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                      Questions have been raised as to whether enough is being done to stem the flow of fighters as only 23 passports have been seized this year to prevent them travelling to the war zone. The Government says there are around 500 British while a further 250 are thought to have already returned to the UK where the police and security services are attempting to watch them. The murder of James Foley apparently by 'John' - one of a gang of British jihadis known as 'The Beatles' - has raised fears the killing fields of Syria and Iraq are dominated by extremist Britons. MailOnline has profiled the most high profile jihadists known to have fled for Syria and Iraq. Continue...

                            Nadia Buari, took to her twitter handle to congratulate her boo'' Jim Iyke,  on his new deal . the two express the love they both have for each other see below.

Pandemonium broke out this morning in the Nyanya area of Abuja, after a Peugeot 406 car suspected to be laden with explosives was found parked in the middle of the road, causing motorist & passersby to run in different directions fearing that the car might explode.

                            She shared the video of her participation via her instagram page and also nominated R &B singing duo Peter and Paul Okoye (Psquare) and their elder brother, Jude Okoye for the challenge. Watch the video here The Ice bucket challenge is an activity involving dumping a bucket of ice water on one’s head or donating to the ALS Association in the United States. It went viral throughout social media during the Northern Hemisphere summer of 2014. Continue...

                           Dr. Kent Brantly, the American doctor who contracted Ebola in Liberia, will be released today from Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, ABC News reports. The 33-year-old contracted the deadly virus while working in a Liberian Ebola ward with the aid agency Samaritan’s Purse. He was later taken to the U.S. earlier in the month. He is the first ever Ebola patient to be treated in the U.S. and the first human to receive the experimental serum called ZMapp. His condition, according to reports, was deteriorating rapidly and so doctors in Liberia gave him the drug as a last effort to save him. According to Samaritan’s Purse, Brantly’s condition started to improve dramatically within an hour after getting the serum. After his health stabilized, he was taken from the country to Atlanta to the hospital’s isolation ward. His co-worker Nancy Writebol also survived after getting the serum and is stil...

                         British warplanes are to be sent to Nigeria to help locate the abducted Chibok girls, it emerged yesterday. The over 200 pupils of the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State were abducted from their hostels on April 15. MailOnline reported yesterday that three Royal Air Force (RAF) Tornado GR4s outfitted with surveillance equipment were being deployed to fly reconnaissance missions over the Northeast. A government source told The Times that the fighter bombers would help the Nigerian authorities by tracking the movements of Boko Haram militants. Continue...

                     In 1995, Denrele Edun was just like many TV hopefuls, looking for an opportunity to rock our TV with their personalities. Others may have quit, but Denrele didn’t and he got in. And boy did he rock our world. From his days as a Soundcity TV presenter to being a bonafide African TV superstar and top media personality, it has been an entertaining ride. Continue...

                          As Nigerians continued to mourn Dr. Stella Adadevoh on Wednesday, another sad news broke on Wednesday that five fresh suspected cases of Ebola Virus Disease had been reported in Lagos State. The state Commsioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, who announced this shortly after the Federal Government gave an indication that it might immortalise Adadevoh, said another Liberian was among the new suspected cases. Adadevoh, the first confirmed Nigerian to be diagnosed with the EVD , died on Tuesday evening. She contracted the disease while treating the index case, Mr, Patrick Sawyer, at the First Consultants Medical Centre, Lagos where she served as the Lead Consultant. Before her death, Adadevoh was one of the three patients that were left at the Lagos isolation centre as of Monday. Continue...

                   Several artist has dropped their  different versions of Shoki, now Triple MG artiste Teknopresents his version featuring HKN  artist B-Red. The song is produced by Selebobo. Listen below.