Just a few days after appearing prominently in the activities marking the burial of the mother of Ayodele Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, Nigerian Afrobeats queen, Tiwa Savage, has called it quits with performance for now on grounds of ill-health.

Indication to this, came on Tuesday, when the sensational world class female artist announced the postponement of a concert scheduled for London, saying she could not cope following her current battle with an undisclosed illness for weeks.

In the post on her Instagram page, the multiple-award singer, who was seen in a jolly mood at the Wizkid event, last week, also stated that she was calling it quits with all other performances, adding that she has been devastated over the matter.

She wrote: “To my dear Savage Soldiers, I’ve been fighting off a virus for the past few weeks and was today firmly instructed to be on strict vocal rest for the next few months. I will unfortunately have to postpone all performances including my first ever headline arena show in London.

“I’m heartbroken and devastated but I have to do this to save what’s left of my voice. I’m so sorry. I love you all and promise to be back performing once I’m fully healed.”

Hilda Baci, confirmed on Tuesday by the Guinness World Record, for the longest cookathon record, on the same day revealed how she spent more than N80 million on the exercise to achieve the feat, which has now drawn a lot of global attention.

In response to a brand’s claim that she broke an N3 million agreement for a meet-and-greet event in Abuja, Bassey, who broke the record on May 11 at 4:00 pm, after a four-day cooking marathon aimed at breaking the previous record, denied having such an arrangement in place.

She said: “I spent over N80m of my hard earned money for my cookathon so people could eat and drink for free.”

At last, the expected reply has come to Hilda Baci, the Nigerian sensation, who set the social media ablaze and gained global attention with her sheer tenacity and resilience, as the Guinness World Records (GWR), on Tuesday, finally confirmed as the new record holder for the longest cooking marathon, more three weeks after she performed the fat.

The global institution for recognising special feats across the world, made the confirmation on their official website on Tuesday, crowning the efforts of the Akwa-Ibom born chef, popularly known as Chef Baci, which she achieved on May 15 before hundreds of cheering Nigerians who watched her for days.

The post reads: “Following a thorough review of all the evidence, Guinness World Records can now confirm that Hilda Effiong Bassey, better known as Hilda Baci, has officially broken the record for the longest cooking marathon (individual), with a time of 93 hours 11 minutes.

“The 26-year-old Nigerian chef began on Thursday 11 May and continued through to Monday 15 May, cooking over 100 pots of food during her four-day kitchen stint.

“Hilda attempted to set a record of 100 hours, however, almost seven hours were deducted from her final total because she mistakenly took extra minutes for one of her rest breaks early on in the attempt.”

The previous record of 87 hours 45 minutes was set by Lata Tondon (India) in 2019.