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Psquare puts up their 'Squareville' mansion up for sale at N320m

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Psquare puts up their 'Squareville' mansion up for sale at N320m

Arsenal boss shared his thoughts on David Luiz’s late red card.

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Alex Lacazette is yet to score away from the Emirates for us - but he came close to changing that when bringing a fine save from Thibaut Courtois in the opening stages at Chelsea on Sunday. Addressing the media after the game, Arsene Wenger praised the striker’s first-half display and also shared his thoughts on David Luiz’s late red card. I felt Lacazette had a very good first half. He worked very hard for the team, he’s very disciplined and it takes him some time to maintain that intensity for 90 minutes. Don’t forget as well I had Walcott, Giroud and Alexis on the bench, so after 65 minutes in a game of that intensity, it's  normal that you bring some fresh legs in. I never ask any striker to understand that he has to make room for somebody else. You can never do that. It was excessive force, yes, and I think Kolasinac was not completely on his feet and eased a bit off. I think even Luiz, with a bit of distance, will accept that he went in too strongl...

Pastor Joel Osteen addresses the Hurricane Harvey backlash in his first Sunday service since the disaster

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Pastor Joel Osteen came under fire for closing the doors of his church to Hurricane Harvey evacuees and the preacher addresed that on Sunday during his first service since the hurricane hit and flooded Houston. Preaching on Sunday at Lakewood Church, which was packed with thousands of worshipers, Osteen explained why there was a delay in opening his doors to evacuees. The pastor blamed internal flooding for the delay, and said a security company might have been responsible for turning people away. He also claims his megachurch was always open to the public, despite videos and eyewitnesses saying otherwise. Osteen went on to say that Hurrucane Harvey was part of a divine plan. He made statements like; "God knew that Houston could handle the hurricane," and "Quit being upset by something you can handle." He added, "God is in control of the universe and what he has spoken over your life will come to pass."

Corrupt Cop

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Video recording of a Baltimore police officer, captured by the officer's body cam without his knowledge, planting evidence at the scene of a drug arrest, allegedly so he can arrest a suspect. In the video, the officer can be seen planting the drugs in a cup then walking out to of the area go put on his body camera before returning to the same spot to search for the drugs. "I'm going to check here. Hold on," he said for the benefit of the body cam as though he were just going to that spot for the first time. The officer pretended to search around for some time before he brought out the container where he had earlier hidden the drugs and acted like he just found it. Maryland's Office of the Public Defender released the incriminating video. Police cameras can include a feature that saves 30 seconds of video before activation so that's probably how the video was captured before his body cam was turned on. Kevin Davis, Baltimore Police Commisioner said they ar...

Arsenal beat Chelsea 2-1 to win record 13th FA Cup

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Arsenal won a record 13th FA Cup with a 2-1 victory here over Premier League champion Chelsea, which missed out on the English double. Chilean forward Alexis Sanchez got the Gunners off to a strong start in this battle of London clubs at Wembley Stadium on Saturday when he opened the scoring at the four-minute mark with a right-footed shot past net minder Thibaut Courtois. That lead held up until well into the second half, and Chelsea’s situation became even more dire after Nigerian winger Victor Moses was sent off in the 68th minute for diving. Spanish striker Diego Costa, however, scored the equalizer for the Blues in the 76th minute by sending a misfit shot that bounced past Colombian goalkeeper David Ossian  and into the bottom left corner of the goal. Arsenal went back on top again though just three minutes later when Olivier Giroud, who had come on as a substitute just moments earlier, chipped a ball in front of the goal that found midfielder Aaron Ramsey for a...

"FANS MI" Davido fans fires back at Linda over a post she made about him not fulfilling the promise he made to his namesake, David Adeleke

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Davido fans fires back at Linda over a post she made about him not fulfilling the promise he made to his namesake..ke, David Adeleke .. Recall that Davido once made a promise to a man, who happened to be his namesake, to pay his tuition fee on Twitter. She posted on the fact that he hasn't fulfill the promise he made and how he was being called out on Twitter by many people who expressed their disappointment claiming Davido had slowed an ongoing effort to help with the tuition. But on the comment box of the post fans expressed how disappointed they are of her especially where she wrote "...Because really... It's not by force" Read Some of the comments made by fans after the cut.

12 years after dropping out of Harvard University, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg returned to pick up his degree.

