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Update:: Alicia Keys is a legend in the music world with 15 Grammy Awards, a history of impressive collaborations (Eminem, Drake, and Jack White are just a few artists she's worked with), and, now, a chance to host the 2019 Grammy Awards. Her career is fascinating, so it may not surprise you to learn Alicia Keys' relationship with husband Swizz Beatz is just as spellbinding. Theirs is a story of lust, drama, healing and, ultimately, a seemingly unbreakable love. But to understand where they are today, let's take a look at their history. The not-so-cute meet-cute Keys and Swizz Beatz (née Kasseem Dean) met when they were teenagers in the '90s, just as she was kick-starting her illustrious career. While the two are madly in love now, Keys told Marie Claire U.K. that at the time, she couldn't have been less interested. "Honestly, I didn't really like him that much," she told the magazine in 2013. "I thought he was too ostentatious. Swizz wi...

Update:: Popular Nigerian Comedian, Seyi Law has made a shocking announcement that he has separated from his wife of eight years, Stacy Ebere due to irreconcilable differences. Seyi Law, born as Oluwaseyitan Lawrence Aletile, announced the end of the marriage which has produced a child, on his Instagram page early Sunday. On Saturday, Seyi Law hinted about a major announcement that he wanted to make in a post, under the photograph of the daughter of the marriage. “I find so much joy with Tiwaloluwa Oluwademiladeola Chiderra Aviella. You are the reason my pain don’t matter. Too many wishes in my life right. Major announcement later tonight. It is what it is. I am coming”, he wrote. Hours later, he dropped the bombshell. Seyi Law praised his ex-wife for her beautiful and good heart, but said it was sad that they had to part ways. “Due to irreconcilable differences would have been enough to announce this, but the kind and beautiful heart of my ex-wife must be stated. She i...

Update:: President Muhammadu Buhari again on Friday rained curses on the Peoples’ Democratic Party and its leaders, saying God must punish them. The President claimed that they looted the country for 16 years and that he was on a mission to recover what he said they stole. He spoke at the State House, Abuja, when he received members of the 1,000 Support Group. Buhari said, “Large scale abuse of trust, only God can give them punishment but those we can touch, we will get them prosecuted. “We have said properties confiscated should be sold and the money put into the treasury and we will use.”

Update:: Nigerian-American filmmaker, Chinonye Chukwu, has won herself the Sundance Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize for her movie, ‘Clemency.’ Chukwu has emerged the first Black woman to win Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize US Dramatic entry. The filmmaker has also been tipped to direct the adaptation of former Black Panther leader Elaine Brown’s memoir, ‘A Taste of Power’. Deadline reports that Chukwu will work with Alyssa Hill who will adapt the screenplay from the memoir, ‘A Taste of Power: a Black Woman’s Story.’ Chukwu, is a Nigerian-born, Alaskan-raised screenwriter, producer and director, whose works had received several recognition, grants and awards. She joins Desiree Akhavan, Ryan Coogler, Damien Chazelle, Rebecca Miller, and many more many more big names as winning the Grand Jury Prize for their U.S. Dramatic entries.

Update:: There's a viral voice note insisting that people now steal Natural hair of people in the salon and sell it for as high as 450, 000 Naira. Due to recent events, it appears that people who perpetrate diabolical rituals have shifted from stealing female panties to female natural hair Reports say these men are so desperate and there have been a case where even brothers and boyfriends are not left out, they steal and sell panties belonging to their sisters and girlfriends to ritualise for money. Does women's used panties fetch one lots of money? Are these real or stupid superstitious beliefs?! Reports say one of these men buy a bag of female natural hair for as much as 450k and that some salon owners are already in the business of selling to them their unsuspecting customers' hairs.

Update:: A  siamese man has died by electrocution after he used his earpiece while his phone was plugged into the socket. His corpse was found on his bed several hours after he died. Corps have issued a warning about the dangers of cheap chargers after Kritsada Supol was found dead with his Samsung plugged into a power point Supol , 24, appeared to have been listening to music or talking to someone, with the mic section of the earphones resting over his lips. The property owner visited the room in Chonburi, Thailand, on Sunday and found the 24-year-old’s body on the mattress with signs of burning around his ears. Police from the Phan Thong Provincial Police Station in Chonburi, Thailand, arrived and carried the dead body from the property. Police Captain Jaleuk Polthong said police believe that Kritsada was electrocuted while using the earphones and charging his smartphone at the same time. The captain said: ‘”We believe a short circuit caused his death ...

Update:: The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, said claims made on Monday by the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, that the country's power generation has improved by 100%, is fraudulent. While Fashola claimed that that there has been a 100% rise from 4000 megawatts in 2015 to 8000 megawatts in 2018, TCN, in its latest report, said the highest peak figure of power ever generated is 5,222 megawatts. Both the minister and the Transmission Company gave their statistics on Monday in Abuja, with Fashola insisting, during the visit of the Federation of Construction Industry to his office, that Nigerians now spent less on fuelling of generators and plants because of frequent and improved electricity supply nationwide. The minister also explained that the government was committed to renewing and expanding the Nigerian economy through the provision of critical infrastructure. TCN, in its own figures, showed that peak generation attained on February 3...

