The week (Monday, February 22, to Saturday, February 27, 2021), was quite eventful. With award-winning writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie losing her mom and singer Jay Z securing a deal with Twitter’s Jack Dorsey for Tidal, it might have been hard to keep up with all the events that happened.
It is in this light that eelive.ng is serving you with the best possible up-to-date information on entertainers, and this weekly wrap-up brings you some of the things that made the news about them in the course of the week.
Grace Ifeoma Adichie (nee Odigwe), the mother of Chimamanda, is dead.
Grace passed away on Monday, March 1st, 2021 in Awka, Anambra State. She was 78 years old.
“It was very sudden and we are devastated,” a family spokesperson said.
Popular singer, Davido was rumoured to be cheating on his fiance Chioma, after being spotted with an Instagram model Yafai while on vacation in Sint Maarten.
Nollywood veteran actor, Sadiq Daba passed away.
According to Dogo Shettima, a Special Assistant to Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State, Daba died on Wednesday evening.
Shettima who broke the sad news revealed that the veteran broadcaster passed away after a long and excruciating battle with leukemia and prostate cancer.
Popular singer, CDQ called out Afro-fusion star Burna Boy, for disrespecting former Super Eagles player, Obafemi Martins.
CDQ also alleged that he was injured in the process of defending the footballer.
Square, the payments-processing company led by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, announced plans to buy a “significant” majority stake in Tidal, the music and entertainment streaming platform run by Jay-Z.
Square said it expects to pay $297 million, in a combination of cash and stock, for the Tidal stake; with existing artist shareholders remaining stakeholders. Tidal will operate independently within Square.