A major intellectual infringement issue has hit another Nollywood heavyweight to the tune of 60 million naira, and this time, it is concerning Nollywood actress, Stephanie Linus who has been accused of stealing the movie Dry from a lawyer and script writer, Daniella Mamudu who had claimed that the actress had seen the movie through their mutual friend Joy Ndidi, who happens to be a part of Daniella’s team of readers and editor in 2011.

According to scriptwriter, DRY allegedly has “substantial similarity” and semblance to her original work, titled ‘Behind her Veil,’ hence she is calling the actress out.

Well, the actress is not about to be silent bout this, and has decided to release a statement denying this claim.

Steph said she registered the copyright of "Dry" script in the United States in 2011 and in Nigeria in 2012 and only met her accused in 2013 when Joy worked on her personal blog.

Read her full statement below

“Character assassination is at once easier and surer than physical assault; and it involves far less risk for the assassin. It leaves him free to commit the same deed over and over again, and may indeed win him the honors of a hero in the country of his victims.” – Alan Barth (1906 – 1979)

On the 19TH of May, 2017, I received a letter from one Rafiu Bello acting on behalf of one Daniella Madudu accusing me of appropriation of an “original literary work” that was allegedly stolen from her by Ms. Joy Ndidi (an allegation that has been roundly refuted), copyright infringement and all manner of impropriety as relates my movie ‘DRY’ and demanding that I credit this Daniella Madudu with ownership of my work, pay the sum of N60,000,000 (SIXTY MILLION NAIRA) and royalties; or face a “campaign of calumny”(which by the way is already afoot) both home and abroad.

Naturally, my initial reaction was to ignore it as something so ludicrous as to be able to find firm footing in the mind of any normal or rightly thinking individual and only routinely passed it onto my lawyers at a later date and thought nothing more of it. They (my lawyers), as a matter of course responded to it.

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:

"That since my undergraduate days at the University of Calabar, I have been very passionate and deeply concerned about Vesico Vaginal Fistula (VVF), the plight of the girl-child and sexual violence against the female gender.

That in 2006 whilst still on crutches as a result of my ghastly automobile accident from the year before, I volunteered with the Mercy Ships Aberdeen West Africa Fistula Centre (as it then was) in Sierra Leone all out of my own personal savings as this was and will always be a cause very dear to my heart.

That in 2007/08 I visited the Mariam Abacha Women and Children’s Hospital, Sokoto where I personally made donations to the victims of VVF.That in 2008 I was invited by The United Nations and the Government of Liberia to participate in the anti-rape campaign, Stop Rape and the Liberia Fistula Project.

That through my non-governmental organisation, The Extended Hands Foundation and our numerous partners, over 150 women and young ladies across the country have successfully undergone reconstructive surgery and have gone on to live wholesome fulfilling lives free of the stigmatization and the sheer pain and discomfort that comes with VVF.

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

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

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

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.

That 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."

These are easily verifiable facts that any half-hearted attempt at investigative and responsible journalism would have turned up if indeed uncovering the truth for the benefit of the public was the primary motive behind the malicious publication.

It is truly a sorry pass we have come to as society when all it takes to ruin a person’s reputation overnight is the spewing forth of mere accusations just because he or she happens to be in the public eye.

I choose to speak out and address this vice that has suddenly become the norm in our society and the acceptable standard of modern day “journalism”. We used to be better than this as a people; my prayer is that we still are.

DRY is more than just a movie; it is a righteous cause for voiceless women and young girls who have suffered the most debilitating kind of emotional and physical abuse, and anyone who seeks to denigrate this painful sacrifice with a smear campaign, with the intent to make gain or attract cheap publicity, simply lacks wisdom.

I want to take this opportunity to thank all those that have shown tremendous support and spoken up these past few days to end these words the same way it began.

“An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does the truth become error because nobody sees it. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.” Mahatma Gandhi

http://tunezmedia..com.ng/2017/06/stephanie-linus-finally-responds-to-n.html


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Sunderland striker, Victor Anichebe got an early morning shock when he encountered a baby python while jogging at his hometown in Nigeria recently.

The super eagles striker shared shots of the reptile in amazement. There was never a second run from Victor as he has since cut short his brief stay in Nigeria and moved back to London following severe caution from world people.

See photos below...


http://tunezmedia..com.ng/2017/06/victor-anichebe-encounters-deadly-snake.html

Nollywood ‘bad boy’, Jim Iyke spent some quality time with beautiful actress Tonto Dikeh and son, King Andre.

