Nollywood’s Polygamy Powder Keg Explodes: Regina Daniels Torches Co-Wife Laila Charani in Savage Social Media Clapback
In the latest bombshell from Nigeria’s most chaotic celebrity household, Nollywood starlet Regina Daniels unleashed a blistering tirade against her husband’s Moroccan-born wife, Laila Charani, accusing her of spewing “retarded” lies scripted by their shared spouse, Senator Ned Nwoko. The 25-year-old actress’s Instagram outburst—fueled by Laila’s explosive claims of drug-pushing, same-sex dalliances, and child endangerment—has social media in a frenzy, turning a private marital mess into public spectacle just days after Regina’s own abuse allegations against Ned went viral.
The feud, which erupted on November 13, 2025, stems from Laila’s Instagram Live rant earlier that day, where the 35-year-old entrepreneur—Ned’s fifth wife—painted Regina as a toxic influence. Laila alleged Regina “introduced me to drugs” upon joining the Nwoko fold in 2019, claiming the habit nearly wrecked her own marriage and that Ned spent millions rehabilitating her. She escalated with homophobic jabs, insisting Regina “sleeps with every single girl” and warning, “You can’t leave kids around her,” framing it as a protective plea for their blended family of 10 children across Ned’s six wives. Laila capped it with a veiled threat: “If you don’t like me, please stop attacking my children,” positioning herself as the victimized matriarch.
Regina, fresh off detailing her own saga of alleged spousal abuse, forced injections, and Ned’s control tactics in a string of emotional posts, hit back within hours. In a lengthy Instagram caption overlaid on a glamorous selfie, she dismantled Laila’s narrative point by point: “Openly saying you can’t leave kids around me is the most useless and hurtful thing Ned ordered his retarded wife to say. I’m such a mother to so many children that it’s quite tiring.” Turning the knife on the lesbian accusations, Regina quipped: “Also, saying I sleep with every single girl? Truthfully, is she so certain because I slept with her too?”—a jaw-dropping insinuation that left followers gasping. She wrapped with a defiant flourish: “Sleeping with same gender isn’t a thing that I consider shameful… If that’s what you are, own it.”
This isn’t isolated tea—it’s the latest spill in a marital meltdown that’s gripped Nigeria since November 9. Regina first accused Ned of physical violence, drug manipulation, and financial strangling, prompting his Facebook rebuttal labeling her a “drug addict” influenced by her brother. Laila’s intervention, ostensibly to defend Ned, has only amplified the polygamy pitfalls: Whispers of favoritism (Regina as the “senior” wife and mother of Ned’s youngest sons) and cultural clashes between the Nigerian actress and Moroccan model have long simmered.
X (formerly Twitter) is ablaze with reactions, blending schadenfreude, solidarity, and shade. One user mocked the timeline: “Regina at 17 pregnant for Ned? Laila on drugs from Regina? This family needs Jesus and a therapist.” Another defended Regina’s age claims, resurfacing old photos to debunk the “teen bride” narrative: “She was 21-22 when they married—tats, parties, the works. No victim here.” Hashtags like #ReginaVsLaila and #NwokoDrama trended nationwide, with memes juxtaposing Laila’s poised Live against Regina’s clapback, captioned “From sister-wives to savage rivals.” Feminists rallied for Regina, decrying the “retarded” slur as ableist, while Ned’s supporters decried it as “defamatory chaos” from a “spoiled starlet.”
Regina’s bombshell about a secret abortion at 17—allegedly for Ned, coerced by friend “Ann” to hide it from her mother—added fuel, reigniting debates on her controversial 2019 marriage at age 18 (or 21, per skeptics). Ned, silent so far on this round, previously defended the union as a family-arranged match: “Her mother gave her to me.” As divorce rumors swirl and NDLEA distances itself from drug probes, this co-wife cage match exposes the raw underbelly of Nigeria’s elite polygamy—power plays, betrayals, and boundaries blurred beyond repair.
For global fans, it’s a window into Nollywood’s unfiltered glamour-gone-wrong, where love triangles turn into public executions. Will Ned step in to mediate, or is this the unraveling of his “empire”? One thing’s clear: In the Nwoko house, the only thing scripted is the drama.