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YBNL   emperor  Olamide  links up with international rap sensation  Wale  and they wave the Nigerian flag on this new track  “Make Us Proud”  rumoured to be housed on Olamide’s yet to be released fourth studio album.

Mr.  Innocent Idibia  crosses international borders as he duets with Roc Nation diva  Bridget Kelly  on his new single reportedly housed on his yet to be released fifth studio album  “Ascension” .

Fans of Brazil’s national soccer team will certainly be well-represented at the World Cup when it kicks off next week. Brazil’s Neymar during an international friendly soccer match in March. REUTERS Not only do Brazilians make up the bulk of the tourists traveling throughout Brazil for the competition, but they’ve bought the most tickets, too. The Brazilian government reported this week that Brazilians have bought 1.4 million World Cup tickets, while U.S. ticket buyers placed a far second, snapping up about 197,000 of the highly sought tickets. Other Latin American and European countries placed in the top rankings as well, while Australia is the lone country in the top 10 that isn’t from the Americas or Europe.

ZURICH, Switzerland -- FIFA says doping samples from World Cup players in South America are arriving at a laboratory in Switzerland within 33 hours. FIFA and the World Anti-Doping Agency-accredited lab in Lausanne are under time pressure to test samples before a player's next match several days later. Testing for the World Cup in Brazil is being done in Lausanne because WADA stripped the Rio de Janeiro lab's status for repeated errors.

Eagles coach Stephen Keshi is confident that his team is beginning to take shape and would soon live up to the expectations of their fans. The Nigerian team have been roundly criticised for their tepid displays in their warm matches for the 2014 World Cup tournament,drawing games against Scotland and Greece in the space of a week.

Dr Dre is reported to have dropped a whooping $40million to buy the mega mansion of supermodel Gisele Bundchen and her quarterback husband, Tom Brady in Brentwood, California.   Dre, who recently signed a $3billion deal with Apple for his Beats Electronic company was the highest bidder for the house which has been on the market for about three months now.

Barcelona midfielder Cesc Fabregas has agreed to join Chelsea - and is now expected to complete a shock £30m move to Stamford Bridge. The Spain international had also been linked with Manchester United, Manchester City and former club Arsenal, but Jose Mourinho has won the race to sign the 27-year-old midfielder. This information is provided by talkSPORT , who understand that Fabregas will return to London after three years with boyhood club Barcelona, who have agreed to sell the Spaniard in order to generate funds to sign either Atletico Madrid midfielder Koke or Sevilla ace Ivan Rakitic. The Catalan giants will also sell another former Arsenal midfielder: Cameroon international Alex Song, who has flattered to deceive since arriving at the Camp Nou two years ago.

There has been rumours that Beyonce an her longtime bodygaurd of over 5 years Julius De Boer pictured with her above have been having an affair. The rumours escalated last week, with stories making rounds that Jay Z had found out about the affair and wanted to sack Julius but Bey refused!  Now it seems Beyonce has finally been forced to drop Julius as her official body guard, because as she and Jay Z were spotted leaving an office building in New York on Saturday, for the first time in many years Julius wasn't by her side!

* The new world, 'Mega Earth' discovered Contrary to age long theory that there is no other all-solid planet except planet Earth, scientists think they may have found not just one, but three. The new planet named 'Mega Earth', first spotted by NASA’s Kepler space telescope,  is reported to be about 2.3 times larger than Earth.

Jay Z and Beyoncé. Photo: IBTimes Peace and sanity might have been restored in the Carter-Knowles family but many have it that billionaire couple Jay Z and Beyoncé might be heading for the biggest divorce in Hip-Hop/Urban music history immediately after their tour.

Y'all know Wendy Williams tells it as it is and speaks her mind regardless of whose ox is gored. On her show yesterday, the talk show host went in on Rihanna, saying the sheer dress Rihanna wore to Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards was inappropriate and RiRi is not a fashion icon.

The reality star  was spotted out and abo ut on Tuesday in Southampton, New York. She's in town with her sister Kourtney to shoot their new reality show, Kourtney & Khloe Take the Hamptons.

