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Sitting On Top Of The World – Burna Boy Celebrates His UEFA Champions League Performance

Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, the famous Nigerian Afrobeat singer, who is popularly called Burna Boy is apparently having the time of his life.

The singer has taken to social media to brag about his performance at the 2023 UEFA Champions League final.

DAILY POST earlier reported that the singer had Saturday performed alongside Brazilian singer Anitta at the UEFA Champions League final football match between Manchester City and Inter Milan at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey.

Burna Boy, who made headlines following his UEFA champions league performance, revealed his current state in a post on his official Instagram page on Tuesday.

Sharing pictures and video from his performance, the singer stated: “Sitting on top of the world.”

Many Nigerians took to the comment section to hail his performance

hana_mnzali76 said; “You rule the world atp my legend, you’re the best artist ever, so proud of you and loved the interview you gave to CBS.”

stainlessxex: “Yeah sitting on top of Davido.”

omaakatugba: “King of kings. Odgwu and the Odogwu. You made us all proud.”

gossipmilltv: “African Giant. That your Uefa performance was catastrophic. Highest.”

anajadavidnoah: “The real 001 and African giant. Every other self-professed 001 na Aba made.”

stunnerentertainmentempire: “Odogwu no be guy name. Respect. When are they gonna build you a statue because one is needed.”

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I Still Cry Every Morning Over My Son’s Death

Popular singer, Davido has said he still cries every morning for his late son, Ifeanyi.

He made the revelation in a podcast interview while discussing about his the release of his “Timeless” album.

 

He said many fans anticipated sorrowful songs on his album but he delivered “bangers” instead.

 

Davido noted that  even though he overcame the difficult time following his son’s passing, he still sheds tears over it every morning.

 

He said: “I miss him every day, there’s tears coming out of my eyes every morning, you don’t have to see it,

“I look at myself in the mirror and I said apart from it just being about me, I know how many people love me, I know how many people are depending on me.

“My son up there is looking down at me. Apart from me being strong for his mom, which is my primary responsibility, I have to be strong for the world.

“A lot of people thought the album was just going to be a lot of sad songs, we gave them bangers on bangers.

“My son is dancing and my mom is dancing in heaven. So for people to see that it’s possible to stand up again and be able to work, it’s only God.

“Those were one of the things that and my wife relied on, God is real. Then everything just aligned back, we performed better, business is better.”

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Hilda Baci Reveals The Staggering Amount She Spent On Her Cook-a-Thon

Guinness World Record holder, Hilda Baci has revealed the amount she spent to organise her cook-a-thon.

Recall that she was today confirmed by Guinness World Record as the holder for longest cooking by an individual.

 

Accoridng to her, she spent over N80m for her cookathon.

 

She was reacting to the allegation by a brand that she breached a N3m deal for a meet-and-greet event in Abuja.

 

Baci denied she had such agreement in place, stating she spent over N80m for her cookathon event.

 

She said: “I spent over N80m of my hard earned money for my cookathon so people could eat and drink for free.”

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Hilda’s Cook-a-Thon Crashed Our Website – Guinness World Records

Guinness World Record has stated the impact Nigerian chef, Hilda Effiong Bassey, aka Hilda Baci’s cook-a-thon had on their website.

According to GWR, the cook-a-thon by Hilda crashed their website for two days.

 

A representative of the record body disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday while officially certifying Hilda as the new record holder for the longest cooking marathon by an individual.

 

The representative said their website crashed because of the immense volume of traffic received from Hilda’s legion of loyal fans.

“Hilda’s cook-a-thon was in fact so popular that our website crashed for two days due to the immense volume of traffic we received from her legion of loyal fans,” the rep said.

 

Recall that Guinness World Record failed to certify Hilda’s 100-hour-kitchen stint, acknowledging just 93 hours 11 minutes.

 

The record body said it deducted seven hours from her record because “she mistakenly took extra minutes for one of her rest breaks early on in the attempt.”

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Hilda Baci Reacts As Guinness World Record Finally Certifies Her

Hilda Effiong Bassey, the Nigerian chef, who is also known as Hilda Baci, has excitedly reacted after the Guinness World Records certified her as the new record holder for the longest cooking marathon by an individual.

Recall that Guinness World Records on Tuesday finally certified Hilda as the new record holder for the longest cooking marathon by an individual.

Retweeting the certification statement from GWR, Hilda wrote, “This is the best news ever omg omg omg thank you so much.”

Meanwhile, Guinness World Record said it deducted seven hours from Hilda Baci’s 100-hour longest cooking marathon by an individual record because “she mistakenly took extra minutes for one of her rest breaks early on in the attempt.”

