Inside Encomium Weekly this week (Tuesday, February 2, 2016)

• I’m not married to Rachel Bakam, she is just a friend

-John Fashanu

• Best dresses from Toolz, Tunde Demuren nuptials
• ‘LisaRay McCoy went too far; I’m suing her to protect Whitenicious brand’ –Dencia
• ‘Why big budget movies can’t recoup investment’- Leading producers lament
• Bread winners moan as economy bites harder
• Fear grips Deltans over kidnap of royal fathers

‘We are on top of it’- Police assure

• Couples are scaling down wedding budgets

-Event planners confirm

• 55 public officials who allegedly stole Nigeria’s N1.34 trillion exposed
• Why young men are shying away from marriage
• Compatriots admit shunning made in Nigeria goods
• War in late billionaire Dehinde Fernandez’s home as wife, daughter fight dirty
• Celebs on plans for Valentine’s Day
• Former lawmaker, Rotimi Makinde moves into multi-million naira country home

-floats radio station

• Nigerians lampoon prophecies by pastors
• Apostle Johnson Suleman dashes out cars, cash and items worth N26 m

…Hits Ghana with mega crusade

• Doctors’ tips on how to cope with harmattan
• Otedola loses $120 million (N24 billion) in one week
• Stock market sheds N6 trillion in 18 months

-market capitalization nosedived from N14 trillion to N8 trillion

• Ronke Oshodi-Oke talks about her marriage and music career
• They ganged up against me because I’m better, cries Blackface
• Debbie down with skull and lung cancer after surviving breast and bone cancer
• Human rights activists condemn 2016 budget’s frivolous provisions

‘It’s against common sense‘

• Dasukigate watch: Update on the arms scam probe
• Nigerians lament biting economy
• Entrepreneurs on how the exchange rate has affected their businesses
• Consumers condemn hike in price of kerosene

-Litre now sells above N83

• Fallout of Otunba Debasco’s crashed marriage, Ijebu-Ode club suspends estrange wife’s accomplice in threat to life allegation

‘I want this case charged to court’- Debasco

‘We’re still investigating the matter’- Police

• Unveiling Ghana’s most talked about celebrity spinsters
• Fast rising actress Salma Mumin reveals how she fell in love with acting
• Lassa fever: Rat killer, garri sellers on effect f disease on business
• Why you should stop using Sniper insecticide indoors