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Veteran sports journalist and Head of Sports communication at AIT/RayPower Felix Okugbe, has passed away. Family sources say he died this morning at the Lagos State Teaching Hospital after a long battle with cancer. May his soul rest in peace, Amen.

The Department of State Security Services (DSS) on Friday invited all the 21 candidates named by President Muhammadu Buhari for security checks. The verification includes scrutiny of educational certificates, checks for any past prosecution, among others.

Sanjeeta Kumari’s dream of making a fresh start in life was shattered this week when Maoist insurgents killed her for allegedly spying on behalf of the police. Her blood-stained body was found near the hills of Gumla in Jharkhand on Thursday October 8th.   Kumari, who also went by the name of Guddi, was lured into the outlaw group when she was 11 by a neighbour and transformed from a cook into a crack shot, serving under the Maoist banner for eight years, before she decided to turn over a new leaf.  

The former Super Eagles captain who has been very emotional about the fight between him and the Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh and leaving the team has apologised to Nigerians for retiring now saying it was for the good of the Nation. Here’s the latest thing the former captain penned down on his instagram page;

The matriarch of the Awolowo family, Chief Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo, is dead. She died at the age of 99, about two months to her 100th birthday.

All is not well in the camp of popular Fuji artiste, Saheed Osupa, as members of the band have embarked on an indefinite strike action following the failure of the star artiste to pay their accumulated dues, Naijaloaded reports.

The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC has told students of Obafemi Awolowo University that the body is no longer foolish like before in its dealings. In a program powered by the Division of Student Affairs, OAU in conjuction with NYSC, the later has educated the final year students and prospective corp members on what the Youth Service entails and what to expect during the period.

A Nigerian identified as Adamu Kargi, was among the 107 who lost their in lives in last Friday's crane accident in Saudi Arabia. The deceased Nigerian was from Kaduna state. May his soul rest in peace Amen.

A thief who swallowed a  $277k  diamond she stole from a jewel fair was caught out by an X-ray scan. Jiang Xulian, 39, confessed to Thai police immediately after her crime was exposed by the scan, which showed the jewel lodged in her large intestine. Cops took her to hospital to get the six-carat diamond out in a procedure using pliers. Jiang and her accomplice Hae Ying, 34, switched a fake diamond for the real thing when they inspected it at the Bangkok Gems and Jewelry Fair. According to the Bankok Post ,the vendor went to police, who used CCTV footage to track the pair down. They claimed they were tourists and were about to return home, but police asked them to have an X-ray, and their scam was exposed.Jiang was taken to hospital because she refused to eat and would only drink water.

Taylor Swift is being sued by fired radio host David Mueller, who claims he lost his job after Taylor falsely accused him of groping her. The lawsuit was filed on Thursday in Denver’s U.S. District Court, stemming from a 2013 meet and greet backstage at the Pepsi Center.