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Zuckerberg, 33, received an honorary degree at the 366th Commencement on Thursday, May 25. "Mom, I always told you I'd come back and get my degree" he captioned a photo with his parents. The billionaire was part of Harvard's class of 2006 before he dropped out to work full-time on his social  networking site, Facebook. He founded what was then called "The Facebook" in his college dormitory in 2004. The service was at first limited only to Harvard students before expanding to other Ivy League universities. He also met his wife Priscilla while attending the school. On Wednesday, he returned to the room where he built Facebook along with his co-founders, Dustin Moskovitz, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum and Chris Hughes. He is scheduled to deliver the commencement address shortly, following the footstep of Bill Gates, another famous Harvard dropout, who has delivered the university's commencement address. Zuckerberg said his speech would "share...

Be inspired by Dwayne Johnson aka The Rock!

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The Rock shared the before & after photos above via Instagram today and wrote; "When I took this iconic absurdity of a picture in 1996 I was one year removed from sleeping on a used mattress I took from a garbage dumpster in the back of an hourly sex motel. Couldn't afford to buy a bed so we do what we gotta do to get by. You can imagine all the fun colorful bodily fluids I tried my best to clean off. "21 years later I'm taking the same photo backstage hosting #SaturdayNightLive for the fifth time. If you're going thru your own tough times "used mattress" stage, do your best to have faith things'll get better and always be willing to outwork your competition because you never know where life is gonna take you. And ALWAYS remember to place a soft tissue under your left elbow as to protect the fabric of the cheap ass swag turtleneck that had you out here looking like a bad ass buff lesbian. Oh and tuck the thumb in the fanny pack. Alwa...

Officials of the Nasarawa State Urban Development Board (NUDB) on Saturday, May 20th, demolished Breeze FM, a private radio station in Lafia over alleged violation of approved land laws.

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It was gathered that police shot sporadically at the premises of the station to disperse crowd who attempted to resist the demolition. It is reported that hundreds of sympathizers arrived the radio station as earlier as 6am , but no one was injured in the incident. Speaking with newsmen shortly after the demolition, the Chief Executive Officer of station, Nawani Aboki, said that the reason for the demolition was political and that it was aimed at gagging the Press. "Due process was not followed. You can see that the wall is down now. It was marked yesterday and was demolished this morning. Like we said, he had a different reason for it. Whatever reason he gives officially is not the real one. This demolition was carried out because I don’t belong to the same political party as the governor. He is afraid that the station might not support his political ambition. Part of the reasons is that the station aired a report on the ongoing Labour strike in the state.” "We have t...

TransferWise launches ‘Borderless’ banking account for businesses, sole traders and freelancers

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Having already taken a significant chunk of the international money transfer market away from the major banks, London-headquartered TransferWise has its sights set on the bank account itself. Moving beyond simply sending money from one country to another, the company is launching its “Borderless” account, a new online banking account aimed at businesses, sole traders and freelancers who need to conduct business across borders and in multiple currencies, and who want to take advantage of TransferWise’s low exchange rate when doing so. The new service is rolling out first in the U.K. and Europe, with a “global rollout” planned for later in 2017. There are also plans to launch a version for consumers later this year, and, unsurprisingly, a TransferWise debit card. The latter is a notable omission for any product that wants to provide the functionality of a business or consumer bank account, and even potentially replace it >>Read More

Nollywood actor Segun Arinze’s 20-year-old daughterRenny lashed out at him after he wished her a happybirthday online earlier today.

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Renny, is his daughter with actress Anne Njemanze, his first wife, was not happy that he posted his message on Instagram instead of calling her on the phone. That made him to remove the post. Which reads: "Wow! Time sure does fly! My Daughter Renner is 20!!" the actor wrote. "I wish you great wisdom, good health, long life, deep knowledge and whatever you lay your hands on will prosper. You will be a role model to your peers. Ann God bless you for doing a great job! Happy Birthday Renny.” Renny immediately responded to him in the comment section. "What’s the meaning of this Sir? You didn’t tag me, you don’t know my IG handle either. You’ve tagged other people and bloggers and you didn’t even have the courtesy to call me to wish me a happy birthday and you’re doing this online? What a pity. I would overly appreciate it if you stopped this. God bless." She also criticized him for spelling her mother’s name as ‘Ann’ instead of ‘Anne’ "One more t...

