{"id":238518,"date":"2025-12-23T17:45:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T17:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.name.ng\/news\/sierra-leone-is-my-second-home-davido-tells-president-bio-ahead-of-afcon-beach-concert\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T17:45:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T17:45:22","slug":"sierra-leone-is-my-second-home-davido-tells-president-bio-ahead-of-afcon-beach-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/sierra-leone-is-my-second-home-davido-tells-president-bio-ahead-of-afcon-beach-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Sierra Leone Is My Second Home\u2019 \u2013 Davido Tells President Bio Ahead Of AFCON Beach Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">\n<p>Nigerian Afrobeats superstar, <strong>David Adeleke,<\/strong> popularly known as <strong>Davido<\/strong>, on Tuesday paid a courtesy visit to President <strong>Julius Maada Bio<\/strong> of Sierra Leone in Freetown, ahead of his rescheduled beach concert linked to the ongoing AFCON 2025 festivities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abia Radio News<\/strong> reports that the visit forms part of Davido\u2019s 5ive Alive World Tour, which has seen the award-winning singer make several high-profile appearances across Africa and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during the meeting, Davido described Sierra Leone as his <em>\u201csecond home,\u201d<\/em> expressing deep appreciation for the warmth he has consistently received from fans in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The singer also assured his supporters that beyond the upcoming beach concert, there were plans for an even bigger show in the future.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSierra Leone has always shown me love. This place feels like home, and I promise a full stadium concert here someday,\u201d<\/em> Davido was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1066989\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naijanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Davido-and-President-Bio.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1355\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naijanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Davido-and-President-Bio.jpg 1355w, https:\/\/www.naijanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Davido-and-President-Bio-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/www.naijanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Davido-and-President-Bio-867x1024.jpg 867w, https:\/\/www.naijanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Davido-and-President-Bio-768x907.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naijanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Davido-and-President-Bio-1301x1536.jpg 1301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1355px) 100vw, 1355px\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Davido took a moment to reflect on his previous performance in the country, recalling his 2017 show which, according to him, drew a massive crowd.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe last time I performed here, over 50,000 people came out to support me. That moment has stayed with me,\u201d<\/em> the singer said.<\/p>\n<p>President Bio warmly welcomed the Afrobeats star, noting that Davido\u2019s presence had generated excitement across the country, especially among young people and music lovers eagerly anticipating the AFCON-related concert.<\/p>\n<p>The President praised Davido\u2019s influence on African music and commended him for promoting African culture on the global stage.<\/p>\n<p>Photos and videos from the visit quickly went viral on social media, with fans and observers highlighting Davido\u2019s growing international stature.\u00a0Many pointed out that the meeting adds to a list of high-profile engagements by the singer this year, including recent interactions with President <strong>Bola Tinubu<\/strong> of Nigeria and French President Emmanuel Macron, underscoring his influence beyond music.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerian Afrobeats superstar, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, on Tuesday paid a courtesy visit to President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone in Freetown, ahead of his rescheduled beach concert linked to the ongoing AFCON 2025 festivities. Abia Radio News reports that the visit forms part of Davido\u2019s 5ive Alive World Tour, which has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":238519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[2524,403,2525],"class_list":["post-238518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-afcon","tag-davido","tag-julius-bio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Davido-and-President-Bio-2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}