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Copyright Wahala: Nolly Actress, Stephanie Okereke Linus Slammed N100m Lawsuit

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Nollywood actress, Stephanie Okereke, has been slammed a N100m lawsuit by an author – Daniella Madudu – for alleged copyright infringement of her book titled: “Behind Her Veil.”

Madudu claims that major parts of her book were lifted and used without any form of acknowledgement to her in Stephanie Okereke’s movie – “Dry”

According to the author, she gave the manuscripts of the book to one of her friends, Joy Ndidi, who later became Stephanie’s Personal Assistant, to edit; only for her to see major excerpts of her book revealed in Stephanie Okereke Linus’ movie, Dry.But the actress in a statement maintained that her movie had been registered with the National Copyright Commission since 2012, while the book was officially published in 2014.

The actress also stated that the said book has never been registered with the NCC till date. She further said that her movie ‘DRY ‘was shot in a bid to lend her voice to the child not bride campaign.

However, the actress admitted receiving a letter from one Rafiu Bello acting on behalf of Daniella Madudu on May 19, accusing her of appropriation of an ‘original literary work’ that was allegedly stolen from her by Joy Ndidi.

Okereke Linus said that among many other things, the letter demanded that she credits Madudu with ownership of her work, pay the sum of N60,000,000 and royalties, or face a ‘campaign of calumny.’

The statement reads: “that these persons have since gone ahead with their premeditated plan to defame me upon allegations they know to be baseless, spurious and glaringly untrue is no longer news as the media is presently awash with the ‘fruit of their labour’ and ordinarily I would not have dignified it with a response but for the sake of posterity and lest my silence be termed an admission of any wrongdoing whatsoever, I will simply proceed to state the facts here, viz:

“I registered the script for my movie ‘DRY’ with The United States Copyright Office on November 28, 2011.

“That I registered the script for my movie ‘DRY’ with The Nigerian Copyright Commission on July 27, 2012.

“That my movie ‘DRY’ was shot in the months of August and September, 2012 in Nigeria.’

“The so called ‘original literary work’ of the Daniella Madudu, I was supposed to have appropriated in my movie, has never been registered at The Nigerian Copyright Commission even as we speak.

“That the unofficial trailer for ‘DRY’ was released to lend my voice in support of the ‘Child Not Bride’ campaign.

“That Ms. Joy Ndidi’s first ever contact with me was in 2013 (DRY was already a finished project at this time) and it was not until June 2013 that she was officially engaged to provide content and ad-placement for my personal blog, ‘The Stephanie Daily’ for all of six (6) months and this she did from the comfort of her home.”

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Carter Efe reacts as he shares video of Khaid recuperating at the hospital

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Nigerian skitmaker Carter Efe in a new video cires out as he shares an elongated clip of singer Khaid recuperating at the hospital.

Carter Efe during an Instagram live session shares the moment he visited Khaid at the hospital as he disclosed that he and others thought it was all clout as they never took it serious.

Recall few weeks ago, we reported that singer Khaid, the “Anabella” hitmaker was hospitalized as a result of internal bleeding.

Moment later, skitmaker Sydney Talker who signed Khaid to his record label creates more tension online as he tells Nigerians to pray for Khaid as regards his critical condition at the hospital.

Sydney Talker wrote; “Pray for Khaid. He needs your prayers rn🙏🏾.”

While many took the matter seriously, others believed that it was a PR stunt for Khaid forthcoming song.

However, Carter Efe, singer Magixx and others recently paid a visit to the hospital where Khaid is receiving treatment and they found out the singer’s health has been worsened.

According to Carter Efe who had earlier called out Sydney Talker, he thought it was cruise not knowing the matter was serious.

Carter Efe confirms that Khaid has lost his weight drastically as it is so obvious from the video that the singer his lean why lying on the hospital bed.

He added that Khaid is passing through a lot and by extension tackles the singer’s manager Jerry for keeping to himself without telling him and other closed ones.

Carter Efe added that singer Magixx is just knowing that Khaid is truly not feeling fine as they all thought it was clout.

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‘I made your wife’ | ’You’ve lost your mind’ – Samklef, Adekunle Gold clash over Simi

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Adekunle Gold and Samklef have engaged in a heated war of words on X, formerly known as Twitter.

On Sunday, Samklef said he once “had feelings for Simi” but never showed interest because he wanted to maintain a professional relationship with the songstress.

In another post, he labelled Simi and Ric Hassani, another Nigerian singer, as the two “most ungrateful” artistes he has ever worked with.

The tweets angered Gold who then warned Samklef to stop disrespecting his wife.

“When will it be your turn to receive sense from your 7th heaven? Because you are clearly lost in your own damn mind. Simi does not owe you shit and it is about time you stopped calling her name every 3 market days. If anything, you owe me! Stop fooling around and act your age!” Gold wrote.

Samklef responded with a jab at Simi’s success.

“Dear I Adekunle I made your wife Simi. Cry 😿,” he wrote.

Gold then fired back, calling the music producer “an idiot and a fool”.

“Congratulations. Now make yourself! idiot. You are pushing 40 and look at what’s left of your legacy; foolishness. Aridin Agba,” he wrote.

Simi has not yet commented on the matter.

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Adekunle Gold accuses Samklef of failing to produce a song he was paid for

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Yesterday, Nigerian music star Adekunle Gold fired shots at Samklef after the producer accused his wife Simi of setting him up for online dragging.

Different Nigerian artists have engaged in online back and forth over the last week since Wizkid and Davido brutally dragged each other. The latest duo to have a go at each other are Adekunle Gold and Samklef with the latter provoking a response for the rather quiet Adekunle Gold after accusing his wife award-winning singer Simi of setting him up for drags.

Samklef also claimed to have made Simi who she is and boasted that she wouldn’t surpass her current level.

In response, Adekunle Gold ordered Samklef to keep his wife’s name off his mouth as she doesn’t owe him shit.

The hitmaker also told Samklef to “make himself” since he claims to have made Simi who she is.

During their online altercation, Adekunle Gold reminded Samklef of when he and his best friend paid the producer money for a song he never produced and how he was treated badly when they came to see him at his house in Ogba.

While Adekunle Gold appeared to have said his bit and moved on, Samklef has since continued to diss him and his wife while sharing details of how he produced Simi’s debut album ‘Ogaju’.

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Bodex F. Hungbo, SPMIIM is a multiple award-winning Nigerian Digital Media Practitioner, Digital Strategist, PR consultant, Brand and Event Expert, Tv Presenter, Tier-A Blogger/Influencer, and a top cobbler in Nigeria.

She has widespread experiences across different professions and skills, which includes experiences in; Marketing, Media, Broadcasting, Brand and Event Management, Administration and Management with prior stints at MTN, NAPIMS-NNPC, GLOBAL FLEET OIL AND GAS, LTV, Silverbird and a host of others

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