PHOTOS: See Nollywood Actors Who Have Turned Pastors

Here are a few Nollywood actors who have had a very fair share of fast superstar lifestyles, and today profess to live for Christ.

Eucheria Anunobi

Probably, the most publicised conversion to Christ is that of Eucheria Anunobi. The actress fondly called UK by her friends has been the subject of various controversies and scandals, topmost of which bordered around her relationships, broken marriage and eventually her demand for her ex-husband to keep providing for the only son of their union, whom she has in her custody.

After many years of being in the news for all the wrong reasons, many were surprised when she announced she had given her life to Christ. Few months after the news broke, UK was ordained at the Fresh Oil Ministry, Egbeda, Lagos, as an evangelist.

The ordination was performed by Pastor Psalm Okpe, who anointed the top Nollywood actress, accompanied by other men of God. Some of her close colleagues like Susan Peters and Clarion Chukwurah were on hand to support their friend during the ceremony.

With her ordination, Eucharia can fully preach as a pastor. In fact, it is said that she already counsels youths in the church. This, however, has not taken away some of the traits that made her fans term her “a bad girl” before now. UK is still flashy. Just weeks after the ordination, she got a BMW X5. It is not clear if it’s a gift or a personal purchase.

UK has, however, vowed to use her fame to win souls for Christ. She also assured her teeming fans that she would not abandon her acting career, pointing out that she would be choosier in accepting roles in movies.


Ernest Asuzu

Do you remember Ernest Asuzu? The Imo State-born actor was the toast of movie lovers some years ago. He took on the role of the lover boy with great skills, and was indeed the ladies’ man in real life. But not long after, he disappeared from the radar. Before his withdrawal from the movie scene he was engulfed in scandals and controversies, which got him negative media attention.

During his hiatus, it was rumoured that he was down with mental illness while some even said he was dead. However, he resurfaced with a turn-around in more ways than one. In a chat, he told some reporters that the world rejected him, and he had to go back to Christ.

With this discovery, he underwent a period of rebranding and soul-searching, coming out strong as a gospel artiste. He now calls himself El Cream. With his new musical identity, he has released a music video for his single, ‘Go Under’. The new single is coming off his forthcoming album, Return of the Don.


Rita Nzelu

Not much has been heard much from this popular 90s actress for some time. Now, we hear that the former actress, who has been in the UK for over 10 years, has become a born-again Christian and has been ordained an evangelist in a UK-based Nigerian church. She is said to be very active in church, as she keeps posting invitation to churches on her social media handle.

She still acts in Nigerian movies shot in London.

Kanayo O. Kanayo

Veteran Nollywood actor, Anayo Modestus Onyekwere, popularly known as Kanayo.O.Kanayo, is now a pastor. He has been preaching in some churches in recent times. He is mostly seen teaching the word of God at Christ Mission Worldwide Church, Egbeda.

Though he does not preach there regularly, it is said that the number of church members has grown since the day he first preached there.

That is not the only church he has ministered in at. His face has also graced banners and posters of other churches’ programmes. This recent development comes as a shock to some of his friends and colleagues who know him well.

There are allegations of nefarious activities that go on in his Surulere office. The place is described by some of his colleagues as a magnet for young girls.


Pat Attah

Where is Pat Attah? From what we gather, the once-upon-a-dreadlock-turned clean cut actor has left his life in the country behind. Pat, currently, is based in Hamburg, Germany and has turned a preacher. Though he does not preach in churches, he is now very much a born-again.

Many knew him before he left the country to be close to the ladies and in love with the bottle. Today, reading his posts online, one would know things have changed in his life. Pat often uses social network sites including Facebook to deliver his sermon and messages to all who care to read.


Zack Orji

Actor, Zack Orji, has been ordained a full-time evangelist by Bishop Emma Isong of Christian Central Chapel International (CCCI). In fact, the veteran actor has engaged in various evangelical activities in Abuja, Nasarawa and Makurdi with the church.

Zack has hardly been linked to any scandal. Only close friends know that he goes to a bar in National Stadium in Lagos, where he usually takes a particular brand of drink. Zack Orji is married to Ngozi Orji and they have three children.


Liz Benson

Elizabeth Benson, popularly known as Liz Benson, began acting when she was just a kid. Her journey to stardom began when she appeared on the set of the popular television soap opera, Fortunes, in 1993. Liz Benson played the part of Mrs. Agnes Johnson in the soap, which ran for about two years on the Nigerian Television Authority network. After that, she acted in various TV series and many movies.

In 1994, her role in Glamour Girls, a very successful home video that focused prostitution as the theme, literally changed her fortunes.

