{"id":66399,"date":"2025-05-23T13:30:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T13:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=66399"},"modified":"2025-05-23T13:30:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T13:30:08","slug":"tension-boils-as-cubana-ubi-clash-in-abuja-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/05\/23\/tension-boils-as-cubana-ubi-clash-in-abuja-hotel\/","title":{"rendered":"Tension Boils as Cubana, Ubi Clash in Abuja Hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What began as a glamorous evening at the Transcorp Hilton in Abuja on May 22 quickly descended into chaos as popular nightlife promoter Cubana Chief Priest and music executive Ubi Franklin engaged in a heated physical altercation.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports by blogger Stella Dimoko Korkus, the faceoff was triggered by ongoing tension surrounding Afrobeats star Davido.<\/p>\n<p>Sources claim Ubi Franklin is making determined efforts to regain access to Davido\u2019s inner circle, a move fiercely resisted by Cubana Chief Priest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is alleged that Ubi is angling for a seat at Davido and Chioma\u2019s upcoming wedding in the United States this August,\u201d Korkus revealed, \u201cbut Cubana is doing all he can to block it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The scene unfolded in full view of shocked guests before onlookers intervened to break up the scuffle. <!--more--><a href=''\n                        onclick='if (tpsInstance) { tpsInstance.setNext(); return false; }'\n                        rel='next'\n                        style=''\n                        class=''>Start slideshow<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Though neither party has made an official statement, insiders describe the clash as the peak of simmering rivalry fueled by loyalty, influence, and proximity to one of Nigeria\u2019s biggest music stars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal What began as a glamorous evening at the Transcorp Hilton in Abuja on May 22 quickly descended into chaos as popular nightlife promoter Cubana Chief Priest and music executive Ubi Franklin engaged in a heated physical altercation. According to reports by blogger Stella Dimoko Korkus, the faceoff was triggered by ongoing tension [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":66400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66399"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66401,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66399\/revisions\/66401"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}