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Though Olamide has explained severally that his latest smash hit song "Science Students" is aimed at fighting drug abuse, the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) has slammed a Not-To-Be-Broadcast (NTTB) warning on the song.
The warning was served to all radio and television stations last week. Confirming the news, NBC’s Head of Public Affairs Hajia Maimuna Jihada told Tribune that the song was not out-rightly banned but prohibited from being played on local stations for public consumption.

She said:

NBC does not ban music. Our mandate is on what goes on Radio and TV. Olamide’s Science Student has been declared ‘Unfit for broadcast’. She further went on to mention that the song’s subtle promotion of illegal drugs was the main reason for declaring it unlawful as she issued a stern warning to all broadcasting houses; We have communicated all our licensees for compliance or they will face sanction

The former Aviation Minister said this while reacting to the outburst by some Nigerians and Africans on the ''sh*thole'' comment made by US president, Donald Trump

A suspect arrested by the operatives of Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command for supplying gun to three robbery suspects have disclosed to the police that he bought the gun to scare away cult members who were disturbing his cult group in Ajah area of Lagos State.

The suspect, Omole Ridwan, 21, was picked up in his parents’ house in Ajah area of Lagos by the police after the arrest of three robbery gang in Somolu, Lagos.

The robbery gang, comprising of Taiwo Lawal (23), Kabiru Ajiboye (24) and Seyi Ayetoba (27) were arrested on Thursday night in Somolu while trying to dispossess a motor cyclist a of his bike.

The victim and a passenger who the gang waylaid outsmarted them before raising alarm, which drew the attention of the patrol team of Rapid Response Squad. The robbers were chased and arrested with the assistance of community members.

According to Omole, who confessed to be an Aiye cult member, ‘I bought the gun from a secondary school mate of mine. I bought it f…

Nollywood actor, Osita Iheme aka Pawpaw is now a proud owner of a hotel in Owerri, Imo state. The construction of the hotel which started late 2015 is finally completed and ready for use.

Emmett Till, who was gruesomely murdered at age 14 after a white woman said he made advances at her at her family's grocery store, will be getting a film done in his memory.
Emmett's murder and the fact that his killers were acquitted drew attention to the long history of violence towards Black people in the United States and provided a catalyst for the civil rights movement. Thanks to Taraji P Henson, Emmett is finally getting his moment on the big screen.

Taraji will be producing and starring in the film about the young boy’s precious life.
The actress tells @GlobalGrind: "We don’t have a start date yet, but the deal definitely has been done. That’s one [film] that I’ve been passionate about since Trayvon Martin was murdered."

At the moment, the film is titled The Emmett Till Story and Taraji will play the slain child’s mother Mamie Till-Mobley. John Singleton will be directing the film.

Full details of Emmitt

Senator Dino Melaye shows off the beautiful interior of his home... which looks like a mall
Senator Dino Melaye took to Instagram today to gush about the beautiful interior of his house in Kogi state. He captioned the photo: "Hen hen! Na my house! So?"

'Fia' crooner Davido made a lot of cash from his '30 billion' concert in December and sure wants Nigerians to know! The musician revealed that he and his team made half
 a billion naira in profit from the concert....and also shared photos of a 2018 Bentley Bentayga SUV he has apparently purchased. See photos below.

Twitter user @ani_nomso was heartbroken today after someone hacked his ATM card and used it to shop on Apple store. According to him, he went to the bank immediately he saw the transactions but the bank couldn't help him. He says the hacker was so smart that the transactions weren't even appearing in the bank's system when it was being done. According to him, he had just done an onlline purchase when the hacker struck.
Other Nigerians on twitter have advised him to open another account where he will only be transferring money to whenever he wants to do an online

A member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Tolulope Alausa was shot dead in Eket, Akwa Ibom State.
A statement issued by the spokesperson for Akwa Ibom Police Command, DSP Bala Elkana, said the 27-year-old OOU graduate was shot on Sunday, January 7, by unknown assailants on a motorcycle.

"The Commissioner of Police, Akwa Ibom State, CP Adeyemi Samuel Ogunjemilusi, mni has ordered the immediate deployment of special forces from the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to Eket to unravel the circumstances that led to the murder of a Corp member and apprehend the culprits," said the statement.

"The incident was reported to the Police on 7th January, 2018 at about 2300hrs. The 27 years old NYSC member attached to a Public School at Nung Obong in Nsit Ubium Local Government Area was attacked in front of a lock-up shop at Akanimo street, Eket, Eket Local Government Area.
"The deceased was hanging out with other youth Corp members whom he visited when h…

Actress Mercy Aigbe, 40, and her estranged husband, Lanre Gentry have sparked reconcilation rumours after she re-followed him on Instgarm this new year.
Gentry was briefly imprisoned in 2017 after assaulting Mercy, and she raised a storm about it on social media, eventually moving out of his home with her children. From her new move, it looks like they're now back in communication. We'll be watching!

