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Four gunmen stormed into Pakistan’s largest and oldest stock exchange in the southern port city of Karachi on Monday morning killing at least two people, according to local media reports. The four attackers have also been eliminated, the Karachi police said. The attackers drove to the barricaded entrance of the stock exchange in a silver Corolla car a little before 10 am, got off and hurled a grenade at security personnel before opening fire from automatic firearms. Police officer Rizwan Ahmed said the gunmen opened fire at the entrance and entered the stock exchange grounds. The complex was soon surrounded by heavily armed special forces, according to news agency AP. The Pakistan State Bank is located in the premise as well as the headquarters of several national and international financial institutions.

AFTER 24 years of marriage, Dr. Dre and his wife, Nicole Young, have called it quits. Nicole, 50, filed for divorce from the 55-year-old hip-hop artist and Beats headphones founder in Los Angeles on Monday. She cited “irreconcilable differences” in the legal documents obtained by The Blast. Dr. Dre married Nicole in 1996, and they share two children — son Truice, 23, and daughter Truly, 19. Credit: THE SUN

Afrobeat/Afropop superstar Damini Ogulu popularly known as Burna Boy has won the 2020 BET Award for Best International Act. The 2020 BET Awards was held virtually at L.A. Live, Los Angeles, U.S. in the early hours of Monday. American comedian, Amanda Seales, hosted the awards. It was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and was simulcasted via CBS. Burna Boy, who was nominated alongside Rema in the same category, beat the likes of Innoss’B (DR Congo), Sho Madjozi (South Africa), Stormzy (United Kingdom), Dave (United Kingdom), Ninho (France) and S.Pri Noir (France) to claim the highly coveted award. Accepting his award, the African Giant spoke on African development, saying,”Second time and I appreciate it. I will like to use this opportunity to say that sometime around 1835, there was admission to turn the nation of Africa into a dominated nation. Now is the time to return and go back to the royalty that we were because in order for black lives to matter, Africa must...

Nigerian-British designer Mowalola Ogunlesi will be the design director of Kanye West’s new Yeezy and Gap collaborative venture. Ye initially announced the new partnership with Gap with Ogunlesi later taking to Instagram to share the news.

TikTok artist and dancer, #SiyaKakkar has left her fans devastated after committing suicide at the age of just 16. The fast-growing Indian star killed herself today at her residence in Preet Vihar, New Delhi. The news of her death was confirmed by her manager Arjun Sarin, who managed all her work and endorsements Arjun said, “This must be due to something personal…work-wise she was doing well. I had a word with her last night for a new project and she sounded normal. Me and my company Fame Experts manage lots of artists and Siya was a bright talent. I am heading to her home in Preet Vihar.” Photographer Viral Bhayani also wrote in an Instagram post, “Sad news 16-year-old sweet tik-toker @siya_kakkar died by suicide . Before publishing this I spoke to her Talent management agency head Arjun Sarin who just spoke to her last night for a song collaboration and he says she was in a good mood and perfectly alright. Even he has no clue what went wrong that she had to go this way. You go throu...

The immediate past Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi is dead. Ajimobi, who had been on a life support machine at First Cardiology Hospital in Ikoyi, Lagos, after slipping into a coma following Coronavirus complications, died on Thursday. May his soul rest in peace.

The Federal Ministry of Education has presented to the National Assembly a detailed proposal on its plan to reopen schools across the country. The Minister of State for Education, Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, stated this on Tuesday when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Basic and Secondary Education. He was in the upper chamber to brief the federal lawmakers about his ministry’s plans for pupils who had been forced to stay at home following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nwajiuba refused to give details of the proposal, saying some people would misconstrue it as the ministry’s guidelines for schools reopening. He said, “Children are asymptomatic carriers. Nobody can prove whether they can infect each others. Not even the health experts. Everything we know about it is what we read. There is nothing we discovered on our own. “In the document we have provided, we have suggested how we can move our education sector forward in this pandemic period. “We don’t want to make it (pr...

N-Power, Federal Government youth’s empowerment programme, on Monday, disclosed that its registration portal would be opened this week. The scheme disclosed that 400, 000 beneficiaries would be selected upon registration. N-Power made the disclosure via a tweet on its official Twitter handle. “This week, the N-Power portal will re-open for registration. 400,000 beneficiaries will be taken from the application pool,” it said. The scheme also disclosed to intending beneficiaries requirements they must meet before applying. “Here are some tips to get ready “Get your BVN ready. “Ensure you are are not an existing employee in any organization. “Application is online, so ensure when you are applying, you have good internet service.” Recall that the Federal Government had scheduled June 26 for the enrolment for Batch C beneficiaries of the N-Power Programme under the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP).

