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  • Celebrity Boxing: Speed Darlington admits defeat but claims, Portable used juju

    Celebrity Boxing: Speed Darlington admits defeat but claims, Portable used juju

    Darlington Okoye, the Nigerian singer, who is popularly known as Speed Darlington, has open up after his boxing bout with fellow artist Badmus Okikiola, widely known as Portable.

    Dalington claimed that Portable used traditional charms, commonly referred to as juju during their recent celebrity boxing showdown.

    The match was part of the ‘Chaos In The Ring’ event, held on Saturday and organised by Game Rush in collaboration with Balmoral Promotions.

    The event follows previous showcases by the organisers, including a December 2024 bout and the launch of ‘Friday Fight Night’ in February 2025.

    In a video posted on social media platform X, Speed Darlington alleged that his shoulder became dislocated during the fight, even though he felt no signs of exhaustion.

    He suggested that the injury could have been caused by supernatural means allegedly introduced by Portable.

    Portable ultimately won the match, which has since gone viral and stirred debates across social media.

    The tension between the two musicians reportedly began when Speed Darlington offered Portable N500,000 to perform at an event, an amount Portable allegedly considered disrespectful.

  • Portable gets verified on Instagram within a year

    Portable gets verified on Instagram within a year

    Controversial Street artiste, Habeeb Okikiola, aka Portable, has finally been verified on Instagram as he got the blue tick.

    Portable once called out his colleagues, accusing them of obtaining fake verification.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) recalls that some months back, Portable who appeared worried over his inability to get verified despite having over 1 million followers called out his colleagues with lesser followers but verified while accusing them of obtaining fake verification.

    Portable became famous after contributing to the song “ZaZoo Zehh” featuring Olamide and Nigerian dancer, Poco Lee. During his early stage of fame, he became well known for calling out his business partners on social media for scamming him on business deals such as artist management and also on his Instagram handle where he mostly does all his controversial activities.

    On 18 July 2022, Portable made a video on Instagram claiming to be the founder of the notorious cult group One Million Boys, which got Nigerians’ attention in order for an investigation by the Nigeria Police Force, which he later denies saying what he meant was one million followers. This resulted in him in getting disqualified for The Headies 2022 which was announced by the organizers on 26 July 2022.

    Recently, Dr Zeh welcomed his fourth child with another woman (Keji) he intends to take as a second wife. The Zazzu crooner and his new wife welcomed a baby boy on Saturday, December 10.

    The birth of the baby, was a double celebration for the singer as the day marked his first anniversary in the music industry.

    “Thank u lord for the Gift of Life. Akorede Omolalomi Badmus. It’s a new bouncing baby boy. Congrats to myself and the mother @honey_berry25 Iyawo IKA. December 10th de day real fame came & same Dec 10th I welcomed a new baby boi. God no dey disappoint,: he said.

  • Portable assaults signee, Manny Monie, for being ‘ungrateful’

    Portable assaults signee, Manny Monie, for being ‘ungrateful’

    Controversial music star, Habeeb Okikiola, aka Portable, has been captured on tape assaulting a signee of his, for allegedly being ungrateful.

    In the video making the rounds, Portable was seen chiding his signee, Manny Monie, for trying to go behind his back to hire two music distributors despite being under his record label, ‘Zeh Nation’.

    He then boasted about how he had made Manny Monie blow by giving him several music deals as well as promotions.

    The Zazoo crooner also accused his signee of being a scammer, and wondered why he would dabble his hands in illegal activities when he has a well paying job.

    Several parts of the footage captures Portable assaulting the signee who was spotted sitting on the floor.

    The Zeh Nation boss, in the viral video, accused Manny of trying to double-cross him despite having spent so much on him to promote and sponsor his music career.

    In his words: “I bought clothes for you, I bought a new phone and yet you wanted to reap me.”

    Portable was also sighted in the viral video hitting the young singer as he crouched close to the singer’s car.

    Despite assaulting the young artist, Portable also accused him of being a fraudster, even after he revealed that he collected 700k from the young singer for him to feature on one of his songs.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that this is coming just some hours after Portable sacked all of his staff who work at his Lagos studio, disclosing that they only earned seven thousand nairas for the duration of one month while he was in Europe.

    Portable became famous after contributing to the song “ZaZoo Zehh” featuring Olamide and Nigerian dancer Poco Lee.

    During his early stage of fame, he became well known for calling out his business partners on social media for scamming him on business deals such as artist management and also on his Instagram handle where he mostly does all his controversial activities.

  • Portable’s Zazu ought not to be played on radio or TV – General Kollington Ayinla

    Portable’s Zazu ought not to be played on radio or TV – General Kollington Ayinla

    Fuji music maestro, General Kollington Ayinla (also known as Kebe Kwara) has said that Portable’s Zazu ought not to be played on the radio or on TV.

     

    In his words: “Such songs with nothing to better a lot of the youths. He (Portable) sang ‘Zazu’- a song style I released in 1981.

     

    “Such songs with nothing to better a lot of the youths ought not to be played on the radio or on TV.

     

    “But nowadays it is all about melody and street madness and not music that will last and impact on the society.”

    General Kollington Ayinla

     

    The fuji maestro noted that lyrical contents and the essence of music are fast diminishing in the country.

     

    He called on musicians to create music that will have a positive effect on society.

     

    Ayinla noted that despite the poor contents being produced today, musicians get massive acceptance from music lovers.

     

    He said: “Musicians don’t care about the lyrics of their music anymore and the lessons that people ought to learn from their songs.

     

    “In lyrics like Ori e o Foka sibe, someone called himself Were Olorin (referring to Portable).

     

    “He said in his song, ‘Were Adugbo wo ilu o’ meaning the mad man of the streets has come o. And unfortunately, people are dancing to it. Are they improving the community or they are adding to the problems?”