The Nigerian actor who stopped by to visit the delectable Tonto Dikeh and her son, took to his Instagram page to share adorable photos of themselves having a fun time at her house in Abuja.

The Nollywood actors who have been friends for close to a decade looked gorgeous together in this photos with King Andre.


See below...

http://tunezmedia..com.ng/2017/06/tonto-dikeh-and-son-spend-quality-time.html


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Selena Leath the heavily pregnant babymama of Nigerian Singer, Runtown has sent mockery in form od a shade to the sidechicks of the singer, who have been claiming that the Enugu state hit maker has been spending time with them.

She has assured one and all that her man has been keeping a 'closed' eye on her in a video shared on social media... Watch below...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwotBaY6H6s


http://tunezmedia..com.ng/2017/06/runtown-heavily-pregnant-babymama.html


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Nollywood diva, INI Edo stepped out looking all chic recently in a lenthy white jumpsuit from ToluBally. The fashionista slayed the look, matching it with a classy Gucci bag. Absolutely stunning..

More photos below...


http://tunezmedia..com.ng/2017/06/celeb-instyle-ini-edo-slays-in-classy.html


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Nigerian indigenous rap act, Oladipo Olamide aka Chinko Ekun is finally through with school and can now focus more on his musical career. However his mother has different plans for him, as she believes her 20-year-old son should follow the line of Banky W and start thinking of marriage soon.

Chinko' who got honoured as the most talented student in his set got a message from his mother after she attended a wedding, insisting that her people will soon gather to celebrate her son's wedding.. See below...


http://tunezmedia..com.ng/2017/05/after-finally-graduating-chinko-ekuns.html?m=1


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Talented rapper, Terry Apala, has revealed how his friends tried discouraging him from forging ahead in music because of his genre of music.

Speaking with Planet TV, the Champagne Shower crooner, said his friends told him back then his kind of music was too local and Nigerians will never accept his music.

Terry continued saying, he never allowed that stop him from forging ahead as today he is one of the many being celebrated.

In his own words;

"I remember then in 2012, I released 'Apala rhythm', but then most of my friends were saying that I sound too local that Nigerians will never accept something like this ... They wanted Something they could relate to, like put in the English language.

There is nothing better than doing your own thing!!. If you can rap, you can't rap like Jay Z, if you can sing, you can't sing like Chris Brown. So doing your own thing is the best .

And I'm here today and I tell them, look at it today but you people were saying I shouldn't do this, now I'm doing it and its giving me money. If its not making money, its not making sense."

http://tunezmedia..com.ng/2017/05/the-people-i-called-friends-never.html?m=1


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Veteran Nigerian screen goddess, Omotola Jalade got an epic facebeat from Bare to Beauty, when she attended the official media launch of DT magazine.

Omotola who is the magazine first cover girl was at the event when she met popular CNN reporter Richard Quest.

See photos below...


http://tunezmedia..com.ng/2017/05/omotola-jalade-looks-flawless-in-new.html


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Nigerian slay queen, Ebube Nwagbo stepped out for the Glo Laffta Fest tour which held in Port Harcourt few days ago looking glamorous in a short semi sheer black gown matched with a beautiful pair of pink high heels. Definitely a stunner.

See below...

http://tunezmedia..com.ng/2017/05/celeb-instyle-ebube-nwagbo-dazzles-in.html?m=1


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Busty actress, Cossy Ojiakor has a British admirer who fell for her and has plans of coming to visit Nigeria this 2017 just cause of her.

Cossy recently landed herself a role in a Nollywood movie titled ‘Pure Honey’ where she was maid to a middle class family. Somehow, Cossy Orjiakor was the most interesting character in that movie.

According to Ian Peter the British man who reached out to Cossy, Pure Honey was his first Nigerian movie and he was captivated by Cossy’s role. In no time, Mr. Ian traced Cossy to twitter where he got her email address and sent her a mail.

“I hope to be able to visit Nigeria soon” he wrote to Cossy. Does this mean that Cossy’s talent has made a way for her internationally? The actress is excited about this new experience and can’t stop talking about it.

Read Ian's mail below...


http://tunezmedia..com.ng/2017/05/british-man-attracted-by-cossy-ojiakor.html?m=1

Nigerian striker, Victor Anichebe has started reading Psalms in the Bible and has also taken to prayers to help his team who sits comfortably at the bottom of the premiere league table, ten points away from safe zone with only 7 games to go.

Sunderland FC lost 3 nil to Manchester United over the weekend, a defeat that most certainly sealed their fate of joining the championship side next season.

