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Fresh alleged private messages involving former Big Brother Naija stars, Bella Okagbue and Sheggz, have surfaced online as conversations continue around the reported collapse of their relationship.

The leaked chats reportedly include exchanges between the former couple as well as a separate conversation involving Bella’s mother.

In one of the alleged messages, Sheggz accused Bella of repeatedly cheating on him and showing him disrespect throughout their relationship.

He claimed he had chosen to remain silent despite the issues and appealed for privacy.

“I have never said a word. You people should allow me have peace,” he reportedly wrote.

Bella’s mother, in another alleged exchange, appeared to express anger over the situation.

She reportedly accused Sheggz of leading her daughter on for years and giving her hopes of marriage without fulfilling his promises.

According to the leaked messages, she warned that she would not remain silent over what she described as the emotional pain caused to her daughter.

Another alleged conversation between Bella and Sheggz focused on marriage, with Bella reportedly telling her then-boyfriend that she could no longer continue acting affectionately in the relationship unless he was ready to take the next step and propose.

The authenticity of the chats has not been confirmed by either Bella or Sheggz, but they have continued to fuel discussions online as fans react to the ongoing relationship controversy surrounding the former reality TV stars.

More alleged chats between Bella, her mum, Sheggz emerge amid breakup drama

BBNaija star, Bella Okagbue, has broken her silence over the controversy surrounding her breakup with former boyfriend Sheggz, saying she eventually stopped believing promises and began paying attention to patterns.

Bella addressed the issue in a statement shared on her social media page, explaining that she had remained silent because she believed some parts of their relationship should stay private.

She said she genuinely loved Sheggz and defended their relationship because she believed in it, adding that she gave him another chance because she believed people could change.

However, Bella said believing someone could change did not mean she had to wait indefinitely for that change.

“The person everyone experiences publicly isn’t always the person you experience privately,” she wrote.

The reality star also addressed discussions about marriage and the ring Sheggz previously said he bought for her.

“A ring doesn’t fix what made a relationship impossible,” Bella said.

Bella further challenged some versions of events about their relationship that have emerged online, saying they did not reflect her own experience.

She added that there were other parts of her experience she had deliberately kept private and would speak about when she felt ready.

“A hundred promises. Not one fulfilled,” she wrote, adding that she eventually stopped listening to promises and started paying attention to patterns.

Bella said she had given the relationship love, loyalty and another chance, but reached a point where trust, respect and peace could no longer exist alongside that loyalty.

She said she did not regret trying again but had now decided to put herself first and walk away.

“So today, I choose myself. I choose differently, regardless of what comes with it,” she wrote.

‘Hundred promises, not one fulfilled’ — Bella breaks silence on break up with Sheggz

Nigerian content creator and actor, Isbae U, has stated that he has a crush on actresses Bolaji Ogunmola and Adesua Etomi.

He made the revelation during an interview with VJ Adams.

While noting that Adesua has no idea of how much he likes her, Isbae U begged her husband, singer Banky W, not to be threatened by his revelation.

VJ Adams asked, “Tell me few people you have a crush on.”

Isbae U sharply answered, “Bolaji Ogunmola, I have a crush on her and Adesua. Adesua is married but I like her eh, she has no idea.

“Big shout out to Banky W, he used to reply to my chat but I have a crush on Adesua. And that’s a good thing. Nobody wants to put a woman in the house that people will be hating about.

“It’s a good thing sir. Don’t feel threatened about me oo. Yes, I’m good looking and everything, don’t be threatened at all. So that’s just it.”

Reacting to the interview, Bolaji Ogunmola wrote, “Oniranu ni Isbae U, I will tell your wife.”

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‘I’ve a crush on Adesua Etomi’ – Isbae U reveals, sends message to husband Banky W

Nigerian street pop musician, Seyi Vibez, has deleted his negative posts about celebrity chef, Hilda Baci.

The development came hours after she threatened a legal action against him.

