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iamoyindamola:
Unless he's living beyond his means I dont believe he's broke broke
He might be running out of gigs though and I don't want yo believe that woman funded his lifestyle

Broke dey always get levels. A man like Frank with 10m in his account is broke. But a Sodik with 5milliin go dey price second wife and 5th side chic

raumdeuter:
That last statement na him be the koko. Your inflow not matching your outflow.

How long does a 6 figure payout last a celeb like Frank. Most mid level Naija corporate guys dey earn 6 figures a month thats steady, for Frank that might be once in 3 months. Those gigs are also cyclical. More during end of year and AGM seasons.
While BlueRayDick with 6 figure income can enter mamaput, drink beer for local place, enter public transport, enter club without sitting at VIP, Frank cannot before dem start to bring phone say dem see Frank for low budget place
Blueray can manage no name suits, natives and even below quality grooming, Frank has to be on point everytime. Even if na bus stop he dey go

Kingsley Obiekwu dey use car do transport the other day, people don bring the news out. If he's not a strong willed man, shame no go even allow am go that route whereas he might not be making in a year what a no name izzou makes in a month

As a male celebrity people go still dey expect you to spend like in your hey days. They will still be counting which clothes you dey repeat, when last you change your car, your circle of friends wey still dey make am go dey put subtle pressure on you. Lets go for this vacation, let's go for this and that. If their own pocket carry am your own fit no carry am

I saw one video of Ginuwine on IG recently where people in comments were just laughing at him. Person wey be tier 1 fine boy for the industry that year. Almost all the female celebrities of his generation are still richer than him. The day I saw Ginuwine poster as a performer in a Nigerian after hour club na him I know say things dey rugged for men especially celeb wey money no dey flow for again.

That celeb life it gives you a lot but also demands so much from you

Things dey very rugged for men oh, especially if you wan hustle legitimately.

Atiku boys sef 🤣🤣🤣🤣

raumdeuter:
Kingsley Obiekwu dey use car do transport the other day, people don bring the news out. If he's not a strong willed man, shame no go even allow am go that route whereas he might not be making in a year what a no name izzou makes in a month

dont be calling papbenji no name oooo

https://www.papabenji.com.ng/#

do you know how many 'chefs' you can transport round lagos in this ride

iamoyindamola:
Unless he's living beyond his means I dont believe he's broke broke
He might be running out of gigs though and I don't want yo believe that woman funded his lifestyle

entertainment biz has a shelf life and it only carries you if you used your earning years to build investments

if not na penury

look at gazza as an example

BlueRayDick:
Most of the people u listed here won’t get the kind of gig Frank gets .

No serious corporate organization will give Kiekie , AY, Rufus, Roby Ekpo, Rufai, Koffi, Reuben Abati, Seyilaw, Gordons or Dotun the kind of gig you would give Frank .

The only person that can rival Frank on ur List is Ebuka .

I’m telling u this because I was present at the event and I know what Frank delivered which none of those jokers on ur list can deliver .

Even at that level you are talking about, there is still a lot of competition from Basket Mouth, ali baba, Bovi Deyemi, Daddy Freeze, IK. If you notice most of these guys have other things dey do for money the comedians have comedy shows, the actors have movies but Frank since Who want to be a millionaire na just MC. When you see celebrities dey follow politicians even yahoo boys and musicians you go know say Man must survive

GloriousGbola:
entertainment biz has a shelf life and it only carries you if you used your earning years to build investments

if not na penury

look at gazza as an example

How you take sabi Gazza? I am assuming you mean Gascoigne? Abi you dey sneak watch ball? Maybe na arsenal fan you be all these years wey shame no gree you identify with them

raumdeuter:
How you take sabi Gazza? I am assuming you mean Gascoigne? Abi you dey sneak watch ball? Maybe na arsenal fan you be all these years wey shame no gree you identify with them

the guy is the poster child for blowing it all na

BlueRayDick:
Most of the people u listed here won’t get the kind of gig Frank gets .

No serious corporate organization will give Kiekie , AY, Rufus, Roby Ekpo, Rufai, Koffi, Reuben Abati, Seyilaw, Gordons or Dotun the kind of gig you would give Frank .

The only person that can rival Frank on ur List is Ebuka .

I’m telling u this because I was present at the event and I know what Frank delivered which none of those jokers on ur list can deliver .

Would be surprised if he isn't getting 8 figures for events he hosts.

Obi of Onitsha celebrated his 85th birthday

Abia State Government threw a party for him. Anambra State government no even wish am Happy Birthday, talk more of party.

Traditional stools don't command any respect like before. If a state governor wants to make that post irrelevant, he will.

Lifestyle inflation is a real thing for these celebs.

Primary and secondary schools dey Island wey dem dey collect like 45K a year (the ones dem dey collect 10-15K too many sef), and I've seen quite a number of celebs that their kids attend these schools.

So while a guy like Frank could be pulling 6 figures in foreign currency yearly, the lifestyle he has his family living would have him struggling, same way a guy earning 500K a month and living above his means would struggle.

