Nigerian singer and music label executive, Davido elicited reactions from netizens after a video of him giving his logistic manager, Isreal DMW, a resounding knock on the head, made its way online.
The video emerged on the web around the same time Isreal claimed he is the initiator of the settlement between his boss and singer, Wizkid after years of animosity with the other.
In a video that’s left many in stitches online, Davido is seen at an event with Isreal where at first glance, they seem to be having a normal conversation but after the singer planted a heavy knock on Isreal’s head, it appears there was something else going on.
The recipient of the knock is seen rubbing his head in pain as the singer kept talking to him.
Nollywood actress, Iyabo Ojo and her daughter, Priscilla, teamed up recently for a photoshoot session that was nothing short of hot!
The mother and daughter who over time have always thrilled their followers with stunning photos of themselves, served major hotness in the recent photos they had together.
Rocking leather jackets, skimpy tops and lug-sole boots, the duo could easily pass for sisters in the photos which was shared on both their Instagram pages on Sunday evening.
The screenshot of the chat between a loyal guy and his cheating girlfriend has sparked a debate on social media with many having varying reactions to the conversation.
According to their chats, the guy was furious that his girlfriend randomly gave sex to someone else after making him ‘abstain’ from sex for two years.
Confronting her about it, he asked how she’d have felt if the tables were turned but in her response, she asks him to just forgive and forget while saying she’s sorry.
The guy however was quite bemused by the situation. After the screenshot of their chats was shared online, a number of people had things to say, thereby making it a trending conversation.
Read their chat,
Some were of the notion that the lady despite making her man abstain, actually wanted to get down but probably not with him and some others actually found it hard to believe that the guy really did abstain for a whole two years.
Over the weekend, Nigerians woke up the amazing news that two of their biggest singers, Wizkid and Davido had squashed any perceived beef between them as they hugged and exchange pleasantries at a Lagos Night club.
Nigerian fans were happy about the new development but it seems that the happiest person that night was Davido’s Personal Assistant, Israel DMW.
Israel was seen hugging the two superstars like he was their elder brother and he wore a beaming smile.
Hours later, Israel took to his social media page to claim that he initiated the peace talks between his boss, Davido, and Wizkid — We believe him!!!
Israel wrote on his story.
“I am the real initiator of the final settlement between my Oga and Big Wizzy.
Quite a number of furious Nigerians have reacted following the Super Eagles’ defeat and elimination from the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations after a 1 – 0 defeat by Tunisia in the Round of 16.
A couple of netizens have blamed interim coach, Austin Eguavoen for the loss, but a handful others are dragging super Eagles goal keeper, Maduka Okoye for not being able to stop the only goal of the match which was scored by Tunisia’s Youssef Msakni, in the 47th minute.
Majority of them trooped to his Instagram page to air their displeasure in trolling language.
Congratulations are in order for a Nigerian couple as they have become parents for the first time after 13 years of marriage.
Friends and family members of the couple have taken to Facebook to thank God for the couple following the arrival of their twins after 13 years of marriage.
Facebook User, Ukamaka Onah-Ogbu took to her wall to share photos of the lovely twins and wrote ;
Faithful God! Omemma! The doer of all good things. Thank u Lord for bringing this wait of 13 years to a beautiful end. Welcome to our world, bundles of Joy. Congratulations My darling Onyi and Ejike Chime. May these bundles of Joy bring u unending blessings, Amen. Indeed, What God cannot do does not exist!!!
A Nigerian Man from Delta State is currently in a celebratory mood as he’s set to wed his Canadian Girlfriend.
The Canadian woman visited Nigeria to meet her much younger boyfriend and he didn’t waste time in making his marital intentions known during her visit.
Upon acceptance of his proposal, the elated man took to Facebook to share lovely photos with his ‘older baby’ and captioned it ;
“My love came to Delta all the way from Canada to say yes.”
Victoria Ajeh, an 11-year-old rape victim has been discharged from a hospital in Makurdi, Benue after giving birth to a baby boy.
