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Fury accepts Anthony Joshua’s all-British heavyweight title challenge

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Tyson Fury on Sunday accepted the challenge issued by world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua following the Londoner’s title victory over Wladimir Klitschko, according to the BBC. Joshua, who stopped the Ukrainian in the 11th round at Wembley on Saturday, immediately called out fellow Briton Fury, who beat Klitschko on points in November 2015. Fury, where you at, baby?” he asked. “I know he’s been talking, I want to give 90,000 a chance to see us. ” Fury, who has not fought since beating Klitschko, replied: “Let’s dance.” Joshua is now unbeaten in 19 fights, with all his victories coming inside the distance.  The 27-year-old’s win in front of a post-war British record 90,000 fans at the national stadium added the WBA belt to his IBF strap. Fury, 28, is also unbeaten as a professional, with 18 knockouts in 25 fights, but surrendered his world heavyweight titles in an effort to focus on his mental health problems and is currently without a boxing licence and out of cond...

Olamide, Phyno, Are No Threats – Yung6ix

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Rapper  Yung6ix , may need little or no introduction in and out of the music business. The talented act, who spoke with Sunday Scoop, talked about his main aim of doing business and his plans towards it. In his words: “My ambition is to become a billionaire and I am consciously working towards that. That is why I titled my last EP, Billionaire Ambitions. I have my eyes set on being a music mogul so that I can empower other young artistes out there. Even now, I try to do that as I regularly give out cash on my social media platforms because I love helping people.” On feeling threatened by rappers like  Olamide  and  Phyno , Yung6ix said, “I have a very good relationship with Olamide and Phyno and I don’t feel threatened by any of them. I believe that the sky is wide enough for every bird to fly and I am thankful that I have my own market and fans who love me. My music is being recognised globally and my unique Nigerian style of music has made me one...

New Music:Jesse Jagz - "New World"

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Jesse Jagz drops a remix of Nas New world single off the nastradamus album which he dropped in 1999 hold us up as we wait for the “Odysseus” album from Emperor Jagz. Jess-Jagz-New-World.mp3  

President Buhari writes to Reps to approve 2016-2018 borrowing plan

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The Speaker House of the Representative, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, on Wednesday during plenary session read president  Muhammadu Buhari’s letter to the Reps members concerning a request to approve the federal government 2016 – 2018 borrowing plan.  This was made known to newsmen through Hon. Dogara’s series of tweets in his handle.  In the letter Buhari informed the house that the China EXIM Bank has approved a request for a loan to execute the Lagos KM railway modernization project  (Lagos Ibadan segment) for $1.231billion and Lagos-Kano railway modernization project (Kano-Kadunna segment) for $1.146billion with the Coastal railway project (Lagos-Calabar segment) for $3.474billion.  He said the projects are all imminent. Similarly, he highlighted emergency projects earmarked for North-East in the 2016-2018 borrowing plan and thus stated that World Bank provided a sum of $575million to assist in reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts as well as the procurem...

VIDEO: Solidstar – Nwa Baby ft. 2Baba

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Solidstar & 2baba-Nwa Baby.mp4   Achievas Entertainment’s  frontman and Reggae-dancehall superstar – Solidstar  has released the visuals to his 2016 smash hit ‘Nwa Baby’ featuring venerated afro-pop legend  2face Idibia  (a.k.a 2Baba) . Directed by popular music video director  Adasa Cookey , the video shows both singers looking stylish and elegant in fancy suits, jackets and blazers – as well as a number of gracious looking ladies flaunting their beauty in the love song. ‘Nwa Baby’ is the second track off  Solidstar’s  critically-acclaimed third studio album ‘WEED’ which quickly became a fan favourite since its initial release. The song marks the second collaborative effort between  Solidstar  and 2face  since the 2009 hit ‘One In A Million’ which topped charts for several consecutive months.

I No Longer Get Shows Because Of My Kind Of Music – African China

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Singer  African China , in an interview with  Sunday Scoop , talked about his music and the price he pays for doing his kind of songs. According to the LETTER TO MR PRESIDENT crooner, he now gets threats for singing about the sad economic state of the nation. “The circumstance of the country now warrants for a song like that. The economic recession is affecting people in the country badly and some generations that are not aware of the value of the original song can learn from this remix. A lot of people have reached out to me that this is the best time for me to have released that song. I want the original song to remain on its own and for this one to stand out too. I have always been doing socially conscious songs and I wouldn’t relent. My song,  Anu Gboko , talks about the menace of Boko Haram and other societal ills. I have always been the mouthpiece of the Nigerian people and no matter how much I’m threatened, I wouldn’t stop. It is better for me to speak my m...

Bomb attack hits US base in eastern Afghanistan

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Suspected Taliban insurgents on Monday attacked a US-operated base in Afghanistan's eastern province of Khost, officials said, but gave few immediate details of an assault that coincided with a visit to Kabul by US Secretary of Defence James Mattis. The attackers had detonated a car bomb at an entrance to Camp Chapman, a secretive facility manned by US forces and private military contractors, said Mubarez Mohammad Zadran, a spokesman for the provincial governor. But he had little immediate information on any damage or casualties. "I am aware of a car bomb attack at one of the gates in the US base, but we are not allowed there to get more details," the spokesman said. A spokesman for the US military in Afghanistan, Capt. William Salvin, confirmed the car bomb attack. He said there appeared to be a number of Afghan casualties but none among US or coalition personnel at the base. The attack came just three days after more than 140 Afghan soldiers were killed i...