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Nigerian Afrobeats superstar, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has placed a $50,000 wager on the Super Eagles ahead of their Africa Cup of Nations semi-final match against Morocco on Wednesday.

The popular singer shared a betting slip via his Instagram page on Wednesday, showing his confidence in Nigeria’s performance against the Atlas Lions in Wednesday’s crucial encounter scheduled for 9 pm Nigerian time

He wrote, “Nigeria to make the finals and I’ll double my stake on my slip…. 💰 #stak.e”

The bet, placed on popular betting platform Stake, shows Davido backing a combination of outcomes including both teams to score and the Asian total over 1.5 goals, with attractive odds of 6.97.

If the predictions come to pass, the Grammy-nominated artiste reportedly stands to win an estimated payout of $348,274.07 (approximately ₦500 million at current exchange rates).

Nigeria last won the Africa Cup of Nations in 2013, and the Super Eagles will be hoping to overcome a formidable Moroccan side that has been one of the tournament’s standout performers.

Recall that the DMW Records boss had reportedly earned a payout of $96,564 (approximately N150 million) for predicting the outcome of Nigeria’s opening match at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, having staked a wager on the Super Eagles’ Group C encounter against Tanzania in Fes, Morocco, predicting that both teams would score in the fixtures.

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Famous Nigerian filmmaker, Funke Akindele’s newly released movie, ‘Behind the Scene’ has become the first Nollywood film to surpass N2 billion in cinema sales.

FilmOne, a leading Nigerian film distributor, announced that Behind the Scenes’ movie grossed N2,103,039,706 in just one month of its release.

The distributor in a post on X, revealed that the new achievement makes Funke Akindele Africa’s most commercially successful filmmaker in Africa, highest grossing producer, writer, and director in West Africa’s history.

The actress was also named as the first filmmaker to rank number one for three consecutive years at the African box office.

Also celebrating the achievement, the actress, in a video on her Instagram page on Monday evening, said “we have every reason to thank God. 2 billion and counting is not a joke. Ladies and gentlemen, Behind the Scenes to the world.”

“Joy overflows, my heart is full of gratitude to God and my amazing fans. Reaching this incredible milestone and still counting would not have been possible without you. I’m deeply grateful”, she said.

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Celebrity Nigerian influencer, Tunde Ednut, has claimed that Regina Daniels’ public appearance with alleged new boyfriend abroad triggered her estranged husband, Senator Ned Nwoko to arrest her best friend.

Tunde made this claim in an Instagram post on Monday evening while addressing Ned Nwoko over the arrest of actress Regina Daniels’ best friend, Ann.

Ann was arrested on Monday by Lagos State police over theft and other allegations made against her by the senator.

The development came some days after the senator’s estranged wife was seen with a new man in a club.

However, reacting to Ann’s arrest, Ednut urged the senator to move on and let Regina Daniels go.

While acknowledging Nwoko’s influence, the influencer wrote “You don’t have to keep trying to arrest her family members all the time. It’s enough. We know you are powerful and influential, but it’s ok sir. Grandpa, at this point, you have to move on sir.

“DEAR NED NWOKO SIR. Pa Ned Nwoko don find another strategy to arrest that small girl’s brother again.

“Sir, it’s time to let that girl go sir. She no want you anymore, just leave her and her family alone.

“I know it’s that picture of her alleged new boyfriend’s hand on her soft hips that triggered this new arrest, but sir, you have to find it somewhere in your heart to let that beautiful, fresh warm skinned, tomato Jos, soft yansh, talented young girl go. Grandpa please sir.

“You are a senator sir, don’t forget you have work to do Ooo!”, he stated.