Update::  of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha, has raised the alarm over plans by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomhole and Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi to alienate him from politics and halt his 2023 presidential ambition. The Imo governor disclosed that the recent political upheaval in his state was sponsored by people outside the state, using politicians from the state to pull him down ahead of 2023. He said: “There is more to the noise you are hearing about the governorship election in Imo, it is not about Uche Nwosu, it is about a plot to stop Okorocha by all means, otherwise why will Adams Oshiomhole and Rotimi Amaechi be interested in who governs Imo. “The calculation is that if Uche Nwosu becomes governor and I go to Senate, I will be a strong force by 2023. The most annoying fact is that they are using our people to pursue that agenda” Okorocha said this while addressing a press conference at the Government Ho...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Tuesday did a referendum to decide whether to suspend its three-month strike or not. The national leaders of the union on Monday directed its zonal coordinators to meet and conduct a referendum. Over 200 members of the University of Ibadan chapter, who attended the congress allegedly voted for the continuation of the strike while a little above 50 voted for the suspension of the strike.

Update:: The federal government is set to finally ban the importation of tomato paste before the end of 2019, the minister of agriculture and natural resources, Audu Ogbeh, has said. Mr. Ogbeh disclosed this during a tour of the Dangote Tomato Processing Plant in Kadawa, Kano State. According to the report, Mr Ogbeh said the ban will encourage massive tomato production. “The federal government has set aside N250 billion through the Central Bank of Nigeria and Bank Agriculture to disburse as soft loans to tomato farmers as part of the Anchor Borrower scheme. “Federal government will continue to encourage Dangote agro-farms and the farmers to grow massive tomatoes in Nigeria and with this kind of outfit, farmers will earn more with better seedlings from the Dangote greenhouse and get better results,” the minister said, according to the report, explaining that $22 billion is spent on tomato paste importation annually. “The farmers will supply to the processor...

Update:: Dwayne The Rock Johnson has always been a character and as of late, the wrestler turned actor has been toying with the idea of getting into the political realm and potentially running for President. While the actor doesn't feel as though he has the experience necessary to get involved in that kind of capacity just yet, he does feel like it is a possibility in the future. During an interview at the Sundance Film Festival, Johnson explained his political aspirations just a little bit more.  “I saw Kamala Harris’ speech the other day and thought it was good,”  Johnson said an interview . “Just for me, I lack the experience, I lack a lot of things. Certainly not right now.” Johnson then spoke on some Presidential possibilities for the future and what it would take to get there. “I’m not ruling it out,”  he said,  “I’m not ruling out the idea if I could make a bigger impact somehow, or potentially surround myself with good people.” The Rock also exp...

Update:: The Lagos State Police Command has cracked a homosexual ring that has been recruiting young boys for the unholy act of sodomy in Lekki, even as two prominent pastors and business executives have been declared wanted by the police for allegedly having carnal knowledge of a minor and belonging to the group. The leader of the gang and one of his accomplices, a 16-year-old, are presently undergoing interrogation at the Lagos State Police Command headquarters, Ikeja. Medical report has shown that the minor was allegedly infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) by Prince, who also tested positive to it. It was alleged that Prince, 32, had been using the 16-year-old for business as a male prostitute, as he was sleeping with him and hiring him to other customers. A police source said Prince would be used to round up other people involved in the homosexual ring. Parading the suspects, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Imohini Edgal, said on January 22, in ...

Update:: Two teenagers have received the flogging of their lives in Indonesia’s Aceh province. The teenagers were whipped 17 times each after spending months in jail because they were caught hugging. A female university student and her boyfriend, both 18, were handed the sentence under strict Sharia law in the province, which forbids intimate displays in public.   The pair were marched on to a stage in front of a mosque in the provincial capital of Banda Aceh before being struck across the back with a bamboo cane.   Afterward, Banda Aceh deputy mayor Zainal Arifin said: ‘People outside of Aceh who think Islamic Sharia is cruel can now see that it is actually very tolerant and humane.’   Hundreds of spectators gathered to watch the punishment being carried out.   See more photos below:

Update:: A Federal High Court, sitting in Jalingo Taraba State, has discharged and acquitted Sani Abubakar Danladi, former acting Governor and governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba State, of alleged fraud. Also acquitted are Joel Ikenya, a former Minister of Labour and Productivity, and Mark Bako Useni, former Speaker of Taraba State House of Assembly. The court also gave the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) a 72-hour ultimatum to refund the sum of N228million to the defendants. The EFCC had filed the case against the trio on alleged fraud involving N450million. Justice Stephen Pam ruled that the case by the EFCC lacked merit and ordered the anti-graft agency to refund N228million, which was earlier remitted to the commission by the defendants. The judge maintained that the EFCC could not substantiate its evidence against the defendants, and urged the commission to desist from infringing on the rights of innocent citizens...

