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D’Banj Opens Up On Secret Marriage
A year after secretly tying the knot with wife, Lineo Didi Kilgrow and even welcoming a son, D’Banj, has finally opened up on why he chose to go silent about his wedding.
The Kokomaster, who was a guest on Beat FM said he kept his marriage a secret because he did not want the complications and attention of a celebrity relationship.
His exact words: “I decided to keep my marriage to Didi, a secret because based on experience, relationships like this get mixed with media hypes and speculations and then it becomes complicated”.
“You know the pressure to get married was this high and Mum told me she wants to see the girl I am dating and would want to marry. I told her that there was this girl and we didn’t want to marry yet, but she insisted that she was the one for me that we should have a small ceremony and the rest is history. I’m glad I listened to her”.
In 2016, Nigerian Pop Star, D’Banj, who recently returned Nigeria after months in the United States, secretly tied the knot with his boo, Didi Kilgrow, the secret marriage allegedly had about 25 guests in attendance including D’Banj’s father, Col. Oyebanjo and his siblings among other very close friends.
The couple welcomed their first child in May, D’Banj took to his instagram handle to share the first photo of their baby-a son named Daniel Oyebanjo III.
In the past, D’banj has been romantically linked to a number of pretty celebrity ladies including Bonang Matheba, Genevieve Nnaji, Adama Indimi and Jennifer Obayuwana. The Koko Master Crooner has won several music awards including the awards for Best African Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2007, Artiste of The Year at the MTV Africa Music Awards 2009.
He also won Best International Act, Africa Award at the 2011 BET Awards and Best Selling African Artiste at the 2014 World Music Award, Evolution award at the 2015 MTV Africa Music Awards.
R&B star, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has recounted the early-career challenges she faced, revealing that she was once booed out of the stage while performing at a school event.
Speaking in an interview with Newsmen, the Crazy Tings crooner shared that she wasn’t only booed but was also harassed with plastic bottles.
“I remember one time I was going to perform at my school as an up-and-coming singer and I thought I was going to receiving a standing ovation.
“But I got booed. They even threw plastic bottles at me,” she recalled.
Tems explained that despite the embarrassing incident and other such rejections, she remained determined to pursue a career in music.
The Tide Entertainment reports that Tems admitted that some of the initial rejections she faced could be due to her conviction to stick to her originality instead of doing covers or familiar sounds like most of her peers.
The Grammy-winning singer said looking back now, she is glad that she didn’t compromise her style despite the initial pressures.
A close associate of late singer Mohbad, Primeboy, has appealed for the artiste’s burial nearly three years after his death.
According to him, Mohbad’s body remains in the mortuary since September 12, 2023, pending burial arrangements.
The Tide Entertainment reports that in a statement Primeboy urged the family, public, and government to permit the burial, stating, “It’s been almost three years since Mohbad left us. His body is still in the mortuary. I’m begging the family, I’m begging the public, I’m begging the government, please let’s bury our brother. He deserves a befitting burial.”
It would be recalled that Mohbad’s death sparked public outrage, protests, and investigations. Ongoing autopsy examinations, police inquiries, and legal proceedings have delayed burial arrangements amid family disagreements and public scrutiny.
Nancy Briggs
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