The minor was allegedly raped and impregnated by Uncle-in-law, Joseph Adoyi, a guard with the Benue State University (BSU) who is said to be in his mid 50s.
Facebook user, Andrew Obeya, who has been supporting the minor, shared the update on Saturday, January 22.
“Victoria Ajeh is back home to her reality. This picture breaks my heart: A baby begets her own baby. The baby in the background (on the bed by her side) is her younger sibling that was born on Christmas day,”.
Mercy Henry, the mother of two who was reported missing in Lagos state, has been found dead.
Mercy was declared missing in December 2021, after she left her home to see a trado-medical doctor in Ijegun, a suburb in Lagos state.
When Mercy did not return as expected, her family in despair, began to call all her friends and one of them named Ayo who resides in Port Harcourt, informed them that on that same day, Mercy called her asking for a N30, 000 loan. According to Ayo, Mercy told her that she was ill and needed the money. Ayo told the family that the money left her account by 1.59pm on the same day and that by 2.02pm, Mercy’s phone was turned off and had remained switched off.
The police then used the information to trace the account she sent the money to and the recipient was ‘Mayowa’ who happened to be Mercy’s Trado-medical doctor. Mercy had given birth to one of her daughters with the assistance of Mayowa.
When interrogated, Mayowa claimed to have seen Mercy four years ago when she came to his traditional birth center to deliver a baby girl. However, his phone history and chats showed that he and Mercy spoke on December 15 at about 9:00p.m.
According to the Mercy’s younger sister, Promise, who confirmed her death, Mayowa confessed to killing Mercy after one of the other three persons arrested in connection with her disappearance confessed that they killed her. The suspect led the police to his backyard where he had mutilated her body, packed them into sacks, and then buried them.
Mercy is survived by two daughters aged five and three years old.
Popular Nigerian Entertainer, Richard Ayodeji Makun, otherwise known as AY, has taken to his social media page to appreciate his beautiful wife, Mabel Makun, for her sacrifice in bringing forth their second child to the world.
He shared an adorable compilation clip on his Instagram page and wrote ;
The word “sacrifice” should be a common theme when we think of motherhood. First our women/mothers sacrifice their bodies for nine months by putting on weight that feels unflattering and uncomfortable, losing their appetite for food they once enjoyed, not being able to have a glass of their favourite wine at will, and of course all the excruciating aches and pains that comes long before labour begins.
@realmabelmakun, no one knows our story in the last 13 years like we do. But I especially want to thank you for everything. Thank you for ignoring all the naysayers. Thank you for taking time off your numerous interior jobs at home and abroad to prepare for Ayomide, thank you for sacrificing all your endorsements/influencing opportunities in the last 1 year. Thank you for the sacrifice of your precious time, your energy, your sanity, your sense of identity and everything else that makes you the true queen that you are. More importantly, we thank God for the joy and beauty of motherhood that overwhelms all our challenges.
Black-British actress, Kelechi Okafor, has taken to social media to address men who are worried about gold diggers.
Kelechi in a video she shared on her Instagram page, weighed into the trending conversation about high-value men and gold diggers.
Speaking in the video, the actress posed an interesting question to men who believe women are only interested in them because of money. She questioned if they have the ‘gold’ women are digging for.
According to her, such men should anchor their feelings on their present reality and allow men who have ‘gold’ to worry about gold diggers.
Watch her speak below,
In other news, reality TV star, Porsha Williams, recently took to social media to show off the brand new Rolls-Royce Ghost, her Nigerian fiancé, Simon Guobadia, bought for her.
The former Housewives Of Atlanta star shared photos of the luxury ride, which is reportedly worth $300K, on her Instagram page and thanked her partner.
She captioned it, “The only way you win is if I quit! #ThankYouHubby #PhotoDump #LivingLife #ThePursuitOfPorsha #RRGhost”
Simon also took to his Instagram page to share photos of the ride, including a photo of Porsha’s new ride sitting pretty beside his own Rolls-Royce. See the photos here
American actress, Regina King’s only child, Ian Alexander Jr. has tragically taken his own life at 26.
