Tag: Monalisa Chinda

Court Orders the Arrest of Actress, Monalisa Chinda, for Tax Evasion

Posted on by Omaku Josephine

A Lagos State High Court has ordered the arrest of Nollywood actress, Monalisa Chinda. This is as a result of her failure to pay her tax over a period of six years.

This is coming after the actress was said to have failed to honour a request to appear in court. The request dated 21st of January was said to have been issued by Justice Adedayo Akintoye, who insisted that she must be apprehended.

The defendant has been served with hearing notice. The proof of service is in the court’s file, a statement from the defendant, Y.A Pitan, read.

Monalisa Chinda faces a two counts charge

The allegation against the actress has, however, led to a two counts charge: “failure to furnish and file annual tax returns for the purpose of personal income taxation with the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) contrary to Section 94(1) of the Personal Income Tax Act 2004 (as amended).”

The Nation reports that the warrant for the arrest shall be extended to the month of  April.

I will Talk my Daughter Out of Going into Acting- Monalisa Chinda

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Nollywood actress, Monalisa Chinda, has revealed that she would not like her daughter to choose acting as a profession. This was in a recent interview where she spoke on several issues surrounding her acting career and the movie industry.

According to her, it takes a lot to be a celerity as the eyes of the public is always fixed on them.

Monalisa Chinda gives reasons why she wouldn’t want her daughter to be an actress.

According to the actress, the society expects celebrities to act a certain way and behave a certain way. It is always too much she said. If her daughter considers acting, se will try to discourage her. However, God could have his plans for her so she wouldn’t push it too far, she said.

Excerpts from the interview below;

What is the craziest thing a fan has done to you?

A fan has tried to grab and peck me on my cheek. I was alarmed. I had to tell him to step back and steer clear off me. He later on apologised and pleaded for a selfie, which I later obliged.

Would you like your child to go into acting?

I am not sure!!

Why?

With what’s going on now? I would try to talk her out of it. It’s difficult to deal with fame. The society would expect you to act in certain way, talk in certain way, and not seen in certain places!

It’s difficult. However, I am not God. He may have His own purpose for her. After all, we are here to fulfil our purposes on earth.

So, you can’t just walk on the road and buy corn?

No, I can’t. But if I am with my hubby alone in the car, he can pull over and help with that. If I am with someone else, they help too.

Monalisa Chinda advises Women to Avoid Domestic Violence by not Provoking their Men

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In an interview with Okey Bakassi on Channel TV’s The Other Side, Monalisa Chinda shared her thought on domestic violence.

The actress advised women to quit provoking their men into punches and slaps.

In her words, ”what I’m saying is that, much as I don’t like, most of us don’t like domestic violence, women should quit provoking their men into punches and slaps and all kinds of things… I always research when stories when fresh stories come up, I always dig in to see what and half the time, it’s always the women. You know, our mouth, God just gave us this very running Okra mouth, we talk a lot… women, don’t fight with people who are stronger than you”.

The Rivers State born actress has always voiced out to speak against domestic violence having suffered violence herself in the hands of her ex-husband whom she had said in the past treated her with disgust.

she said actresses don’t talk about their sexual harassment experiences over fear of stigmatization. “They keep quiet about it because of their careers. Apart from that, the society stigmatises these women. So you just swallow your pride. When you are outside the shores of Africa, women are heroes for coming out to speak about sexual abuse, but not here.” she added.

The actress noted that she does not like to talk about her experience concerning Domestic Violence.

The Other News, a satirical show hosted by comic-actor Okey Bakassi on Channels TV.