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Queen of the North, Lisa Yaro Bags Who Is Who Stand Of Fame Award
International music artiste and Queen of the North, Lisa Yaro has been honoured with Who Is Who Stand Of Fame award in recognition of her humanitarian gestures and efforts to improve education in the country.
Yaro, who is also an actress expressed gratitude to God for the recognition and pledged that she would continue to use her non-governmental organisation to advance the welfare of the less privileged in the society.
The Kaduna born entertainer thanked the organisers of the award, Who Is Who Media for finding her worthy of the recognition, saying she is not taking it for granted, adding that it’s a privilege she would not forget.
She had earlier visited school of the deaf in Kuje where she pledged to donate teaching aids, dining tables, barber clippers and wash kits for the students and management.
She was also at the University of Abuja where she doled our cash prizes in scholarships as well as internally displaced persons camp in Durumi Abuja where she donated relief materials and equally pledged to equip the clinic and reopen the school in the camp that has since been closed down due to lack of teachers and volunteers.
Yaro who has performed for top rated musicians, including Tubaba, Flavour, Asake and took part in other shows in the United States said she seeks to pass a message with her music, saying she is always mindful of what she says as music lyrics are very important.
According to her, she seeks to use her music to inspire and shape the future of numerous African youths.
She urged youths on the continent not to be discouraged but focus in chasing their dreams irrespective of the challenges they may face.
Describing Nigeria as her home, she encouraged others to spare a thought and sow a seed in the country that would touch the lives of others.
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.