The award-winning actress, 51, confirmed the tragic news to PEOPLE on Friday, January 21, with a statement reading: ‘Our family is devastated at the deepest level by the loss of Ian. He is such a bright light who cared so deeply about the happiness of others…
‘Our family asks for respectful consideration during this private time. Thank you.’
Despite her growing success as an actor and director, Regina said at the time that Ian was her biggest source of pride. After separating from Ian’s father in 2007 after nine years of marriage, King admitted being a single parent wasn’t always easy, but that nothing is stronger than her love for her son.
Ian on his part also had deep love for his mother.
In honor of his mom’s 50th birthday last year, Ian paid tribute to his mother on Instagram, writing: “Happy birthday to my co, so extremely proud of you and inspired by your love, artistry, and gangsta! To be able to watch you take this lifetime by its neck and make it yours is something i will forever be grateful for.”
Ekuma Jeremiah Iziogo, the young Nigerian guy whose life took a turn for the better after a video of him giving handouts to prisoners inside a correctional vehicle went viral, made a visit to his former hustle area.
In a video that was shared online, Jeremiah is seen interacting with other street hawkers who recognized him and were quite happy to see how transformed his life has been in only a matter of weeks.
He paid the visit shortly after he finally met Billionaire and CEO of Cubana Group, Obi Cubana, who after seeing his video, promised him a university scholarship and automatic employment upon graduation.
Meeting with his former colleagues, Jeremiah gave money to each of the hawkers from the little he has made so far and had a chat with them briefly.
Watch the video as you scroll, (Courtesy of GossipMillTV),
Big Brother Naija season 5 winner, Laycon has replied a Twitter user who had a thing to say about a shirtless photo he shared on the micro blogging platform.
The Twitter user with handle @zadeeaz, had questioned the idea behind the photo because it was not ‘giving’ what it was supposed to ‘give’. She had insinuated that the singer didn’t look sexy in the picture.
She tweeted,
“I don’t understand the concept.
Is he trying to form sexy or what?
Cous it’s not giving please”
Responding, the 27-year-old singer noted that he wasn’t trying to give the troll anything and accompanied it with a kissing and love emoji to possibly show that he didn’t take the comment to heart.
He wrote, “Definitely wasn’t trying to give YOU anything Kissing face♥”
Meanwhile, the Twitter user has locked her page after being dragged by fans of the reality show star.
Nigerian singer, Dapo Oyebanjo, popularly known as D’banj, has disclosed that he sometimes misses being single.
The ‘Kokomaster’ stated this after being unveiled as a judge on popular singing reality show, Nigerian Idol.
According to D’Banj, he decided to get married when he did because he had gotten to a point where he needed stability in his life and his bestfriend as a partner.
He however noted that although he is happy being married, he sometimes misses being a bachelor.
The 41-year-old singer said;
“It is very important for me when I say that I am so happy I got married for the right reason. There are reasons people do certain things and if one does it for the wrong reason, it would affect one. I got to a stage in my life when I needed to grow an empire and in order for one to do that, one has to be stable and have a best friend as a partner. One also has to be true to oneself.
I pray to God a lot and the Bible says, ‘He who finds a wife, finds a good thing’. I got married to my best friend, who knows and understands everything about me. Because of that, we could grow together. Yes, once in a while, one misses those days (of being a bachelor). But, I am happy because that is the difference between Dapo Oyebanjo and Dbanj, the Koko Master. Whenever I get on stage anywhere, I become the Koko Master. It (marriage) has not reduced the amount of kokolets (ladies) that flock around me and rush to the stage. However, one has to be committed to one person and that is what life is.”
D’Banj, who has never been a judge on a music reality show, also explained why he accepted to be a judge on Nigerian Idol.
“This is the first time I would be a judge (on a music reality show). I have done several things through the years but this is the first time I would be doing something like this.
