{"id":16620,"date":"2024-11-29T03:34:03","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T03:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/?p=16620"},"modified":"2024-11-29T03:34:03","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T03:34:03","slug":"davido-bows-to-heat-as-he-carries-nigeria-on-his-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/davido-bows-to-heat-as-he-carries-nigeria-on-his-head\/","title":{"rendered":"Davido bows to heat as he carries Nigeria on his head"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Davido has bowed to the backlash from Nigerians, by proudly representing the country in a recent interview and on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Davido has taken Nigerians&#8217; criticism to heart and is now proudly repping the country in his interviews.<\/p>\n<p>Davido took to X (formerly Twitter) to mock his critics, reaffirming his love and pride for Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Davido shared a photo on his page, beaming with a bright smile and proudly wearing a green and white bandana, symbolizing his Nigerian heritage.<\/p>\n<p>Davido explained that he made the post because he&#8217;s heading to another interview, and he&#8217;s proudly repping Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Davido subtly shaded his critics, referencing his previous statement that was misinterpreted, and reaffirmed his love for Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>He tweeted;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>I Dey go do interview nw \u2026 fully representing \ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddec. Say make I kuku put am for head.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Davido recently sparked controversy with an interview where he spoke candidly about Nigeria&#8217;s economic struggles.<\/p>\n<p>Davido advised Black Americans against moving to Africa, stating that the continent&#8217;s economic situation is dire.<\/p>\n<p>Davido clarified that his intention wasn&#8217;t to badmouth Africa, but rather to showcase its positive aspects while avoiding its challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Davido&#8217;s statement about Nigeria&#8217;s economy sparked a heated debate, with some people like Reno Omokri and Patrick Doyle criticizing him for allegedly tarnishing Nigeria&#8217;s image. However, others saw his message as genuine, acknowledging the country&#8217;s current economic struggles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Davido has bowed to the backlash from Nigerians, by proudly representing the country in a recent interview and on social media. Davido has taken Nigerians&#8217; criticism to heart and is now proudly repping the country in his interviews. Davido took to X (formerly Twitter) to mock his critics, reaffirming his love and pride for Nigeria. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[62,26],"class_list":{"0":"post-16620","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-davido"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16620"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16622,"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16620\/revisions\/16622"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}