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Grammy-winning electronic music pioneers Daft Punk have announced that they are breaking up after 28 years. The helmet-wearing French duo shared the news Monday in an 8-minute video called "Epilogue." Kathryn Frazier, the band's longtime publicist, confirmed the break up for The Associated Press. Daft Punk, comprised of Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, have had major success over the years, winning six Grammy Awards and launching international hits with "One More Time," "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" and "Get Lucky." Bangalter and de Homem-Christo met at a Paris school in 1987. Prior to Daft Punk, they formed an indie rock band named Darling. They officially formed Daft Punk in 1993, and the helmeted, mute and mysterious musicians released their debut album, "Homework," 1997. They first found success with the international hit "Da Funk," which topped the Billboard dance charts and earned them their fir...

Congratulations to Banky W and Adesua Etomi on the birth of their first child, a baby boy ❤️🎉🥂🎊 The couple revealed the great news today which is Adesua’s birthday and the baby boy is 4weeks old. 

Nigeria’s National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Thursday approved the use of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID_19 vaccine for use in the country. In a press conference, Thursday morning, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye,Director-General of NAFDAC said the agency received the dossier of the vaccine a week ago, and the NAFDAC safety committee went to work immediately to evaluate its safety and efficacy for Nigerians. Prof. Adeyeye said the vaccine can be stored at 2 to 8-degree centigrade. According to the DG, there are three additional vaccines undergoing evaluation, but the evaluation on Astrazeneca shows that the vaccine is effective against the UK variant of the virus which has been reported in Nigeria. She further disclosed that the South African variant has not been reported in Nigeria and that the agency has over 30 herbal medicine undergoing review for listing. Nigeria which has to date registered 149,000 Coronavirus cases and 1,787 deaths is expected to get the ...

Correctional Officer IV Tawiwo Obele, 68, tested positive for COVID-19 in unit mass testing on January 31, 2021. Obele, who was assigned to the Beto Unit in Palestine, was hospitalized in Palestine on February 9, 2021 with COVID symptoms but was released the same day. She later fell ill and had to be transported to a Tyler hospital. She died in the early morning hours of February 16, 2021. Officer Obele was a well-respected faithful teammate who was a known as a mother figure to all,” said Kirt Stiefer, TDCJ Beto Unit Senior Warden. “She would often pray with others and enjoyed sharing her passion of Christ. Officer Obele will be truly missed by the many that were blessed by having her in their lives.” The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has had forty employees who have died in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic.

A secondary school student was caught in her school with a local gun she allegedly planned to use in shooting one of her teachers. The girl, reported to be a student of Government Secondary School in Ikot Ewa, Cross River State, was asked by a teacher to cut her coloured hair and she was allegedly angered by this. Consequently, she arrived at school with a gun. A Twitter user, @seundreew took to the microblogging platform to share, alongside photos.....

According to the singer and songwriter in the video he shared on his Instagram page, he spends #15k on each haircut and it happens 5 times a month. This he said amounts to a total of N75,000 monthly and N840,000 yearly. In the video, B-Red said; “I just sat down and calculated, I barb my hair five times every month and I can only use one barber which is CY. And… he charges N20k every cut but because I use him five times a month, he lets me pay N15k a cut. So, approximately I give him N75k every month, and in a year he collects N840k from my hand….You’re a celebrity barber, you rich mehn…[barber laughs, says ‘Na God!’]”  Yup. OK, Bye! Peep the video :

Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny has become the WWE 24/7 Champion. This is how it came about; Bad Bunny and Damian Priest were getting interviewed backstage by Sarah Schreiber on Monday Night RAW (revealing that Bad Bunny would be performing on SNL this weekend) when out from nowhere, Akira Tozawa pins R-Truth for the title. Backing up, Tozawa bumps into Priest who then proceeds to launch his head into a number of hard storage cases. Priest then gestures Bad Bunny to pin the unconscious Tozawa — making him the new 24/7 titleholder. Congratulations,  Bad Bunny❤✌

Fashion stylist and entrepreneur, Toyin Lawani, has gotten engaged to her photographer, Segun Adebayo. Lawani announced the good news on her Instagram page. She wrote: “Officially Mrs Adebayo wouldn’t have had it another way, cause he’s my Best friend and Creative partner, we work so well together. He planned this with my personal assistant and friends @gloayoade and @prettydammy2″. “Like he planned makeup, videography ah etc and kept saying babe let’s go for dinner, I’m like I don’t feel Iike, I should have known something was up. The king of all Queens is Taken” Congratulations,  Queen of all queens...  

Rapper Bow Wow has experienced success in music, television and film, and the controversial musician now has his eye on an unusual new career, considering his small stature: professional wrestling. You wanna get beat up, dude? LOL.

On Thursday, February 11th, the conference will be live on YouTube at 12 PM WAT and will feature panel discussions and keynote addresses, details on the activities of the Cuppy Foundation in the past year and a special performance by the founder, Cuppy. The conference is a follow up from the Gold Gala which was held in 2019, where over N5bn was raised, used to reach over 9000 individuals and families. The year one expense plan on these funds also enabled 295 individuals trained in infant and young child feeding. 50 million Naira was also used in supporting the Lagos state government and Federal Capital Territory in the battle against COVID-19. Cuppy recently released her annual Cuppy Foundation report detailing the activities and efforts of her foundation through the year 2020. Keynote speakers for this conference include; Maryam Ahmed (Youth Ambassador, Save The Children Nigeria), Maryam Farooqi (Philanthropy Manager - Africa & New Markets), Kevin Watkins (CEO, Save the Children U...

Singer Lil Frosh has been remanded at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend, Gift Camile. Magistrate Adeola Olatunbosun of the Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Yaba, ordered his remand on Tuesday, February 9, 2021. According to reports, The International Federation of Women Lawyers ( FIDA) Lagos State chapter got involved in the case and were reportedly actively involved the arraignment of the rapper. It is understood that Lil Frosh, who earlier denied the allegations, was invited by the operatives to the Federal Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Alagbon, on February 4, 2021, for interrogation. He however pleaded not guilty to the charge of assault punishable under Section 173 of the Criminal Code Law of Lagos State 2015. The matter was adjourned to 9th March 2021 for mention, while the Court ordered the remand of the Defendant and advised him to bring an application for bail.

Former WWE Superstar Tyler Reks, real-name Gabbi Tuft has revealed she is going through a gender transition after wrestling with a secret persona for years. Tuft proudly revealed a change of name, from Gabe to Gabbi, and pronouns, from he/him to she/her, ahead of the medical phase of her gender transition. Gabbi Tuft will be best known to WWE fans as Tyler Reks, who joined WWE in January 2008, wrestling on the ECW brand initially before becoming a member of the SmackDown roster in 2010. Reks teamed with Curt Hawkins – and the pair even shared the ring with Undertaker and Kane – before Reks was released in August 2012. A press release issued via NewsWire has confirmed that Tuft is beginning her medical transition to female, with a special show about her gender reveal airing on the February 5 Extra TV. Credit: InsideTheRopes

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