by Rachel Ogbu

Nollywood actress and singer, Tonto Dikeh is named Vanguard’s controversial Actress of the Year 2012.
In a report, Dikeh was the actress who rocked Nollywood with controversy in the outgoing year.

A product of Next Movie Star, Dikeh since she hit the limelight few years ago has never seized to be at the centre of a debate and 2012 was no different.

Vanguard reports:

Her controversial lifestyle became more glaring this year judging from most of her unbecoming exploits. After the noise generated by her new tattoo last year, Tonto continued with her  ‘wild lifestyle’, stepping on people’s toes and damning her critics.  Her newly released singles, Hi and Itz Ova, did not help matters even though the singles became two of the most listened and downloaded tracks, with over 500,000 views.

Dikeh, who joined the bandwagon of other actors who succumbed to the moonlighting itch to delve into music, was lampooned and criticised by her fans for the uninspiring singles. Yet, she was not deterred. While she was battling to find her feet in the music circle, her foes romantically linked her to  the Kukere crooner, Iyanya who squealers said was seeing Ghanaian leggy actress, Yvonne Nelson. For  Iyanya and Tonto Dikeh it was all about who has left who for who.

However, this whole saga began when Yvonne Nelson took to the internet to vent her feelings after Iyanya dumped her for Tonto Dikeh. The drama continued unabated until Tonto Dikeh replied Yvonne’s tweet and the two actresses took their rivalry to Blackberry messenger (BBM) where they threw ‘nasty’ insults at each other.