Nollywood actress, Rosy Meurer, has reacted to backlash over her inconsistent claims about Tonto Dikeh’s failed marriage to Olakunle Churchill.

This is coming a few hours after she denied ever knowing, meeting or having any personal relationship with Tonto Dikeh when she was still married to Churchill.

Recall that the ex-couple divorced in 2017 over Churchill’s alleged extra marital affair with Meurer, who was alleged to be Tonto’s best friend.


Denying the allegation, Meurer in a video said she was the couple’s family friend. ‘”He (Churchill) and his wife remain family to me. We once hang out together before,” Meurer said at the time.

Four years after the couple’s divorce, Meurer got married to Churchill.

The news of their marriage generated controversy with people on the social media accusing her of snatching her best friend’s husband.

Finally addressing the five years controversy about her marriage on Wednesday, Meurer, in a new video on Instagram, denied ever having any relationship with Tonto Dikeh in the past.

Following her new claim, Meurer faced backlash for not being consistent.

Speaking amid the backlash, Meurer in a lengthy Instagram post, attributed the previous video, in which she described Churchill and Tonto as “family friends”, to pressure from her management.

While claiming that she was forced to lie, she said, “You want me to hang on to the nonsense old video I made in fear due to the fact that I was so young and innocent.

“I was dragged into violence by force. With all the pressure then, PR team will make you say many things even if you don’t feel it is right. Right now whatever I say is THE REAL TRUTH. I am now older and wiser. No PR team can force me to say what they believed is better than my truth. If you like, bring videos of 1000 years ago. It does not change my reality.”

The duo of Nigerian singers, Tems and Burna Boy have broken their tie with South African group, Seether, as the African artists with the most Billboard U.S Hot 100 entries.

The trio were previously tied at seven entries each, but Burna Boy and Tems earned new entries on the chart this week through their features on J.Cole’s album, ‘The Fall-Off.’

‘Bounce Road Blues’ featuring Tems and Future debuted at 34, while ‘Only You’ with Burna Boy debuted at 78, bringing the Nigerians’ total to a joint 8 -the most by any African.


Tems has now earned three Billboard Hot 100 entries this year with ‘Raindance’ with Dave, ‘What You Need’ and the latest ‘Bounce Road Blues.’

She has the most entries for any African artist this year, so far.

Meanwhile, Burna Boy has become the first African artist to have a song on the Billboard Hot 100 for 6 consecutive years.

His entries over the years include Loved By You (2021), Last Last (2022), Sittin’ On Top Of The World and Talibans II (2023), Just Like Me and We Pray (2024), WGFT (2025), and Only You (2026).

Afrobeats singer, Simisola Kosoko, popularly known as Simi, has sparked controversy after calling for capital punishment for rapists.

Recall that Nigeria is currently in a sexual assault crisis with multiple rape allegations being reported in different parts of the country in recent weeks.

Reacting on Tuesday night, Simi passionately appealed to citizens and the authorities to put an end to sexual assault against women.

“I’m sickkk of this. Stop raping women. They need to castrate rapists and burn them,” she wrote in a fierce X post.

However, her suggestion of a capital punishment for rapists sparked a debate, with many arguing that the same should be given to false rape accusers.

Simi maintained that she was advocating for rape victims and not victims of false rape accusations, which further escalated ther controversy.

Shunning the outrage from her male fans, the singer explained that she was advocating for rape victims because almost all the women she knew have been “sexually assaulted at some points of their lives.”

She argued that it isn’t right to stop people from speaking against sexual assault just because of false rape accusers.

“How many of your friends have actually assaulted women as vibes?? Women are terrified to go out. Women in their homes are not safe either. Ask your sisters. Ask your female friends and your girlfriends. Ask your wives. We’re not all crazy. Stop raping women,” she added.

Simi also urged men to hold their fellow men accountable, claiming that men creating the enabling environment for rapists due to their failure to hold other accountable.