Their top marksman, Victor Anichebe tho is still in high hopes as he believes a miracle can still push them out of the bottom three.

He shared a passage from the Psalms alongside a footage of him scoring earlier this season. Victor has suffered a poor scoring spell this season plagued by injury managing only 3 goals in 16 appearances.

Here is wishing him all the best in their forthcoming match against West Ham on Saturday.


http://www.tunezmediablog.com/2017/04/football-star-victor-anichebe-takes-to.html?m=1

Following their 2015 spat which had reports swirling round that Davido, beat u MC Galaxy in his Lekki home, the SEKEM crooner, has finally weighed in on the issue.

Speaking he said,

“Davido is my boy and I cannot fight him. We are friends and friends have issues once in a while and move on afterwards. We cannot fight each other and our relationship is still tight.”

On the Davido and Hushpuppi who spends more at clubs issue, Galaxy said;

“Spending in clubs depends on my mood. I spend a lot of money without noise. I’m more of a businessman and I have a lot of ventures that I’m involved in but it’s private. It’s not everything you put out on social media.”

The SEKEM crooner also revealed plans to join Nollywood;

“I have interests in acting but I’m taking my time and I’m focusing on my music for now. But by the grace of God, I will be able to do something in movies soon. I’m seriously working on my album right now and it would be released in a few months. I’m thinking of 10 tracks and the name of the album is MMM which means Money Making Machine. I will be working mostly with international acts and some African artistes,” he said.


http://www.tunezmediablog.com/2017/04/davido-is-my-boy-sekem-crooner-mc-galaxy_14.html?m=1


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Mavin records boss, Don Jazzy had nothing but the best of words for Dr Sid as he marked his 10th year on stage at the recent UBA awards night.

The popular producer heaped praised on Dr Did who he claims has managed to remain relevant in the game and performing at top shows for over 10 years.

Don Jazzy followed the heartfelt caption with photos of his thrilling performance..

See below...


http://www.tunezmediablog.com/2017/04/don-jazzy-celebrates-dr-sids-10-years.html?m=1

Nollywood actor, Alexx Ekubo, who recently turned 31 will be walking down the aisle sometime very soon if words from his best friend and colleague, IK Ogbonna is anything to go by.

Alexx held a private party to celebrate his birthday in Lagos, and with him was his girlfriend who looked too happy beside her man.

Ik Ogbonna revealed that, Alexx Ekubo is off the market and will be getting married this year..He said it in a birthday message to the actor.

See below...


http://www.tunezmediablog.com/2017/04/actor-alexx-ekubo-finally-set-for.html?m=1


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Few Days ago, we reported about a Lagos-based car dealer, who accused singer Davido of issuing him a dud cheque for the balance of a Benz GLE 450 the singer allegedly bought from his company

The Lawyer to the car dealer gave the singer a 7 day ultimatum to pay the balance..only problem is that the said ultimatum expires today and there has been no word of Davido settling his debts .

The consequence of a fraudulent presentation of dud cheque is a minimum 3-year-jail sentence.

http://www.tunezmediablog.com/2017/04/davido-facing-jail-term-as-court.html?m=1


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According to reports making waves around the BBNaija winner, Efe Ejeba, he has penned a recording deal with Davido's label, DMW.

The report claims that Efe was offered the deal in Johannesburg, South Africa following his win at the reality TV show.

According to a spokesperson for DMW, “Efe is loved by all, the people love him and that’s why he won. Asides supporting him to win Big Brother Naija, we decided to support him further with a music deal. Based on logistics, we know he’ll go places but we believe Davido Music Worldwide will be a grand opportunity for him.”

Efe emerged winner of the popular reality show after beating 11 other contenders to clinch the star prize of N25million and an SUV.


http://www.tunezmediablog.com/2017/04/davido-signs-bbnaija-winner-efe-to.html

Cameroonian singer and whitenicious boss, Dencia who claims to be part Nigerian, has threatened to drag Nigerian blogs and media outlets to court if they don't stop talking about her.

Its public knowledge that she owns a luxurious skin whitening products, however many don't know she is also a singer due to her poor success rate in that field.

She recently called Nigerian popstar, Yemi Alade, "A Nobody", after the Mama Africa singer said Dencia only appeared on Red Carpet to entertain people.

The media went haywire about Dencia who has no award to her musical career calling multiple award winning Yemi Alade, a nobody and they ate her right up, inside out.

Dencia wasn't too happy about this and has threatened to drag Nigerian media to court if they don't put respek on her name.

