DADDY SHOWKEY BEGINS CONSTRUCTION OF HIS HOUSE IN AJEGULE COMMUNITY

Posted by on
By Jayne Augoye
Veteran Nigerian Dancehall star, John Asiemo, popularly known as Daddy Showkey, says he has commenced the building of his first home in Ajegunle, a Lagos suburb.

“Today I Start My House. In AJ and the Great Pastor Sunny came to bless the house,” the artiste wrote on Instagram, accompanying a short video.

The development is coming 24 years after he moved out of Ajegunle, where he was born and raised.

When PREMIUM TIMES called the singer, he declined to comment.

The Ghetto Soldier as Daddy Showkey is popularly called moved from Ajegunle to a three-bedroom apartment in Ojodu where he lived before completing his own home.

He completed his current residence, an all-marble mansion in Victory Estate, Ojodu, in 2010. He had been building the edifice for six years.

Built on two plots of land, the property was said to have cost the artiste about N86 million. The building boasts a penthouse, a basement, a recording studio, a gym and a massive swimming pool.

Of all his Ajegunle contemporaries namely Daddy Fresh, Sexy Pretty, Cashman Davies, Angel Zig Zag, the 46-year-old singer is the most accomplished of the lot.

In the last few days, the artiste has been sharing images of his music memorabilia with his over 44 thousand Instagram fans. One of the outstanding images was that of his first car, a Mercedes-Benz 190.

Daddy Showkey’s music career suffered a setback in 2007 following an accident that adversely affected his spine. The incident forced the fun-loving singer to quit the music scene for a while.

Just as he was planning a big come-back, he was forced to quit the scene for a second time after he narrowly escaped the assassin’s bullet two times in 2011.

Even though the artiste may not be as popular as was in the 1990s, his loyalty to his Ajegunle roots has never been in doubt. He has over the years proven himself a worthy ambassador of of A.J City as Ajegunle is popularly called, by using his music to draw attention to its potentials and the condition of the residents.

Unfortunately, Ajegunle no longer boasts talented artistes it once produced such as Cashman Davies, Baba Fryo, Daddy Fresh, Mad Melon and Mountain Black, except the rave of the moment, Oristefemi.

His foray into the entertainment circuit began in 1976 when from an acrobat entertaining people from street to street for a small fee. He delved into other forms of entertainment such as dancing and singing.

Thank you for reading. Kindly share also.

Comments

Post a Comment

Drop your comments. Thank you

NOW ON SALE WORLDWIDE!!!!!! THE FOUR STONES - The Battle of the Four Realms - BY UCHECHUKWU DANIEL

MORE COMMUNITY HEADLINES

Image

PHOTO: LORAL INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL WINS 2017 AFRICA TOP SCHOOL AWARD

AFRICA Brands Review, an integrated marketing service company, has named Loral International Schools (LIS), Lagos & Osun States, as winner of “2017 Africa Top Schools Award (Platinum Category), as one of the top 10 schools in the country, and one of the best international schools in Africa. The award, it was disclosed, stems from among other things, the school’s ratings in the 2017 West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results. To arrive at this, the firm said it compared how secondary schools across the country performed, and thereafter rated the top 1, 000 schools. It was after this that it bestowed the award in May 2017 on LIS. The events brochure of the Africa Top 1, 000 School Award is to be distributed to embassies of various Africa countries and libraries of institutions of higher learning and blue chip companies. Free copies are to be sent to all participating schools on the continent. “We didn’t apply for any
Image

NIGERIA PRISON SERVICE RESPONDS TO FRAUDULENT MINDS

It has come to the notice of the authorities of the Nigerian Prison Service that some unscrupulous syndicates are going about with fake contract documents relating to prisons ration and gas supply as well as fake appointment letters into the service. The Nigerian Prisons Service hereby issues this notice: That the NPS does not sell contract documents whether for ration/gas supply or other services to prospective contractor(s) and could not have authorized any individual or organization inside or outside the service to do so on its behalf. That the service does not use agents(s), syndicate(s) or private individual(s) to carry out recruitment of personnel into the service and does not sell recruitment form to job seekers.   The Nigerian Prison Service therefore wishes to disassociate itself from illicit dealings and shall be held liable for any such transaction with fraudsters masquerading as agents working for or on behalf of the NPS. Whoever engages in any form of business or t
Image

WORLD'S OLDEST MAN DIES AT 116 IN SOUTH AFRICA

                   Fredie Blom - seen here on his 116th birthday - said there was no special secret to his longevity A South African who was thought to be the oldest man in the world has died at the age of 116. Fredie Blom's identity documents showed he was born in Eastern Cape province in May 1904, although that was never verified by Guinness World Records. When he was a teenager, his entire family was wiped out by the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic. He went on to survive two world wars and apartheid. Mr Blom told the BBC in 2018 that there was no special secret to his longevity . "There's only one thing - it's the man above [God]. He's got all the power. I have nothing. I can drop over any time but He holds me," he said. Mr Blom spent most of his life as a labourer - first on a farm and then in the construction industry - and only retired when he was in his 80s.   Fredie Blom's identity documents list his date of birth as 8 May 1904 Although he gave up drinki