DAILY POST reports that Hilda had, in a warning letter, asked Seyi Vibez to delete what she tagged as defamatory posts about her and tender a public apology or face lawsuit.

Hours after the warning, a check by DAILY POST confirmed that the singer has deleted all his posts about Hilda but is yet to apologise.

Hilda warned the singer after he dragged her into his dispute with Dapper Music over an alleged N1 billion missing catalogue funds.

Seyi Vibez was signed into the Dapper Music record label owned by Hilda’s boyfriend, Damilola Akinwunmi, in 2022.

In September 2024, he parted ways with the record label and updated his bio with “Independent artist”.

Seyi Vibez deletes posts about Hilda Baci after lawsuit threat

Afrobeats star, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido has hinted at the possibility of taking a break from music.

Speaking during an appearance on ‘The Uncut Podcast’, Davido said he does not intend to remain in the spotlight at 40 years while competing with artistes in their 20s.

The singer stressed that his comments should not be interpreted as a call for established musicians to quit the industry.

“Music is my blood but I won’t be 40 years and still dragging with guys in their 20s. Jay-z took a break and he is doing his thing,” he said.

According to the singer, he could step away from music for an extended period and still return to massive success because of his established catalogue.

“I can take a 10yrs break and still do a 50-arena tour. I have the catalogue. I might decide not to make another song for the rest of my life, and nobody is touching my catalogue,” the singer stated.

The 33-year-old further stated that music should serve as a platform for artistes to explore other opportunities beyond performing and recording.

“All I am saying is there are other things music should be able to help you branch out into,” Davido added.

‘I won’t be 40 still dragging stage with artistes in 20s’ — Davido hints on retirement

Nigerian gospel singer, Asu Ekiye, has announced the end of his 28-year marriage to wife, Kunemofa Asu.

The Bayelsa State born singer, famously known as ‘Prince of the Niger Delta’, made the announcement in a post titled ‘public notice’, on his Facebook page on Thursday.

He described the marriage as a deeply personal journey of growth, experience and reflection.

While noting that the marriage ended a year ago, the singer did not disclose the cause of the divorce.

He said, “I wish to announce, with a profound sense of sobriety and quiet resignation, that my marriage to KUNEMOFA ASU has come to an end, while looking ahead to the possibilities of a new season.

“This marriage ended a year ago. I have deliberately chosen to make this announcement only now, after allowing time to bring the perspective, clarity and quiet acceptance that such a deeply personal transition deserves.”

Nigerian gospel artist, Asu Ekiye announces end of his 28-year marriage

Celebrity Nigerian chef, Hilda Baci, has threatened legal action against singer Seyi Vibez over his recent post about her.

DAILY POST recalls that former Dapper Music signees, Seyi Vibez, Shallipopi and T.I Blaze had called out their former record label, Dapper Music owner, Damilola Akinwunmi famously known as Dapper over royalties issues and alleged N1 billion missing funds.

During the online dragging on X, Seyi Vibez took a swipe on Dapper’s girlfriend, Hilda Baci. The singer alleged that the music executive spent their catalogue money on her BBL.

He also claimed that her food nearly killed him.

Reacting to the claims, Hilda in a legal warning letter, accused the singer of libel, and defamation.

While demanding a public apology, she asked him to remove the posts from all social media platforms or face lawsuits.

She said, “In light of the foregoing, we hereby demand that upon receipt of this letter, you immediately; remove and permanently delete the above referenced publications together with any other statement, post, comment, image, video and repost.

“Issue a clear and unequivocal public apology and retraction in respect of the offending publications, to be published prominently and contemporaneously across all your social media accounts. 

“Within three days of your receipt of this letter, we further demand that you provide a written undertaking confirming that you shall henceforth cease and desist from publishing, communicating any defamatory content concerning our client,” the letter demanded.