“I accepted the offer because first, I am a Nigerian. Secondly, I think there is no better time than now because of the growth of the industry. The growth of the industry is such that it is important for us to embrace what God has given us. This is a journey we have been on for over a decade and we have been accepted globally. That is why it is important to ‘grow’ what is on the ground,” he said.
Talented Nigerian Singer and songwriter, Oyinkansola Aderibigbe, popularly known as Ayra Starr, is celebrating her first anniversary in the music industry.
Ayrr Star came to limelight 2021 as she released an Extended Play and an Album that cemented her place as one of the fast-rising Entertainers in Nigeria.
Her smash hit ‘Bloddy Samaritan’ from her latest album garnered so much success and streams that one would not believe she’d only been in the music industry in just a year.
The 19-year-old took to her social media page to share a video wherein she appreciated God, Don Jazzy and everybody that has supported her sound from the onset.
She captioned the video ;
A year !!! It’s only God , thank you to everyone thank you to @donjazzy @rimouuune @tegamavin @vaedar , my entire family , thank you mummy @miucliff and my partner in crime , my biggest supporter, my best friend @sainttmilar and my amazing amazing starrrssss , y’all love me like you know me personally . Stay with me and I’ll never disappoint, I’ll work as hard as I have to to get to where I want to be , just keep believing in me and stay with me, GROW WITH ME . 🤍👼🏾
Don Jazzy then took to the comment section to write ;
You have been super amazing. We all love you. 2022 we move. Up by GOD’s grace. Amen. 🙏🏾❤️
Nigerian Rapper CDQ has made an impassioned plea to new industry besties, Wizkid and Davido, to give fans the collaboration the world has been waiting for these years.
Recall that a video went viral on social media in the early hours of Saturday and it showed Wizkid and Davido huggig each other and possibly squashing any rumored beef.
Reacting to the video, CDQ revealed that he had suffered for years to balance the relationship between both singers and he also claimed Davido and Wizkid had met him individually to discuss about the other.
He wrote, “I just woke up now to a video of Wizkid and David hugging each other finally. Awon osinwin eniyan meji (Two crazy people.)
“After I have suffered for years trying to balance the relationship between both. Wizkid would say, ‘Your brother is hosting a show, won’t you support him?
“Davido would say, ‘Tell your brother to bring a jam, let us work’. Then I knew these two low key love each other and been inspiring each other to go harder.
“Today, I feel like the happiest person on earth and I feel like buying cows to just throw a big party.
“Now please you both should give us that collaboration that the world has been waiting for in 2022.
“The song arrangement should be 4 x 4 bars each between Wizkid and Davido till the end of the song. Let Burna Boy sing the hook and let’s put Nigeria number 1 in the world.”
A Nigerian man, identified as Yaqub Ganiyu, has recounted his reaction after his wife, Muridia, told him their 14-year-old daughter isn’t his.
Yakubu, who has been with his wife for 17 years, shared this in a recent interview with Vanguard. According to the commercial motorcylist who resides in Lagos state, he is still in utter shock and disbelief.
The father of four revealed that his wife told him their old neighbour who has relocated to Germany is the biological father of their daughter.
Narrating how he met his wife to their current situation, Yakubu said,
“I met Muridia 17 years ago when she was an apprentice. I assisted her financially until she mastered the skill. Thereafter, we started dating and living together. I brought her to Lagos, from Otu Village, Oyo State, to set up a business for her.
We are blessed with four children, a daughter and three sons – aged 14, 8 and 4 years and three months respectively.
Initially, things went smoothly in the family while I was working as a truck operator. At a point, I lost that job. I started riding a motorcycle in order to put food on the table.
Recently, I noticed that my wife started behaving strangely. I kept calm to allow peace reign until she brought a Tecno-5 Phone home. When I asked where she got it from, she gave a flimsy reason. I also noticed she had been communicating with a man whose identity I did not know. I had to seize the phone.
About a month ago, she woke me up at midnight and told me that I was not the biological father of our 14-year-old daughter. She said her former boyfriend who lives in Germany is the biological father of the child. You won’t believe that this same man and I were once neighbors before he travelled abroad.
