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IYANYA AND DIAMOND PLATNUMZ: STARS SHOOT VIDEO FOR ''NAKUPENDA'' SINGLE

Iyanya and Diamond Platnumz in Lagos prepping for the video shoot of their collaborative single, 'Nakupenda'.

Diamond Platnumz is in Nigeria right now shooting video for the new single ‘Nakupenda’ featuring Iyanya. The Tanzanian pop singer who has risen to the heights of African music, is currently in Lagos, on location. Iyanya posted a photo last night on Instagram, which shows a smiling Diamond, and himself with the caption: "Tanzanian Brother @diamondplatnumz #Nakupenda video shoot 2moa"

The video is expected to push single more and we patiently await the release.

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FLABBA SOUTH AFRICAN RAPPER STABBED TO DEATH

Buzzing South African rapper, Flabba, has been killed. The popular member of the Skwatta Kamp, Nkululeko Habedi better known as Flabba, has died at the age of 38. Flabba, 38, was stabbed to death at his family home in Alexandra later on Sunday, March 8, 2015, according to reports.Rapper, Group member and close friend Siyabonga “Slikour” Metane confirmed the death to eNCA, “I just got a call from his family. I will be on my way to his family’s home." Also confirming his death, the South African Police Service Twitter handle wrote: "Musician Nkululeko Kgababedi, known as Slaber, residing in Alexandra, was stabbed to death and a woman has been arrested."

Sensational Ragga queen Cynthia Morgan has laughed off speculations that she bleached, did a nose, bum and breast job. This was during a tweetchat with Tosin Adekeye, Cute Kimani of Unilag FM on March 6, 2015. Cynthia Morgan who is an only child and a cologne freak said she will rather be in Lagos traffic than open a refrigerator without food. When asked what inspired her latest single “German Juice”, she said “A girl with the biggest behind”..... German Juice means “Something Scrumptious and Juicy”

An unemployed 31-year-old man, Gideon Ani, is now being quizzed by the police at the Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba, Lagos, after he was arrested for conniving with his first wife, Victoria, to sell his only child from his second wife, Punch Newspaper reports. Ani, an indigene of Abia State, was nabbed as he was negotiating the sale of the baby he just had from his second wife, 23-year-old Joy, with the support of the childless Victoria

The Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima has said that the spokesperson for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign organization, Femi Fani-Kayode is physically developed but still a child in his mind. Shettima made the comments on Sunday, March 8, in response to Fani-Kayode’s allegation that he had inside knowledge into the activities of Boko Haram. The governor also urged Nigerians, via his media aide, Isa Gusau, to ignore Fani-Kayode as he wasn’t someone to be taken seriously.

The love of your life proposed to you and you said 'yes', congratulations! But what's next? The obvious thing to do is to start planning your wedding right? Wrong! This is one mistake a lot of ladies make after getting engaged. It is more important for you to build your relationship at this time and enjoy being with your partner before you get into the humdrum of wedding planning.Below are five things you should do when you're engaged:

The National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said that the regular use of painkillers especially, paracetamols could lead to heart attacks, stroke and early death, The Guardian reports. According to a study published in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases journal, patients prescribed high doses of the painkiller for long periods were 63% more likely to die unexpectedly. There is also a 68% higher chance of having a heart attack or stroke and an almost 50% greater chance of having a stomach ulcer or bleed.

Car burns following a bomb blast in Abuja on 1 May 2014

The death toll from three weekend blasts in Borno State has risen to 100, reports say. The three bombs went off within hours of each other on Saturday, March 7, in Maiduguri, the state capital. Authorities initially pegged the casualty figure at 58 but a source at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital told Vanguard that most of the injured victims who were brought into the hospital did not survive. Some victims who were taken to the Umaru Shehu Hospital and the State Specialists Hospital were also said to have succumbed to their injuries.

A 78-year-old man has been arrested for raping a 6-year-old girl.

The Afikpo South Police Division under the Ebonyi State Police Command, is currently quizzing a 78-year-old man, Pa Oji Nnachi, for allegedly raping a six-year-old girl. The incident which happened at Nkelu-Ezi, Ogwuma in Afikpo South local government area of the state, has thrown the sleepy community into confusion with many believing Pa Nnachi must have been under a spiritual attack when he committed the sordid act. The father of the young victim, Nnachi Ndukwe, while lamenting the calamity that has befallen his beloved child, said he was shocked

Photo from fire outbreak at AIT's office in Alagbado, Lagos on Monday, March 9, 2015.