Dapper: Hilda Baci issues legal warning, direct Seyi Vibez to delete defamatory posts

Everything Except The Noise

There comes a time when silence stops being peaceful. I have spent most of my career choosing work over noise. I have never believed that every disagreement deserves a public response. My focus has always been simple: build artists, build businesses, create opportunities and leave people better than I met them. That work speaks for itself. Lives have changed, families have been supported, artists have grown, music has travelled further, people have found jobs, and dreams that once looked impossible have become real. That is the work I am proud of. Perhaps that is why I have found it difficult to watch what is happening now.

I have remained quiet for a long time, not because I have nothing to say and not because I am afraid to speak, but because I have always believed that business disputes should be handled with facts, contracts, records and, where necessary, the law. But my silence is beginning to look like an admission to some people. There appears to be an agenda to damage my name, my character and a business we have worked very hard to build. I cannot sit quietly and allow that narrative to become the truth simply because it is being repeated online. So, for once, I will speak.

How These Relationships Began

These relationships did not begin casually, and they did not begin in bad faith. Every artist was sent their contract in advance, with time to read it and take advice on it before anything was signed, and the terms were negotiated rather than presented. From the very first meeting, Seyi Vibez was accompanied by his own legal counsel. NSNV was distributed through Dvpper Digital. We entered into an agreement and we paid him to make music as an investment, with a clear understanding between both parties. We also worked on the project itself. We provided A&R on NSNV and we secured a feature for it. That is not distribution. That is a label doing label work.

In the case of Shallipopi, there were multiple witnesses present before signing, and every benefit and sign-on bonus under that agreement was paid immediately on execution. In the case of T.I Blaze, the questions being asked online have already been through a documented process, with the records and the accounts examined at the time. Nobody was rushed, nobody was uninformed, and nobody was exploited. These relationships began because we believed in the music, the talent and what could come from working together.

I want to address one claim directly, because it has been repeated so often that people have started to accept it. The suggestion is that these artists did not know what they were signing. I do not accept that, and the record does not support it. A man who has the document days in advance, who negotiates its terms, who improves them, who takes the benefits under it on the day it is executed, and who then operates under it for years without complaint, knows what he signed. These were not boys handed a pen. They were businessmen making a deal, and they made it. What has changed is not their understanding of the contract. What has changed is that they no longer like it.

When Shallipopi Was Arrested

About a month into that relationship, Shallipopi was arrested. That part is already public. What is less known is what happened next. Every contract of this kind has terms about conduct. I could have walked away that week, and I chose not to. Instead, we instructed counsel and paid for his legal representation, and we did not stop at him. A friend of his was picked up at the same time, a young man with no contract with us and nothing to offer this company, and we paid for his representation, too.

Both of them came home. To be plain about what that means, we paid lawyers to do legal work. The firms were instructed properly, the fees were invoiced, and all of it is on record. We stayed, we kept working and we kept investing. I raise it now only because a version of events is circulating in which this company took from these artists and gave nothing back. That is not the record.

The Work Behind the Scenes

Over the years that followed, Dapper did the work of a label. We handled the administration, the logistics and the day-to-day machinery that keeps a career moving. We sat in on production and helped shape records. We provided A&R. We brought in songwriters and put the right rooms together. We secured features. We built the strategy behind the releases, the campaigns and the timing, and we executed it.

That work is not visible from the outside, and it is rarely the part anyone talks about, but it is the reason careers moved as fast as they did. The growth these artists experienced was not accidental. It was built, deliberately, by a team. For some of these artists, the first video that ever ran and the first time their music took them outside Nigeria came through this company. I say that as a matter of record, not as a debt anyone owes me.

The Investments

Alongside that work, we invested substantially: recording, production, artwork, marketing, DJs and digital campaigns, multiple music videos shot in Nigeria, South Africa, London, Dubai and the United States, touring, including headline shows in the United Kingdom and the United States, settlement of a prior label agreement, property, rent payments, vehicles and repeated personal cash advances. To put that in perspective, two videos for one artist, shot in America, cost this company fifty-two thousand dollars. Not fifty-two thousand naira. One of them was an announcement piece that was never officially released, so it earned nothing and was never meant to.

