Lawal Pedro, the Lagos state attorney general, says the toxicology report and forensic analysis conducted in the United States on the late singer Mohbad, finally is out.

Mohbad, born Ilerioluwa Aloba, died under mysterious circumstances on September 12, 2023. He was buried the following day.

On September 21, 2023, his body was exhumed for an autopsy at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), which revealed no significant findings that could be attributed to his death.

Mohbad’s family had rejected the results and demanded an independent investigation.

According to Monisola Odumosu, a member of the Aloba legal team, a two-part autopsy was being conducted. She said the first part had been completed and the second involved toxicology and histology tests.

Speaking at a recent press conference at the ministry of justice conference room in Ikeja, Pedro said the Lagos state pathologist is in custody of the autopsy report which was conducted at a medical facility in the United States.

The attorney general attributed the delay to a “prolonged investigation” into the case.

He also disclosed that the forensic examination would not have been done in the US if the Lagos DNA and Forensic Centre had not been burnt during the #EndSARS protest of October 2020.

Pedro revealed that the toxicology report is now with the Lagos state pathologist and the coroner magistrate.

“On the Mohbad case, yes, I agree there has been a delay, and the delay is caused by time taken for investigation,” he said.

“Forensic, analysis, toxicology, all these are part of the investigation. Full proof investigation that can lead at least to conviction in a case that is presented before the courts.”

Halima Abubakar has demanded N3 billion in damages from the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) over “professional misconduct”.

On Friday, the guild suspended Abubakar allegedly finding her “guilty of spreading false information about fellow members, associates, and patrons, including allegations of extramarital affairs with highly placed individuals”.

In a letter dated October 20, 2024, P.D. Pius & Associates, Abubakar’s legal representatives, described AGN’s allegations as a “false narrative” done “deliberately to denigrate our client”.

They also demanded that the guild take down the Instagram post announcing the actress’ suspension, issue a public apology, and pay N3 billion for the “damage to Abubakar’s reputation”.

“You peddled the false narrative about our clients deliberately to paint her in a bad light, cast aspersions on her, denigrate her, and stir up social opprobrium against our client,” the letter partly reads.

“You are well aware that our client has been battling with her health for years and despite a professional relationship, you did not have the courtesy to visit her or in any way show concern.

“Rather than show concern or respect to our client’s fundamental rights to fair hearing and privacy, you chose this delicate moment of recovery for our client to push your narrative a false narrative about our client in order to arrest her health recovery process, cause her emotional and psychological pain and damage her reputation.”

“… We are therefore constrained to demand that you should immediately take down the publication and render an unreserved public apology to our client via your Instagram page.

“Cease and desist from any further publication against our client. Pay N3 billion to out client for damaging her reputation.”

Abubakar’s legal team also declared that “unless these demands are met within seven days, we are instructed by our client to pursue appropriate legal action”.

Omoni Oboli, the Nigerian actress, has revealed how she lost a movie role after refusing a kiss request from a director.

In a chat with the comedian AY Makun, Omoni said the incident occurred when she tried to re-establish her acting career after returning to Nigeria from the UK with her family.

The 46-year-old said the director made the unusual demand during an audition, asking her to kiss him to confirm her suitability for the role.

The actress said she declined and questioned the need for the request, as they were not on set.

She added that her refusal came at a cost, as she was ultimately denied the role she had traveled for.

“When I came back from the UK with my family and I was trying to come back into the industry as a mum with three kids, one director asked to kiss me at an audition, and I could not understand why he would do that,” she said.

“So I was like ‘Is this an audition?’ and he was like ‘yeah, I just want to see’ and I said ‘sorry, I cannot do it because I did not see any reason I would be kissing you the director when we are not on set.

“And so I said ‘oh no sorry, I cannot.’ Guess what? I did not get the role that I travelled for, and I ended up travelling back without playing the role.”

Omoni, who is married to Nnamdi Oboli, is a mother of three sons.

Recently, Tobe Oboli, her first son, welcomed his first child with Marelle Bergsma, his wife.