OBI CUBANA: Apart from the Oyedepo bible buried issue, three other newsmakers made the headlines last year and caused quite a stir on the social media: Obi Cubana, Tiwa Savage, and Davido.
Obi Cubana, Night club owner/businessman wasn’t known that much until the burial of his late mum, when some of the beneficiaries of his investment or philanthropic activities began donating millions of naira to the burial expenses. It was a major trend on the social media at the time and Cubana became an instant celebrity.
He and Tiwa Savage, whose sex video also went viral at about the same time, led the Google “most searched” topics in Nigeria in 2021. No surprise because money and sex are hot subjects in the world given to obscenities and easy money.
But Obi Cubana, however, became a target of law enforcement agencies who are always on the look out for suspects of money laundry and financial crime. Just last week, the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, invited Obi Cubana twice, when some slush funds were traced to his bank account.
After his bail, he continued his free spending on charities, with his usual glee and audacity. Although, not yet convicted for any crime in a law court, Obi Cubana’s phenomenal rise to prominence in the Nigerian social circuit would continue to raise questions about his source of wealth.
TIWA SAVAGE: Nigeria’s female music star, Tiwa Savage obviously craves living under the weighlights. Though, an accomplished star of international repute because of her singing talent, Savage does weird stuff to grab attention to stay in the news.
Perhaps, having sex video, pure pornography by any standard, where she was recorded her sex with a partner, set the record of the most searched material on the Google search engine last year, alongside Obi Cubana, the billionaire cash giver.
Showbiz experts have queried why Savage had to sail close to the wind and get involved in such pornographic activities, despite her international standing as a major star. BEATS Publisher, Ladi Ayodeji, Said; “Savage didn’t need that kind of exposure at all. She’s already made; artistes and models on the decline pull such stunts when they have nothing more to offer. But Tiwa is still relevant, her star is still shining and, for me, her career is just starting to rise to the expected global standard”.
Recently, again, she was said to have showed her real breast for God knows why! Ayodeji, however, urged the star to desist from such antics and build a strong career that could serve as a role model to the youth around the world.
DAVIDO’S BIRTHDAY GIFT: Singer, David Adeleke, aka Davido, raised 200 million naira plus last year, when he asked for donations to his birthday fund. After raising this huge sum, he added N50 million and give it to charity.
Davido, son of a billionaire father, had an embarrassing case when his friend died mysterious in his company sometime ago. The distribution of the largesse might somewhat serve as an image laundry for this sad news.
Nothing wrong with Davido’s philanthropy, though, but there’re accusation from the likes of Baba Fryo that he often neglected suffering colleagues who approached him for help. Thus, Fryo gives the impression that Davido’s philanthropy is meant for the cameras, just to attract publicity. Since the ssinger hasn’t done anything illegal, there’s little one can say to a rich man on how to spend his money.
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