Afrobeats star Davido says money is no longer the motivation behind his work.
In a clip shared online, the singer reflected on the mental strength it takes to keep going, especially with so much already stacked in his favour.
“I’m grateful to myself for being hardworking,” he said. “It’s individual strength and mental ability that goes into this type of work. Especially a lot of odds against me. I’ve got to do it. It’s another day. Get the f**k up.”
Davido made it clear that even if he stopped working today, money wouldn’t be an issue.
“I have billions of dollars waiting for me. If I don’t work a day in my life from today, I have billions,” he said.
So why does he keep working?
“I love my job,” he said. “100 people, 10 people, 19,000 people — I love it.”
Despite his massive success, Davido says it’s the passion for what he does that keeps him going, not the paycheck.
2-year-old boy bites cobra to de@th after the serpent coiled itself around his hand
A two-year-old boy in Bettiah, West Champaran, India, bit a cobra to de@th with his teeth after the serpent coiled itself tightly around his tiny hands.
The incident left the toddler unconscious but alive, thanks to quick medical intervention.
The boy, Govinda Kumar, son of one Sunil Sah, was playing near his home in Bankatwa village under Majhaulia block on Friday afternoon, July 25, when the surreal sequence of events transpired.
Govinda reportedly saw the reptile and threw stone at it. Then, the snake struck back, coiling itself around the child’s hands.
The boy the sank his teeth into the snake’s flesh, biting it so hard that it di£d.
Recalling the jaw-dropping encounter, Govinda’s grandmother, Mateshwari Devi, said, “When we saw the snake in the child’s hand, everyone rushed towards him, but in the meantime, he already bit the snake, k!lling it on the spot.”
The impact of the snakebite caused Govinda to faint immediately. He was rushed to the local primary health centre and later referred to Government Medical College Hospital (GMCH), Bettiah, where doctors described the case as “highly unusual”.
According to the medical team, it appears the cobra di£d from trauma to the head and mouth inflicted by the child’s bite.
Meanwhile, the venom’s effect on Govinda was relatively mild, enough to knock him unconscious, but not enough to be fatal.
“Timely treatment saved Govinda’s life,” doctors at GMCH said.
“The child’s condition is currently stable and treatment is being administered under the supervision of doctors. The medical team is treating the child, providing continuous medication and he is under observation,” said GMCH doctor Saurabh Kumar.