Update:: The National Christian Elders Forum have described the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen and appointment of Justice Tanko Muhammad as acting CJN, as an Islamic agenda and have called on all Nigerians to resist the Islamists in the country. In a statement  titled, “CJN Onnoghen: What is really at stake and the way out.” and released yesterday, the elders which include Lt.Gen. Theophilus  Danjuma,  Solomon Asemota (SAN),  Prof. Joseph Otubu, Gen. Joshua Dogonyaro (retd.), Dr  Kate Okpareke, Dr Ayo Abifarin, Gen. Zamani Lekwot (retd.), Elder Moses Ihonde, Elder Nat Okoro and Elder Matthew Owojaiye, alleged that Nigerians unwittingly elected an Islamist organization in 2015 and must do everything to ensure they do not return to power in 2019. Read part of their statement below “In 2015, Nigerians unwittingly elected an Islamist government into office, supposedly on a platform of democracy. It...

Nigerian vocal powerhouses Waje and Omawumi have teamed up to create their own company Hermanes Media.  The business partners shared that Hermanes Media was founded in order to create solutions and provide innovative and creative ideas for the industry.  According to Waje, ”We both have a considerable amount of experience working in and navigating the media industry. We believe we can put this knowledge to good use”. Both Waje and Omawumi expressed their recognition of a gap in the industry that needs to be filled. ”We need to start telling our own stories, and we need to be more expressive and innovative about it. Hermanes Media is our way of taking a step towards making this a reality”, Omawumi shared. With a team of experts on board, Hermanes Media will provide services such as Film/TV production, TV adverts, content curation, brand event activation, and creative digital marketing. Adding to the excitement surrounding the ...

Update:: In what has become a mainstay in Nigeria today, notorious operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) shot an unarmed guy in Benin, Edo State this morning, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019, at the point where he was being arrested. As was seen in a video which is currently trending online, the guy which was shot died instantly. The video shows that he was not the only one being arrested as four other persons were seen lying on the floor. An Instagram user identified as Carrickdublin, who filmed the gory episode said: "This happened in Benin city some Armed police men caught some innocents boy's and they were not with any weapon,Then one was trying to Escape and he was shoot dead at the spot.....The Questions is What's is happening in Nigeria?"

Update:: The founder, Faith Revival Apostolic Church, FRAC, Apostle Paul Adenuga, has described the stealing of female pants to make quick money as very shameful. Adenuga condemned the act at the Christian Press of Nigeria (CPAN) breakfast meeting held in Lagos on Sunday. “You can imagine, some men go to steal women pants because they want to make sudden money and some of these men are caught and displayed on social media, what a shame,” he said. According to Adenuga, one of the factors that has intensified such evil acts is that many churches have deviated from preaching the true message of the gospel. The Apostle posited that many churches preached more about how to make  money and neglected the real gospel message that has moral instructions to help cultivate good virtues in Nigerian youths. He, therefore, urged parents especially mothers, to intensify prayers for their wards not to be involved in the shamefu...

Update:: Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has assured supporters that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration would jail more corrupt Nigerians, if re-elected. Osinbajo made the promise on Sunday during his house-to-house campaign in Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government Area of Lagos State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that traffic was at standstill as thousands of residents, including party faithful, market persons and the Arewa Community, trooped out to receive the vice president during the Sunday visit. Osinbajo, the vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, also visited various markets and houses in the area. Osinbajo said grand corruption, which plagued the 16 years administration of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, contributed to the lack of infrastructure for Nigerians. Osinbajo said APC government would focus on power, jobs and resources to financially empower petty traders and business owners. “The difference between us and th...

Update:: Ogunyemi(middle) The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has told vice chancellors and council chairmen of universities to stop "behaving like vultures who roam the sky in search of carcasses to feast on." A statement issued on Sunday by Ade Adejumo, the Ibadan zonal coordinator of the union, called on top university officials to join the union in its struggle for improved tertiary education. The union also denied reports that it had received the sum of N163billion from the government for the three-month-old strike to be called off. On Saturday, Biodun Ogunyemi, the ASUU National President, had also denied the reports that it received such amount of money, noting that the N163billion was from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND). The statement read: “Once again, the attention of our union has been drawn to another piece of misinformation which gives the impression that ASUU collects money from the government. “For the umpteenth time, le...

Update:: A 37-year-old woman has been left blind in one eye after she was stabbed in the face with a shard of glass  during a fight with her sister. According to a close source, the lady whose identity wasn’t revealed was rushed to Delta State University Teaching Hospital where she was given local anaesthetic before surgeons pulled out the shard which had left her unable to see, then stitched up the cuts on her eyelids. Before she was operated Doctors said she was in an ‘anxious state’ because of the gaping wound in her cheek. Dr. Mabel Okiemute Etetafia of Delta State University reported the woman’s predicament in the journal BMJ Case Reports. According to her, the woman’s right eye was producing excessive amounts of fluid and intensely red, the report said, but her eyeball was mostly intact. However, she suffered ‘irreversible’ damage to her cornea – the front of her eye – leaving it blinded and useless. The section of hair believed to have bee...