Singer, Neyo who is expecting another baby with his wife Crystal Smith, posed with her as she proudly flaunted her growing baby bump at the popular hiking trail Runyon Canyon in Los Angeles.
This will be Neyo's second child with Crystal Renay and his 4th child in all. He had two kids with his ex Monyetta who tied her womb after the RnB singer told her he didn't want more kids again.
At that time, Neyo also claimed he was going to get a vasectomy done so he too couldn't have kids after he made Monyetta tied her womb. But the singer never kept to his words.

Zac Efron never met Michael Jackson in person, but he did share an emotional phone call with the late King of Pop, who was one of his idols. The actor, now 30, unexpectedly ended up on the line with Jackson while in Paris promoting one of the High School Musical movies, when he was 20 or 21 years old. He shared the memory during a recent appearance on
The Graham Norton Show .
HSM director Kenny Ortega, who worked with Jackson on his documentary and concern film This Is It just before the singer's death, ended up taking a call from Jackson while out to dinner with Efron.
"His phone rang, and I remember I got this look, like ... 'You want this phone call.' I was like, 'Okay,' so I came over and was like, 'What's going on?' He goes, 'It's Michael Jackson.'"

Efron took the call and rambled on about how he was a huge fan and how Jackson was his hero. "I was just at a loss for words," he recalled. "He [Jackson] said, '…

Annie Idibia took to her IG page to celebrate her daughter, Olivia who turned 4 years old today. She shared this photo of her and wrote;

My Super STAR Olivia Is 4 Today ??????
Thank You Lord For Blessing Us With Such A Rare Intelligent And Extremely Confident Child! She Lights Up Our Home,Such A Rare Blessing.. Love Child.. So Much Talent In 1 Child.. How Did We Get So Lucky.. Child Of Grace And Favour.. I Pray For Good Health,More Wisdom And May You Contiune To Shine The Brightest.. Oh My Olivia ,Easy To Fall In Love With..So Funny..So Witty.. So Charming...Baby Of The House.. Our Everything! My Life. Happy Birthday Super Star.
Mama Loves You.

Hotel heiress Paris Hilton got a $2 million engagement ring from her actor boyfriend, Chris Zylka. The couple began dating late last year.

The 36 year old who has dated quite a number of guys gushed on social media that she is the 'luckiest' and 'happiest' girl in the world to have finally found 'the one.'

The ring Chris presented is a pear-shaped 20-carat diamond, set on a platinum split shank halo band which boasts another two carats of smaller diamonds, according to People Magazine.

According to People, Jeweler Michael Greene and his team designed the ring in two days, a process which normally takes several weeks.
'Paris was not involved. Chris did it all,' Greene told People, explaining that Chris wanted it ready before Aspen. When the actor came to pick up the ring, Greene recalled: '[He] opened up the box he literally started shaking. He said, "I can’t stop shaking.".

Greene added: 'He told me he had to set up a time to meet up …

Angry youths of Iropora in Ekiti state beat up a police officer for allegedly shooting an unarmed youth in the community.

According to the reports by EkitiDefender, the policeman from Igede police station shot one Mr Ayo Oluwasusi which led to the mob action by the angry youths.

Actress Mercy Aigbe turned 40 years old recently. She had a party that was attended by her family members and friends. More photos below:

Police in Germany says that fireworks left two people dead, a child injured and five people requiring amputations during New Year celebrations in the country.

A 35-year-old man and a 19-year-old died when fireworks went off in their faces in the eastern state of Brandenburg, regional police said on Twitter.  A firework thrown by a group of youths also left an 11-year-old boy with severe facial injuries in the same region.

Media describes the firework as a “Polish rocket” sold on the Polish border and which typically contains more explosive than those which retail in Germany. In Berlin, five people had hands or fingers amputated after suffering severe injuries with fireworks leaving 21 people hurt overall in the capital, according to hospital officials.

Firework-related accidents, fires and assorted injuries are a regular feature of New Year celebrations in Germany.

Hey its a new dawn, new resolutions made. We promise to serve you right. Keep you tuned to your favorite gists etc... We are glad to have you back in #2018.

Comedian McAbbey and his wife, Jumie, have welcomed their third child, a girl. The couple who recently celebrated their 10th year anniversary, welcomed their new daughter today, December 31st.
"Join me to praise God ooo he is faithful. Finally my daughter arrived to crown my year with joy and start a new year with favour and good news. Praise God mother and baby are FINE" the excited new dad wrote on IG
Congrats to them!