A budding Nigerian singer, one Juliet Ita who’s known better as Mhiz Amber, was discovered dead in the house she shared with her foreign lover, Jim Roach —said to be Lebanese— in Calabar, Cross River State. The circumstances surrounding her death have prompted her friends to call for a thorough investigation. According to reports, the singer had been in a relationship with Jim Roach for about 10 years before her death on Saturday, June 13, 2020. The lifeless body of Juliet, who is said to be 5 months pregnant, was found hanging in the apartment. It was gathered that Roach later reported the death to the police and claimed she committed suicide following an argument they had on Friday. However, her friends have rejected the claim and are now calling for an investigation as they say the duo had been having issues in their relationship and it usually turned violent. Moreover, according to one of her friends, before Juliet found out that she was pregnant, she had already decided to quit th...

The Adamawa state police have arrested five members of a nine-man rape gang who allegedly raped a 33-year old lady in the state. A female member of a 9-man rape gang was said to have deceived her friend, a 33-year-old lady into the men’s den. The arrest of the five members of the gang who raped the 33-year-old woman including the lady who arranged it has been confirmed by the Adamawa state police command while the other four are at large. Newsmen learnt that 30-year-old Zainab Jafaru arranged for her friend to be gang-raped and reportedly disappeared after taking her to the men.

Tanzanian singer-songwriter, Vanessa Mdee has  revealed that she was quitting music. The beautiful singer stated that the music industry is demonic and she is currently working on being an advocate of honesty, beauty and what facing your demons can do for you. She said; “I don’t know who needs to hear this, but my mission is to be a light. I know that I would probably disappoint a few people and that’s Okay, I know that my fans don’t wanna hear this but guess what am never be too far away from you, trust me. The reason why I had to leave the industry is because I needed to choose my life, the music industry is demonic. People will tell you half-truth about what really goes on, and the truth is I just wanna be an advocate for honesty and beauty and being a sincere advocate for what facing your demons can do for You. “Now my fans are probably asking themselves right now; Are you gonna never sing again? Are we gonna never see you perform? Let me reiterate, I love music, I love to crea...

A 300 level female undergraduate of the Federal University of Oye Ekiti in Ekiti State, identified as Faderera Oloyede, has died in an apartment which is said to belong to her boyfriend, Ayo Maliki, in Osun State. The deceased was found on Tuesday, June 16, 2020, inside the room in the Koko area of Iree in Osun State. The Mathematics Education student was said to have gone to her boyfriend’s place in the company of her friend identified as Kemisola Adewusi, a student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. According to sources, Maliki had prepared rice for his visitors and while eating the food, Oloyede suddenly developed stomach ache and started vomiting. However, she died after efforts to save her life ended in futility. “They tried to save her life but she died after complaining of stomach ache,” one source said. Confirming the incident, the SUG President of Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, Kehinde Raji said that Maliki went into hiding shortly after the incident occurred. He further s...

Dan Foster, a popular broadcaster, and host of The Morning Show on Classic FM, Lagos, is dead. Foster was said to have been ill. He worked with numerous radio stations including Cathy Hughes Radio One, Mix 106.5 both in America, and Virgin Island-based WTBN before moving to Nigeria in 2000 where he joined Cool FM, quickly becoming popular with Nigerian listeners. In September 2009, Foster left Cool FM for Inspiration FM but left in 2014 to join City FM. In May 2016, he left City FM 105.1 for Classic FM 97.3 radio station where he worked before he passed on.

A 19-year-old Black Lives Matter activist whose disappearance this month led to a desperate search after she sent a series of tweets describing a sexual assault has been found dead in Tallahassee, Fla., the police said Monday. The activist, Oluwatoyin Salau, was one of two women whose bodies were discovered in an area southeast of the city on Saturday evening, the police said. Both the deaths were being investigated as homicides, the police said, and a suspect, Aaron Glee Jr., 49, was in custody.

A  trending video on social media captures the moment a Nigerian lady, Vick cried out about the challenges she has been facing ever since she had a breast augmentation. According to the lady, the surgery was carried out controversial Nigerian doctor, Dr Anu Fella of Med Contour. This comes after the plastic surgeon announced that she will be offering a liposuction giveaway. Vick said her she paid N1.6m for a fat transfer to both breasts. However, she began noticing a “reddish sign” on both breasts so she contacted the plastic surgeon and she said she was placed on an injection which continued for 4 weeks. The lady said she went for a scan and it was found that she had abscess in both of her breasts, which was drained off. This kept reoccurring and the lady who complained of spending all she had on the surgical process, said she is currently at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) where doctors will also drain off the abscess in her breasts.

