Edgal Imohimi, acting police commissioner of Police in Lagos, on Wednesday at a briefing in Lagos, disclosed that Tagbo Umeike, a friend of Afro-pop star Davido, died from suffocation. Imohimi said Davido has been reinvited for questioning. He said the singer did not give an accurate response when asked of the time he became aware […]
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American rapper Nelly has been released from jail without charges pending an investigation of rape allegations, police in Washington said. Nelly, 42, was arrested early Saturday in Auburn, Washington, after a woman accused him of raping her in his tour bus. Police said Nelly — born Cornell Haynes Jr. — had been booked for investigation […]
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American rapper, Nelly, who was arrested in the early hours of Saturday on a charge of second-degree rape following an incident on his tour bus, has issued a statement in which he strongly denied the allegation. A spokesperson for the Auburn Police Department confirmed in a statement to The Blast: “At 3:48 AM a female called 911 […]
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African women are definitely make waves around the globe. Our focus this week is on International British Model, Samar Khoury, who has talked extensively about her career and interests. Read the Interview with Samar Khoury below: Could you tell us a bit about yourself? I’m Samar Khoury, British, a Biochemistry Life Sciences graduate from King’s […]
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The Nigerian Immigration service (NIS) on Friday told a Federal High Court, Abuja, that Sylvester Ngwuta, a suspended justice of the Supreme Court used two similar standard international passports interchangeably. Tanko Kutana, a Senior Staff of the service made the claim while being crossed examined by counsel for the defendant, Kanu Agabi (SAN). Ngwuta was […]
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Speaking at the 3rd inauguration of the state and local government executives of the Abia state chapter of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the President-General, John Nwodo, said the Igbo people should forget about Biafra and insist on restructuring. The president-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo said the realisation of Biafra was a “tall order” which would not be in […]
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The MTV Europe Music Awards (MTV EMA) for 2017 is set to hold at the SSE Arena in Wembly on November 12, with Rita Ora as the host of the ceremony. On the world scene, pop singer Taylor swift leads with six nominations while Ed Sheeran and Kendrick Lamar have four nominations. This edition of […]
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A 1,000-year-old bowl from China’s Song Dynasty sold for US$37.7 million in Hong Kong on Tuesday, breaking the record for Chinese ceramics, auction house Sotheby’s said. The small piece — which dates from 960-1127 — stole the previous record of $36.05 million set in 2014 for a Ming Dynasty wine cup which was snapped up […]
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American singer Sean “Diddy” Comb has emerged Forbes’ highest paid hip-hop artist in 2017. The singer’s earnings from Ciroc vodka, DeLeon tequila and Aquahydrate water, proceeds from his Bad Boy Reunion Tour, and an estimated $70 million sale of his Sean John clothing line put him above his peers to sit atop the Forbes’ highest […]
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The Oyo state government has shut down the Agodi Zoo over the fear of possible attack on attendants by lions. The closure of the company is coming after one of the lions at the zoo attacked one of the attendants, Hamzat Oyekunle, who is also known as Baba Olorunwa. It was reported that Oyekunle, later […]
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