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Barcelona star Lionel Messi risks another spell on the sidelines if he plays the El Clasico against Real Madrid, Argentina's team doctor warned.

The Elysium Night club will be hosting Mr 2Kay and Harry Song as they unveil the brand, Harry Song which currently has one of the biggest songs in the country, Reggae Blues will be there live to party with friends and guests.

After a video of Nicki Minaj pretending to cast a spell on a wheelchair-bound woman/man on Halloween caused a roar online, a wheelchair group is now reaching out for the rapper's help on Christmas.

Business activities in Port Harcourt resumed on Wednesday after a shutdown, due to protest by agitators for Biafra . The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the shutdown was due to a protest embarked upon by a group known as the Indigenous People of Biafra . Port Harcourt is Nigeria 's oil capital. The protesters had said they were protesting the arrest and detention of their leader, Nnamdi Kanu, by the Federal Government.

Members of the Enugu State House of Assembly have declared a state of emergency on all federal roads in the South-East zone. The declaration is sequel to a motion where the House condemned the deplorable state of federal roads in the zone.

Head coach of the Super Eagles, Sunday Oliseh, has admitted he has not fully recovered from illness, which saw him flown out for medical attention in Belgium last month. Oliseh said he decided to return for the 2016 FIFA World Cup qualifier between Nigeria and Swaziland, because of the importance of the game. “I am not 100% fit but this is a crucial match and we have to give it our all; that is why I managed to be here,” he said.

A 20-year old secondary school leaver identified as Isichei Paul was Tuesday, murdered at Okwe quarters in Asaba, Delta State, by suspected cultists who had been on rampage in the area. It was gathered that Paul was killed during a misunderstanding among the suspected cultists. The argument reportedly degenerated and one of the suspected cultists allegedly shot Paul at a close range.

Seattle Sounders striker, Obafemi Martins, has arrived at the Super Eagles training camp in Abuja, ahead of Friday’s World Cup qualifier in Swaziland. The former Newcastle and Inter Milan man, was the last player to report to camp and came in at 6.30am Wednesday morning.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned a former medical director of the Federal Medical Centre, Owo, Ondo State, Dr. Olufemi Abiodun Omotosho, and four others before Justice M. I. Sani of the Federal High Court sitting in Akure, Ondo State, on an eight-count charge bordering on conspiracy and money laundering.

The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has said that it has noted with heavy heart the level of ”ineptitude displayed by the Rivers State Government following the spate of violence and disruption of social and economic activities imposed on the peaceful people and residents of Rivers State, especially Port Harcourt and environs on Tuesday by groups of protesters under the aegis of indigenous people of Biafra.”

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has charged newly inaugurated Governing Councils to resolve existing conflicts in state-owned tertiary institutions, noting that they must stabilise the institutions for faster growth.

Those are the women of Wizkid and 2face Idibia respectively! Who's hotter?

A London bus driver has been suspended after he was filmed masturbating at the top deck of his bus. Footage shows the driver naked from the waist down, leaning between two seats at the top of the parked vehicle in a depot. Mohamud Mohamud, 38, and his brother Hazma, 26, were standing outside their home smoking a cigarette when the situation unfolded at 12pm on Saturday. The driver of the 123 bus route to Ilford, north London, was stood right by the steamy window that faces onto the road.

The abandoned Premier Cashew Plantation located in Oghe and Oji River of Enugu State has been given a new lease after years of neglect, writes Chineme Okafor Premier Cashew which started in 1952 as the first commercial cashew plantation in Nigeria at Oghe in present day Enugu State, has served well enough to perhaps merit recent conversations on reviving its fortunes.

Ahead of today’s inauguration of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) where ministers will be sworn-in, President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday approved the appointment of 18 new permanent secretaries in the Federal Civil Service, some of whom were recruited from the private sector signaling a departure from the past when directors in the civil service were promoted to the post of permanent secretaries.

Nollywood actress Toyin Aimakhu has come out to explain the nature of her relationship with the CEO of Ebony Films , Seun Egbegbe .