Full List Of The BET Awards Winners 2017

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 Nigerian music acts Tekno, Wizkid, Davido and Mr. Eazi were all nominated for the BET Awards 2017 for Best International Act: Africa.

Star Boy Wizkid emerged winner in the heavily contested category. The “Daddy Yo” crooner took home the award for a second time after he was declared winner in a pre-BET awards event.
See the Full List Of Winners From The BET Awards 2017

Open Confessions 'How Evans lured us into his kidnap gang' - Members

Three key members of the deadly kidnap gang led by Chukwudubem Onwuamadike, alias Evans, have opened up on how the notorious kingpin lured them into the gang and ended up using them to his inglorious gains while giving them peanuts.

Remy Ma beats Nicki Minaj to win Best Female Hiphop Award at the #BETAwards2017

After 7 years of Nicki Minaj winning Best Female rapper award at the BET’s ,Remy Ma has finally broken ended that back to back reign.She won the Best Female Hip Hop Award at the 2017 BET.
Others nominated include,Nicki Minaj Cardi B and Young Ma

Nigerian Rapper, Sauce Kid Sentenced To Two Years Imprisonment After Stealing Over $15,000

Nigerian rapper, Babalola Falemi, popularly known with stage name, Sauce Kid or Sinzu has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for stealing $15,388 using stolen credit card numbers in Boise and Meridian, Idaho Stateman News reported on June 23.
According to the charge, Sauce Kid obtained stolen bank card numbers and identifying information from their owners. He then encoded the account numbers onto blank plastic cards.
After using an automated system to change account PINs, he was able to withdraw cash from bank ATMS and buy merchandise from stores between July 23 and 26 2016/
All of the losses took place at Boise ATMs owned by Idaho Central Credit Union and at Albertsons stores in Meridian, court documents alleged.
Police arrested Sauce Kid at the Boise Airport as he was about to board a flight. He was caught with a card encoding device and more than $6,000 in cash.
Sauce Kid was initially charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud, eight counts each of bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, and possession of 15 or more fraudulent bank cards.

"Gone to America" Silverbird Group goes into film production with star-studded movie

Silverbird Group, which is owned by Senator Ben Murray Bruce, has delved into film making with the production of their very first feature film, "Gone to America."

The upcoming movie is in collaboration with “The Atuma Brothers International Company -TABIC, and will be written and produced by Pascal Atuma {"LAPD African Cops," "My American Nurse," "Bloodlines).

Flavour Reveals “Ijele The Traveler” Album Cover | Release Date

Nigerian highlife act Flavour has revealed that his 5th studio album ‘Ijele The Traveler’ is to be released tomorrow, 27th of June 2017.

The singer unveiled the album artwork on his Instagram page and wrote:
The wait is almost over! 24 hours to go!!!! #IjeleTheTraveler official album release date>>>> 27.06.2017

"Wonder Woman" Gal Gadot's salary for movie is shockingly poor

Following the massive success of Patty Jenkins' female-led superhero movie "Wonder Woman," which has grossed over $500 million, Gal Gadot’s low paycheck is receiving a lot of attention.

Reports have surfaced that the actress was paid just 300 thousand dollars for her role as the titular character.

"If these are police men...shame on you!" Kate Henshaw reacts to photo of people taking selfie with kidnapper, Evans

For Real!

Wizkid "My parents have refused to leave the ghetto" - music star

Popular pop star Wizkid has just revealed his parents refused to leave Ojuelegba.

The Real After Party's Bootleg Kev & DJ Damage sat down and talked to WizKid. While chatting with the 'Ojuelegba' star Wizkid made mention of the fact that he moved out of the ghetto 'Ojuelegba' at 15.

Bomb blast on Brussel’s Grand Central Station; Belgian police “neutralize” man wearing explosive belt

Belgian police have 'neutralised' a man wearing an explosive belt in Brussel's Grand Central Station. 

A witness told Agence France Presse that the suspect shouted "Allahu Akbar" before he was shot by soldiers who were on patrol at the time. Security forces evacuated people from La Grande Place within seconds following the incident.

Wizkid, Davido These two singers should go at it once and for all

Over the weekend, Daddy Yo and Baba Imade were at it again.

At this point, you can call these two young men, the Tom and Jerry of Nigerian pop culture. They are always chasing themselves but never having a one-on-one square off.

Davido slyly mocked Wizkid for jumping on new sounds that aren't his so as to be international. Wizzy replied via Twitter that Davido is just bitter because he couldn't crack the international market. Of course, both stars didn't mention names, preferring just subliminal shots.

