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There is tension in Abiriba, Abia state as some female members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, have removed their cloths in protest. The women are reportedly protesting the disruption of an ongoing women conference of the pro-Biafran group’s by some soldiers. The women resisted and protested by removing their clothes and walking unclad on the street.

In the recently released Forbes List, American Pop singer, Madonna, topped the list of America's richest female musicians in 2017. The 58-year-old artiste, earned a whooping $580 million. Forbes reports that her Rebel Heart tour, which ended in March 2016, grossed $170million. Second on the list is Celine Dion with $400 million, while Barbra Streisand clinches the third position with $390 million. Beyonce sits at the 4th spot with $350 million, as her last year’s Lemonade album and the Formation World Tour reportedly grossed a quarter of a billion dollars. Taylor Swift completes the list of the top 5 with $280 million largely due to the success of her 1989 tour, which smashed North American touring records.

Nigerian born British boxer, Anthony Joshua sure knows how to enjoy a delicious Nigerian meal. He showed off a plate of Eba, Okro soup and stew he ate yesterday.

Shots fired! Amber Rose has gone off on Tyga, saying that his music has been total crap ever since he left her bestie Blac Chyna for Kylie Jenner.

A Japanese princess will give up her royal status when she marries a beach tourism worker she met in a restaurant. Princess Mako, the granddaughter of Japan's emperor, is getting married to ocean lover Kei Komuro who can ski, play the violin and cook, it has been claimed. The man who won the princess' heart, was a fellow student at International Christian University in Tokyo, where Princess Mako, 25, also graduated. Once they say 'I do', she will lose her status - despite being Emperor Akihito's granddaughter - as Japanese tradition dictates and become a commoner. They met at a restaurant in Tokyo's Shibuya about five years ago at a party to talk about studying abroad, and have been seeing more of each other in recent months. Komuro has worked as 'Prince of the Sea' to promote tourism to the beaches of Shonan in Kanagawa prefecture, a report on public broadcaster NHK said. Mako's father and her younger brother are in line to succeed Emperor Ak...

Nigerian alternative soul singer, Adekunle Kosoko popularly known as Adekunle Gold who confirmed that he has indeed left YBNL in an interview with Planet TV, has unveiled his official band ‘ The 79th Element ’ reportedly named after the atomic number of Gold. The band houses Micheal Bakare as its producer and music director, Oladele Afolabi handling the drums, Babatunde Alaba on percussion, Ojekunle Ayodeji on the keyboard, Owa Ayo on Base guitar, Femi Leye lead guitar, Kosoko Adekunbi and Aigbokhan Martins backing vocals. What are they up to? Whatever it is, we are surely ready to listen to good music in its 'GOLDen form".

Barack Obama has made a point of not publicly attacking or criticizing President Trump since his election back in November, but behind closed doors he apparently has no problem sharing his thoughts about the new commander-in-chief. In an interview with People, two of Barack's friends reveal that he once said of President Trump: 'He's nothing but a bulls****er.' That comment came shortly after President trump called Barack following his surprise win in the November election and voiced his 'respect' for the man. This despite the fact that he had spent years stirring up controversy over Barack's birth certificate while frequently attacking his actions in office. The two friends also said that Barack's opinion of President Trump has not gotten any 'better' in the four months since he took office, though a third source said that he is happy about one thing. - - - 'He’s deeply concerned with what he’s seen. But he’s also optimistic and heart...

Speaking on a red carpet interview with HipTV on why they've remained scandal free Nollywood couple, Olu Jacobs & Joke Silva, disclosed that being friends and also having respect for each other, have been what has kept them together till date. "Apart from being lovers, we are very good friends. We've learnt over the years to respect each other, and the respect keeps growing." - - - "Quite frankly, that's it", Olu Jacobs echoed, saying; "Friendship - that's the strongest and respect. You care about each other. We are lucky, and again we worked at it. You have to work"

Jim Parsons, who won hearts of movie lovers with his role as 'Sheldon' in 'Big Bang Theory' series, said 'I Do' over the weekend to his fiance of 14 years, Todd Spiewak. The couple held their wedding ceremony at the Rainbow Room at the Rockefeller Plaza in New York. Parsons came out, quietly, in a 2012 profile in the New York Times, revealing that he was in a 10-year relationship. A few months later in an appearance on The Ellen Degeneres Show he said that he wasn't in a hurry to marry. "I don't know!" he replied in response to Degeneres' question on when he would tie the knot. "You get so used to your life as it is ..." - - - The marriage tops off what has been an excellent year for Parsons. Last year it was revealed that Parsons, who plays the awkward physicist Sheldon in The Big Bang Theory, had once again topped the list of the highest paid actors on TV.

