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Pelumi Salako

Joy, rebuke for Nigeria’s Tiwa Savage over Charles’ coronation

Singer Tiwa Savage poses on the red carpet at the Fashion Awards 2022 in London, the UK, December 5, 2022 [Henry Nicholls/Reuters]

Boro Town, Nigeria — When Abisoye Raji saw an Instagram post that Nigerian singer Tiwa Savage would be performing at the coronation of Prince Charles at Westminster Abbey on May 6, she could not contain her excitement.

“Mad oh!” the 23-year-old operations manager at a Lagos-based startup screamed a Nigerian exclamation of surprise as she read from her phone at a public event. Onlookers nearby looked at her curiously, but she kept grinning.

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