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ICE PRINCE: RAPPER LAUNCHES RECORD LABEL ''SUPER COOL CATS''

Chocolate City rapper, Ice Prince is set to launch his personal record label while still signed to Chocolate City. Insider reports reveal that plans are at an advanced stage to announce the label, with a number of artistes signed. Recently one of the artistes, Stuntz, released his debut material,‘Ojukokoro’, a tidy rap single. Ice Prince has always hinted he has a record label in the works. In April 2014, during an interview with MTV UK, the rapper talked about the record label.

United States senators are set to introduce a bill that will legalise medical marijuana under federal law. Although several states in the US have legalised recreational marijuana in the last 2 years, this move will be the first attempt on a federal level. The proposal called the "Compassionate Access, Research Expansion and Respect States (CARERS) Act" is being championed by Senators Kirsten Gillibrand, Rand Paul and Cory Booker and will attempt to reclassify marijuana from Schedule 1 (drugs which are considered dangerous with no medical value)

No fewer than 3,000 skeletons will be dig up by archaeologists from the Bedlam burial ground, London in preparation for its transformation to a new train station. MSN reports that a team of 60 researchers from the Museum of London's archaeology unit, will work in shifts 6 days a week over the next month at the Bedlam burial ground to remove the ancient skeletons, which will eventually be re-buried at a cemetery near London.

A man has murdered his neighbour during a quarrel over generator fumes.

29-year-old bricklayer, Ibrahim Tijani, has been remanded at the Ikoyi Prison by an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrate's Court presided over by Mrs M. O. Tanimola, for allegedly murdering his neighbour, Bashorun Okanla, with a cutlass during a fight on February 8, 2015, at their Okun, Ajah, Lagos residence.

50 Cent (real name: Curtis James Jackson III) has revealed that his two-year-old son named Sire has signed a $700,000 modeling contract with a children's audio company. The 39-year-old rapper and entrepreneur, disclosed the information on the Angie Martinez radio show on New York's hip hop radio station, Power 105.1FM, March 9.

A young boy offered a contract for his family to be killed.

In an unprecedented and funny scenario, a 14-year-old boy has been arrested after he hired two of his classmates and gave them a contract to murder his whole family. The boy who cannot be named as he is a minor, has been arrested by the Florida police and he told them that he had been upset for getting grounded over bad grades. He said he built up anger towards members of his family, and this led him to hire his classmate to kill them. The boy was arrested after his father found the murder-for-hire contract

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Seun Alabi, a 33-year-old suspect in the murder of his 27-year-old wife, Bose, has told operatives of the homicide unit of Lagos State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Yaba, that contrary to the allegation that he killed his wife, that she actually committed suicide after he caught her sleeping with another man.

A 2-year-old baby has been killed in a fire outbreak in Ibafo.

It was a tragedy of a great proportion when a 2-year-old baby was reportedly burnt to death in a fire accident that occurred in Ibafo, Ogun State, yesterday, March 9, 2015.

According to a Channel TV news report, the young victim was consumed in the fire that was ignited after gallons of petrol stored in the compound for sale by a neighbour, burst into flames due to heat.

10 people have been killed in a helicopter crash in the La Rioja province of Argentina, BBC reports. A total of 8 French citizens and 2 Argentinian pilots are reported to have died in the crash. Among the deceased are 3 French sports personalities - Yachtswoman Florence Arthaud, Olympic swimmer Camille Muffat and Olympic boxer Alexis Vastine.

The crash is reported to have occurred while filming celebrity TV survival show 'Dropped', which

Are you obese and having difficulty in getting your partner pregnant? Then you may want to consider losing weight. The Endocrine Society has revealed that obese men who lose weight are more likely get their partners pregnant. That's not all, they also found that a cancer drug he

Boko Haram members captured by Chadian soldiers in Gamboru, Borno State

Troops from Niger and Chad have recaptured two communities in Borno State from Boko Haram insurgents, military sources say. The soldiers were also said to have killed 300 insurgents in the battle to reclaim Malam Fatouri and Damasak on Monday, March 9. 10 Chadian soldiers were reportedly killed in the battle while 30 Nigerien and Chadian soldiers were left injured. Chad and Niger recently launched air and ground strikes against Boko Haram in collaboration with Nigeria as part of efforts to rid the region

Nigerians flee to Chad to escape Boko Haram.

Some Nigerians in the troubled North-East have fled to Chad to escape Boko Haram attacks.The terrorists have operated in border communities with Chad and Cameroon and have forced many to flee their homes.A recent attack on Baga in Borno State saw many innocents being drowned as they attempted to escape via Lake Chad.Thousands of Nigerian refugees are also living in the neighbouring country, which has deployed 2,500 soldiers to help in the fight against the sect

A nine-month-old baby boy tragically starved to death in an apartment two weeks after his mother took her own life with a drugs overdose. Sara Kessler and baby Casey were both found dead in the apartment in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, UK, with the boy's corpse in the Casey Kessler was found dead in the living room of the flat after a concerned relative visited the home. Neighbours tell Mirror that the boy's Sara had struggled to cope after the death of her

A man, suspected to be a Fulani herder, has allegedly shot a 24-year-old Bayelsa youth in the neck after a Cannabis deal went sour. The unnamed youth was allegedly shot in the neck with an AK 47 rifle on Sunday in an attack launched by angry herdsmen on the Nyabiri community in Okordia/Zarama clan of Yenagoa LGA of Bayelsa State. Reports say the youth, who is presently being treated at the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa, was part of group fof youths that agreed a deal to supply Cannabis (locally called igbo) and

A 72-year-old woman has been freed by the courts from the hands of his brutal wife.

