Nigeria, May 16 -- Nigerian music couple Adekunle Gold and Simi were at the centre of two major developments reported on Friday, May 16, 2026, involving a court case over false online claims about their daughter and fresh comments by Adekunle Gold about living with sickle cell disease.

A social media user identified as Samuel Adeboye Adeyeye, known online as "Swanky," was sentenced to prison for spreading false information about the couple's six-year-old daughter, Deja. The report stated that Adeyeye circulated claims online that the child had died from a rare genetic illness known as Canavan disease. Investigators later found the claim to be false. The matter was reported to security agencies by the family, leading to Adeyeye's arrest ...