According to emerging reports, there has been a fire outbreak at the Lagos office of the Africa Independent Television (AIT). News of the blaze was confirmed by the network via its official Twitter handle today, March 9. AIT’s office is located on AIT Road, Off Lagos/Abeokuta Express Way, Ilapo Village, Alagbado.

An update from the network, has it that the fire has been put out by men of the fire service and no casualty was recorded.

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LOVE AND RELATIONSHIP: 12 TIPS FOR DATING YOUR IDEAL PARTNER

Falling in love is sweet but it also a delicate time in your life because, who you fall for can either make you better or bitter. It would be to your utmost advantage if the person you give your heart to brings out the best in you. Here, we'll share with you 12 tips for dating your ideal partner:

Kunle Afolayan is probably the happiest filmmaker in Africa right now as his most recent movie ‘October 1’ dominated the 2015 Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA) winning nine prizes! ‘October 1’ which had a total of 13 nominations won the awards for ‘Best movie’, ‘Best Director (Kunle Afolayan) and ‘Best Actress in a Drama’ (Kehinde Bankole). It also won the awards for ‘Best Costume Designer’

Yesterday March 7, 2015, the prestigious Africa Magic Viewers Choice Award 2015 ceremony was held at the Eko Hotel and Suites. During the course of the show, popular Nigerian Basketmouth took to the stage in a sharp two-piece grey suit and did his magic on the crowd. Basketmouth's jokes begun with the white/gold/blue/black dress that was trending on a few weeks back. He joked saying Nigerians mostly saw blue and black because we are depressed that they believe D'banj is still making hit music and Tonto Dikeh now sings.

CHIBOK UNDER WATCH—Nigerian soldiers guarding Chibok, Borno State, yesterday. Photo: NAN.

Niger and Chad, yesterday, launched major ground and air strikes in the North-East against Boko Haram, after the militants formally pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq. The attacks, which followed a sustained build-up of troops in southern Niger, have opened up a new front in regional efforts to wipe out the Islamist group, whose six-year insurgency has spread across borders. CHIBOK UNDER WATCH—Nigerian soldiers guarding Chibok, Borno State, yesterday. Photo: NAN.

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday, said the solution to the problem of power sector could be achieved in six months if the Distribution Companies, DISCOs, were ready to yield some percentages of their concessions to the state government. Fashola made this statement at the commissioning of the 1.2 kilometer Glover Road and 8.5 megawatts, Peninsula Integrated Power Project, PIPP, Lekki, Eti-Osa Local Government Area.

How would a woman explain to her husband of over fifteen years that he is not the father of any of their four children? Worse still, how does she explain to him that each child has a different father? This is a puzzle facing a female worshiper in a pentecostal church in Lagos. Worse still, the pastor of the church is in a dilemma on how to resolve the issue. In the words of the pastor, a woman who has worshiped in his his church for over three years confessed

Sympathisers at the Galadimas; inset, Memuna

Some suspected ritual killers have beheaded 20-year-old Memuna Galadima, the daughter of Mustapha Galadima, the Special Adviser on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs to Governor Umaru Al-Makura. Mustapha, who confirmed her daughter’s murder to source, said Memuna, before her untimely death, was in the Department of Entrepreneur, Faculty of Administration at the Pianku campus of the Nasarawa State University, where she was studying for a National Diploma. Galadima said,

Nonso Okolie, a 34-year-old trader, has been accused of attempting to kill one Chidera Obiagu by stabbing him with a pair of scissors. Okolie was said to have attacked Obiagu inside his shop, stabbing him in the hand, nose, left shoulder and right eye. Source gathered that the duo, who are neighbours in a popular market on the Lagos Island, had not been in talking terms for almost three years. Although they were not friends, our correspondent learnt that

WIFE of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, on Sunday said a vote for her husband, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) and the APC was the only sure way of empowering the Nigerian woman. Mrs. Buhari said this at an event to mark the International Women’s Day. The event was held at the

The National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja has awarded the sum of about N42.8m in favour of a former employee of Zenith Bank Plc, Mr. Abdulazeez Ibrahim. Ibrahim, a former Deputy Manager with Zenith Bank Plc, had sued the bank, challenging the decision of its management terminating his appointment over a purported N7bn fraud said to have been perpetrated by a syndicate within the bank.

