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  • Jigan Babaoja raises alarm over threats after phone number leaks online

    Jigan Babaoja raises alarm over threats after phone number leaks online

    Actor Jigan Babaoja has voiced concern over threats to his safety after his personal phone number was leaked online, following a controversy involving a WhatsApp group chat linked to the late singer Mohbad’s death.

    On his Instagram, Jigan revealed that he has been inundated with threatening messages and accused some social media users of harassment and cyberbullying.

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    He called on the Nigeria Police Force to step in and address the situation, warning that he would not be intimidated and is ready to take legal action against those behind the threats.

    “This is how they start! This is pure bullying all bcos you want to prove a point! You let my personal number out to your people to keep calling and sending threats to me! Exactly what was done to the late Mohbad! @nigeriapoliceforce I’m calling your attention to the number of threats that come to me! Instead of letting you kpai me like you kpai Mohbad, I will start by using all the things in my surroundings to kick against oppression and bullying! All these numbers will regret ever coming to this world! Just a few scapegoats and the rest will fondagbe!

    “Amount of threats! Clearly shows they will attack me even on the streets! But for the street, I’m fully prepared and I’m aware! But @benjaminhundeyin @nigeriapoliceforce, and all well-meaning Nigerians! Something needs to be done!”

  • How I overcame body shaming – Jigan Babaoja

    How I overcame body shaming – Jigan Babaoja

    Actor Jigan Babaoja, whose real name is Abimbola Kazeem has opened up on how he overcame body shaming being physically disabled.

    Jigan, in an interview on Oyinmomo TV, said he has developed a strong mindset that allows him to brush off insults and mockery from a tender age.

    Growing up, the comic actor said he faced harsh name-calling from peers, but by age eight, he had learned to overcome body-shaming.

    According to Jigan, he doesn’t see himself as disabled, as he’s able to perform various physical activities like running, jumping, and playing football.

    “What happened is I have taken these things off my mind. I have taken it off my mind since I was eight years old. I do not know if I have an injury on my leg. The only time I know I am living with disability is when I look into the mirror.

    Read Also: Jigan Babaoja cries out of boredom amid TikTok shutdown in US

    “This is because I can literally do everything. I can run. I can jump. I can play football. There is nothing I cannot do. Even when it comes to (sexual intercourse), I do better than a two-legged person. I like to do all those hard things”, he said.

    He encouraged others with disabilities to embrace their uniqueness and recognise their inner strength.

    “My advice to people like me is that they should observe my life. Before you abuse me, I would have abused myself. There is nothing anyone can say to me that would pain me. They should accept that that is how God does his thing,” he said.

    With a career spanning over a decade, his viral “So Mo Age Mi” challenge in 2018 skyrocketed his career. 

  • Jigan Babaoja cries out of boredom amid TikTok shutdown in US

    Jigan Babaoja cries out of boredom amid TikTok shutdown in US

    Actor Jigan Babaoja has reacted to the shutdown of TikTok in the US in a humorous post on Instagram.

    Jigan joked about how he’s lost his “throne” as the “king of TikTok” and is now facing boredom.

    He’s in the US and seems to be taking the ban lightly.

    He wrote: “How a king of TikTok has been dethroned! Now, let the boredom begin.

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    “O ti da! Pitipiti is that you? E double Tap! Drop the boosting gloves on the X3, E gbe like yen de 1m likes.

    “Invincible Ogo! Tamash Ogo! Radical Ogo! Anonymous Ogo! Smallz Ogo! Dare hola Ogo! O get me nsin?”.

    The shutdown of TikTok in the US comes after a Supreme Court upheld a bipartisan law banning the app unless it’s sold to a US-based or allied buyer, citing national security concerns tied to TikTok’s Chinese ownership.