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Edo 2024: “INEC, Nigeria’s most dangerous institution” – Davido

Aminu Imam
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Afrobeats superstar, David Adeleke, aka Davido, has nothing nice to say about the National Electoral Commission (INEC) and how it conducted the just-concluded gubernatorial elections in Edo State. The incumbent governor, Godwin Obasekis candidate, Asue Ighodalo of PDP, lost the election to the APC candidate, Monday Okpebholo, in the keenly contested election concluded on Sunday night. Davido has shown keen interest in politics, particularly in Osun State, where his uncle Ademola Adeleke contested for and emerged as governor. On 15 September, he endorsed Mr Ighodalo and urged young voters in…

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Music superstar, Davido to give away N250m amassed during birthday to charity

Aminu Imam

Nigerian music superstar and recording artiste, David Adeleke, professionally known as Davido, has announced that he will be donating the sum of N250 million raised from fans, friends and colleagues on his 29th birthday to charity. In a statement published on his verified Instagram account yesterday, the singer, who turns 29 today, Sunday, Nov. 21, revealed that he added the sum of N50 million to the N200 million garnered during the funds challenge, which he single-handedly kick-started during the week. The music superstar said he has given the entirety of…

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TIME magazine names Nigerian music star, Davido, one of ‘most influential people worldwide’

Aminu Imam

Nigerian superstar, Davido, hit another milestone yesterday, as he was named one of the next “100 Most influential people in the world for 2021”, by the influential US-based Time magazine. It reads: Davido is one of the biggest voices in Afrobeatbecause his music connects with people, often in ways that transcend his expectations”. When he released the song FEM in 2020, a title that loosely translates to shut up in Yoruba, he didnt know it would become a major #EndSARS protest anthem. Davido, in his reaction, wrote on his social…

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