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Why Headies Awards disqualified Portable

By Guardian Exclusive
28 July 2022   |   12:52 pm
In case you missed it earlier, Nigerian music star, singer Habeeb Okikiola, aka Portable, has been disqualified from the 15th edition of the Headies Awards.

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