The movie shot her into prominence and gradually she wormed her way into the heart of millions of Nigerian movie fans. As popularity came, so did media scrutiny. Several media reports linked her with different men and she was said to be dating some men in power.

However, after a quiet court ceremony in Abuja, she got married to a Bishop Great Emeya in 2009 at the Rainbow Christian Assembly in Warri, Delta State. She too was ordained an evangelist in the church.

Presently, she runs the church with her husband.


Peter Bunor

This veteran actor missed death by the whiskers last year. It took the intervention of the Delta State Government to keep him alive. The actor suffered a stroke that left him almost totally paralysed. Since he recovered, Peter has turned a new man.

In a chat with journalists, he said: “All I can say now is to thank God that I am alive. I have also given my life to Jesus Christ as you can see that I am now a pastor.”

The man is known to attend Winners Chapel.



Kenethe Nnebue

Living in Bondage is believed by some sectors to be the film that brought Nollywood to where it is today. The man behind the movie, Kenneth Nnebue, owns Nek Videos.

After two decades of making a success of that two-part Igbo language movie, the pioneer producer disappeared into thin air. The last time he was spotted at a Nollywood function, was in 2009, where he was among the special guests that attended that year’s BOBTV, Africa’s premiere film and television programmes expo, which held in Abuja.

From what we hear, Nnebue has retired to evangelism. Close friends say he is very active in his church.



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Enugu Government House Hostage: I Was Fully Briefed By Mrs Clara Chime, Insists Femi Falana

Femi Falana (SAN)

By SaharaReporters, New York

Human rights advocate Femi Falana has repudiated the claim by the governor of Enugu State, Mr. Sullivan Chime, that he did not receive a brief from his wife to represent her to secure her release from the illegal detention imposed by her husband, the governor.

“I wish to say, without any fear of contradiction, that I have her instructions in writing to challenge her illegal detention at the Government House, Enugu,” he declared in a statement on Wednesday. “Through the assistance of some of the security personnel in the Government House she has since spoken to me on phone to confirm her instructions. Indeed, Mrs Chime's mother and her personal physician have also been in touch with me urging me to take all appropriate measures to secure her freedom from Governor Chime's illegal confinement.”

Beyond that, Mr. Falana pointed out that contrary to the governor’s diversionary statement, he does not need the instructions of citizens who are illegally detained to demand for their release.

“Without any instructions I am duty bound to file cases in court to secure the enforcement of the fundamental rights of detainees to personal liberty. For the avoidance of doubt, the doctrine of locus standi in the area of human rights has been abolished by the Fundamental Rights (Enforcement Procedure) Rules 2009 which came into force on December 1, 2009,” he said.

Mr. Falana noted that at the press conference Governor Chime succeeded in confirming the allegation that he has held his wife in illegal custody but attempted to justify the illegality by alleging that his wife has "a medical challenge".

Said the statement: “When Governor Chime was recently medically challenged he was not subjected to solitary confinement in the Government House but flown abroad for adequate medical treatment,” the lawyer said. “But Mr Chime has conspired with his private physicians to sentence his wife to unwarranted mental torture and psychological trauma in a room in the Government House for the past four months. If Mr. Chime's claim is correct that the wife is non compos mentis, when was the Enugu Government House converted to a psychiatric hospital?

“Having confirmed the allegation that he has willfully infringed the fundamental rights of his wife to personal liberty, dignity of the person and freedom of movement Governor Chime should release his wife from illegal custody [and] be warned not to divert attention from the brutal abuse of the rights of his wife. If he and his doctors are convinced that she is medically challenged they should send her to a hospital for quick recovery!”

Mr. Falana thanked the Director-General of the State Security Service who, he said, has directed the security service personnel attached to the Government House to desist from teaming up with the Governor to hold his wife hostage.



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WILL SMITH: Randy photos with sexy co-star leaks amid rumours of impending split from wife Jada Pinkett Smith

45 yr old Will Smith took some very flirty, VERY racy pics with his co-star Margot Robbie in a photo booth in New Orleans, and the photos have somehow leaked out!

The two cuddle, laugh, and even take their shirts off- basically looking TOTES like they're on a date!

In the pictures, released by Star magazine, the Australian actress lifts up her top to reveal her lacy white bra, as Will does the same behind her, pressing his bare chest against her back.

She looks up at the actor and suggestively pouts her lips.

In another shot, he pulls her towards him from behind, their face pressed close together side-by-side.

'He wasn’t acting like a married man; he gave no signs that he was in a committed relationship,' an eyewitness told the publication.

'What kind of married man would go into a photo booth with a sexy 23-year-old girl and start to undress?'

Jada wasn't present at the October 25 party, and was instead speaking at a charity event in Baltimore.