Nigerian singer, Naira Marley, on Saturday, performed at a concert in Abuja despite the interstate travel ban and social distancing rules aimed at curbing the spread of Covid-19. Kim Oprah, an ex-Big Brother Naijahousemate,was the event anchor. The concert was put together by Play Network Africa, Traffic Bar, El’Carnival, and was sponsored by Glenfiddich.

Ibidun Ighodalo, ex-Nigerian beauty queen and wife of Pastor Ituah Ighodalo of The Trinity Church, has died. She reportedly died of cardiac arrest Sunday morning after suffering from an undisclosed ailment. The late Mrs. Ighodalo was Founder/CEO of Elizabeth P, Nigeria’s top events planning company and Ibidunni Ighodalo Foundation, a non-profit organisation created to raise awareness on issues of infertility in couples. Ibidun, 40, is survived by her husband and twins. Ibidun shot into limelight after winning a beauty contest known as FACE OF LUX, organised by Unilever Nigeria. She attended the University of Ilorin before transferring to the University of Lagos. Ifeoma Williams (formerly Miss Ifeoma Njoku) took over from her as Miss Lux. May her soul rest in peace.

Alexander, brother of a former Big Brother Naija housemate, Khafi Kareem was gunned down close to his family home in Shepherd’s Bush, West London. The student screamed out “help me” as he lay dying in the street at 12.40 am. Passers-by tried to give him CPR before paramedics reached the scene – but Alexander was pronounced dead a short time after. A friend said: “His family is distraught. Alex wouldn’t talk down to anyone – he was friends with everybody. “They are all good people. His sister Khafi, is a positivist through her YouTube account.

Takieyah Reaves was 29 when she was shot in the stomach in a random attack outside a nightclub in Newark, New Jersey. Takieyah, 32, was struck in her stomach and right leg during the July 2017 shooting. One of those bullets blew her stomach wide open, with doctors warning she was unlikely to survive intensive surgery aimed at repairing her damaged insides. Doctors were ultimately able to save Takieyah’s life and stitch her stomach back together, although the size of the wound on her stomach made it impossible to close until it heals. That has meant Takieyah has been forced to live with a gaping hole on her torso and with the inside of her intestines fully exposed, with some people mistaking the protruding wound for a pregnancy. Takieyah, a criminal justice student, said: ‘It will get patched up properly, but it has been left open and exposed ever since it happened. It bulges and I am constantly asked if I am pregnant when I go out. People ask me if it’s a boy or a girl and I then have ...

Tekashi #6ix9ine and Nicki Minaj’s video for their new track Trollz has already racked up over 12 million views at the time of writing. Trollz is the second track to be released by Tekashi – real name Daniel Hernandez – following his early release from prison on account of coronavirus concerns. This track follows the record breaking track #Gooba, which landed just over a month after Tekashi’s release. Gooba became YouTube’s most-viewed hip-hop video within a 24-hour time span, beating a record previously held by Eminem for his savage 2018 diss track Killshot.

New 409 cases of Covid-19 were announced Wednesday night by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, with 17 people also dying in the last 24 hours. The death toll increased from 365 to 382 overnight, while 145 patients were discharged. The new national total of confirmed cases is now 13,873, with Lagos still carrying the biggest case burden. Lagos recorded 210 cases, followed by the FCT Abuja with 85 cases and Delta with 22. Edo State has 16 new cases, Nasarawa 14, Borno 14. Kaduna, which lifted its lockdown on Tuesday recorded 14 new cases and Bauchi 10. Here is the state-by-state breakdown: Lagos-201 FCT- 85 Delta- 22 Edo- 16 Nasarawa- 14 Borno- 14 Kaduna- 14 Bauchi-10 Rivers-9 Enugu- 5 Kano- 5 Ogun- 4 Ondo- 4 Bayelsa- 2 Kebbi- 2 Plateau- 2

On the day George Floyd was laid to rest, Texas Southern University announced it would give a full scholarship to the 6-year-old whose father's death in custody has spurred global demands for an end to police brutality. TSU's Board of Regents, with its foundation board, "has approved a fund to provide a full scholarship for Floyd's beloved daughter, Gianna," the university announced in a social media post. "TSU's executive and academic staff will prepare a place for Miss Floyd if she wishes to attend the University." The scholarship is privately funded, the university said, but did not disclose who is paying for it. Gianna made headlines last week when she proclaimed “Daddy changed the world” in a video posted on social media by Stephen Jackson, a former NBA player and friend of Floyd’s.