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An American Rapper, Takeoff was shot and killed. He was killed in the early morning on Tuesday, November 1, 2022, in Houston, Texas USA. The Houston Police received a call about a shooting around 2:30am morning at a bowling and pool hall in Houston, Texas USA. Takeoff died at the age of 28. Takeoff was a member of a rapper group called Migos which was formed in 2008. His real name is Kirshnik Khari Ball. Takeoff was born on June 18, 1994, in Lawrenceville, Georgia, U.S. One of his hit so...

  According to Punch Newspaper, Afro Beat Singer, Davido's Son, Ifeanyi is dead. He drowned in a swimming pool at Davido's house in Banana Island, Lagos, Nigeria. He died at the age of three. ...

Alex Trebek, the long-time host of American television quiz show Jeopardy, has died at the age of 80. Mr Trebek announced he had been diagnosed with stage-four pancreatic cancer in March 2019. The Jeopardy! Twitter account said on Sunday he had "passed away peacefully at home" surrounded by family and friends. ...

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has seen his personal wealth rise to $100bn (£76bn) after the launch of a new short-form video feature. On Wednesday, Facebook announced the US rollout of Instagram Reels, its rival to controversial Chinese app TikTok. Facebook shares rose by more than 6% on Thursday. Mr Zuckerberg holds a 13% stake in the company. He joins Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Microsoft’s Bill Gates in the exclusive so-called 'Centibillionaire Club'. Technology bosses have been in...

An Egyptian court Wednesday jailed the sixth woman in a week over TikTok videos, deeming the clips in which she dances and lip-syncs to popular songs to be “inciting debauchery”, a judicial source said.   The sentencing of Manar Samy to three years imprisonment is the latest in a string of such rulings against popular female social media users in Egypt over content posted to the image-sharing apps TikTok and Instagram. ...

Nick Cannon — the actor, TV show host and musician — has been fired from his long-running comedy improv show Wild 'N Out. It comes after he made anti-Semitic comments on his podcast and YouTube show, Cannon's Class.   Wild 'N Out's parent company, ViacomCBS, released a statement saying, "We are deeply troubled that Nick has failed to acknowledge or apologize for perpetuating anti-Semitism, and we are terminating our relationship with him."   ...

Nollywood Actress, Regina Daniels and her billionaire husband, Ned Nwoko hosted a baby naming ceremony of their newborn. Actress Regina Daniels recently welcomed a new baby boy with her 59 years old husband, Ned Nwoko at their home in Delta State, Nigeria. The baby naming ceremony was attended by family members, well-wishers, and friends. ...

Prof. James Adichie, the father of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, renowned novelist-cum-feminist, has passed on after battling a brief illness in Anambra State, a family source disclosed to newsmen yesterday. According to the source, the professor of statistics breathed his last on Wednesday night at the Chira Memorial Hospital situated within Awkuzu Oyi local government, Awka, where he was admitted to at the age of 88. He celebrated his 88th birthday on March 1, 2020. The Emeritus Professor of...

Dubai Police on Thursday handed over a suspected internet scamster and an Instagram influencer, Raymond Abbas, aka Hushpuppi, to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, in the US. Hushpuppi who has been accused of scamming people via the internet was arrested 10th of June in Dubai. ...

Popular Actress Regina Daniels is pregnant and has released some of her baby bump pictures, according to photos shared by her husband, Prince Ned Nwoko on Instagram. Although for sometime, there has been indications that she is pregnant but it has not been confirmed until now. The photos were shared on Instagram with a caption that reads “It’s now official, I’m excited that my baby @regina.daniels is expecting a baby.” ...

The body of Former WWE Superstar, Shad Gaspard was found on a California beach early Wednesday morning, three days after he went missing during a swim. A passerby spotted a body that had washed ashore on Venice Beach, and notified police. "The decedent was identified as Shad Gaspard," police said. His family members have been notified. ...