He added weight in jail...good for him. After spending nearly four months in jail for violating his probation, Chris Brown was released early this week, June 2nd. His girlfriend Karrueche and some of his friends threw him a surprise welcome home/belated birthday party yesterday June 5th in LA. Rappers Big Sean, T.Pain, Tyga, his mum and close family and friends were all there. See pics after the cut...

Doesn't she look better this way, people? Stunning woman. Rihanna wore this beautiful leather skirt and matching cr opped jacket to the Hard Rock Cafe in Paris today to receive a donation for her cancer charity.  The singer was in Paris yesterday and today to promote h er new fragrance, Rogue! She's since left. See more photos after the cut...

Louis van Gaal views Lucas Moura as the ideal replacement for the underwhelming Nani at Manchester United , reports suggest. This is according to The Daily Express, who evidently believe that the Portuguese winger - who first arrived at Old Trafford from Primeira Liga outfit Sporting Lisbon back in 2007 - could be set to depart the Premier League this summer with a potential move to Italy on the horizon. Brazilian Lucas is a long-term target of Manchester United, but joined current employers Paris Saint-Germain in a big-money move last January.

I’m sure you all may have heard by now that Branama queen Kefee collapsed on a flight to Chicago after a performance and has been in a coma since then. I held on to the story because I wanted to get confirmation and now I have. Kefee’s publicist has confirmed that she’s indeed in a coma in a hospital under intensive care and will send out a press statement later. Meanwhile, her husband, Teddy Don-Momoh has asked people to please pray for her.

Sinzu engages us with this street rap video of him covering classic trap anthem “OG Bobby Johnson” which has been notably covered/remixed by Lupe Fiasco on THOT 97 ; ahead of his new single “Nobody” produced by Czure .

The talented Eva is out with the cover to Ice-Prince Shot On Shots. Eva who is releasing her album soon decided to jump on the beat. Beautiful flow and nice rhymes. She brought a new feel to the song making it sound like she owns it.  We definitely can’t wait for the release of her album.

Two 12 year old girls, Anissa Weier (pictured left) and Morgan Geyser (pictured right) lured their classmate, another 12 year old, into the woods last Saturday after a sleepover, where they stabbed the girl 19 times hoping to kill her so they could join the cult of the 'Slender Man' after reading about him on the internet. Thing is; 'Slender Man doesn't exist. It's a mythological horror creature that was created by a website in 2009. The gholish child killer has since b ecome a viral sensation.

  Cesc Fabregas would appear poised to complete a transfer to the Premier League this summer with Chelsea , Manchester City and Manchester United all in contention to sign the former Arsenal captain. But have West Ham beaten their more illustrious rivals to the coveted signature of the Barcelona midfielder? Well, no, they haven’t. But a very convincing photoshop job has performed to show Fabregas supposedly signing for West Ham - an acquisition that would certainly help Sam Allardyce establish a more attacking focus at Upton Park next season.

Brett Nichols, 17, has already hit the Michael Jackson impersonator jackpot : the Michael Jackson estate has noticed him and flew Nichols out to Las Vegas for a performance of “Michael Jackson ONE.” So what does he do for an encore? Why take on “Smooth Criminal,” of course. After killing it at his high school talent show last month, Nichols has filmed a solo video where he performs “Criminal” in a parking garage. Check out his “Criminal” clip.

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 l t was indeed a weekend of music, fun and excitement at the Harp Music Nite. Y our beer of choice that celebrates the energy of the crew who are better together, Harp Premium Lager in its usual manner treated consumers to a great time in four cities over the weekend. 

Super Eagles head coach, Stephen Keshi has released his 23 man list for the 2014 World Cup starting in a few weeks. See below

I think the reason she gets away with this easily is because she's one of the biggest pop stars in the world. Imagine if it were a reality star, struggling singer, upcoming actress or video vixen dressing this way, people will be too quick to call her trash. Not impressed with this dress. The singer wore this see through custom-made shear embellished halter dress by Adam Selman to the Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards yesterday. The dress is embellished with 216,000 Swarovski crystals and she ro cked it with a matching sparkly turban. She wore a flesh colored thong to cover her herself up but had no bra on. She was honoured with the Fashion Icon Award. See more pics after the cut...

