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MUST READ: MUSIC XRAY

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Suarez loses appeal against biting ban

Uruguay forward Luis Suarez, banned from all soccer activity for four months and nine competitive internationals for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini during a World Cup match, has lost his appeal, Fifa said on Thursday.
Fifa's appeals committee rejected the appeal filed by the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF), although

Brazil's injured striker Neymar will attend Saturday's third-place play-off when the battered World Cup hosts take on the Netherlands.
Brazil were consigned to the ignominy of fighting out a game Dutch coach Louis van Gaal has attacked as "unfair" after their 7-1 semifinal mauling by Germany.
Neymar's absence dominated the build-up to Tuesday's humiliation. The Barcelona striker missed out after

Cape Town - Bayern Munich's Croatian international striker Mario Mandzukic has completed his move to Atletico Madrid, the Bundesliga champions announced on Thursday.

The 28-year-old, who has played for Bayern for the past two seasons, has undergone his medical and signed with the Champions League finalists.

No transfer details were revealed but the German media estimated the deal to be worth

Argentina not intimidated
Argentina legend Diego Maradona believes Germany are beatable ahead of the third meeting between the two nations in the World Cup final.

Maradona inspired La Albiceleste to

Cape Town - Moroka Swallows coach, Zeca Marques, has come out saying Edward Manqele is trying to divert away from the truth following differences between the two.

Manqele has said that the difference between Marquez and Pitso Mosimane, is that the Mamelodi Sundowns coach is an honest guy who

Cape Town - Galatasaray have admitted that they would be powerless to prevent Wesley Sneijder leaving if they receive an offer of £16million.

Sneijder has again been linked with a move to Manchester United but the deal

Picture: Emma Watson named UN Ambassador

London - Emma Watson has been appointed a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations (UN).

The Bling Ring actress is "excited" about her role promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women for the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women division of the international organisation.

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Los Angeles - So you think you know everything there is to know about Tinseltown and its hordes of famous inhabitants? But what if we told you that there are things that not even the celebs know about? Secret and saucy titbits that are hardly ever revealed.

We digged through the internet to find absolutely weird and totally jaw-dropping facts you probably didn't know about (and if you did just play along):

Here we go:

Cape Town - South African Victoria's Secret Angel Candice Swanepoel has been chosen by Behati Prinsloo to be her bridesmaid in her

Los Angeles - David Beckham, George Michael and Sir Michael Caine have reportedly been involved in a tax avoidance schemes.

The 51-year-old singer and 81-year-old Academy Award-winner have allegedly been

Stephanie Okereke-Linus breaks into Hollywood

Lagos - Nollywood actress Stephanie Okereke-Linus will be starring in an American Western titled Boonville Redemption.

The movie star announced this on her Instagram page, and could not hide her excitement about featuring in a Hollywood film.

“Hey fab people, yours truly will be featuring in an American western epic movie Boonville Redemption. Will
keep you y'all posted” she wrote on her social media page.

APC slams PDP "ninjas" in Osun campaign

Osun - The All Progressives Congress (APC) has slammed the People’s Democratic Party Governorship candidate for Osun State, Iyiola Omisore, over his alleged use of masked gunmen as security men during his ongoing electioneering campaign.

In a statement issued in Abuja by its National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, the party said

Katsina INEC reschedules local government polls

Abuja - The Katsina State Independent Electoral Commission (KTSIEC) has moved the local government election from next month to August followed pleas from

Edo Assembly denies sittings held at governor's office

Abuja - The Edo State House of Assembly has denied media reports sittings were now held in the office of the Governor, Adams Oshiomhole.

Speaker, Uyi Igbe, disputed the reports in a statement.

“Our attention has been drawn to reports in a

Commission postpones LG polls in Katsina

The Chairman of the commission, Abubakar Lawal, made this known at a news briefing in Katsina on Tuesday.

Lawal said that the postponement was to

Rio De Janeiro - Brazilians cried, cursed their president and covered their faces in shame after their beloved football team's humiliating 7-1 thrashing by Germany in the World Cup semi-finals Tuesday.

After the fifth goal, well before half-time, hundreds of people left their expensive seats at the stadium in the southeastern city of Belo Horizonte.

A section of the crowd chanted

Sport: 6 reasons why Germany will advance

GERMANY FANS CELEBRATE VICTORY(TWITTER)

When the hosts walk out onto the pitch of the Estadio Mineirão tonight, they carry the weight of a nation on their shoulders but instead of their next match being on Sunday evening it will be on Saturday as the Germans will prevail tonight.

Here are the six reasons why Germany will win:

1. Neymar is out

Chris Brown and Karrueche Tran break up

What are these two up to again? Just last week, it was all good between them with Chris posting butt pics of Karrueche on his instagram page. But it looks like they may have called it quits....again!

Kaduna - The People's Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Timothy Chindo, has won Saturday’s bye-election into the Kaduna State of Assembly (KDHA) in Kauru Lolcal Government Area.
The election was conducted to replace late Tukura Shuaibu, who died on May 30.

Alhaji Abubakar, the Electoral Secretary, who announced the result on Sunday in Kauru, said

Osun - The All Progressives Congress (APC) has decried the delay in distributing the permanent voters cards to registered voters ahead of the August governorship election in Osun State.

The party warned that

Ghanaian Hiplife musician, Castro, according to multiple sources from Ghana, is at the moment feared dead after he drowned in the Ada river, trying to rescue a female friend.

Los Angeles - Kendra Wilkinson is "inconsolable" over rumours Hank Baskett cheated on her with a transsexual model.

The Kendra On Top star, who has son, Hank Jr., four, and six-week-old daughter Alijah with her husband, has moved three of her friends into her mansion in Los Angeles to help her cope with her heartbreak.

Maiduguri - More than 60 women and girls abducted last month by suspected Boko Haram militants have escaped their captors, sources said Sunday, but more than 200 schoolgirls are still being held by the militants.

Local vigilante Abbas Gava said

Lagos – American comedienne, Joan Rivers, has caused controversy yet again after she claimed that U.S. president Barack Obama is gay and that his wife, Michelle, is

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Nigeria: I won’t go into music – I Go Dye

Celebrated comedian speaks with JAYNE AUGOYE on what he does outside comedy

Among some Nigerian comedians with controversial stage names, Francis Agoda’s case is about the most curious. While some would bear Omo Baba and Funny Bone, his is I Go Dye, a term that sounds as if someone is craving for suicide

Nigeria’s first Prime Minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa

The son of Nigeria’s First Republic Prime Minister, Dr. Abduljelil Tafawa Balewa, has declared his intention to contest the 2015 presidential election but was, however, silent on the party he intends to use to actualise his ambition.

The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the All Progressives Congress, APC and Edo state Governor Adams Oshiomhole are now

Los Angeles - Michelle Heaton says she may need a hysterectomy as a preventative measure against cancer.

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The 33-year-old star tied the knot with the former NFL player on Saturday, and the couple were "over

Lagos - The Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musliu Obanikoro, appealed to Lagos residents to remain calm and peaceful in the wake of the bloody clashes between a group of soldiers and BRT bus drivers.

Obanikoro said

Kicking the EFF out of the Gauteng legislature will result in the party mobilising its supporters and making the province ungovernable

Tragedy struck again Sunday afternoon at Awoyaya bus stop in Ajah area of Lagos state as a BRT bus crushed a commercial motorcyclist, popularly called

JEGA and INEC reschedules phase two of voter card distribution

Abuja - The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rescheduled the second phase of the distribution of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) and Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) involving 12 states.

A statement in Abuja signed by

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