Theflint1:
Would be surprised if he isn't getting 8 figures for events he hosts.

8 figures like 10,000,000 and above?

Odiegwu....

Impossicant

BlueRayDick:
If you enter twitter this morning , u will just be siring clips of how APC rigged out APC in the just concluded primaries at various ward levels.

Make everybody just give up and accept that APC will rig themselves in at the general elections in 2027. The way they rigged the primaries was just so shameless . 🤦‍♂️

My Brother

The same primaries that they are bullying someone else for not contesting; Na the primaries we dey see so.

From 21,31,50,100
To giving different times for different candidates
To policemen who came to rig, running for their lives.

Na this same primary dem wan use gaslight person as "Weak"

This Same Primary wey I see yesterday!

izzou:
My Brother

The same primaries that they are bullying someone else for not contesting; Na the primaries we dey see so.

From 21,31,50,100
To giving different times for different candidates
To policemen who came to rig, running for their lives.

Na this same primary dem wan use gaslight person as "Weak"

This Same Primary wey I see yesterday!

So if you no wan contest primary what do you want?

Just to be handpicked

izzou:
8 figures like 10,000,000 and above?

Odiegwu....

Impossicant

I'm not sure when Frank and IK had this conversation, but I'm guessing it should be at least a decade ago. As at then Frank was charging 1.5M to emcee events.

Chude: Yourself, Ebuka, Frank Edoho; who’s the best?

IK Osakioduwa: Frank was one of my major influences. He was the best MC in Nigeria. He told me to stop charging N450k and charge N850k.

🎥: Chudeity via YouTube pic.twitter.com/oOs1afetfF

— Pulse Nigeria (@PulseNigeria247) February 24, 2026

raumdeuter:
So if you no wan contest primary what do you want?

Just to be handpicked

We are not talking about General election. Just to choose who will represent the party, and see the disgust oozing out of social media.

If Primaries will be free and fair, why not?

But see the shame everywhere.

izzou:
8 figures like 10,000,000 and above?

Odiegwu....

Impossicant

Hin sense of money dey confuse me

1. He said Frank earns eight figures for hosting events.

2. He also said there are schools on the Island that charge 10 - 45k per year.

How na? Theflint1, biko come and explain.

Theflint1:
I'm not sure when Frank and IK had this conversation, but I'm guessing it should be at least a decade ago. As at then Frank was charging 1.5M to emcee events.

Chude: Yourself, Ebuka, Frank Edoho; who’s the best?

IK Osakioduwa: Frank was one of my major influences. He was the best MC in Nigeria. He told me to stop charging N450k and charge N850k.

🎥: Chudeity via YouTube pic.twitter.com/oOs1afetfF

— Pulse Nigeria (@PulseNigeria247) February 24, 2026

Maybe it depends on the type of event sha

semid4lyfe:
Hin sense of money dey confuse me

1. He said Frank earns eight figures for hosting events.

2. He also said there are schools on the Island that charge 10 - 45k per year.

How na? Theflint1, biko come and explain.

I think we overestimate the earnings of these people

semid4lyfe:
Hin sense of money dey confuse me

1. He said Frank earns eight figures for hosting events.

2. He also said there are schools on the Island that charge 10 - 45k per year.

How na? Theflint1, biko come and explain.

10K USD na about 14Million a year.

Quite a number of schools dey Island wey dey collect that amount across a year (I'm talking those ones running British, French and American Curriculum).

Charter House Lagos charges around that 45K yearly.

semid4lyfe:
Hin sense of money dey confuse me

1. He said Frank earns eight figures for hosting events.

2. He also said there are schools on the Island that charge 10 - 45k per year.

How na? Theflint1, biko come and explain.

it is mainly corporate end of year parties that these guys will be called for gigs imho

outside of that maybe emcee for some guys wedding or birthday and that will imho be based on the big mans preference

Theflint1:
10K USD na about 14Million a year.

Quite a number of schools dey Island wey dey collect that amount across a year (I'm talking those ones running British, French and American Curriculum).

Charter House Lagos charges around that 45K yearly.

Bruh, why you carrry elite foreign schools and USD schl fees enter the matter nah? Na wetin confuse me be that.

But I get you now. I beg of you, no carry the conversation go above my pay grade.

T for tenks.

izzou:
Maybe it depends on the type of event sha

You don dey add Maggi join simple statement wey e make

How much do you think a guy like Frank, Ebuka or IK charge to emcee, that's on average?

Theflint1:
You don dey add Maggi join simple statement wey e make

How much do you think a guy like Frank, Ebuka or IK charge to emcee, that's on average?

3 to 7 million for a one day event...I might be wrong.

semid4lyfe:
Bruh, why you carrry elite foreign schools and USD schl fees enter the matter nah? Na wetin confuse me be that.

But I get you now. I beg of you, no carry the conversation go above my pay grade.

T for tenks.

But na those kin schools these celebs dey carry their kids go na

BamBam's daughter goes to Abraham Lincoln

Darey Art Alade's child goes to another of these elite private schools. If you dey watch any of their end of year events for IG, you'd see these our celebs as parents there.

izzou:
3 to 7 million for a one day event...I might be wrong.