The All Progressives Congress, the Peoples Democratic Party and lawyers on Sunday lauded the Independent National Electoral Commission for extending the deadline for the collection of permanent voter cards from March 8 to March 22. The commission, in a terse statement on Sunday by the Chief Press Secretary to its Chairman, Kayode Idowu, said “the latest extension offers the last opportunity for registered persons to collect their PVCs before the March 28 and April 11 general elections.” “INEC hereby

The vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, says his plans and those of the presidential candidate of the party, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rted), can be achieved. He added that only those who were corrupt were scared of being probed if the retired general won the March 28, 2015 presidential election. Osinbajo, according to a statement on Sunday, spoke at an interactive session with some Christian and Muslim leaders at a forum organised by the All Christian

The presidential campaign organisation of the All Progressives Congress has reported the wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, to the International Criminal Court. Two weeks ago, Patience had, while campaigning for her husband in Calabar, Cross River State, told the supporters of the PDP to stone anyone canvassing for change in the state. The campaign organisation said the letter of complaint was signed by its Director-General,

LOVE TIPS: 6 EASY WAYS TO KEEP YOUR RELATIONSHIP FUN AND EXCITING

.Relationships are hard work, but with your dedication it can become fun and very exciting.

How do you keep your relationship worthwhile and rewarding for the two of you involved? These 6 tips will help you figure out to keep your relationship fun and exciting:

The abductors of American missionary, Phyllis Sortor have reduced their ransom demand to N30 million from an initial sum of N60 million. Reverend Sortor was abducted by unidentified gunmen from Hope Academy in Emiworo Village, Kogi State on Monday, February 23. Her captors had called the Superintendent of the Free Methodist Missionary church, Mathius Emenike, on Tuesday, 24, to make their initial demand but are said to have reduced the sum via another phone call on Wednesday, 25.

There are no perfect relationships, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't expereince a measure of peace with your partner. However, a lot of relationships end abruptly even when it could have been prevented, but because the couple are too immersed in their anger, they can't find a permanent solution to their problems. There are some characteristics that either you or your partner may possess, that could ultimately ruin your relationship.

A 19-year-old student in the United States of America, Mohammad Hossain, has been arrested for raping and brutalising his teenage friend while re-enacting soft porn movie '50 Shades of Grey'. According to the Chicago Tribune, Mohammad Hossain, was arrested on the night of Saturday, February 21. Mohammad invited the girl who was not his girlfriend but a girl he had “previously been intimate” with, accompanied him to his room on that night where she was allegedly asked to remove her clothing and keep her underwear on.

A bomb blast has occurred in Biu, Borno State near a bus station in the Tashan Gandu area of the community. A suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowded area on Thursday, February 26, and is believed to have killed at least 18 people. A second attacker was shot dead before he could detonate his own explosives, witnesses told AFP.

APC Presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari speaking at Chatham House in London on February 26, 2015.

The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress(APC), Muhammadu Buhari, today, February 26, gave a lecture at Chatham House in London. Buhari spoke on the topic “Prospects for Democratic Consolidation in Africa: Nigeria’s Transition.”

Read ten important things he said below:

A study has shown that a pill currently being used to treat HIV could serve to prevent the disease if taken before and after unprotected sex.The pill, Truvada, combines two AIDS drugs and people who take it are 86 percent less likely to get HIV. The study, done in France and Canada, was conducted on 400 gay men who were given fake or real Truvada and told to take two pills from two to 24 hours before sex, a third pill 24 hours later, and a fourth pill 48 hours after the first dose. The men also were given condoms

The Stage unplugged will be hosting rave of the moment Skales this weekend. upcoming and underground talents will also be given an opportunity to perform alongside top celebrities.

Date: Sunday, 1 March, 2015

Time: 5:30 PM

Venue: Soul Lounge, The Palms Mall, Lekki, Lagos.

BOYFRIEND OF RAPED, MURDERED STUDENT ARRESTED OVER THREATS HE MADE BEFORE HER DEATH

Moi University student Charity Maina was raped and killed (kenyanlivefeed).jpg

One of the suspects arrested in connection with the rape and murder of a third year student of Moi University, Kenya, Charity Maina, is her former lover. source gathered from Kenyan news media reports that the boyfriend was arrested on Monday alongside another suspects and is being questioned by the Eldoret police. Kenyan Live Feed reports that the suspect had before Charity's death threatened to “teach her a life lesson because they were not in good terms." Charity was also reported to be seeing another man and it is now being suspected that her death may have been a crime of passion committed in revenge.

