Nigeria, Nov. 16 -- More than a decade before her marriage made national headlines, Regina Daniels was simply a child actor learning her craft on Nollywood film sets. It is easy to forget the little girl who once lit up screens amid the ongoing public drama between the actress and her estranged husband, Senator Ned Nwoko.

PREMIUM TIMES has documented the unfolding timeline of their marital crisis, including allegations of underage marriage, domestic tensions, drug use, and the brief detention of her brother, Samuel "Sammy West" Ojeogwu. Senator Nwoko has dismissed many of these claims as "false and malicious," insisting that suggestions he married a minor are politically driven.

For years, public records and earlier reporting placed Reg...