Forbes list of Top 10 richest musicians in Africa 2017

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Read what was said of the top 10 musicians from Africa by Forbes Africa.  1. AKON With over 35 million albums sold worldwide, numerous awards, five Grammy Award nominations, 45 Billboard Hot 100 songs under his belt and over 51 million likes on his Facebook page, Akon. 2. BLACK COFFEE, SOUTH AFRICA Black Coffee, real name Nkosinathi Maphumulo, has not only raised the bar for South African house music, but has put it on the world map. The multi-award-winning artist was born in South Africa’s house music province, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), raised in the Eastern Cape province, where struggle stalwart Nelson Mandela hailed from, before moving back to KZN to study music. It was worth it. 3. HUGH MASEKELA, SOUTH AFRICA Born in Witbank, east of Johannesburg, Hugh Masekela is committed to restoring African heritage. This world-renowned flugelhornist, trumpeter, bandleader, composer and singer has released more than 43 albums and performed with Marvin Gaye, Dizzy Gillespie, The Byrds...

Nine journalists from Tanzania suspended over fake Trump news

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A popular Tanzanian television station has suspended one of its top presenters alongside eight others, for disseminating fake news in which US President Donald Trump praised Tanzanian president John Magufuli. In the fake article which was published last week, it reported that Trump hailed Magufuli for his fight against corruption, presenting him as 'an African hero' and an example to other regional leaders accused of 'doing nothing'. In a statement released by the head of the channel, Ayub Rioba Chacha, he said TBC1 regret 'a lack of professionalism which led to the dissemination of false information.' The nine employees involved, including celebrated reporter/presenter Gabriel Zacharia, would have avoided the problem if they had stuck to the editorial rules, he added

Victim of London attack, Kurt Cochran was actually in UK to celebrate 25th wedding anniversary with his wife

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A victim in the Westminster Bridge attack has been named as Kurt Cochran, an American tourist who was on vacation in London with his wife to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. According to a statement released by the LDS Church, Cochran and his wife Melissa who suffered serious injuries were on the final day of a European trip. They had been due to fly home to Utah on Thursday. Clint Payne, Cochran's brother-in-law in a statement says: "Our family is heartbroken to learn of the death of our brother and son-in-law, Kurt W. Cochran, who was a victim of Wednesday's terrorist attack in London. Kurt was a good man and a loving husband to our sister and daughter, Melissa. We express our gratitude to the emergency and medical personnel who have cared for them and ask for your prayers on behalf of Melissa and our family. Kurt will be greatly missed, and we ask for privacy as our family mourns and as Melissa recovers from her injuries"  Melissa Cochra...

police officer using excessive force ona suspect

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Footage of a police officer using excessive force on a suspect and swearing at witnesses who accused him of police brutality has emerged and people are criticizing the police officer, saying he went too far. The incident occurred on Friday afternoon at a gas station in Vallejo, California when the officer responded to a 911 call that there was a man acting crazy around there. The officer arrived the scene and chased the unarmed suspect for several minutes, before the suspect gave up and sat on the floor, in the middle of the road. The policeman proceeded to push the unarmed man to the ground then punched him repeatedly as he tried to arrest him, while the suspect kept repeating loudly "I am God, I am God". People around can be heard screaming at the policeman. One man screamed "police brutality", prompting the policeman to wave the gun at them and at the same time shouting, "get the f*** back." The video had been viewed over one million ti...

Press Secretary, Sean Spicer, was harassed by anIndian-American woman, Shree Chauhan as heshopped in an Apple store on Saturday.

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US Press Secretary, Sean Spicer, was harassed by an Indian-American woman, Shree Chauhan as he shopped in an Apple store on Saturday. The 33-year-old woman, who lives in Washington DC and works for a non-profit organization, walked up to Spicer and began asking him how it feels to work with a fascist, referring to Trump. Spicer replied her, saying, "We have a great country" and continued shopping, but Shree was not giving up and she shot back at him: "We have a great country? Have you helped  with the Russia stuff? Are you a criminal as well? Have you committed treason too? Just like the president. Have you committed treason too? What can you tell me about Russia?" Spicer answered with a smile, "It's such a great country that allows you to be here," before he walked out of the store. The woman videotaped and posted the conversation on Twitter with the caption; "Asking @PressSec questions in Apple Store since he doesn't...