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A Nigerian musician, Oladapo Oyebanji, famously known as D'banj has been arrested and detained by anti-graft agency, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over fraud allegations. The musician was arrested and detained Tuesday after ICPC operatives closed in on him, forcing him to surrender himself at the agency’s headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, sources familiar with the matter told PREMIUM TIMES.

2020 has been a very eventful year. First the Covid-19 pandemic hit, closely followed by Nigeria shutting its borders and imposing a nationwide lockdown and curfew. The Nigerian entertainment scene was also filled with several dramas during these trying times. From D’banj losing an endorsement deal following a rape allegation to Funke Akindele getting arrested, below are our top five celebrity controversial moments. 1. Funke Akindele Getting Arrested After Her Throwing A Party During Lockdown With the coronavirus pandemic, the entire country had to deal with a unique challenge. Lockdown mea...

Celebrities are susceptible to controversy, either through their recklessness or from just being famous. The former is common across humans, celebrity or not while the latter is strictly based on their status. Things that wouldn't have mattered are blown out of proportion because they are celebrities. We saw several examples of both in 2020, despite the large part of the year we spent just surviving a pandemic. In this Pulse Picks 2020 piece, we look at the five most controversial Nigerian celebrity moments of the pandemic year. 1. Dbanj and the rape allegation ...