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Musicians, Artistes Urge To Give Back to Society
The CEO CSK Hospitality Limited, Nnah Samuel Obichi, has urged the nation’s leading musicians and other celebrities to empower fellow citizens as part of measures to make their wealth impactful in the society.
He made the call weekend in Abuja at the first Abuja Eat Praise Festival, galaxy edition.
“I urged the nation celebrities and artistes to help the masses beyond parading fleet of cars, houses and other affluence.
“They should remember the society that made them and empower others in other areas of specialty and endeavours. The Eat Praise Festival is a food-meet-fun event that fuses Gospel vibes, culture, entrepreneurship and networking.
“It is a celebration that brings foodies and praise lovers together from all over in honor of our ability to eat and praise God Almighty our provider,” he said.
Obichi also known as Chef Sammy King said that before the Abuja event, his organisation has held other concerts twice in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
He added, “But this is our first time in Abuja. And what motivated me to do this is because I am a chef and hospitality consultant, so I thought I should appreciate God for the ability to have food and can eat.
“We all know that some have food and cannot eat, and some can eat it have no food. But we have food and we can also eat. So, we just have to come out if we celebrate on this great day. As we come to Abuja, we have visited motherless babies’ homes, also did some outreach and free foods.
“The impact of the Port Harcourt event was the training of food vendors, free business classes with over 30 certified chefs due to this event.
“We intend to set us culinary school and we also plan to do more as we accommodated fashion houses and other professionals during the concerts.”
Grammy-winning singer Burna Boy has revealed that the original version of “Laho” with Shallipopi couldn’t be released as planned due to scheduling conflicts with other projects he had lined up.
He jokingly expressed on Instagram that people still didn’t know him well enough after all these years.
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He shared the original version, which will be available today April 25th.
Burna Boy wrote: “So after all these years y’all still don’t know me enough? If this “Laho” was the remix then I’d go first lol. This was actually the original version, It just couldn’t be cleared for the time he wanted to release cuz it clashed with other releases that had to do with me. Na the remix Shalli first drop, this is the original. @Shallipopi ft Burna boy LAHO 2 dropping today at 12am.”
Mohbad died on September 12, 2023, after receiving an injection administered by Feyisayo Ogedengbe.
He was buried the following day. On September 21, 2023, his body was exhumed by police for an autopsy.
In May 2024, the pathologist in charge of the autopsy revealed that the cause of death could not be determined due to the decomposition of his body.
A toxicology report obtained by TheCable in June 2024 showed that Diphenhydramine, an antihistamine, was found in his system. However, it was not in a lethal concentration.
During the coroner’s court sitting on Friday, Eze, who conducted the second autopsy and medical review on Mohbad, argued that what was discovered in the singer’s system was not hard drugs but “regulated” doses of antihistamines, medications commonly used to treat allergy symptoms.
He added that he could not determine how the injection was administered, but upon examining the injury that led to it, he found it to be superficial.
“Even a newborn baby won’t die from that injury. At the time I conducted the autopsy, it wasn’t even there, maybe because of the post-mortem changes on the body,” he said.
“I couldn’t tell how the injection was given, because I had already lost (his) fluids.”
The pathologist said the singer may have died from a “severe allergic reaction” to the injected substance, which led to multiple organ failure.
He described the case as a “medical misadventure”.
“Considering all the postmortem findings, including ancillary tests and available information, a major disruption of vital organ systems of the body with resultant fatality due to a severe and rapid hypersensitivity reaction to a substance administered by parenteral route is plausible,” he added.
Adedayo Shotobi, the coroner, said the date for the final ruling will be communicated to all parties involved.
Nigerian Afrobeats singer Davido has claimed that he started his life in a one-room apartment in a public compound, known locally as a face-me-I-face-you.
The singer made the claim on a song titled CFMF, off his fifth studio album, 5ive, which was released on Friday.
He claimed that he is now living a flamboyant life due to Jesus’s divine intervention.
“Take a step and walk into my life…
Started all the way from face me I face you
Face me I face you
And now, I am living real large all thanks to Jesu
All thanks to Jesu oh,” he sings.
His claim has been met with a groundswell of doubts, especially on social media, as the singer is known to be the son of billionaire businessman Deji Adeleke.
This is not the first time Davido has attempted to paint a grass-to-grace story in his music.
On his debut 2011 single, Back When, Davido claimed many ladies rejected his advances when he had no money but began chasing him after he achieved fame and success.
The song didn’t achieve much commercial success, partly due to the doubts that greeted his claims of humble beginnings, as he was known to be from a wealthy background.
Davido finally gained widespread prominence after the release of his 2012 breakthrough single, Dami Duro, where he embraced his wealthy background and boasted that he was unstoppable as the son of a rich man.