I could not sleep when I received my first N1 million — Timi Dakolo

Timi Dakolo, a prominent musician and singer is sharing his experience to have been awarded 1 million nairas for the First time. During a recent interview with media personality Chude Jideonwo, Timi Dakolo disclosed that his first-ever one million naira was a generous gift from a “kind-hearted individual” who spotted him on television when he was participating in the first edition of Idols West Africa in 2007.

And then he explained how that important gift was having a significant effect on him, forcing him to go into sleep and changing the way in which he spoke. In his words;

“There was somebody that gave me N1m from nowhere. I had never seen N10,000 before. The money I used to have then was always N1,300, N800, N1,200, and N520.

And somebody gave me N1m cash. He came to the hotel and gave me N1m. He said he doesn’t watch TV but he saw me on TV and he felt he should give me N1m.

“I saw N1m, I could not sleep. I was looking at the money. I said, ‘This money will change.’ I was speaking English that day. Me that used to disturb the whole place, I was quiet [sic]. I caught myself speaking good English.”