Nigerian singer Adekunle Gold has revealed that he is a descendant of King Kosoko of Lagos, a 19th-century monarch who resisted British colonial forces when they first arrived in Nigeria.

Gold made the disclosure in an interview on Great Day Houston, a morning show on KHOU 11 television in Houston, Texas, which was published on YouTube on Thursday.

On his royal lineage, he said his ancestor fought the British when they first entered Nigeria through Lagos, was driven into exile, and eventually returned victorious.

“My progenitor used to be king of Lagos. His name is King Kosoko. He fought the British when they first came to Nigeria through Lagos to try to take our things, then he fought, went to exile, and came back, and then still won,” he said.

Gold, who is from the Yoruba tribe, was born in Lagos.

The singer also revealed that his stage name was given to him by God through a church sermon.

He said he had been searching for one and had taken the matter to God in prayer when the answer came during a church sermon.

“I told God, I need a name,” he said.

He said a preacher repeated the same phrase three times during the sermon, and he took it as a divine signal.

“Something just told me it must have been God. God told me at that point that that’s your name,” he said.

Gold said he settled on the name immediately after.

“I said, okay, you know what, just make it Adekunle Gold, and it’s very befitting of me,” he said.

Nollywood actress Sarah Martins has decried the alarming rate of beggars flooding her DM.

On her Instagram page, she vented about the number of rent bills and family problems messages she has been receiving, questioning whether she grows money in her house and isn’t a citizen of the country.

Sarah pointed out the irony at which people wouldn’t engage with her business’s advert content or repost it, but would dare flood her DMs with bills.

Issuing them a warning, Martins told online beggars to stop flooding her DMs.

“Some of you even bully me for making content to make sales for my brands as if you know what it takes to create content that converts.

Pls stop already!

Shebi make I hustle finish, then pack the money, give u, make u pay your 4.5m rent, as I no get my own bills to pay, abi???

I’m even scared to open my dm because it’s filled with bills… ogini????

I can’t even remember the last time someone donated money to my NGO account, yet I cook weekly for homeless kids, and you all still do not encourage me enough because you think it’s easy to feed 150 people weekly

The last time I checked, I only cook for homeless street kids with my little monthly profits from my business as my own way of giving back to society; there was never a time I told anyone I’m a messiah that offsets bills.

Make Una leave me oooooo

Patronise me mba, engage on my advert posts mba, share my advert posts mba, repost mba, but when e reach to write essay on how u haven’t eaten in years u run enter my dm…

Wickeeeedd souls!!!!”.


Similarly, comedian I Go Save had decried the growing pandemic of beggars in Lagos. He pointed out how beggars in the Northern parts of Nigeria hold plates, while their colleagues in Lagos hold stones. The comedian called on the government to curb the growing number of beggars in Lagos.

He had decried the alarming rate of begging in public spaces in Nigeria. He noted that the country is hard; however, he believes people should calm down with the rate of begging, as everyone is facing challenges in the country.

The comedian had made similar observation last year during the festive season. I Go Save had cried out over the level of hunger in the country. He revealed that the number of people asking him for help was a record-breaker, as he admonished the public to lend a helping hand.

Nigerian controversial singer and new dad, Portable, has survived a car accident.

The street singer, in a video posted to his Instagram story on Thursday night, said his car had a brake failure but that he was lucky to swerve to the side. According to him, no one was killed, and his car wasn’t badly damaged.

The singer expressed gratitude to his Maker for saving his life, bragging that no accident can befall him.

“God saved me, nothing do me. I noticed that the brake stopped working and swerved the car to one side. Nothing happened to me. I can’t have an accident, even if I do, nothing will happen to me”.

Portable just survived an accident near his house. pic.twitter.com/DCUetlOsbW

— AYANFE (@CHULLY1010) May 7, 2026
portable experienced a brake failure while driving tonight but God saved him from an accident, no casualties, just a dent on his car. pic.twitter.com/AylpD1YdUm

— FunNation_tv (@FunNation_tv) May 7, 2026
This isn’t the first time the singer has been involved in an accident.

Two years ago, Portable crashed his brand-new G-Wagon Brabus at Osapa London. Photos that went viral showed the car, badly damaged beyond recognition. Narrating the incident, he expressed confidence that his music would earn him enough money to buy 10 times the car and even a private jet.

His wife, reacting to the news, expressed gratitude to God for keeping him alive and rained prayers against death on him