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Ex-President Shehu Shagari is dead. Shagari passed away at the National Hospital Abuja on Friday. H e died at the age of 93. His demise was announced on twitter by his grandson, Bello Shagari. Bello wrote, ”I regret announcing the death of my grandfather, H.E Alhaji Shehu Shagari, who died right now after brief illness at the National hospital, Abuja.”

The internet is buzzing right now with joy as Nollywood’s actress Funke Akindele Bello and her musician hubby Rasheed Bello aka JJCSkillz finally welcome their twins together. The multi-talented actress revealed this via her Insta-story. She wrote, Thank you Lord, 'oluwa e tobi (God is great)'. In another post, she wrote, 'mo je oruko titun (I have been given a new name). Her post has left her fans and followers thanking God on her behalf even as they storm their social media pages to share the good news.

 A fuel tanker fire on Odo-Iyaalaro Bridge inward Maryland in Lagos, has claimed the lives of scores of person. According to SYDBLAZE , the accident has caused major gridlock around the axis. According to reports, the cause of the fire and number of casualties couldn’t be ascertained. It was also gathered that the situation has paralyzed movements around Tipper garage, Ojota-Interchange and Motorways plaza.

J ose Mourinho has been sacked by Manchester United following their disappointing start to the season.  "Manchester United announces that manager Jose Mourinho has left the club with immediate effect," a statement read. "The club would like to thank Jose for his work during his time at Manchester United and to wish him success in the future. A new caretaker manager will be appointed until the end of the current season, while the club conducts a thorough recruitment process for a new, full-time manager

LAGOS — Access Bank Plc has finally acquired Diamond Bank Plc. According to insiders, the official announcement of the transaction will be made in the course of the week by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, according to TheCable. Another source said confirmed that the deal has been sealed, awaiting final ratification from the regulatory body. The acquisition was midwifed by the CBN in a bid to further consolidate the banking industry, sources informed. Last week, Diamond Bank announced its decision to drop its international operating licence to focus on national operations following capitalisation issues. Uzoma Dozie, the bank’s Chief Executive Officer, confirmed the development in a statement released on Friday. Dozie had said: “With this approval, the bank will cease to operate as an international bank. “The re-licensing as a national bank supports Diamond Bank’s objective of streamlining its operations to focus resources on the significant opportunities in the Niger...

After federal arrest, rapper denied bail despite offering to surrender passport and over $1 million Tekashi 6ix9ine (real name Daniel Hernandez) is facing a mandatory minimum sentence of 32 years in prison, according to the prosecuting U.S. attorney at the rapper’s arraignment on Monday night. The rapper was arrested on Sunday night and faces federal charges including racketeering allegations stemming from Hernandez’s involvement with the Nine Trey Bloods, as well as a previously unreported armed robbery. Hernandez faces a maximum sentence of life in prison. [Hernandez] is a member of a violent sect of the Bloods,” said Assistant US Attorney Michael Longyear at the arraignment. “This defendant participated in multiple acts of violence.” Hernandez’ attorney, Lance Lazzaro, advocated for bail for his client under the condition that Hernandez surrender his passport, pay over $1 million for bail and be placed under house arrest. However, the judge denied bail, opting to keep Hernan...

Abraka, the once peaceful university community has been thrown into confusion over the deadly activities of internet fraudsters popularly known as 'Yahoo Yahoo Boys'. With average age of 15 to 30, the perpetrators are involved in fetish and criminal practices. In the past, the society sang their praises as they shower millions of illegal dollars into the local economy. Some of the modern cars and buildings in town belong to Yahoo boys. Owners of hotels and bars smile to the banks daily. But the people live in fear, the fear of killer-Fulani-herdsmen and Yahoo boys. A young boy was allegedly apprehended at Winners road today collecting used pampers and pads. And a young boy was caught at River's road using a stick to collect pants and braziers from ladies' bathroom windows. To the society, the dollars are fraudulently gotten from foreigners, whom many claimed a  pay back time for the evil of colonisation done on our forefathers during the colonial era. But many fai...