One trip to the United States, for recording camps and video shoots, came to over two hundred thousand dollars once flights, visas, accommodation, ground movement and welfare for everyone travelling were counted. There was no show and no fee attached to it. That was money spent purely on making the work, long before anyone knew whether it would return. Every amount is documented, and every amount sits in the same accounts and statements I am inviting independent firms to examine. I am not going to list it item by item online, because that is not how this should be resolved. I am asking for it to be counted properly, by people qualified to count it.

How Label Financing Actually Works

Something needs to be said plainly about how this works, because I do not think it is well understood. When a label finances a career, that money is not a gift and it is not free money. It is capital put at risk before anyone knows whether a record will work. There is no collateral behind it. Nobody signs over a house. The only thing standing behind those payments is the possibility that the music earns, and if it does not earn, the label carries the loss alone and the artist keeps everything they were given. When it does earn, the label recovers what it advanced from those earnings, exactly as the contract sets out and exactly as the artist agreed.

Advances are recoupable, and that was set out in the agreements and communicated clearly to every artist before they signed. It is not a detail anyone discovered later. That is not exploitation. That is the arrangement, and it is the arrangement that made it possible to spend that money in the first place. If a label cannot recover what it invests, no label will take that risk on an artist who is unknown and unproven. That is who actually loses this argument.

I should also be clearer about the figures being quoted, because I think they are being misunderstood. A catalogue revenue number is not money waiting in an account. Before anything reaches an artist, the platforms take their share, the distributor takes theirs, and the costs the label advances are recouped from what remains. That is the order; it is written into every agreement, and it was explained before signing. The numbers being quoted online are gross figures from the top of that chain, not net earnings at the bottom of it.

The investment exceeded the earnings, the balances remain unrecouped, and what is outstanding is owed to the company, not by it. When you place what was actually earned beside what was actually invested, these accounts do not show a label holding money that belongs to an artist. They show the opposite. I am not going to publish figures here, because figures belong in an audit and in the processes already underway, and I have invited exactly that scrutiny. But I will not let the impression stand that money was earned and withheld. It was not.

On Masters and Ownership

There is also a great deal being said about masters, so let me deal with it directly. When a label funds the making of a record, it holds the recording it paid for. That is not a Dapper invention and it is not peculiar to us. It is how recorded music has been structured here and everywhere else, for one simple reason: a master is not free. Somebody paid for the studio time, the producer, the mixing, the mastering, the artwork, the video and the campaign that made anyone hear the song at all.

Ownership follows that money and that risk. Anyone who has built a label in this country will tell you the same thing. None of this was hidden or discovered later. Our position on ownership is written into the agreements; it was there before anyone signed, it was explained, and it was agreed by both sides. It was negotiated, not imposed.

Addressing the Claims Directly

Social media is not a court of law, and the person who cries the loudest is not automatically the person who is right. A tweet is not evidence. A viral video is not a judgment. Repeated insults are not arguments. If there is a disagreement about money, contracts or accounting, let us put the documents on the table. We have said this several times, and each time we are brought back to the same circle of tarnishing my name and my business.

Let me be direct about one specific claim, because it keeps being repeated. I have not sold anyone’s catalogue. Not to a distributor, not to a third party, not to anyone. Ownership sits exactly where the agreements say it sits, and those agreements are among the documents I am asking to be examined. I will also address the suggestion that documents were forged, because it is a serious accusation and I will not let it sit unanswered. It is false. No signature on any Dapper agreement was falsified, and no document was fabricated. That is a matter of record, it is capable of being verified, and it will be.

An Invitation to Independent Audit

I welcome scrutiny. If anyone believes Dapper has cheated them, I invite them to call for an independent forensic audit, conducted by a firm with the standing to be held to its findings, or by any other trusted auditing, accounting or legal institution with the expertise to examine the books, the contracts, the payments and the accounts.

