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Drake Goes Double Platinium 12 April, 2013 Arts and Entertainment Canadian-Jewish rapper Drake has every reason to celebrate as sales of his sophomore effort, ”Take Care”. recently surpassed the two million unit mark. This earns the confessional pop effort a double platinum plaque, which in recent times is a pretty commendable effort! Also, his latest single “Started From The Bottom” has reached the million copies landmark hence, also getting it a platinum plaque! Big congrats to Drake!!!

Gerrard 'Desperate' To Qualify 10 April, 2013 Football Steven Gerrard says the England players are 'desperate' to qualify for the 2014 World Cup and was surprised by the level of criticism after the recent draw with Montenegro. England are unbeaten in six games in Group H, but sit two points adrift of leaders Montenegro following last month's 1-1 draw in Podgorica. However, automatic qualification for the World Cup is still in England's hands and captain Gerrard is determined to lead the squad to next summer's finals in Brazil. "It's daunting," Gerrard told Sky Sports News about the year ahead. "There's no getting away from it. It's a huge year for the FA, it's the 150-year anniversary and what they're doing for the game and putting back in. "In amongst that is a really big challenge ahead of us to qualify for probably the biggest World Cup there's goi

LAUTECH Students On Rampage As Three Undergraduates Are Killed 10 April, 2013 Accidents Students of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Oyo State, on Monday night and Tuesday went on the rampage, as three of their colleagues were reportedly killed by an alleged drunk okada rider. According to sources, the deceased; all female, were 200-level undergraduates of the department of Science Laboratory Technology (SLT). Two of the students were allegedly returning from where they went to get their laboratory coats from one of their lecturers when a taxi reportedly veered off its way to crush them. In the process, one of the girls, in a frantic bid to escape being hurt, jumped off the bike but unfortunately hit her head on the tarred road. The second girl on the bike and a third victim who was trekking by the road side, died on getting to the hospital. Three occupants in the taxi, who were also students o

$3m Bribery Scam: Farouk, Emenalo Beg Court to Quash Charge 11 April, 2013 Local Embattled former Chairman and Secretary of the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on fuel subsidy probe, Farouk Lawal and Mr. Boniface Emenalo, Wednesday, approached Justice Mudashiru Oniyangi of an Abuja High Court, begging him to quash the 7-count criminal charge that was preferred against them by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, ICPC. The duo who were accused of demanding and collecting bribe from the Chairman of Zenon Petroleum and Gas Ltd, Femi Otedola, as an inducement to remove the name of his company from the report of the House of Reps Ad-hoc committee on Monitoring of fuel subsidy regime, contended that the anti-graft agency has failed to adduce any credible evidence to warrant their prosecution. Arguing through their lead counsel, Mr. Ricky Tarfa, SAN, the lawmakers who had on February 1

I’m Married But Please Don’t Publish It - Nollywood Actress 10 April, 2013 Arts and Entertainment Many still wonder why someone has to be married and hide it but for the Nollywood actress, Queen Nwokoye, her reason for keeping her marriage from public eyes might be very serious. Hear her, “I am going to say this now, but I do not know if I would actually want you to publish it. It is that I am married! This is a crazy job; my home is where I find peace and that is why I do not like exposing it to people. This is because it is a crazy world out there and that is where I get my peace. I go home and I am treated like a wife, like a woman and I feel like a normal human being. That is why I keep it away from my job, my film life. Because I am married, when it comes to men, I stay far.” When she was later asked how long she’s going to keep the marriage from the public, she said, “I do not like those who expose their marriages. If you