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Read his article below...  On the occasion of his 80th birthday, Benson Idonije, who is arguably Nigeria’s most informed analyst of jazz music and an enthusiastic promoter of popular culture and music has released for public review and consideration an absolutely well-informed biography of Fela, the Afro-beat music maestro.  The book is a useful contribution in my opinion. But the first thing I noticed- signposted by the copy sent to me, is how indeed, this particular publication appears to be a victim of the emergent crises of publishing in Africa in dispossessed economies.  The copy sent to me is copyrighted 2014; on the cover it is described as a preview edition, scheduled for “official release: first quarter 2015”, the review copy doesn’t even have an ISBN number, there is no index and the bibliography is wrongly presented.  After more than 29 years of assessing manuscripts and editing/reviewing books, I assume that I can convenien...

Cannon, 35, divorced ex Mariah Carey, 46, in 2015 and now wants the world to know his side of the story by releasing an emotional freestyle rap called “Divorce Papers.”. The actor spent more than four minutes on the song spitting lines like,  “When y'all need help/y'all call me/ When I need help, y'all call TMZ/ and y'all believe everything that ya’ll see.”  The actor also said he didn't file for divorce from Mariah, and that his main focus is their two kids.  He also freestyled on the track that his father told him that "next time he needs to find a black queen."  On the track, Cannon says “I hope she’s happy,”. He later told entertainment blogger Karen Civil that they are in a “great place.”  “My purpose for creating this ‘Divorce Papers’ freestyle was not to feed the tabloid chatter, or even to diffuse it. This was strictly a creative way for me to express my frustrations ...

Big Brother housemates Marco Pierre White Jnr and Laura Carter, who have already had sex in the house, are at it again. This time they showered together and had a very steamy make out session in a hot tub yesterday. According to 30 year old Laura, she is worried Marco, 21, might have lied to her about being in an open relationship in order to have sex with her, but that didn't stop her from getting freaky with him again. See more photos after the cut... 

Worried by the ceaseless attacks she gets on her page from trolls, actress Angela Okorie, this afternoon sent out this warning on her IG page to all them trolls who storm her page to attack her.

Chairman of Ndokwa East Local Government Area of Delta State, Nkechi Chukwurah, escaped death by the whiskers after one her of security aides simply identified as David opened fire on her at close range.  Speaking from her hospital bed in Asaba, Delta State, Mrs Chukwurah said she had just closed from a church thanksgiving service on the fateful day and was about to enter her Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) when the security aide who was seated at the front turned and pointed his gun at her. He immediately opened fire on her, firing severally before other security aides rushed at him and seized the gun. Mrs Chukwurah, who recently returned to office after being suspended by the state House of Assembly over allegations of misappropriation of public funds, said that the bullets hit her at the stomach, hand and thighs. She was rushed to the hospital by sympathisers.   According to the Sun, the suspect was arrested and during interrogation confessed that strange voices told him ...

Big Brother housemates Marco Pierre White Jnr and Laura Carter, who have already had sex in the house, are at it again. This time they showered together and had a very steamy make out session in a hot tub yesterday. According to 30 year old Laura, she is worried Marco, 21, might have lied to her about being in an open relationship in order to have sex with her, but that didn't stop her from getting freaky with him again. See more photos after the cut... 

A man has been caught on camera having sex or probably 'masturbating', by thrusting his bare hips into the ground outside an office building in New Zealand in the middle of the day. Stunned office workers filmed the man and the footage shared shows him thrusting hard into the road while a second man crouched on all fours beside a van and watched the disturbing scenes from close range. The bizarre vision was uploaded to Reddit this week and everyone is quite confused about what what was actually going on. Probably had a viagra overdose. See the video below....