Former Group Managing Director of Zenith Bank, Godwin Emefiele today June 3rd assumed office as the new Central Bank Governor. Mr Emefiele was chosen by President Jonathan to replace Sanusi.

Dozage Record’s street-hop royal  Lace  links up with Knighthouse general  Phenom  for a new single labelled  “Turn By Turn”  after the resounding success of his debut album  “Benin 2 Nigeria”  which spawned hits like  “Gba Gbe” ,  “Change My Story”  and  “Sebiwo”  coupled with a major Francophone tour.

The anticipated moment is finally here Phyno unveils the visuals to his monster hit from the No Guts No Glory #NGNG album “ Alobam “. As expected the video was shot in the streets from city to city representing hommies in the hustle proving Phyno’s street credibility [ men pasa n'ogbe ]. The streets will go wild on this visuals as Phyno keeps shining the spotlight on the common Gs in the hood which is dope , look out for the bicycle scene that was gangster.

A Paul Play and Tunde of Styl-Plus in the same Jam, Will indeed give you a classy tune! In the midst of terrorist attacks and sectarian violence in Nigeria and the protests to #BringBackOurGirls alive, Paul Play Dairo and Tunde of Styl-Plus ) have decided to lend their voices to this situation through a nationalistic song “ We Are Nigerians ” This song is aimed at reminding Nigerians and the entire world of the greatness of our dear country; as we all unite to support the Super Eagles campaign at the 2014 FIFA WORLD CUP in Brazil. Download and enjoy! DOWNLOAD 1 | DOWNLOAD 2

Here's a a poem Banky W wrote and recited earlier today at an MTN event in Lagos. Read below ...

The Bovi - Man On Fire show held on the 26th of May at the Indigo o2 in London. See more photos from the gig after the cut...

The Commissioner of Police in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja, Joseph Mbu has banned all forms of the #BringBackOurGirls protest in Abuja.

Manchester United are planning to make a surprise €80million bid for Liverpool's Luis Suarez during the summer transfer window. Reports in Spanish publication Sport suggest Louis van Gaal is keen on signing last season's Premier League top scorer despite already having fellow countryman Robin van Persie and Wayne Rooney at his disposal. The Dutchman has a number of more pressing areas to address before the start of next season but he is willing to splash the majority of his apparent £150million war chest on Suarez. Manchester United will have to beat off competition from Real Madrid, who have made Suarez their number one summer target, and will somehow have to convince Liverpool into selling their best player to their main rivals.

Chelsea are close to signing Barcelona midfielder Cesc Fabregas after fending off competition from the likes of Liverpool and Manchester United. Manchester City, Arsenal and Tottenham have also been linked with the want-away Spain international. This is information obtained by leading Spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo , who claim Fabregas is on the verge of securing a move to the Blues following reports that Frank Lampard has agreed terms on a move to newly-formed MLS outfit New York FC.

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, center, sitting flanked by militants Photo : Youtube With several bomb blasts in Northern part of Nigeria, Nigeria Police Force has giving tips on how to identify a suicide bomber. According to the Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba has stated easy ways their citizens can identify a suicide bomber if they spot one. He described how they can be identified them through their behaviour, movement and how you can spot one and lots more. Read Below:

   TMZ is reporting that Chris Brown has been released from jail after being locked up for 59 days. He was reportedly released around midnight yesterday. Chris was sentenced to a year in jail on May 9th but got credit for the 116 days he spent in Rehab. He still has his D.C case to answer.

The Mavins – Dr Sid, Tiwa Savage and newbies D i’Ja, Reekado Banks, Korede Bello gave a stunning first performance of their hit single “Dorobucci” at the “Road To MAMAs” concert which held at Federal Palace Hotel in Lagos on Friday, May, 30, 2014.

MVP on Break The Silence features 2face Idibia, Precision Productions (Trinidad & Tobago), Samini (Ghana), K-Slim, PKD, Squadee (Ghana), Spyke, Sound Sultan, Essence, Righteousman, Joe El, Ferre Galo (DRC) and Machel Montano (Trinidad & Tobago).