romance and betrayal. Justice Night will keep you glued to its pages till the last!

Justice Night is an action-filled comedy of errors that works itself out in the end.

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Dice Drops Debut EP, ‘48 Hours In The Motherland’ - ApexNGR Budding Nigerian singer, Jed Otah, otherwise known as Dice in music circles has made good his promise to release a body of works, ‘48 Hours In The Motherland’. The singer capitulates on his brief stay in Nigeria and the influence it has had on his career progression. The artist with this six-tra...

Monalisa Chinda, Others For Bimbo Manuel’s ‘Philomena’

Nollywood big wigs, Monalisa Chinda, Charles Inojie, Francis Duru, Ejike Asiegbu, Don Kester, Tammy Abusi and a host of others are set to star in K’Ike Productions’ stage play, ‘Philomena’.

The drama will be shutting down Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital from February 11.

‘Philomena’ is written by another Nollywood veteran, Bimbo Manuel who is also the director of the play.

‘Philomena’ is the story of three characters who find themselves, by pure chance, in the same space at the same time, each their personal issues that they would have carried with them if events do not force them out.

https://apex.ng/monalisa-chinda-others-for-bimbo-manuels-philomena/