Social Media Roundup: Yul Edochie the ‘real man’, Burna Boy’s special moment + others

Onyinye Okonkwo
*Yul Edochie and the polygamy debacle | *Twitter’s new landlord | *Burna Boy’s special moment | *The ASUU irony
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Yul Edochie breaks the internet with the announcement of a second wife

Can we ever have a calm week without drama in the social space? But, if there’s no drama what will we talk about in the roundup? Guess what? We’re here for all of it. So, let’s give you a roundup of all the trending topics on the internet space this week.

Yul Edochie as a polygamist

Yul Edochie broke the Nigerian internet space this week with an announcement on his Instagram page informing the world he has a son with actress, Judy Austin, who he referred to as his second wife.

This announcement divided the internet into polygamy enthusiasts, opponents, and the indifferent.

Remember that Yul Edochie is still married to May Edochie, his wife of 17 years, who he has four kids with.

Some reactions:

Yul Edochie had something to say after the conversation had died down:

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Elon Musk got his way using free speech as map

Elon Musk now has Twitter, and he will pay $44 billion in cash for it.

A significant number believe this will reduce censorship on Twitter, others believe Musk is not the saviour of free speech he is presenting himself to be.

Burna Boy is the first African to sell out Madison Square, NY!

Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy has yet again made history as the first African to sell out the Madison Square garden where the likes of Beyonce, Adele, others have performed and sold out.

The attendees all agreed that Burna boy is the goat, the Odogwu of live stage performance, an African giant.

He performed a preview of a song in the concert tagged “one night in space concert” and also announced the title of his next album titled ‘Love, Damini’.

Minister of State for Education may not know ASUU is on strike

In a shocking development, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, the Minister of State for Education has obtained the presidential nomination and expression of interest form sold for 100 million naira.

Social media received this news with shock as many pointed out that academic body, ASUU, has been on strike for close to 90 days, and there’s no end in sight.

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