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Nigerians mourn as old Nigerian drummer whose photo sold for over N2M as NFT on OpenSea passes away
In 2022, an elderly Nigerian drummer gained sudden fame after professional photographer Adisa Olashile captured his image and turned it into an NFT.
The NFT soared in popularity during the crypto bull run and sold for 0.6 ETH on OpenSea.
The NFT turned Baba, as he was fondly called, into a social media sensation, with many praising the depth of emotion in his facial expression.
The young NFT creator donated 50% of the proceeds from the sale to the drummer, significantly improving his life.
Baba’s photo brought increased visibility to other Nigerian NFT creators, who seized the momentum to showcase their remarkable work.
Two years after the drummer’s rise to fame, photographer @adisaolashile shared the sad news of his passing. He posted a screenshot of a message from the man’s child and later revealed on X that Baba was over 100 years old before his death.
See his post below;
Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un, Baba Onilu has gone back to his creator 😔 May Almighty grant him Aljanatul Firdaus 🥹 help me send a prayer to him 🌙🙏🏻 https://t.co/6eNMWuDu4o pic.twitter.com/Ij37M67UEr
— AdisaOlashile (@adisaolashile) March 12, 2025
See reactions below;
@ella_bosslady_ : Our papa May his soul rest in peace 🙏🏿.
@cableanalyst : May his gentle soul rest in peace.
@refinedtips: May God give his family the fortitude to bear this great loss. May his soul rest in peace. 🕊️.
My friend just called and sent me this post now about Baba passing, I can say that Baba was very friendly and always jovial, I pray Almighty will grant him a peaceful eternal rest 🙏 pic.twitter.com/6AYizq1bYl
— Ada Ide 💙(Michelle) (@OptimisticAda1) March 13, 2025
Nigerians have started expressing concerns as music legend, Chief Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye, a.k.a King Sunny Ade, is declared missing by his daughter.
Damilola Esther Adeniyi-Adegeye, the daughter of the music icon, took to her social media page to raise the alarm as she wagged the finger of accusation at his manager and stepbrother, Dayo Adegeye.
King Sunny Ade.
She opined that he is being made to perform under duress.
One of her posts reads …
“SOS
KING SUNNY ADE! HAS BEEN KIDNAPPED!!
SOS
THE MANAGER (DAYO.)! IS THE CULPRIT
ALONG WITH HIS MOTHER, BROTHERS (DEMOLA.) (KENNY.)
AND HIS DRIVER ADE.”
Check out reactions below …
@TheKayodeBadmus said: “This is not a good one, absolutely not a good news. There has been growing concern about King Sunny Ade and his whereabouts. Some of his children have raised an alarm that he is being held captive by his management who are forcing him to sign up for events that he has not been honouring.
At the moment, his children who are raising this concern claim they do not know where he is and have been unable to reach him but his management claim otherwise.
However, the 78 year old King of music who has been performing for more than 60 years hasn’t been publicly seen in a while.
The children are now calling on the authorities to investigate and help find their father.”
mizattah remarked: “Nawa … God keep him safe n let him return to his family in one piece 🙏”
urban.vogue.closette wrote: “Ahh God, The insecurity in Nigeria ehnnn my family recently paid 13m to kidnapp ers. It wasn’t funny.”
chinwe_peterss wrote: “Omg 😱 pls they shouldn’t hurt this man o Biko 😢😢🙏🙏🙏God please intervene😭”
Check out posts below …
Renowned Nigerian rapper, Falz opens up about his relationship status, sharing reasons behind his singleness.
In a recent interview hosted by media personality, Chude Jideonwo, Falz revealed he is yet to find a woman, genuinely interested in him.
According to Falz, navigating a healthy home and family life as an entertainment figure is challenging and admitted never to have experienced heartbreak.
“I’ve never been heartbroken. In a romantic way, I’ve never told somebody that I love you.I’ve not found anybody that like me. In all sincerity, it’s incredibly tough to have a healthy family life and the entertainment”, He stated.
Watch video below….
@instablog9jaofficial @falzthebahdguy on #WithChudelive interesting conversations, amazing event❤️
Entertainment
TikToker Disturbing who is into Justice for Mohbad passed joins his ancestors while on a live video, clip goes viral (Watch)
A video is making the rounds across social media platforms that shows the moment a Nigerian TikToker identifed as Disturbing passed away while on a live video.
Disturbing in the trending clip who is well known for always seeeking Justice for Mohbad was seen going through a seizure before he later died.
According to some social media users, TikToker Disturbing was busy cursing mama Mohbad, Adura, Liam and WUNMI on his live stream before the incident happened.
Sharing the video, investigative journalist, Temilola Sobola wrote; “A popular Tiktoker known as Disturbing who was also into JUSTICE FOR MOHBAD passed away some hours ago while he was on a live video…….”
Watch the video below;
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See reactions below;
beccah_oguns : This is a lesson to those cursing and bullying the young widow and Liam. It is well.
ola_jumoke86 : He was busy cursing mama MOH, Adura, Liam and WUNMI on his live stream before the incident happened. Please lets not forget, do not curse whom God has blessed. Also, karma is real 👌.
moradesmilez : This guy is always cursing Liam and Wunmi on his page. Chaiii! Now go and face Mohbad and God! Imoleeee fun won ni pressureeee.
adewunmiabiodun9 : Stop taking drugs.
iamdejavoo_ : That’s seizure but something actually triggered it.
ivbaz1 : He was having a seizure right there, probably stroking out, may his soul rest in peace.
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