The record body put her official record at 93 hours 11 minutes and not 100 hours.

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Guinness World Records Names Hilda Baci New Record Holder For Longest Cooking Marathon

Guinness World Records has officially crowned Hilda Baci as the new record holder for the longest cooking by an individual.

The GWR made the announcement on Tuesday.

The GWR in a statement on its website, said, “Following a thorough review of all the evidence, Guinness World Records can now confirm that Hilda Effiong Bassey, better known as Hilda Baci, has officially broken the record for the longest cooking marathon (individual), with a time of 93 hours 11 minutes.”

The 26-year-old Nigerian chef began on Thursday 11 May and continued through to Monday 15 May, cooking over 100 pots of food during her four-day kitchen stint.

Hilda attempted to set a record of 100 hours, however, almost seven hours were deducted from her final total because she mistakenly took extra minutes for one of her rest breaks early on in the attempt.

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Hilda Baci Sued By Event Planner For Allegedly Collecting N3m For Meet And Greet And Allegedly Lying About It

Famous Nigerian chef, Hilda Bassey also known as Hilda Baci, has been dragged before the law.

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The chef, who got a spot in the limelight by attempting to etch her name in the Guinness World Record for longest cooking, has been sued by an event planner.

Baci was accused of allegedly collecting N3m for a meet and greet and lying about it following a backlash.

The event planner claimed that the chef’s action affected their reputation as a brand and they will be taking legal steps to ensure that they get justice.

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Uproar As Davido Snubs Fireboy, Tems, Omah Lay As He Lists Next ‘Big 5’

David Adeleke, the famous Nigerian afrobeats superstar, aka Davido, has stirred controversy online.

He stirred controversy after leaving out Fireboy DML, Tems and Omah Lay in his list of “next big 5” Nigerian artists that would dominate the music industry.

Davido was asked to list the next big five artists from Nigeria during a recent interview with Omega.

He said, “I would say like the next big five. I would say Rema; he got the ‘Calm Down’ record, Buju (BNXN), Ayra Starr…I would say Victony. No, no, me I no want jones o. Okay, let’s do it like this. It’s Rema, Buju, Asake; between him and Rema, I would say they are at the top…Ayra Starr and Ruger.

“The future of afrobeats, I would say it’s crazy.”

Meanwhile, Davido’s list has earned backlash as fans took to social media to berate him for snubbing Fireboy, Tems and Omah Lay.

A fan, MaqOlaoluwa1, tweeted: “Fireboy is a vulcanizer Abi? Too much talk.”

Another fan @Micheal2272na wrote: “I’m 30BG Buh Davido needs to calm it down. He needs training on how to grant interviews.”

@Mizta_Kings wrote: “OMAH LAY!! Tf nobody recognizes this young man!”

@odunayo wrote: “Tems ??? Omg you gotta be kidding.”

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Burna Boy Not ‘New Cat’ – Ghanaian Singer, Stonebwoy Disagrees With Davido

Stonebwoy, the popular Ghanaian dancehall artist, has reacted to Davido’s viral ‘new cat’ statement.

He disagreed with Davido’s assertion that Grammy-award winner, Burna Boy, is a “new cat” in the music industry.

The ‘Activate’ crooner said contrary to Davido’s claim, Burna Boy is a music legend.

He stated this in a recent interview with GoldMyne TV.

He said, “Burna Boy is not a new cat to me because Burna has been there for more than a decade.

“If Davido said that, I honestly do not believe that he means that outrightly. New cats would be Rema, Ruger them.

“So, I don’t believe Davido meant that but also if you ask me, I think Wizkid and Davido had have a fair share of international appeal earlier than Burna.”

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Wizkid And D’banj Used To Come To My Studio – Davido Reveals

World-famous Nigerian superstar singer, David Adeleke, who is also known as Davido, has made some new revelations.

The singer said he used to have the “best studio” in the country built for him by his billionaire dad, Chief Adedeji Adeleke.

He said his colleagues, D’banj, Wizkid and others used to come to his studio.

Davido revealed this in a recent interview with Omega.

He said, “He [my dad] built me the best studio in Nigeria. I mean, everybody used to come there: Wizkid, D’banj.

“I have the beat studio but the studio is only open every two weeks because n*gga is in school. So, I come every two weeks and everybody would be coming over.

“Funny enough, that time I wasn’t even recording my music. Like I said, I was learning [sound] engineering. So, I had people come over to the studio and be recording. I always give people ideas how to sing hooks. And my boys started realising that, bro you are better than all this people.

“I was like, no, I’m still in school. They insisted that I should try. And I said, okay. The first song I recorded, blows up.”

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