KADUNA BUSINESSMAN DRAGS EX FIANCEE’S FATHER TO COURT, DEMANDS DOWRY REFUND. (PHOTO).

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Kaduna businessman drags ex fiancee’s father to court, demands dowry refund A businessman, Nasiru Dayyabu, on Wednesday, dragged the father of his ex-fiance, Mallam Sani Direba, to Shari’a Court II sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna over N260,000 dowry. The complainant had joined Direba in the suit against two brothers demanding a refund of N250, 000 dowry and N10,000 introduction money he paid to marry his daughter. Represented by his counsel, Mr Sani Sunusi, the complainant told the court that he sent his people from Karaye, Kano State to Kaduna in 2025, to seek for the defendant’s daughter’s hand in marriage. “We paid the dowry and the introduction money (kudin gausuwa) and were waiting for them to set a date for the wedding,” he said. “Unfortunately, the lady’s father called to inform us that they have cancelled the marriage.” The counsel said the complainant had asked for the refund of his money since Sept. 2025 but all the efforts he made proved abortive. He claimed that his client ...

DEE FREEMAN, SISTAS AND YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS ACTRESS, DIES AT 66.(PHOTO).


 Dee Freeman, Sistas and Young and the Restless actress, dies at 66

Dee Freeman, the actress known for her roles on Sistas and The Young and the Restless, has died at 66.

Freeman passed away Thursday after a battle with cancer, her family shared on Instagram. “On behalf of her family, it is with deepest sadness that we share this update with you. Dee passed away peacefully on April 2, 2026, after a brave and fearless fight with cancer,” the statement read. “Thank you to everyone who supported Dee during her battle. She is now in heaven, being the force of nature she always was, now with her angel wings on. Rest in peace, Dee.”

Born in Louisiana in 1959, Freeman joined the United States Marine Corps after high school. Following her military service, she began a career in the arts, starting in theater before moving into film and television. She most recently appeared in seasons nine and 10 of Tyler Perry’s Sistas, portraying Valerie Barnes, the mother of KJ Smith Black’s character Andi Barnes.

Freeman’s screen work also included appearances on three episodes of The Young and the Restless, a 2016 episode of Shameless, and a 2021 episode of NCIS: Los Angeles. From 2010 to 2015, she led the satirical comedy Pretty the Series. At the time of her passing, she was developing a novel adaptation of her one-woman show Poison Gun, inspired by her family history.

Her publicist, Desirae L. Benson, described Freeman as “someone I truly respected and admired. Even in the face of stage 4 lung cancer, she showed up with courage and dignity. Dee had a quiet power that commanded respect without ever needing to demand it. Her legacy is not just in her work, but in how she made people feel — and that will stay with us forever.”

Freeman is survived by her children, Amber and Shane, as well as her mother, brothers, and sisters.


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