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Flavour Pays Sandra Okagbue’s Bride Price
Singer Flavour has allegedly paid the dowry of his first baby mama, ex-Beauty Queen, Sandra Okagbue.
According to The Tide source the event which was discreet, held yesterday at the bride’s family house in Onitsha, Anambra State.
The couple have two kids together while Flavour has another with Ex-Beauty Queen, Anna Banner.
Flavour’s music career success cannot be written without making mention of all the women he has been involved with.
From his first known relationship after he became a celebrity to his latest love interest, Flavour has always had one woman for every particular season in his life. – They are:
Beverly Ukegbu
One beautiful lady who was linked to Flavour was Beverly Ukegbu. Popularly known as Beverly ‘Heels’, she is one fine lady who has a degree in Broadcast Journalism from the University of Houston in the United States of America.
She is also a singer and a dancer. She was rumoured to have been engaged to Flavour back in 2012.
Anna Banner
Anna Banner is the second known celebrity and beauty queen to have dated Flavour. The two started dating a year after she won the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria (MBGN) beauty pageant.
The relationship was the talk of the town for a while and even became more intense when the news broke that she was pregnant. She welcomed her first daughter with the singer the following year. She still has a cordial relationship with Flavour.
Sandra Okagbue
Flavour’s first relationship with a beauty queen was in 2014 when he started dating Sandra Okagbue. Okagbue shot into limelight when she took part in the Miss Delta Soap beauty pageant in 2010. She won the pageant and became a popular face on the cover of magazines and billboards around the country.
They welcomed their first daughter together a year later.Sandra and Flavour have been in an off and on relationship.
They welcomed their second child in 2018. In August 2020, it was reported that the two got engaged traditionally at Okagbue’s home town, Onitsha
Juliet Oluchi Ehiemere
Ehimere, unlike most of the ladies on this list, is not a celebrity or public figure.
Her relationship with Flavour can be described as controversial and quite a mystery. Little or nothing was known about Ehimere until November 2019, when she took to Instagram to reveal her relationship with Flavour.
According to her, she met Flavour far back in 2015 and later welcomed their daughter together. She claimed that the music star has refused to take care of their child and demanded a DNA test.
Chidinma Ekile
The most popular person on this list is music star, Chidinma Ekile. Although neither of them has ever confirmed this relationship, they have been constantly linked together.
The two have been spotted together at several events and they haven’t made it easy with their suggestive photos on social media.
Professionally, they have been no doubt about their partnership with several collaborations on songs including, ‘Oh Baby,’ ‘Ololufe,’ and ‘Mma Mma.’
Onyinye Onungwa
Onyinye Onungwa is probably the first lady to be linked to Flavour immediately he became famous. She, however, claimed she was in a relationship with Flavour before he moved on to other women including, Banner and Okagbue.
She pulled a stunt years ago when she wrote a letter to a blogger calling out one of Flavour’s girlfriends. According to her, what she had with the music star was ’Unbreakable.’
Spotify yesterday revealed a significant surge in heartbreak song streams in Nigeria during the Valentine’s Day season, with a 626 percent increase between 2022 and 2024.
This was disclosed in a statement issued in Lagos, Nigeria by Spotify’s Head of Music, Sub-Saharan Africa Phiona Okumu.
Okumu said, “Spotify data reveals a surprising trend, a massive surge in heartbreak song streams.
“Nigerians are turning to their playlists to express their emotions, with a staggering 626 per cent overall growth in heartbreak streams from 2022 to 2024.
“This Valentine, the sound of love is accompanied by the sound of heartbreak, and the data shows it’s louder than ever before.”
She said on Valentine’s Day, most surprisingly, male listeners streamed heartbreak songs at a significantly higher rate than female listeners, with a 362 per cent increase compared to 169 per cent among women.
“This could suggest that men resonate with the feeling of heartbreak more and turn to music as a private outlet for processing emotions.
“Whatever the reason, one thing is clear, when love is in the air, so is heartbreak and Nigerian men are pressing play on their pain more than expected.
“While Valentine’s Day is often celebrated with grand gestures, heartbreak is a common theme on Valentine’s Day -more than what’s publicly shown,” she said.
Nigerians will join their counterparts across the world to mark the 2025 Valentine’s today.
Grammy-winning Nigerian singer Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has joined MLS side San Diego FC’s ownership group as a club partner.
SDFC announced today that Tems joined the ownership group through her company, The Leading Vibe.
In the process, Tems became the first African woman to be involved in MLS ownership.
“We are delighted that Tems has joined San Diego FC as a club partner,” SDFC chairman Sir Mohamed Mansour said in a statement.
“Tems is a globally significant artist who will help us reach new audiences and spread the word about our unique project, which, of course, has its foundations in sub-Saharan Africa through the unique Right to Dream organisation.”
Reacting to her addition as the latest partner in SDFC’s ownership group, the singer said: “I am thrilled to join San Diego FC’s ownership group and to be part of a club that celebrates creativity, culture, and the power of community.
“Football has a unique way of bringing people together, and I am excited to help build something special in San Diego, a city that thrives on diversity and innovation.”
Fashion and beauty entrepreneur, Toyin Lawani, has claimed she is enduring back pain and that her spine is degenerating.
Lawani revealed this in a video posted on social media last Tuesday.
In the clip, she opened up about her experience with epidural anesthesia, an injection administered to pregnant women in the spine to reduce pain during childbirth.
The mother of three claimed that since receiving the injection, she has not felt like herself.
She accused doctors of not fully informing women about the long-term side effects of epidurals.
According to Lawani, she received the anesthetic injection during the birth of her last two children.
She said, “When you hear ‘epidural,’ run. Doctors tell you about the side effects but do not tell you about the long-term effects on your body. I have about three friends having the same issues that I am having.
“Like, I am just 42, how did I end up with spine issues? I have a degenerating spine. I have implants in my spine. I go paralyzed. I can’t stand for a long time. I can’t even breathe properly sometimes because it affected so many things in my body when I had the surgery.
“They will not tell you because you just want the pain to go away. I have had two epidurals. I had my first as natural birth. The last two were epidural. The last one I had epidural because I had to undergo a surgery and I had no choice.
“See, the pain does not stop. My back is killing me and my spine is degenerating.”