50Cent is always out dishing shades to his baby mamas and it doesn't seem as though he will stop anytime soon.

Confirming split from the record label that he called home for years, Orente crooner Adekunle Gold in a brief chat with PlanetTV disclosed that he's longer with Olamide's label YBNL. He further revealed that he is currently on his own and got no plan of starting his own label anytime soon. Here's what he said; - - - "My contract has expired and that's it. In YBNL you don't renew contract. Olamide signed us for two years, so that by yourself, you can hustle and make things happen. I don't have my record label now, so I'm on my own for now... I don't know about record label and I don't have the vision to have one now."

The producer/rapper who has five children with three different women, made sure he acknowledged them all on mother's day. His two sons are Justin and Christian Combs, and his daughters are Chance and twins: D’Lila Star and Jessie James. One of his three sons, Quincy was adopted.

Amber Rose hit the beach on Sunday with a mystery guy who's fully armed with a ripped bod that put a big smile on Amber's face all day. She called it quits with her 'DWTS' boyfriend, Val Chmerkovskiy in February after almost 5 months of dating, and before that was linked to rapper Machine Gun Kelly. Hard to nail her down as having a type besides hot guys!

Screening of passengers into Nigeria has commenced at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos and other International Airports in Nigeria. This is a preventive measure against the outbreak of the Ebola Virus in DR Congo.

They have a playful relationship with each other. And Chrissy Teigen recruited a complete stranger to get her revenge on husband John Legend for dancing with a female fan on Saturday. The 31-year-old model got matching temporary tattoos with a man called Eddie, which she shared on Snapchat. 'John got to dance with a woman at his concert, so Chrissy gets to take one man and hold hands with him,' Teigen's off-camera friend said on Snapchat, adding: 'John, don't be jealous!' - - - The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model and Eddie then headed into the shop. Chrissy stripped off her bottom half to reveal nude-coloured brazilian panties, and sat down on a stool to get her henna tattoo. The pair then showed off the finished product, which read: 'It's a prank, bruh.' John, 38, had danced with a fan at his Miami concert.

Osama bin Laden’s son reportedly seeks to avenge his father’s death and is poised to become the new leader of Al Qaeda. Personal letters seized in the raid that killed bin Laden show that his son, Hamza, is set on avenging his father’s death, Ali Soufan, a former FBI agent, told CBS News in an interview that will air Sunday. “He tells him that…he remembers ‘every look…every smile you gave me, every word you told me,” Soufan said about bin Laden’s son. - - - Soufan also told CBS News that Hamza wrote that he considers himself “to be forged in steel.” Soufan said that Hamza’s path to become the leader of the terrorist organisation was created years ago when he was used as a propaganda tool in bin Laden’s videos. He was seen sometimes holding a gun.The agent added that he has even started to sound like his father. “His recent message that came out, he delivered the speech as if it’s his father, ...

Actor and comedian Kevin Hart is expecting his first child with wife, Eniko Hart and they are expecting a boy. Kevin took to his IG page to wish Eniko a Happy Mother's day and to announce her pregnancy. Kevin Hart already has 2 children with former wife, Torrei Hart. This will be Eniko's first child. Congratulations to the couple!

After years of denying that he's the father of  Guinean-American model, Binta Diamond son, just like he did for the first, Nigerian superstar Musician Wizkid, has publicly acknowledged his that he has a second son. Yesterday, a fan took to twitter to share a collage of the singer’s baby mamas, Shola Ogududu and Binta Diamond, commending Wizzy for choosing such beautiful women to have children with. And surprisingly, Wizkid responded by tweeting: ‘God bless them for my boys’.

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has said that contrary to insinuations in some quarters, he does not intend to be President when the Republic of Biafra was eventually actualized. Kanu told Vanguard that he always preferred to operate from the background, pointing out that if the pioneer leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, Chief Ralph Uwazurike had remained consistent with the struggle, he would not be doing what he is doing with IPOB. Insisting that the actualization of a Republic of Biafra was a foregone conclusion, the IPOB leader said he also sympathized with the South East governors and some other political office holders’ position on Biafra, attributing it to their fear of losing their positions and political relevance in Nigeria. He, however, said the fear being entertained by such Igbo leaders was neither here nor there because the Biafra Republic would be founded on the principle of ju...