I fainted out of shock and disbelief, twice. It was neighbours that resuscitated me. What baffled me was that the man she claimed to be the biological father is a relative and an old friend of mine. His father has two wives, one of them is my aunt.
I later got to know that things were not going smoothly with him. When they enquired to know the cause spiritually, it was revealed that he had a child somewhere and that until he accepts the paternity of the child, there won’t be any solution to his issue.
Initially, I thought my wife was out of her senses. I contacted her family members to pray for her so that she could get well but I didn’t know she had other plans.
Two weeks ago, she reported the matter with So-Safe Corps at Abule-Iroko, Ogun State. I was arrested and detained by the Corps. Its officials ordered me to pick up my belongings and leave our one-room apartment.
’It did not end there, they ordered me to return the phone I seized to her and pay N5,000 weekly, for the family upkeep. I have been homeless since then. The attention of both families have been drawn to the matter but from all indications, Muridia’s family members are in support of her action. I have an aged mother and an elder brother who are not medically fit to intervene.
The man my wife claimed is the father of my daughter said I should stay far away from her or face the consequences, boasting that he has the financial muscle to deal with me. I used to have three motorcycles but sold them to enable me to fend for my family. The one I am currently using was bought on hire purchase.”
His wife, Muridia, also narrated her own side of the story in the interview with Vanguard which held in their one-room apartment on Matomi Street, Alagbado. She admitted that she was indeed pregnant for another man when she met Yakub.
Her words,
“When I discovered I was six weeks pregnant, I told Teslim about it but he sent me away and asked me to terminate it.
Luckily for me, Yaqub walked into my life and slept with me. A few weeks later, I told him I was pregnant for him, he accepted paternity and we pulled resources together to rent an apartment. Teslim and I were in the village while Yaqub was visiting from Lagos.
I am a hairdresser but our stay together had been hellish as Yaqub has no tangible source of income to fend for the family.
Several attempts to walk away from the marriage were unsuccessful as he tactically tied me down with pregnancy. This is the fourth rented apartment I have paid for but he always disrupts my chances of staying alone.
One day, I got a call from Teslim’s friend, who requested to know what happened to the pregnancy of 15 years ago, I did not give him any response.
I was in church one day when Teslim’s relative sent a Tecno-5 phone to me because mine was faulty. Teslim called me to say he was in Germany but that settling down maritally had been difficult. He told me that upon divination, he was told to go and claim the paternity of the baby he abandoned in order to have a settled life.
Two weeks ago, Yaqub and I had a quarrel in my shop. Neighbours intervened by contacting the So Safe Corps which effected his arrest.
My uncle and other members of my family are aware of this matter. There are moves to conduct a DNA test to ascertain the biological father of my daughter, Zainab” she said
Gambian actress, Princess Shyngle, has disclosed her only regret after meeting popular Hollywood actor, Idris Elba.
The curvaceous actress made this disclosure via a post she shared on her Instagram page while sharing a photo she took with the award winning actor during their meeting.
She described the actor, who is married, as her crush and pointed out that his arm felt so comfortable on her laps in the picture.
Speaking on her regret, the 31-year-old movie star said she regrets not grabbing him with her two arms and not letting him go.
She wrote, “Hey crush @idriselba ❤️❤️❤️
Damn his arm was so comfortable on my leg 🤣😂🤣❤️ my only regret was not grabbing him with my two arms and never let go 🤣😂🤣❤️❤️”
It’s being reported that viral Nigerian singer, Portable, who got into the city of Nairobi, Kenya recently, allegedly snatched another man’s girlfriend in the city.
The singer who has been sharing updates of his visit on his social media space, showed himself hanging out with a couple of ladies in the residence he lodged in in the city.
Portable’s video has wowed a number of his fans as they ponder on how the price of fame has changed his lifestyle and now he’s able to bamba and chill with the big boys.
However, it’s been alleged that one of the ladies that was spotted with the singer in his lodge, is the girlfriend of another man from whom the singer allegedly snatched her from.