Let the numbers speak. Let the documents speak. Tell us where we cheated you, when we cheated you and how much we cheated you, based on audited findings and not figures thrown around online. If there is evidence that we owe anyone anything, let it be established properly and let the appropriate action follow.

We will give any such firm the company’s complete accounting records and every distribution statement we have received, not summaries prepared for the occasion, and both sides should see the same documents at the same time. I will accept the findings of any such firm, and I will say so publicly whichever way they fall. One last observation. These accusations tend to surface when there is a record coming, or a song about to be premiered. I will not tell anyone what to make of that. Look at the timing yourself.

The Process and Cooperation with Authorities

Our agreements set out how disputes are to be resolved, and we followed that route. We began the process the contract provides for. What followed instead was a series of complaints made elsewhere. I am not going to comment on where those complaints properly belong, because that is a matter for the institutions themselves and for the lawyers. What I will say is that we have cooperated fully with every authority that has asked anything of us, and we will continue to. We have nothing to hide and we have never conducted ourselves as though we did.

There is already a date fixed. It was set through the proper process, both sides were notified, and every party in this dispute knows exactly when it is. I mention that only because anyone following this online would not know it from what has been said there. I intend to be there, as I was the last time. The dispute keeps being brought online instead, and I have deliberately stayed away from responding to every accusation, because I do not want to turn the internet into my courtroom. I would ask that we keep this where it belongs.

Threats

I will also say this plainly. Since this began, threats have been made against me and against people close to me. They have been documented and they have been passed to the appropriate authorities. I am not going to describe them here, and I am not going to answer them. But a disagreement about a contract should never reach that point, and everyone watching this should think about how quickly it did.

A Word on How We Treat Each Other

I also will not use this moment to insult anyone. I could, but what would it solve? We have all said things in anger. What I will ask is that people stop hiding behind disputes to malign my name and dismiss the work I have put into this industry. I understand what fame, pressure and money can do to relationships. But I refuse to accept that the only way to defend yourself is to destroy someone else.

To my team, thank you. I know the sacrifices, and I know the people who have given years of their lives to building this company and creating opportunities for others. I am proud of you, and I remain grateful to everyone who has believed in the power of music and entertainment and what they can create.

To fellow music executives, our industry is growing, and we have to invest in education around contracts, music business investment, financial reporting, independent audits, and artists who genuinely understand what they are signing. Because when every disagreement becomes a social media war, everyone loses. The artist loses. The executive loses. The investor loses. The industry loses. And the young person watching learns the wrong lesson about what it takes to build a business in entertainment.

It is sad that what should have been a game-changing collaboration has become this, and I think it says something about how we work with each other in the Nigerian creative space. Too much I, not enough us, and not enough patience for the long game. Let the lawyers do their work. Let the auditors examine the books. Let the contracts be read. Let the facts be established, and let the truth stand, even when it is inconvenient.

Closing

Let me end on something simpler than contracts and accounts. Before I was an executive, I was a fan. That has never changed. I still hear a record for the first time and know immediately that it is going to move people, and that feeling is the entire reason I do this rather than something easier or more profitable. I did not build a career in this industry in order to take from artists. Everything I have is tied to artists doing well, and anyone who understands this business knows that a label that cheats its artists does not last, does not sign anyone again and does not survive its own reputation. It would be the stupidest thing I could do, quite apart from being wrong.

So I would ask one thing of the public. Wait. Look at the facts as they emerge rather than the loudest version of them, and let the people whose job it is to examine the books and the contracts do that job. When they have, whatever they find will be there for everyone to see, and I will live with it either way. I am asking for patience, not for the benefit of the doubt.

To everyone who has supported Dapper Group, believed in our work and trusted us with your careers, your businesses and your dreams, thank you. Damilola “Dapper” Akinwunmi

“Investment exceeded earnings, balances remain unrecouped” – Dapper Group CEO responds to claims

Singer Brymo has accused his colleagues, 2Face, Burna Boy and Davido, of knowing about how he was lured to join a secret cult.