A 72-year-old retired civil servant, Olayiwola Ajayi, has the Igando Customary Court, Lagos, to thank for saving him from death in the hands of his wife, Isiwa, whom he says has a penchant for beating him over minor issues. Ajayi had dragged his wife to the court pleading to be separated from his wife because she always threatened his life through beating, among other things. Hear his plea: "My wife is fond of beating me, she beats me on any slight provocation, I am tired of being brutalised. A day cannot pass without her laying her hands on me. I am afraid

A student has died in an accident that occurred near Double Delight Eatery along the Abraka-Urhouvie road, Abraka, Delta state at the weekend. Student Pulse gathered that the student was killed when a Toyota Hilux van rammed into a commercial bus before the overhead bridge in Abraka. The student reportedly died on the spot while the other four passengers and the driver in the bus sustained injuries.

The cost of acquiring pre-paid electricity meters by consumers in the country has risen due to the fall in the value of the naira following the currency’s recent devaluation by the Central Bank of Nigeria. A single-phase meter, according to findings by our correspondent, can now be obtained for N39,375, while the three-phase meter now goes for N60,909. Before now, the single-phase and three-phase meters were selling for N25,000 and N50,000. However, with the latest development, the cost of the single-phase meter has risen by 56 per cent, while that of the three-phase meter has jumped by 20 per cent. This means that household electricity consumers, who are majorly the users of single-phase meters, will pay more for the devices in relative terms compared to the users of the three-phase meters.

The wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, on Monday told the presidential campaign organisation of the All Progressives Congress that “she is a woman of peace that can never be identified with electoral violence.” She said there was no way somebody like her who occupies the exalted office of the President of the African First Ladies Mission would be promoting violence under any guise.

A Peoples Democratic Party leader in Lagos State, Chief Bode George, says a former Governor of Lagos, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, will never be like the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, no matter how hard he tries. Tinubu, who is a national leader of the All Progressives Congress, is said to be largely responsible for the successful merger of the APC due to his influence across the South-West and parts of the South-South.

FAYOSE ASKS BUHARI TO QUIT PRESIDENTIAL RACE

Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, has asked the All Progressives Congress and its presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) to withdraw from the March 28 presidential election. Fayose said Buhari and the APC no longer had the moral right to participate in the presidential election, having allegedly lied to Nigerians on several occasions. According to a press statement issued in Ado-Ekiti by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, the governor argued that the APC had lied severally to Nigerians.

He said, “In saner climes, you can’t lie and be discovered to have lied repeatedly as done by the APC and still want to stand for elections.

OMAWUMI TALKS ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP & MUSIC ON CITY DIVAS WITH PEARL PT 1&2

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In a recent interview with Punch, Moji Olaiya who is a talented Actress revealed that she wouldn’t mind getting married again. Moji is also one of the many celebrities that have had a failed. In a stale interview with Vanguard, the actress said she got out of her marriage because it was abusive. The Actress of late celebrated her 40th birthday and wishes to get married soon.. she said below “What went through my mind during my birthday was giving thanks to God that my family was there for me and my friends really supported me. My colleagues were also there to celebrate with me, so there was no time to think about a man that was not there by my side. Seeing my daughter and my mother beside me made me so happy.

For a star who always slays in any outfit, we have to give it to Genevieve Nnaji for looking clean, lovely, effortless and flawless last night. The actress looked every inch an embodiment of poise and a perfect blend of elegance after wearing something so worthy of being talked about to the 2015 Africa Magic Viewer’s Choice Award red carpet.

(Davido and Puff Daddy. Photo: Instagram)

Nigerian music star, Davido is still on vacation in Miami. And without doubt, he is having quite a swell time clubbing with American celebrities. Davido partied at LIV Night Club located at Fontainebleau Miami Beach, where he met Diddy and rapper, Wale....

At the 2015 AMVCA held at Eko Hotel and Suites in Lagos on Saturday, March 7, 2015, Mavin records acts, D’ija, Reekado Banks and Korede Bello struck a cute shot with Don Jazzy‘s dad, Collins Enebeli. Don Jazzy’s father also attended the event to have fun and watch his son perform

Is jungle justice what we need in Nigeria?

A few days ago, a woman suspected to be a Boko Haram suicide bomber was lynched in Bauchi State on the suspicion that she wanted to detonate a bomb at a market in the city. It later turned out that the woman was a mentally disturbed lady that was killed on mere suspicion. Jungle justice has been a recurring issue in the country whereby innocent people get killed without proper investigation just because some people pointed accusing fingers at them.

A young couple has been arrested for killing their 3-day-old baby.

To cover up evidence of their pre-marital sex which is an abomination according to Sharia Laws, an young couple in Kano State, Aminu Mustapha and Faiza Haruna, have strangulated a 3-day-old baby girl in Rijiyar Lemo in Fagge local government area of the state. According to Weekly Trust, the couple got married two months ago without anyone knowing that the 17-year-old wife was pregnant until she gave birth to a baby girl last weekend.

The bride and groom are usually the stars at their own wedding, but sometimes, an ill-mannered guest may want to take the shine off. Some guests don't even know what roles they are expected to play at the event - they just eat, drink and go home. Don't let your name be mentioned amongst such people, rather, do the following things to be an ideal wedding guest:

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,

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