Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Abeg, make we yarn about Pavel Durov, the brain behind Telegram, wey don drop some serious bombshell. Durov, the CEO wey get serious money (we dey talk $13.9 billion!) don declare say him go share this massive fortune among him 100-plus pikin dem. Na serious family meeting we go get when him expire, no be so?
You dey wonder how this para happen? Well, the guy gree say him don father six children from three different women, but the real gist be say him don donate sperm wey result in more than 100 kiddies across 12 countries. E say, “Them all be my children, and dem go all get the same rights!” (So e be like say we fit call am Papa Durov for short, abi?)
But wait o, the twist for this gist be say those pikin no go fit touch the money until dem reach 30 years. Abeg, wetin happen to ‘expect the unexpected’? Durov wan make dem sabi hustle for their own, no dey jump enter bank account like some wahala pikin wey no fit build themselves up. E talk say, “I want them to live like normal people, to build themselves up alone.” E dey try to make dem self-reliant. Normal talk wey fit ginger any parent, sha!
As a full-grown tech tycoon with enemies here and there (dem wan hold am for some criminal wahala for France), Durov don sabi how dangerous hin job dey. Him dey defend freedom for digital space, but e no too dey jolly with law enforcement when dem dey investigate am for all these illegal activities wey some criminals dey use hin app do. Him don deny say him dey support any criminal behavior, but the media don dey drag am for the mud. Durov don call the charges “totally absurd.”
Telegram no be small app; e get over a billion active users monthly. The platform dey popular for privacy, encrypted messaging, and dem fit host up to 200,000 members in one group (no be small gathering o!). Critics dey shout say this na one of the reasons why misinformation dey spread die, but Durov don defend him app say e dey block thousands of harmful content every day. So, e no easy work for am o, even if e no dey sleep for night, no be so?
For the future, we go see how this paternity and inheritance saga unfold. If you wan catch the next drama, make you follow how Durov go dey handle these recent revelations plus all the wahala wetin fit come from dem 100 papa/mama cases. Dem go soon turn am to reality show, trust me!
So una feelings about all this matter? Durov don set one standard wey go make every rich paddy for Naija wonder wetin go happen when dem time reach. Meanwhile, we go just dey sip palm wine and enjoy the show, no be so?