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kidnapped 15 girls overnight in a village near Toumour, southeastern Niger, the local mayor said on Saturday... According to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, Boukar Mani Orthe, the mayor of the town in Niger’s Diffa region near the border with Nigeria, said about 50 unidentified armed men seized the girls in a village about nine kilometres from the town centre. On Thursday suspected Boko Haram fighters killed eight people working at French drilling company, Foraco’s water well site in Toumour. Boko Haram has been waging an insurrection since 2009 aimed at establishing an Islamic state in northeast Nigeria. It has launched repeated attacks into neighbouring Niger, Chad and Cameroon. The violence has killed thousands of civilians and forced millions to flee their homes in the large Lake Chad basin region. Kidnapping of schoolgirls has been a Boko Haram horror mark, since its fighters in 2014 kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno Stat...

Efe Ejeba, the winner of BBNaija Double Wahala has said he has N75,000 left from his N25million prize money. He made this revelation, while he was a guest on a radio show on Hot FM. When the radio host asked him, how much he had left of his prize money. He said, “Yo man, I basically have like 75k in my account. It used to be 100k, but yesterday night, we went to the least expensive bar to chill with the 25k."

The United States Institute of Peace, USIP, has predicted that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Muhammadu Buhari may win the 2019 presidential election. USIP said this in a report it published on the forthcoming general election in Nigeria. The report also claimed that having peaceful election in Nigeria will depend on the performance of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The report said though Nigerians feel their expectations were not met by the current administration, it would not cost Buhari his victory. The USIP report contradicted the two predictions by The Economist magazine, which stated that Buhari would be defeated in the February poll. Part of the report read, “Many Nigerians feel their hopes have not been met. Some respondents suggest the electorate is sufficiently disappointed that voter apathy will be greater in 2019 than it was in 2015, with the unifying narrative of change that helped elect the APC in 2015 ...

The Nigerian music industry is fast-paced. One could become stale in the blink of an eye. In this piece, SYD BLAZE  takes a look at some of the top artistes in the industry without a hit song to their names in recent times. Asa Asa is one of the most easily recognisable names in the Nigerian music industry. However, it’s been a while since we last heard her velvety voice on a hit song. Her last known album, Bed of Stones, was released in 2014. As it is well known, Asa hasn’t been resident in Nigeria for a while now. At the peak of her career, the singer had relocated to France. As a matter of fact, her debut album was recorded there. However, that has never affected her appeal back home, as most of her songs have enjoyed airplay in Nigeria, despite her ‘absence’. It is arguable that Asa has, in a way, transcended the Nigerian music space. Her music has a global appeal and she is quite big in France. However, it will also amount to closing one’s eyes to the obvious not to ...

Daniel Oyebanjo III who turned one last May is said to have died after drowning at Dbanj’s ikoyi residence this afternoon. Details remain very sketchy as at press time. Please say a prayer for Dbanj and his family. May God give them the fortitude to bear the loss, Amen. This is a developing story. Details later. Below are photos from Daniel’s 1st year birthday in May.

Meet the 20 BBNaija 2018 Housemates, Their Profiles & Photos. The BBNaija 2018 Reality TV Show,  “Double Wahala”,  has officially begun, and there’d be 20 housemates battling for the grand prize of N45 million! YBL brought you First photos from the Launch show at Pearl Hall in Ikeja.. and we introduce you to the 20 Housemates. The show is Hosted By Ebuka and will air on Dstv Channel 198. Meet 20 BBNaija 2018 Housemates The First FOUR Housemates auditioned for Big Brother Naija for the very First time, and they got in. 1. Nina. Nina is from Owerri, a student of Imo State University. Nina brings her people skills to the House: she says she loves talking, interacting with people and singing. Nina knows she’ll be the fans’ favourite because she will be “real and fans will love that”. If she were an animal, she said she would be a cat with nine lives for all the challenges she has gone through and overcome. What will you be bringing into the BB Hous...