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Davido Didn’t Buy Instagram Followers – Manager
Nigerian singer, Davido, who recently got caught up in an allegation that he bought Instagram followers has been defended by his manager, Babatunde Oyebode, popularly known as Baudex in the entertainment circles.
Last week, reports went viral that Davido’s over seven million followers on Instagram might have been cloned or fake followers. This was based on an accusation by two Instagram users a Kinglucyy and Amarabush who said the total number of ‘comments’ shown on Davido’s Instagram page don’t tally with actual number of comments displayed.
Baydex noted that the two Instagram users, who went to a great deal of trouble to count the numbers of comments displayed on Davido’s Instagram page against the number of actual ‘comment’ on the page were wrongly guarded because of the inadequacy of their knowledge of how the Instagram works.
“The point those users made was out of ignorance. They said Instagram show that Davido has 1000 comments, meanwhile, he took his time to count those comments by himself and he counted only 217 or something and he said because of that, it means Davido bought followers, it does not make sense.
“This is how the algorithm works, the same thing happens to every celebrity Instagram, it happens to me also, where one can’t count every comment that was posted.
This is because I use this Instagram comment option that allows me to filter the comments that people see.
“If I don’t want any of my followers to see comments that have vulgar words or span comments, I would ask Instagram not to show comments that have such words in it, these comments still count as part of my comments; but they just can’t be seen.
“All you have to do is go to settings, comment controls, they will see “hide offensive comments” and that will automatically hide comments that may be offensive from your post, then manual fitter where you could add any set of words that you don’t like.
“For me I don’t like people asking me to follow them, so I added follow to my words, so if you ask me to ‘follow’, it will not show on my page, but will still count as a comment on my page”, he said.
Popular businessman and socialite, Pascal Okechukwu, aka Cubana Chief Priest, has said that his relationship with singer Davido is beyond money and gossip.
He stated this in a recent interview with BBC Igbo.
“Davido is my friend. He is my in-law; he married Chioma who is from Imo State where I hail from.
“So the relationship I have with Davido is beyond money and gossip,” he said.
DAILY POST reports that Chief Priest disclosed via his Instagram page that his outfit for the wedding of the singer, Davido and his wife, Chioma, in Lagos on Tuesday cost seven million Naira.
The socialite recently appreciated Davido for not “discarding” Chioma.
He stated that the DMW boss has made Imo State proud by choosing to marry from the state.
Nigerian singer Simisola Kosoko, popularly known as Simi, has lent her voice to the ongoing anti-tax hike protests in Kenya.
The Tide’s source reports that Kenyan youths are marching against tax hike in widespread demonstrations tagged ‘RejectFinanceBill2024.’
Five people were shot dead and dozens wounded after police clashed with protesters who stormed the parliament building in Nairobi on Tuesday, according to Amnesty Kenya.
Reacting via her X handle on Tuesday night, Simi declared her support for the demonstrators.
She stated that “it is both powerful and heartbreaking for a people to have to fight and die for freedoms and rights.”
The singer wrote, “I stand with the people of Kenya. It is both powerful and heartbreaking for a people to have to fight and die for freedoms and rights. Godspeed and Strength. [Hash tag] RejectFinanceBill2024.”
In a series of other posts, she wrote: “Wow. When you’ve had enough, the fight is almost inevitable.
“African leaders- have not you done enough?
“I can’t wait for the day Africa is not a weapon fashioned against Africans. All of this amazing Black power and human resource, but the majority are not likely to thrive unless they run.”
Famous Nigerian Afrobeat singer, Davido was spotted among other top artistes at Asake’s ‘Lungu Boy’ tour concert in Atlanta, Georgia.
Asake’s performance at his sold-out show at the 17,000-capacity State Farm Arena in Atlanta began on August 16, 2024, and is set to run for 10 days.
In a trending video on social media, Davido appeared backstage with American rapper Quavo to support Asake during the live performance.
Other musicians in attendance included Nigerian hitmaker Zlatan and American rapper Russ Millions.
The Tide’s source reports that Asake’s ‘Lungu Boy’ tour is set to cover six U.S. cities, where he will headline notable venues including Madison Square Garden in New York, the Toyota Center in Houston, and the State Farm Arena in Atlanta.
Asake’s tour comes just days after the release of his latest hit, ‘Lungu Boy,’ which features several superstars, including Wizkid, British rappers Central Cee and Stormzy, Travis Scott and Brazilian singer Ludmilla.
‘Lungu Boy’ set a new record for the biggest opening week on Spotify Nigeria, garnering 18.9 million streams in its opening week and breaking the previous record of 14.4 million streams held by Davido’s ‘Timeless.’