The friend of the boyfriend whose babe was snatched reached out to a publication, reporting the case and alleging that the singer has caused “wahala” in the city of Nairobi.
Watch a couple of videos the singer made with the ladies he was chilling with,
Videos that’s been making rounds on social media all through the weekend is that of Nigerian music sensations, Davido and Wizkid hugging each other after they met at a club last night.
While their fans have been reacting to the videos given the hostility that’s been between the duo over the past few years, content creatives and video makers, Ikorodu Bois, as is their usual fashion, reenacted the moment in their latest video.
Their creative video has already started serving rounds on the web with netizens praising how quick they were in making the video and also hailing them for their consistent creativity.
A Mexican teacher, Uziel Martinez, has narrated how he was dumped by his girlfriend one month after he donated a kidney to his girlfriend’s mother.
In a series of clips on TikTok, he explained how he heroically helped save his partner’s mum by donating an organ. Sadly, his selfless act would not be enough to save his relationship, which was over within weeks of the operation.
According to Martinez, his ex is now happily married to another man.
“I donated a kidney to her mother, she left me and got married a month later. I don’t have anything against her … we’re not friends but we don’t h**e each other. I only made the video for TikTok, I didn’t think it would get out of control,” Martinez told Mexico’s news daily
“We just have two kidneys and if I already gave one, I only have another one for me, so … I can’t feel it,” he added.
Nigerian biggest superstars, Wizkid and Davido, ended a rumored long-standing rivalry last night as they were seen hugging and showing exchanging pleasantries at a club last night in Lagos.
Fans of both singers have also welcomed the new development and some are even asking them to hit the studio together and record a song.
However, in the midst of the euphoria, rapper Zlatan has caught some ‘stray shots’ and he’s currently trending on Twitter.
Zlatan was deemed to have taken sides in the rivalry and at one pointed, subtly shaded Wizkid.
According to some twitter users, Zlatan must be feeling stupid right now that they have reconciled and going forward he needs to learn from Olamide on the importance of staying neutral.
See some reactions culled from Twitter below ;
@realviva__ wrote ;
See how Olamide stayed neutral on the Big Wiz and Davido matter.
Zlatan and some of these young artistes really need to learn.
PURECONCEPT_NG wrote ;
Davido and Wizzy hugging without even considering Zlatan’s mental health…
@BIGdrakerr wrote ;
Zlatan Ibile should feel st*pid now after seeing what’s raving the internet regarding Wizkid and the other guy, no dey put another man issue for head like who dey hawk ogi.
@dominokroos wrote ;
Apart from your immediate family members, do not beef another person just to show allegiance to one person. Zlatan stood with Davido against Wizkid, now they’ve settled. Puts zlatan in a really precarious situation I must confess.
Olafweshy wrote ;
Don’t inherit another man’s enemy.
Now that Big Wiz and Davido don settle, what will Zlatan do?
A Nigerian Father recently woke up to unsolicited debit alert and he was perplexed when he discovered who was behind it.
Popular Twitter user, AyoBankole revealed his son downloaded a game on his phone that debited him the sum of Thirty Thousand Naira and he hilariously added that he’d budgedted that sum for the entirety of Q1 2022.
Weekends are for showing up and out for friends, family and supporting younger ones. 🙅🏾♂️🙅🏾♂️🙅🏾♂️ pic.twitter.com/Y97PZ7BtVS
The Businessman took to his Twitter page to write ;
Just woke up to see my son downloaded a game on my phone that debited me N30,000! For game o! Money that I want to manage for the whole of Q1 2022! Only for me to scream & he says “too early to scream that way young man! It’s just a game”. Guess who’s looking for pankéré at 6am?
Nigerian life coach, Sola Adio, has replied a man who said no pastor deserves one’s first month salary in the name of first fruit.
The Twitter user with handle @AkwariCharles, had taken to the platform to tell people specifically Christians, to wise up on the topic of ‘first fruit’.
Reacting to the tweet, Sola Adio slammed the man for dictating how Christians should spend their money when they didn’t beg or borrow from him.
