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“The next thing I did the day someone gifted me my first N1m” – Timi Dakolo reveals

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7 months ago

September 25, 2023

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"The next thing I did the day someone gifted me my first N1m" – Timi Dakolo reveals

Popular singer, Timi Dakolo has revealed what he had to do the moment he received N1 million from a good Samaritan.

During an interview with media personality, Chude Jideonwo, the music act disclosed that he was gifted the N1 million from a “good Samaritan” who saw him on television.

"The next thing I did the day someone gifted me my first N1m" – Timi Dakolo reveals

According to him, the good man took notice of him while he was contesting in the inaugural Idols West Africa in 2007.

He said the huge gift made him lose sleep and also changed his diction.

Dakolo said, “There was somebody that gave me N1m from nowhere. I had never seen N10,000 before. The money I used to have then was always N1,300, N800, N1,200, and N520. And somebody gave me N1m cash. He came to the hotel and gave me N1m. He said he doesn’t watch TV but he saw me on TV and he felt he should give me N1m.

“I saw N1m, I could not sleep. I was looking at the money. I said, ‘This money will change.’ I was speaking English that day. Me that used to disturb the whole place, I was quiet [sic]. I caught myself speaking good English.”

Timi Dakolo hit stardom after winning the inaugural Idols West Africa in 2007.

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