It was a tense affair at the Hill Top Model Secondary School, Minna, on Tuesday after a military officer and his boys invaded the school over the punishment of his girlfriend. Source gathered that the said girlfriend, identified as Farida Mustapha, a Senior Secondary School female student of the school, had been punished by a teacher following an unstated offence. Reports say her alleged boyfriend, one Umar Alhassan, brought soldiers from the 31 Artillery

The National Association of Nigerian Students has insisted on the reduction of the online registration fee for prospective National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) members from N4000 to N3,000. In a statement issued on Monday and published in a Punch report, NANS President, Tijani Usman, said the association wants a N1000 reduction in the fees. “NANS will ensure that her positions, especially on the reduced fee (from N4, 000 to N3, 000), are pushed through so as

Two Nigerian men have been arrested for stealing in Dubai.

Two Nigerian casual workers in Dubai, has been arrested for breaking into mini buses and stealing computers and spare parts from vehicles, reports Emirates247. According to the reports, the Nigerians (names withheld) whose ages are 26 and 30, used to travel on their motorbike from Sharjah, where they stayed, to Dubai and roam around until they see their preferred vehicle model, Toyota Hiace, after which they would break the glass window, open the bus and steal its parts. Second Lieutenant Nasser Mohammed

A Chinese family locked up their daughter for 6 years.

For refusing to let go of a man her parents hated with a passion, 24-year-old Chinese girl, Zhang Qi was locked up by her family in a dungeon for six years, while telling everyone she was mentally ill. Emirates 247 reports that Qi is 'treated like an animal' because her mum and dad didn't like her boyfriend. Zhang Qi was only 18 years old when she was forced to dump her boyfriend and cut all ties with him.

A new research has revealed that majority of women in the UK don’t bathe or take a shower each day because they are too tired. Only one in three women however admitted that they had gone as long as three days without washing or wiping their face or body at all in the survery. Some 57 per cent of women acknowledged the importance of hygiene, but said that they didn't have the time to shower or bathe before bed, and instead opted to freshen up with wipes.

British music star Sam Smith couldn't help but praise Kim Kardashian's spider-inspired black jumpsuit to the 2015 Brit Awards in London on Wednesday, February 25. The 'Stay With Me' hit-maker, who received his award for 'British Breakthrough Act' from the American reality TV star, admitted:"I think Kim Kardashian's outfit was the best thing I've seen in my life." The 34-year-old channeled a 90s alter ego when she stepped out in a sexy Julien MacDonald mesh bodysuit, which offered a generous look at her cleavage.

It's Thursday; a special day for throwbacks, and guess who is showing off his cute younger self? - award winning Nollywood actor, OC UKeje. OC has certainly grown into a handsome young man with a flair for fashion. The 'Two Brides and a Baby' star took to his Instagram page to prove that he has always been favored in the looks department. He shared an adorable University photo of himself with the caption;

VIN DIESEL: FAST & FURIOUS ACTOR EXPECTING THIRD CHILD WITH GIRLFRIEND PALOMA JIMENEZ

'Fast & Furious' actor Vin Diesel and model girlfriend Paloma Jiménez, 31, are expecting their third child. The 47-year-old star and Jiménez already share a daughter Haina Riley, 6, and son Vincent Sinclair, 4. Diesel's baby news comes almost at the same time when his new franchise, 'Furious 7' was scheduled to premier in Abu Dhabi next month [March 10]. Unfortunately, the film's premier has been moved to Los Angeles instead.(Furious 7 comes out on April 3,

Toke Makinwa shared her look few minutes ago as she was heading out earlier today and she looks good in prints. The OAP showed off her toned body in a thin strap jumpsuit with faux wrap details to the bust area and strategic cutouts complete with culottes bottoms. The TV host chose a white shoulder bag and sleek neck length bob for a striking look. We are loving the print detailed easy breezy look, what do you think?