'When we did our audition together, we had a natural chemistry,' Margot previously said of her co-star. 'I think it’s going to be a lot of fun.'



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Dublin mystery girl has been identified by gardai as an Australian adult and is not a victim of human trafficking

The mystery girl identified by gardai as an Australian adult has a previous conviction for deception in her native country.





The woman, Samantha Azzopardi, illegally tried to draw social welfare benefits payments and received a six month prison sentence, independent.ie has learned.

However, the sentence, handed down late last year, was suspended for 12 months.

The revelation comes as gardai continue to liaise with their Australian counterparts about the woman, who was taken into HSE care after being discovered in a distressed state outside the GPO on Dublin's O'Connell Street on October 10.

Initially officers believed she was aged 14 to 16. But they have now confirmed she is actually 25 years old.

The woman is believed to have up to 40 different aliases.

Samantha Azzopardi is to be assessed this afternoon by a psychiatrist.

Lawyers were at the High Court today where Mr Justice George Birmingham discharged the order that he had made allowing her to be detained under the Childcare Act.
But he put a stay on the discharge until tomorrow morning to allow other arrangements to be put in place.

The case is be mentioned in court tomorrow morning. It is hoped the assessment by a psychiatrist this afternoon will allow authorities to decide what steps to take next.

The court heard she is "vulnerable" and she is to remain in HSE care for at least another 24 hours as her "life could be at risk" if she is released.

Gardai revealed in court today that she been in Ireland for three weeks before she was found wandering around in a distressed state outside the GPO.

Ms Azzopardi was initially believed to have been a teenager victim and could not communicate with gardai.

However, it has now emerged she has family connections in Tipperary and officers are satisfied that she is not a victim of human trafficking.


The Herald understands a man, who is not a relative, made contact with detectives yesterday afternoon.

“He was able to tell them who she was and supply details about her family,” explained a source.

It is believed that Samantha (25) was living with relatives in Clonmel, Tipperary.

The massive breakthrough came just hours after gardai released a photograph of the young woman.

Sources said that the Australian citizen is thought to have travelled here via the United Kingdom.

“She does understand English and can articulate in writing English, but she won't speak,” said a source close to the investigation.

“She is not talking. There is some written communication coming from her, but only bits and pieces.”

The woman had refused to allow herself to be photographed and the images of her issued yesterday are understood to have been taken without her knowledge.

A source close to the case said: “She is very disturbed. It would appear there is something very serious going on here.”

A garda spokesperson confirmed: “With the assistance of the public, the Gardai are now following a definite line of enquiry and will be liaising closely with the Australian Police and the HSE to finalise the matter.”

The Australian Federal Police are working with Gardai, and would not confirm any reports on her identity, DNA tests or aliases.

A spokesman for Australian Police said there are potential mental health issues so there are important privacy issues in place.

The identification of the 25-year-old woman followed an unprecedented move by gardai to publish a photograph of a person in State care.

More than 2,000 hours of garda time has been devoted to trying to identify the woman and there have been more than 100 separate lines of inquiry by officers.





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In all, 15 possible names were given to investigators but none of the names were correct when they were checked out.

There are reports in Australia this morning that a member of the girl’s family has now made contact with the gardai.

When she was found in a distressed state near the GPO on Dublin’s O’Connell Street on October 10, the woman was wearing clothes from Irish department stores and had braces fitted.

While in State care, she rarely spoke but did sketch pictures of being taken on an aircraft. She gave officers no indication of her origins.




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Yasser Arafat: 'poisoned with radioactive polonium'.......His wife Suha Arafat said the forensic tests proved that her husband was the victim of a "political assassination"

The widow of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has claimed forensic tests on his corpse show that he was poisoned to death with radioactive polonium.

Suha Arafat said the tests proved that her husband was the victim of a "political assassination". The radioactive substance is the same as that which killed the Russian spy Alexander Litvinkenko in 2006.

"It's scientifically proved that he didn't die a natural death and we have scientific proof that this man was killed," she said, as reported by Sky News.

Mr Arafat died at a military hospital in Paris eight years ago. A post mortem at the time showed he died from a stroke but doctors could not find the origin of his illness.

Angry: Suha Arafat, widow of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, watches the ceremony after her husband's exhumation last year
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In November last year, Mr Arafat's body was exhumed and a team of experts have since been examining samples from his body.

British forensic scientist Professor David Barclay said the findings showed that poisoning was the cause of Mr Arafat's illness.

"In my opinion, it is absolutely certain that the cause of his illness was polonium poisoning," he said. "The levels present in him are sufficient to have caused death."

Mrs Arafat has not blamed any person or country for her husband's death. Israel has long been blamed by Palestinians although its government has denied any role in his death.

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