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South African singer, Costa Titch collapses, dies on stage

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Popular South African Amapiano artist, Costa Titch, has sadly passed away after collapsing on stage.

The 27-year-old reportedly had a seizure and collapsed on stage while performing at the Ultra music concert at Expo Centre in Nasrec, Johannesburg today Saturday, March 11th.

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The “Big Flexa” crooner had shared a poster on his Instagram page advertising the event Just 11 hours ago.

Costa entered the entertainment industry as a dancer, but over time he transformed and became a rapper/singer.

He recently got signed to Akon’s music label.

May his soul Rest In Peace, Amen.

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Funke Akindele moves on, deletes politics-related posts

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The deputy governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Lagos State, Funke Akindele, appears to be in a hurry to move away from politics.

The famous Nollywood actress has deleted some posts relating to politics and the PDP from her Instagram page.

Vanguard on Monday reported that the posts visible on her page of 15.7 million followers were mainly that of her movie promotion and other personal posts.

Akindele and Abdul-Azeez Adediran aka Jandor were defeated by the incumbent governor and All Progressives Congress candidate, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, in Saturday’s election.

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Portable speaks out after he was physically assaulted by his friends

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In a video posted on his Instagram account, Portable revealed that some men with whom he was friends before he became a star attacked him while he was defending his sister from them.

According to Portable, he flew back to Lagos from Gambia after he was told that his sister was being assaulted by her husband who happened to be one of his long-term friends.

Portable narrated how he footed the hospital bills when his sister was put to bed after she was impregnated by said friend. He also shared that he financed the naming ceremony.

Portable who displayed the bruises he suffered on his arms and head revealed that the men who attacked him were persons whom he has previously assisted in various capacities.

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He stated that they were envious of him because he was now a star who can afford to buy their family properties.

While the issues that led to the attack on Portable remain unclear, in the video, he revealed that he was attempting to protect his sister from her husband.

According to the famous artist, his superstar status won’t stop him from protecting his family.

In a statement issued by his camp, Portable described the event as disheartening and he intends to take legal actions.

“The events of the last few days has been a bit challenging and very disheartening. As a Management, we are unable to come to terms with how young people can be so blindly motivated by their entitlement mentality that they would helplessly resort to wanton destruction of property and life threatening bodily harm.

our Lawyers have been fully briefed and necessary legal actions are being negotiated in ensuring that this regrettable action of some self-motivated-greedy lots does not go unpunished as the law is a respecter of no one. Once again, we thank you for standing by us all these gone by years.”

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Veteran actor Fadeyi Oloro dies at 66

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Ace Yoruba actor, Ojo Arowosafe, popularly known as Fadeyi Oloro, is dead.

Arowosafe, who featured as Fadeyi Oloro in ‘Arelu,’ a classic Yoruba TV series of the 80s, died on Tuesday evening.

Fasunwon Bidemi Oluwafunke, the actor’s daughter, confirmed his demise to Premium Times.

The movie star had battled an undisclosed ailment for a couple of years.

Last month, Fadeyi was featured in a live Instagram session with Daddy Freeze, the media personality.

During the session, the Yoruba actor appealed to the public for financial assistance in order to foot his medical bills.

His plea attracted the attention of Tobi Adegboyega, the UK-based Nigerian pastor of SPAC Nation, who gifted him the sum of N3 million.

Daddy Freeze also disclosed that some unnamed persons supported Fadeyi with an additional N261,000.

Arowosafe was born on September 15, 1957, in Igbara Odo, Ekiti.

He gained fame during the cinematic era for his antagonistic roles and energetic recitation of incantations in Yoruba movies.

He also featured in hundreds of films such as ‘Alagbara Ilu’, ‘Jagun Ina’, ‘Inu Bibi’, and ‘IJA Abija’, ‘OsimiIka’, ‘Adani Lori’, ‘Fitu Fona’, ‘Ruke Rudo’, ‘Bola Ele’, and ‘Ade Ogun’.

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