JIHADI JOHN: ISIS KILLER IDENTIFIED AS LONDONER , MOHAMMED EMWAZI

The ISIS executioner previously known as 'Jihadi John' has been named as Mohammed Emwazi from West London

'Jihadi John', the British man who has featured in the execution videos of terrorist group, ISIS has been identified as Mohammed Emwazi. Emwazi, who has featured in a few ISIS beheading videos, is said to be a young British man from West London who was known to British security services. He was born in Kuwait and comes from an affluent family in London, where he grew up and graduated with a computer programming degree, according to the

DCP Wure Wisdom will spend 3 years with his people.

Former Deputy Comptroller of Prisons in charge of the Ugwashi-Ukwu Prisons, Diete Wure Wisdom, will spend the next three years in prison with the same people people he has been hounding for several years. Wisdom was handed down the sentence by Justice C. O Ogisi of Delta State High Court, Sapele, on Wednesday February 25, 2015, alongside a Senior Inspector of Prison, Ayamede Peter, forstealing 27, 200 litres of automotive gas oil stored in exhibit trucks, left in the custody of the prison. The duo were prosecuted at the court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), on a 4-count charge on the strength of evidence that the they conspired to sell products in three

JADA PINKETT SMITH: ACTRESS LOVES WATCHING HUSBAND'S SEX SCENES ON FILM [VIDEO]

While some spouses won't appreciate watching their husband or wife in film sex scenes, Jada Pinkett Smith is all for it. Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith came on with full public display of affection at the Los Angeles premiere of Will's new movie Focus which held at the Chinese Theater on Tuesday, February 24, 2015. The power couple spoke to US TV show Extra on the red carpet where she revealed that she loves watching Will's sex scenes on film.

Love is sharing, caring and living for and with someone, most people will agree also that falling in love, finding love, is getting more and more difficult – with most people preferring to go for physical relationships of sex without emotions. What this means is that staying in a relationship for long is almost a dream. A few days of sex and seeming love end in bitterness and you’re in the love market again.This is why, even when the relationship seems perfect, there are some things you must never do for that person — at least not until you’re wedded or there’s a binding document in place. Love is about giving in and giving up a few things, but…

Kerry Washington "Ogechi" is her new name and that's because she is married to an Igbo man! The 'Scandal' actress disclosed her new middle name in her interview with InStyle Magazine March 2015 issue. Kerry who got married to former NFL star, Nnamdi Asomugha in July 2013, told InStyle that her new name, Ogechi, was given to her by her mother-in-law. "Nnamdi’s parents are Nigerian immigrants.

A new report has revealed that up to 100 banks and financial institutions worldwide have been attacked in an "unprecedented cyber robbery". According to a report by computer security firm Kaspersky Lab, about $1bn has been stolen in a series of attack that started in 2013 and still ongoing. According to the computer security firm, a cybercriminal gang named Carbanak, with members

Pope Francis on Monday condemned the killing of twenty-one Egyptian Coptic Christians hostages by Islamic State militants in Libya, according to a Vatican Radio report. “The blood of our Christian brothers is a witness that cries out,” he told a delegation from Scotland on Monday. “If they are Catholic, Orthodox, Copts, Lutherans, it is not important: They are Christians. The blood is the same: It is the blood which confesses Christ.” The hostages, said to be laborers from Egypt, are now “martyrs,” Francis said.

Iyanya, artiste of Made Men Music Group shared one of his famous shirtless photos on his Instagram. Unfortunately for him, the expected response which was to be ladies drooling over him didn't quite go as he planned. The picture looked a little weird, making Iyanya look like what one of the comments said 'a midget on steriods'. Notice how small his arms look compared to the rest of his body.

These Fulani armed robbers were nabbed by the Ogun State police.

Three Fulani herdsmen who decided to abandon their trade of tending their cows and instead pursue a life of crime, have been arrested the police in Sabo area of Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State, for armed robbery. The suspects, Haruna Ibrahim, Usman Burani and Haruna Usman, according to the state Police Public Relations Officer, (PPRO), Muyiwa Adejobi, were arrested while robbing commuters and other road users on Igboora and Ayetoro roads of the state.

In what can be seen as a funny excuse for committing a crime, a 29-year-old clearing and forwarding agent whose name was given as Uchenna, it was his wife's fault that he raped a 7-year-old girl who lives in the same compound with his family.The incident which happened at the Afromedia area of Okokomaiko, Lagos State, has seen Uchenna who is being detained by the Okoko Police Station, blaming his wife for his misdemeanor. According to the Sun Newspaper, the Abia State born Uchenna said that his wife bewitched him into committing the atrocious crime.

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