Brymo made the allegation during a recent interview on the ‘Lahor Talk’ podcast.

This came one month after Brymo responded to Burna Boy’s statement about his career.

DAILY POST recalls that Burna Boy, in a diss track, mocked the singer’s career by saying, “Hustle make you no go fall off like Brymo.”

Responding to the statement in July 2026, Brymo vowed to take revenge, noting that he doesn’t care about the fraternity that Burna Boy belongs to.

Finally revealing the cause of the dispute, Brymo claimed that Burna Boy, Davido and 2Face were involved in how he was lured to Chevron in 2019 under the guise of being hosted and was pressured to join a cult.

He narrated the incident when he was asked if he could forgive Burna Boy if he apologised to him over remarks about his career.

Brymo, who didn’t allow the interviewer to finish the question, noted that he’s not asking Burna Boy for an apology.

Explaining the cause of his rift with the three musicians, Brymo claimed that he was lured to Chevron in 2019 under the guise of being hosted and was pressured to join a cult.

While challenging 2Face, Davido and Burna Boy to come out to deny the allegation, Brymo noted that their names were mentioned by those pressuring him.

The interviewer said, “Speaking of forgiveness, if Burna Boy takes back the statement he made about you.”

Responding in Pidgin English, Brymo said, “Which forgiveness? I don’t have forgiveness on Burna Boy, 2Face or Davido. I want them to tell me that they truly don’t know about wetin happened to me for Chevron or not.

“When I got attacked. When I was lured into being hosted. Only to be told that I need to join cult. And they mentioned their names. Why are they still quiet about it since all these years if you’re not involved?

“This year 2026 is the 7th anniversary of the incident. It happened in 2019. I’m not asking for an apology. Just be a man and say, ‘Brymo, I have nothing to do with it.’ That’s what they have to say because as long as they don’t say that, they did it.

“I will keep saying it till it destroys your legacy completely. You will speak up. I’m not asking for any apology,” he said.

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Brymo accuses 2Face, Burna Boy, Davido of knowing about alleged cult recruitment [VIDEO]

Nigerian rapper, Blaqbonez, has finally revealed the major cause of his messy feud with colleague, Odumodublvck.

DAILY POST reports that this came a year after Odumodublvck stated that his rift with Blaqbonez is beyond music.

Responding to Blaqbonez’s diss song in June 2025, Odumodublvck wrote on X, “You want to make it about studio. Na lie. We go meet again for the street. You know the level. This is not rap beef. Na me and you for this world.”

In June 2026, Odumodublvck, in a series of posts on X, accused Blaqbonez of sexual abuse, and alleged that the music industry is covering up for him.

Finally revealing the main cause of their fight, Blaqbonez said, “Odumodu and I were with a girl at the same time but I didn’t know she was with him too around the same time we met.”

Speaking in a video interview with a media personality, Rufai Oseni, the singer explained, “I didn’t know that the girl was with Odumodublvck. I don’t really know at what point Odumodublvck came into the picture. She called my manager that she’s going to destroy my career.

“Odumodublvck accused me on the phone of disturbing his babe. And I’m like how? Then I told him that I’m not disturbing your babe. We had a thing and she sent me a weird message and I just called her to know why she send me this message, but she didn’t pick my calls and I blocked her.

“We didn’t speak again. And then, we later spoke and I found out it was you. When I found out it was you, I didn’t speak with her again since then. I have avoided the girl.

“Odumodublvck sent me a message five minutes after the call that when last did I have intercourse with her. And I told him bro, I don’t know what she told you so I can’t answer this question and affect anything that you guys have.

“This is me trying to stay out of the drama. Odumodublvck now said then we’re enemies since you’re not telling me.”

Defining his relationship with the said girI, Blaqbonez said, “I can’t say she’s my girlfriend because we didn’t make it official. I called my relationship with her a friend with benefits because we were friends and we were intimate.”

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‘We were dating same girl’ – Blaqbonez finally reveals cause of feud with Odumodublvck [VIDEO]