Hollywood stars Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck will officially be divorced by February 20, nearly two years after they tied the knot in July 2022.

Lopez filed for divorce in August 2024. She listed April 26, as their date of separation and cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split.

According to TMZ, Lopez, 55, and Affleck, 52, will maintain their separate possessions, including their private businesses and project earnings and neither will pay spousal support to the other.

As part of the agreement, Ben will keep his stake in Artists Equity, the production company he co-founded with colleague Matt Damon in 2022. He established the company four months before his marriage to Lopez.

Artists Equity has produced several notable movies, including ‘Air’, ‘Unstoppable’, ‘The Instigators’, ‘Small Things Like These’, and ‘The Accountant 2’.

On the other hand, Lopez will retain her project income from films like ‘Atlas’, ‘This Is Me… Now’, ‘The Mother’, ‘Shotgun Wedding’, and ‘Marry Me’.

The settlement also stipulates that Lopez will drop Affleck as her last name and revert to Jennifer Lynn Lopez. Additionally, the pair agreed to sell the $61 million house they bought together, although details of the sale remain private.

In October last year, Lopez revealed that the split almost “took me out for good” but she did not regret her decision.

Khamis Haruna, the groom hospitalised after eating poisoned food allegedly made by his bride, says he and the 14-year-old had been in a relationship for two years.

Haruna, 29, said he thought the teenager loved him wholeheartedly.

In an interview with The Nation, Haruna said the food poisoning incident happened on Sunday, December 22, 2024, two days after they got married in Jigawa.

“We were married on Friday and the ceremony continued till Sunday when the bride came into my house as the last phase of the ceremony,” he said.

“At about 10 pm on that day, my two friends urged me to go into her room, but I said no, because some of the women that escorted her to the house had not left.

“So we were in my tailoring shop when some of the bride’s friends came and told us that we should come in to eat, but I told them we were not yet ready.

“Later, they came back with the food, which was jollof spaghetti, and left.”

The groom said he was working on his sewing machine when the food was presented to him and his two friends —Muhammad Alfah and Isyaku Adamu

He said they had taken a few spoons when they noticed a harmful substance in the meal.

“Noticing that, we became suspicious and stopped eating. We all became uncomfortable and scared,” he said.

“A few minutes later, Alfah started complaining about his stomach. He stood up to leave but he could not control himself, so we took him to a friend’s house which was closer.

“By the time we got inside, all of us had started feeling the same. We were given milk but we felt no relief as the situation worsened.

“We were then rushed to Jahun Hospital where Alfah died while Isyaku and I were rescued.”

The groom alleged that the bride was given the poison by her ex-lover, who asked her to put it in the food.

“We were married for love. She loved me. I loved her too. Since she was still a small girl, we were in love for two years before our marriage,” he said.

“We saw her in a neighbouring village, Bakata, also in Kiyawa Local Government Area, and approached her almost two years ago.

“We continued dating until she reached 14 years and I made arrangements for marriage.

“I’m really surprised. We were married for love. She never showed any worries about our relationship and never displayed any sign of ill feeling before she carried out the evil act.”

Jim Iyke, the Nigerian actor, has shared his thoughts on what it takes for men to build a lasting legacy.

In a recent Instagram post, the filmmaker emphasized the importance of having the right partner by your side.

Iyke advised men who want to build an empire to either remain single or choose a partner who will fully support their vision.

He stressed that the partner should be a “queen, not a clown” who seeks validation from people.

“A man whose focus is building an empire needs to either be single, or be with a partner, this 100%,” he wrote.

“A queen not a clown seeking attention from the entire village.”