See her tweet below...


http://www.tunezmediablog.com/2017/04/whitenicious-boss-dencia-threatens-to.html


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Social media has drawn a lot of couples together as they can now share romantic moments with each other even when they are miles apart. However it is never advisable to do so with the presence of a third party.

Former Big Brother Africa housemate, and Nollywood actress, Beverly Osu cut short her lecture about 'private parts' during a live Instagram chat with her fans to receive a call from her lover, who asked her to show him some of her delicate body parts in the live video that he was also watching. Beverly Ada didn't waste time in satisfying her man and even ended the call with a kiss.

Watch below...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQU-IE5TDJM


http://www.tunezmediablog.com/2017/04/beverly-osu-teases-lover-with-sexy.html



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'Jamb Question' crooner, Simi looked totally unrecognizable in a recent shoot where the ebony beauty got transformed to a lightskin model.

In the shoot the singer with a nasty fashion history confessed that she gets restless during photo sessions and will rather stay 15hrs bare faced in a music studio. Her epic facebeat was done by Mundo while Simi claims she styled herself, tho some of her followers found that had to believe.

See more shots from the shoot below...

http://www.tunezmediablog.com/2017/04/music-star-simi-transforms-into.html



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Super model ex-girlfriend of Wizkid, Tania Omotayo is currently vacationing in Jo'burg, South Africa and she decided to pay an animal resort a visit to check out one of the items on her 'Bucket List', which is to ride an Elephant.

Apart from being fascinated by her huge ride, the fashion entrepreneur also got excited about the sex organ of the Elephant which she shared a footage of on her official gram page.

http://www.tunezmediablog.com/2017/04/wizkid-ex-tania-omotayo-shares-joyous.html


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Nigerian ace artiste and Starboy worldwide CEO wizkid aka "Daddy Yo" is now rated as a living music legend after he broke the record of being the first African artiste to get his video viewed 1 million times in just 24hours.



http://www.tunezmediablog.com/2017/04/nigerian-ace-artiste-and-starboy.html


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Former Big Brother Africa Star, Beverly OSU stepped out recently looking quite unpresentable in a uniquely styled black gown that showed the actress was rocking nothing underneath and also baring her cleavages.

Probably the poor creative part of the designer is to be blamed but Beverly friends should take a huge chunk of that blame as well especially the fellow that gladly snapped her and forgot to tell the former vixen how horrible the gown looked on her.

http://www.tunezmediablog.com/2017/04/actress-beverly-osu-flashes-cleavages.html



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Don Jazzy stormed Jo'burg with his latest signings, the DNA twins and his youngster, Reekado Banks for the Big Brother Nigeria reality show where his artists performed their latest hit track at the eviction show.

Nigerians were however not too impressed with Reeky's performance and voiced out the concerns on twitter, but the 'Stranger' singer showed he was no stranger to cyberbullies and return their harsh criticism with impressive clapbacks.


See below...


http://www.tunezmediablog.com/2017/03/reekado-banks-clapback-at-haters-on.html


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Don Jazzy stormed Jo'burg with his latest signings, the DNA twins and his youngster, Reekado Banks for the Big Brother Nigeria reality show where his artists performed their latest hit track at the eviction show.

Nigerians were however not too impressed with Reeky's performance and voiced out the concerns on twitter, but the 'Stranger' singer showed he was no stranger to cyberbullies and return their harsh criticism with impressive clapbacks.


See below...


http://www.tunezmediablog.com/2017/03/reekado-banks-clapback-at-haters-on.html

Nollywood actress, Princess Pemu took to her social media page to show off her sexy tats in a sexy bedroom photo.

The Yoruba actress posed in a sexy sheer nightly suit on her bed flaunting a love print on her thighs..

See below...

http://www.tunezmediablog.com/2017/03/actress-princess-pemu-in-raunchy.html



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Nigerian actor Uche Maduagwu who has suddenly developed a hobby writing controversial articles of his friends in the industry who have all denied knowing him is basking in the spotlight after he mistook Chrissy Teigen mockery for flattery.

Uche had written that an actress at a movie location had forcefully kissed him illegally cause his lips looked like that of music star, John Legend.

John's wife, super model, Chrissy Teigen threw shots at the actor, but Uche went on to write a lengthy epistle about been recognized as an international star and even bragged about bringing the power couple to Nigeria to feature in a movie... all this he confirmed in his phone call with Chrissy.

Read the hilarious posts below...


http://www.tunezmediablog.com/2017/03/chrissy-teigen-mocks-nigerian-actor-for.html



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