Wizkid Starboy claps back at Davido for shading him

Davido just might be regretting his decision to shade Wizkid, because the Starboy's clap back was beyond epic! Following a post Davido shared on Snapchat on Saturday, June 17, after the release of Wizkid's single, "Sounds from the other side", Wizkid's reply showed that he will not be taking shades lying down.

Our daughters may be older and taller now, but they'll always be your little girls" Michelle Obama writes to Barack on Father's Day

The former First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, joined others all over the world to wish  fathers a happy Father's day.

To do that, she shared a throw back photo of Barack Obama cradling their daughters and wrote:

"Happy #FathersDay @BarackObama. Our daughters may be older and taller now, but they'll always be your little girls. We love you."

Another one! 1 arrested after vehicle strikes pedestrians in London causing "a number of casualties"

Police say a vehicle struck pedestrians on a road in north London, leaving several people injured. One man has been arrested for being behind the injuries.. Metropolitan Police said officers were called to the scene on Seven Sisters Road at 12:20 a.m. Monday. This area is said to have had about 200 people at the scene after the incident occurred

Singer Tinashe puts her bikini body on display (photos)

Tinashe pictured enjoying a day at the beach in Miami, in a white two piece bikini. And her body is natural.

Wizkid ‘Family is the motivation’, singer on what keeps him going

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Wizkid has been about everywhere in America promoting his music and repping Africa, putting the continent on the map.

His international penetration seen with his music collaborations has been getting him media rounds, where he gets to talk about his earlier days, his hit singles, collaborating with American stars Drake among others.

LA 92.3 radio recently got a hold of him, and sat him down to discuss his music growth and upcoming projects among other interesting gist.

Parents of abducted students of Lagos model school, weep as they stage protest at Lagos state government house

Parents and relatives of the six male students of the Igbonla Model School in Igbonla, Epe Lagos state, this morning staged a protest at the Lagos state government house in Ikeja.

Weeping mothers of the students called on the state government to intensify efforts towards the rescue of their wards. 

Tiny says she will be fine without her husband rapper T.I

Tameka "Tiny" Harris sits down with Juliana Richards on episode 7 of Jules Uncut to talk about her divorce from rapper T.I, rejoining her Xcape girl band and being a business woman. Watch the full episode.

Singer Chilli shares throwback photo of herself and TBoz with Carson Daly and it's amazing!

It's amazing because they don't look a day older than they looked 15 years ago, especially Chilli...

"My Wife & I" Ramsey Nouah and Omoni Oboli reverse roles in official poster

What makes a movie poster memorable? The presence of top Nollywood stars? Not automatically.

A memorable poster is one that gets stuck into the public consciousness, and that is what the producers of the upcoming comedy movie "My Wife & I" have created.

The producers of the comedy movie have created a poster that would stick, spring to mind and stimulate anticipation everytime you hear the title. 

Photos: Davido, Samklef and Olamide join Wale on set of his video shoot in Atlanta

Yesterday, Nigerian born American rapper, Wale shot the music video for his new song titled 'Fine Girl' in Atlanta. The song features Davido and Olamide and it was shot by Patrick Elis.

More photos after the cut.

'You end up blocking your own blessings if you're a hater' - Gabrielle Union shows support for Kevin Hart

Well said, Gabby!

Wizkid Watch Nigerian singer recreate scene from "Coming to America"

Nigerian pop star Wizkid, stopped by the BET office to recreate a popular scene from the classic movie, "Coming to America."In the short parody, Wizkid and co recreate the scene in "Coming to America" where Prince Akeem Joffer is recognized as a prince by a native of his country Zamunda.

Photo of the day!

You Nigerians play too much....lol                                                                                                 

Wiz Khalifa and his stunning Brazilian girlfriend step out on the red carpet (photos)

The rapper and his Brazilian model and make up artist girlfriend Izabela Guedes posed for red carpet photos at his concert at Drai’s. They have been dating for about 3 and a half months now.

Tunisia Radical Islamist party banned for one month

Abderraouf Amri, head of the Political Bureau for the radical Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir that is under ban for the second time, delivers a speech at the party headquarters on April 15, 2017, in Tunis

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Tunisian judicial authorities on Tuesday slapped a one-month ban on radical Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, notably for incitement to hatred, the prosecution said.

"The activities of the party have been suspended for a month from today," said prosecution spokesman Sofiene Sliti.

INEC registers APDA, four other new parties

The new parties are Young Progressive Party (YPP), Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance (APDA), New Generation Party of Nigeria (NGP), All Democratic Peoples Movement (ADPM) and Action Democratic Party (ADP). APDA is the new party floated by former AIT chairman, Raymond Dokpesi and former Chairman of Labor party, Dan Anyanwu two days ago.