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  • Davido pays Chioma’s bride price, update status on Wikipedia account

    Davido pays Chioma’s bride price, update status on Wikipedia account

    Nigerian artiste, and  Afrobeats musician, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has updated his marital status on Wikipedia account.

    Recall that Davido reportedly finalized his traditional marriage rites to Chioma  at Ezeala Odu, Imo State, on Thursday, 5th of January.

    It’s now official that the  singer’s Wikipedia page now reflects his new marital status and his wife’s name.

    It was earlier reported in November last year that the singer secretly got married to Chioma a month after the death of their only son, Ifeanyi Adeleke.

    According to the report, the traditional wedding, which was done in her father’s house, had few family friends in attendance with no cameras allowed. And because of the tragedy surrounding their marriage last year, Davido could not perform his Umunna rites. As such, according to the Igbo culture, he and Chioma weren’t fully married.

    Recall that Davido had, last year before the tragic incident, vowed to marry Chioma in 2023, but after their son’s death, the singer speedily wedded her.

    According to a previous post from the singer, the wedding is expected to take place in 2023.

  • Turkey blocks access to knowledge base, Wikipedia

    Turkish authorities on Saturday blocked access to online encyclopaedia Wikipedia, an Internet monitoring group said, the latest in what government critics say is a crackdown on free speech on the Internet.

    A block on all language editions of the Wikipedia website was detected at 5:00 am (GMT) on Saturday, monitoring group Turkey Blocks said on its website.

    “The loss of availability is consistent with Internet filters used to censor content in the country,” it said.

    When attempting to access the webpage using Turkish Internet providers, users received a notice the site could not be reached and a “connection timed out” error.

    Monitoring groups have accused Turkey of blocking access to social media sites such as Twitter or Facebook, particularly in the aftermath of militant attacks.

    The government has in the past denied that it blocks the Internet, blaming outages on spikes in usage after major events. But technical experts at watchdog groups say the blackouts on social media are intentional, aimed in part at stopping the spread of militant images and propaganda.