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Olamide, Do2dtun, Other Celebrities Mourn Late Singer, Mohbad

Nigerian celebrities have taken to social media to mourn late singer, Ilerioluwa Olademeji Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad.
Recall that he died on Tuesday evening at the age of 27.
Reacting to the demise, popular On Air Personality, Do2dtun shared the picture of their last moment together.
He wrote: “Mohbad. This was just two days ago.”
 
Singer Iyanya in a post on his X handle wrote: “RIP Mohbad your Journey on Earth will never be forgotten. May God receive you in His Holy Hands.”
 
BBNaija reality star and media personality, Natacha Akide, popularly known as Tacha in a post on X wrote: “MohBad, Life is just too short. Mohbad was just on the Big Friday show with me last month. This news is heavy and I still can’t believe it.”
Singer Olamide, sharing a heart broken emoji, wrote: “Damn! Mohbad.”
 
CKay in a post on his official X wrote: “No one should have to go through this. RIP Mohbad.”
 
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The Bed Breaker – Soso Soberekon Hails Iyanya Over Old Yvonne Nelson Video

Social media personality, Soso Soberekon has praised singer Iyanya.
This comes after he posted an old video of Yvonne Nelson explaining how their relationship ended.
Recall that Nelson had caused a storm on social media with the launch of her new book titled “I am Not Yvonne Nelson” where she made many revelations, including her love life with Iyanya.
Yvonne Nelson’s revelation about how Iyanya cheated on her with actress Tonto Dikeh created a buzz on social media.
Sharing the video Iyanya captioned it;
“Area codes? WOW
“Na Love I Love, Na trust I trust”
“So Breakfast don belle full me”
#ndanitv”.
In reaction to the video, Soso Soberekon took to the comment section to hail Iyanya describing him as a bed breaker after Yvonne Nelson’s revelation in the video.
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You Are Brainless – Iyanya Slams Troll Who Undermined His Music Career

Popular singer, Iyanya has slammed a Twitter user for undermining his career and influence in the music industry.

Iyanya who has contributed massively to the music genre chanced on a post of a Twitter user who was belittling a remark made by Ubi Franklin during a show.

Ubi Franklin reportedly gave a shoutout to Burna Boy, Davido, and Wizkid for how they are promoting Afrobeats globally. However, while praising these three artists, he didn’t forget to acknowledge Iyanya as well.

The Twitter user who didn’t agree with the opinion of Ubi Franklin that Iyanya has contributed to Afrobeat trashed the comment of Ubi Franklin.

He wrote; “Ubi Franklin gave shout out to Davido, Wizkid, Rema and Burna Boy for what they’re doing to Afrobeats internationally and he mentioned Iyanya too.”

While reacting to the post of the Twitter user, the “Kukere” hitmaker Iyanya, blasted him and noted that only someone who is brainless will undermine his relevance.

He wrote; “And who are you again? Only a brainless person will try to undermine my contribution to this game till date. You definitely are clueless.”

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Why I Took Lady I Met at Davido’s Concert On Date – Iyanya

Popular singer, Iyanya Onoyom Mbuk aka Iyanya, has given an explanation why he took a lady out on a date even after her alleged boyfriend didn’t approve of it.

Recall that Iyanya met the lady at Davido’s ‘Timeless’ concert.

Despite threats he went ahead to take to take the lady out on a date.

Taking to his Twitter handle on Tuesday, Iyanya explained that he only took the lady, identified as Florence on a date to help her overcome her depression.

He said after noticing her gesture at him during his performance at Davido’s concert, he announced on social media that he would like to meet her and also tasked his team to find her.

The Kukere crooner said when she reached out, his team found out during their conversation that she has been depressed and only came for Davido’s concert as a way to make herself happy.

He said his team made arrangements and brought her to Lagos to help her overcome her depression.

Iyanya wrote, “When Florence arrived in Lagos on Saturday I was not in Lagos, I had events in Calabar and PH respectively. When I came back Monday afternoon. I headed to Sliver Jetty and spent the afternoon with Florence on a boat cruise. She’s amazing guys. She has dreams of becoming an influencer.

“To assist Florence in becoming an influencer, I got her a brand new iPhone to make this easier and create good content.

Watch out for Florence, she’s going to do great things.”

He added that he only met Florence for the first time on the boat and his team dropped her off at her hotel, stressing that he didn’t bring her to Lagos for “any other agenda but to make sure she was happy after all she’s been through.”

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“I lost millions trying to feature Nicki Minaj” – Iyanya recounts

Famous singer, Iyanya has recounted how he lost a couple of millions while trying to feature American rapper, Nicki Minaj.

Following the success of the song that shot him to limelight, Kukere, Iyanya Onoyom Mbuka and his team wanted to do more.

He shared they they were pressured and they decided it was time for an international move, when music executive, Ubi Franklin suggested, Nicki Minaj.

Iyanya’s and his team took to trip to the United States, and met Nicki Minaj for the feature. However, could not afford the $200,000 coat to sign her to a song, which they couldn’t afford at that time.

He said:

“Ur waist was so massive we decided it should go international and we needed the right artiste to help with that journey. @ubifranklin1 suggested Nicki Minaj and I asked how we’re gonna pay for that, he laughed and said ‘if your dreams don’t scare you, they aren’t big enough.”