I agree, his average might be around that range, but I don't think getting 8 figure emcee gigs would be anything completely crazy for one of the top emcees in the country.

Portable last fight with Carter Efe, he said he collected around 40M.

To invite Portable come event, you fit dey hear around 1M or even more sef...these our celebs collect good money, na the lifestyle Dem dey live fit con make them still dey struggle.

Theflint1:
I agree, his average might be around that range, but I don't think getting 8 figure emcee gigs would be anything completely crazy for one of the top emcees in the country.

Portable last fight with Carter Efe, he said he collected around 40M.

To invite Portable come event, you fit dey hear around 1M or even more sef...these our celebs collect good money, na the lifestyle Dem dey live fit con make them still dey struggle.

Lets say 5m per gig average

How many gigs you think say he will be getting in a year

Lifestyle is part of why they are paying you that money. They might not pay Frank 5m if hes living at Agbado station driving a 2003 corolla wearing cut and sew

Theflint1:
But na those kin schools these celebs dey carry their kids go na

BamBam's daughter goes to Abraham Lincoln

Darey Art Alade's child goes to another of these elite private schools. If you dey watch any of their end of year events for IG, you'd see these our celebs as parents there.

Bruh, I do not doubt you. When you posted 10 - 45k, I thought it was in Naira and it seemed incredulous to me that a school on the Island was that cheap.

These celebs put themselves under unnecessary pressure. Whatever happened to those mid to top tier level schools like The Grange, Corona, Vivian Fowler, and the likes?

Just checked Abraham Lincoln school fees, and its 9.5 - 15m per year.

These guys don't pull in million-level income consistently to be splurging like that.

How many blockbuster cinema grade movies Teddy A dey act in a year, and how much dem dey pay am per role sef?

How much Bambam collect for that Love in Every Word youtube movie wey she act?

Omo, the maths is not mathing o.

Theflint1:
Lifestyle inflation is a real thing for these celebs.

Primary and secondary schools dey Island wey dem dey collect like 45K a year (the ones dem dey collect 10-15K too many sef), and I've seen quite a number of celebs that their kids attend these schools.

So while a guy like Frank could be pulling 6 figures in foreign currency yearly, the lifestyle he has his family living would have him struggling, same way a guy earning 500K a month and living above his means would struggle.

Frank ain't pulling no 6 figures in foreign currency yearly

Let's say Frank pulls 5m-10m per show, how many shows per year will allow him to be taking trips abroad. One trip abroad will cancel one or two bookings. Let's even assume he has 12 shows per year, wetin go remain? Add school fees, Island living, keeping up appearances, traveling etc and it is indeed very likely that he is above his means. Na why we done dey hear photography yarns.

He is a celebrity without multiple sources of income unlike those other comedians who earn from mcing, comedy shows and skits

Ibime:
Frank ain't pulling no 6 figures in foreign currency yearly

Let's say Frank pulls 5m-10m per show, how many shows per year will allow him to be taking trips abroad. One trip abroad will cancel one or two bookings. Let's even assume he has 12 shows per year, wetin go remain? Add school fees, Island living, keeping up appearances, traveling etc and it is indeed very likely that he is above his means. Na why we done dey hear photography yarns.

He is a celebrity without multiple sources of income unlike those other comedians who earn from mcing, comedy shows and skits

I dunno sha, but I doubt Frank Edoho's monthly income would be around 5-7M a month. Like you said, his lifestyle doesn't match the income of someone earning just that.

And you can't say for certain that he doesn't have other sources of income. If no be AliBaba wey talk about his real estate investments, ordinary hearing his name you fit dey reason say na only entertainment dey give am money, and he's living broke.

Bombblacks:
This was the most anti climatic Fight night ever. Ngannou knocking out Lins and now this. What a disappointment.

Ronda and Gina collaborated to rob people,Well Netflix. cos who puts two people wey never fight in a combined 27 years together to fight. I'm surprised they even made weight

Ngannou vs Lins was a squash match. He was not even a top middleweight. Dana is responsible for this nonsense for being so greedy and not paying these guys so we can see the real heavyweights fight. No reason Ngannou and Jones shouldn't have fought already

Being a broke celebrity is probably worse than being a broke average guy

The only thing you will have to show is the amount of Opueh wey you go don collect in your prime years

I had a friend who used to roll in Naija football circles. Like 80% of ex footballers and sportsmen by mid 40s and above are worse than their age mates who just got a GTB or UBA job at 25 and continued to grow

Celebrity life to me in some cases na just poison chalice, limelight without money to back it up, introduce you to a life and expectations you cant sustain

Semid4lyfe mentioned Teddy A, I knew him when he dey make music. Some guys don hustle me to buy his mix tapes CD around 2011, many of his friends that year are now Mid management Tech guys, project managers, Nurses in Yankee who have built a quiet steady income family suburban lifestyle though I sure say TeddyA go get more babes around him