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N38,000 sent from palmpay to first bank account missing

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  Tolulope Olaoye, an Oyo State-based businesswoman, has told FIJ that a failed N38,000 trasfer from her PalmPay account to  First Bank  is negatively affecting her business. According to Tolulope, she initiated the transaction on Thursday, March 30, for the purchase of bulk recharge cards. She said she sold stationeries and educational materials but introduced recharge cards to take care of her daily needs, since stationeries and educational items have seasonal sales. ā€œI buy the recharge cards in bulk and sell in bits,ā€ she told FIJ. ā€œThat Thursday morning, I transferred the sum of N38,000 from my PalmPay account to a First Bank account owned by  Bodlink Telecoms , a telecommunication service provider, for the purchase of bulk recharge cards. ā€œOn getting to Bodlink Telcomsā€™ retail outlet in Ojurin Akobo, where I ought to collect the cards, I was informed that the money had not been received.ā€ Tolulope said that she left after waiting several hours hoping that the mo...

ENTERTAINMENTI spent $2m on my last album ā€“ Davido

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Nigerian afrobeats superstar, David Adeleke, aka Davido, has disclosed he spent $2 million (almost one billion naira) on his third studio album ā€˜A Better Timeā€™. Davido revealed this during one of his media tours for his new album ā€˜Timelessā€™ in the United States. Speaking on the Ebro in the Morning Show on Hot 97FM, New York, the 30 Billion Gang honcho explained that the figure covered features, videos, and promotions. He said he sent just $300,000 on his latest album ā€˜Timelessā€™, and he has already made more money from the investment than his last album. He said, ā€œMy last album, I will tell you, I probably spent $2 million. That is for everything. You know what Iā€™m saying? ā€œI havenā€™t even spent $300k on this album [Timeless]. And I made more already in three days. It just shows me the level of where African music is going.ā€ Davidoā€™s third studio album ā€˜A Better Timeā€™ was released in 2020 with guest features from American heavyweights such as Nicki Minaj, Chris Brown, Young Thug, Lil Bab...