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The entertainment world has seen a lot of events this week, including Nollywood actress and producer, Funke Akindele calling on women to be enterprising and self-reliant, Mark Darlington Osae, echoing his disappointment in the Supreme Court ruling on FDA’s ban on celebrities endorsing alcohol and many more.
As we look ahead to the coming week, we can expect even more surprises, twists and turns in the ever-evolving world of entertainment.
Veteran Nollywood actress Stella Ikwuegbu is dead
Veteran Nollywood actress Stella Ikwuegbu is dead.
This was made known on Sunday (16 June) by movie producer, Stanley Nwoko, otherwise known as Stanley Ontop, via his Instagram page.
He revealed that the actress passed away, Sunday, June 16th, after battling with leg cancer.
Nwoko wrote: “Nollywood actress and veteran Mrs Stella Ikwuegbu is dead. The veteran actress left this world today after battling with leg cancer. Rest well, Madam Stella. Nollywood again. It’s well.”
The late actress began her career in 1990, appearing in numerous films such as ‘Spoiler,’ ‘Ukwa,’ ‘Sound of Love,’ ‘Holy Man,’ ‘Two Hearts,’ ‘Heart of Stone,’ and ‘Madam Koikoi,’ among others.
Hailing from Enugu, she was not only an actress but also a businesswoman.
Ikwuegbu is a graduate of the Institute of Management and Technology (IMT) in Enugu State.
Alcoholic beverage ban case: I’m disappointed in Supreme Court ruling, says Darlington Osae
Mark Darlington Osae, the plaintiff in the case against the Food and Drug Authority (FDA), which sought to overturn the ban on celebrities promoting alcoholic beverages, expressed disappointment with the verdict.
On Wednesday (19 June), the Supreme Court dismissed the lawsuit challenging the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) guidelines for using celebrities to advertise alcoholic products.
Reacting to the verdict, Osae told Nana Akua Obomengniibaa, host of The Juice on Asaase 99.5 Rush Hour, “I am obviously very disappointed. We are disappointed at the outcome.We were expecting a different outcome.”
“Unfortunately, it did not go our way. Two of the Supreme Court judges voted in our favour, whilst the other five voted in favourof the FDA and the AG office, which is quite unfortunate,” Osae said.
“We still believe… [that] the directive by the FDA is still discriminatory against a certain group of peoplebased on their occupation, and I’m talking mainly the creative space here.”
In a ruling Wednesday 19 June 2024, a seven-member panel of the apex court held that the FDA guideline is not unreasonable, nor does it contradict Article 17 (1) of the 1992 Constitution.
Osae added that other laws that hinder the progress of the creative sector should be contested in court.
“We were also seeking clarification on what they mean by well-known persons in their directive,because what happens if someone unknown advertises today, and within a few weeks,they blow up and they become huge, everyone recognises them.They are still allowed to advertise for the rest of the year.”
The FDA had previously issued a directive prohibiting celebrities from advertising alcoholic beverages.
The FDA’s directive, which barred the use of celebrities in advertisements for alcoholic beverages, was aimed at protecting minors from being influenced by celebrities into alcoholism.
However, the plaintiff in the case, Mark Darlington Osae, manager of hip-hop artists -Reggie ‘N’ Bollie and Skrewfaze, was seeking an order from the apex court to rule the FDA’s guideline as unconstitutional as it violates the right to non-discrimination as guaranteed by Article 17 of the 1992 Constitution.
Stonebwoy expresses disgust by galamsey activities
Stonebwoy, a dancehall artist, has expressed concern about the poor state of Ghana’s water bodies as a result of galamsey activities.
The 25th TGMA Artiste of the Year took to X, formerly Twitter and shared a video of the state of some river bodies in the Western Region.
Stonebwoy took the video of the river bodies when he visited Samreboi last week to perform at the coronation of Samatex as winners of the 2024/2025 Ghana Premier League.
In his tweet on X, the ‘Overlord’ crooner asked Ghanaians to be concerned about the message he’s preaching which is an end to galamsey rather than the messenger (which is the artiste).
“The message. The message not the Messenger. I love Ghana,” Stonebwoy tweeted as he shared a video of the polluted river.
This is not artiste’s first time of speaking against Galamsey. He has previously spoke bitterly against illegal mining and how lands and river bodies are being destroyed by the menace.
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