According to him, Christians don’t attack ‘unbelievers’ who squander their money recklessly, so they should also leave Christians alone to spend their money how they deem fit.
He wrote,
“Actually it’s my business what I do with my money so long I didn’t come to your house to beg for it. Leave people to spend their money the way they want. I won’t stop you if you want to blow yours on Allen Avenue babes. Freedom of choice, yea or nay?
“You unbelievers pay 1m Naira to musicians who will arrive 7 hours late and we didn’t stop you. You now want to tell us how to spend our own money that we didn’t beg or borrow from your family. Y’all must be bingeing on expired painkillers.
“I have never been worried about how you spend your money. You can pour it into the toilet if you want. Who cares? But if how we Christians spend ours gives you high blood pressure that you must tweet about it then our financial strength as a church must really be a threat to you.”
Veteran Nollywood actor, Kanayo O. Kanayo, has opined that hard work is the only sacrifice that’s needed to attain great heights in life.
The thespian stated this while sharing a video of himself and his team working late into the night on a cast for a movie.
According to him, While others are sleeping, he stays up all night working, despite having had a hectic day.
“This is the real sacrifice, HARD WORK ! ! !” , he captioned the post.
Watch video below,
A while ago, the Nollywood actor who is popular for his role as a ritualist in movies corrected the impression many people have about him.
The thespian revealed he has had to deal with negative comments on social media because of his role in movies.
He, however, revealed in a exclusive interview with Saturday Beats revealed that the negative comments no longer bother him.
In his words,
“Many of our youths are not focused and they see the social media as a place to get back at some people.
“The most unfortunate thing is that they abuse the privilege they have. Even people who cannot speak before one now think they have the opportunity to rubbish one. However, those things don’t affect me because if one has got to a particular stage in life, there are people one should not respond to.
“Whenever anybody posts a comment that I don’t consider to be ‘worthy’, I go to the person’s page to check who they are following and who is following them. Imagine getting to such a page and finding out that the person has only five followers but is following over 10,000 people. Many of these people are irresponsible and their stock-in-trade is to make negative comments on social media. As for me, I don’t join issues with such people.
“Whether we like it or not, this is Africa where we respect seniority, especially when an elder or leader has not brought themselves to a point where they would be insulted. I guess some of these people were raised in places where they don’t know about cultural values.
“It is most unfortunate that even when one plays certain roles, some youths cannot distinguish between one and the character. Just because one acted as a criminal on TV, some persons see the actor as a criminal. Meanwhile, an actor has to be flexible. Acting as a ‘ritualist’ does not mean one is a ritualist in real life. Anyway, I see those who think that way as uneducated, uninformed and having complex problems. We need to redefine the word, ‘youth’, in Nigeria. Being a youth does not mean one has to be irresponsible.””Many of our youths are not focused and they see the social media as a place to get back at some people.
“The most unfortunate thing is that they abuse the privilege they have. Even people who cannot speak before one now think they have the opportunity to rubbish one. However, those things don’t affect me because if one has got to a particular stage in life, there are people one should not respond to.
“Whenever anybody posts a comment that I don’t consider to be ‘worthy’, I go to the person’s page to check who they are following and who is following them. Imagine getting to such a page and finding out that the person has only five followers but is following over 10,000 people. Many of these people are irresponsible and their stock-in-trade is to make negative comments on social media. As for me, I don’t join issues with such people.
“Whether we like it or not, this is Africa where we respect seniority, especially when an elder or leader has not brought themselves to a point where they would be insulted. I guess some of these people were raised in places where they don’t know about cultural values.
“It is most unfortunate that even when one plays certain roles, some youths cannot distinguish between one and the character. Just because one acted as a criminal on TV, some persons see the actor as a criminal. Meanwhile, an actor has to be flexible. Acting as a ‘ritualist’ does not mean one is a ritualist in real life. Anyway, I see those who think that way as uneducated, uninformed and having complex problems. We need to redefine the word, ‘youth’, in Nigeria. Being a youth does not mean one has to be irresponsible.”
