{
  "id": 19621060,
  "title": "Gospel singer apologises to Toluwanisings’ wife over ₦6m donation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/gospel-singer-apologises-to-toluwanisings-wife-over-6m-donation-19621060",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-12T08:10:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
    "slug": "punch",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/gospel-singer-apologises-to-toluwanisings-wife-over-%e2%82%a66m-donation/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Gospel singer Lanre Alewilese has issued an apology to Elizabeth Akanbi, the widow of the late singer Toluwanisings, regarding his involvement in a ₦6 million fundraising campaign for a UK-based relative of the deceased. The controversy arose after an Instagram user shared an audio recording allegedly featuring Toluwanisings complaining about the financial burden of sponsoring Shadrach Taiwo's education in the UK. Alewilese clarified in his apology that he was unaware Shadrach was not Toluwanisings' biological sibling until after the singer's death, as the late singer had always introduced Shadrach as his brother.",
  "summary": "Gospel singer Lanre Alewilese has publicly apologised to the wife of late singer Toluwanisings for organising a ₦6m fundraiser for a relative’s UK school f Read More: https://punchng.com/gospel-singer-apologises-to-toluwanisings-wife-over-%e2%82%a66m-donation/",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}