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Meek Mill is headed to prison for three to six months after violating probation stemming from a 2009 drug and gun case. The rapper (born Robert Williams) was taken into custody and transported to the city prison complex in Northeast Philadelphia after a judge handed down the sentence, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported on Friday (July 11).

HAVE Chris Brown and Drake finally made up? One of the longest-running feuds in rap — which came to physical blows just two years ago — appeared to come to an end on Friday, when the two superstars were pictured in a recording studio together.

                            Germany poured in the goals Tuesday to hand Brazil its heaviest World Cup loss ever with an astounding 7-1 rout in the semifinals that stunned the host nation. Miroslav Klose scored a record-setting 16th career World Cup goal in a five-goal spurt in the first half as Brazil’s defense was torn apart. The Germans reached their eighth final and will face either Argentina or the Netherlands on Sunday at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. Previously, Brazil’s biggest World Cup loss was 3-0 to France in the 1998 final. This matched their biggest ever margin of defeat in any competition, equaling a 6-0 loss to Uruguay in 1920 in the South American championship, the predecessor of the Copa America..

                            The #BringBackOurGirls# movement has urged the Federal Government to make the status of rescue mission of over 200 kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls known to parents, family members of the abducted girls and Nigerians. Deputy National Mobilisation leader of the movement, Yusuf Sheriff Banki, at a press briefing yesterday in Maiduguri, Borno State capital said though the  movement did not doubt the efforts of the Nigerian government to rescue the abducted schoolgirls, Nigerians deserved to know the level of success of the rescue mission. He said government was not giving any information about the level of success made.

                          US based Nigerian singer, De’boyed, is poised to light up TV screens with the video of his spanking hit song,  let’s Celebrate. In a telephone chat with tonyogagablog, the singer’s Nigerian manager, Raymond Lasisi, revealed that having received hundreds of thousands of hits on YouTube, the singer was set to unleash the video on his Nigerian fans: “We are glad to inform Nigerians that after trending on YouTube and garnering hundreds of thousands of hits within such a short period, we are bring the video of  Let’s Celebrate  to your screens; music lovers watch out!”           Meanwhile, his reward package for fans who could sing both verses of his hit song is still running. Want to take a shot at De’boyed’s N25, 000 reward? Then listen carefully to Wazobia FM with Diplomatic ...

                          The film Half of a Yellow Sun, about the Biafran war, is to be shown in cinemas in Nigeria from August after film censors gave it approval. It was set to open in Nigerian cinemas in April, but the country’s film board found some scenes “objectionable”.           It is not clear if changes have been made to satisfy the censors, but last month the film’s distributor said it had agreed to edit some scenes. The film is based on the best-selling novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. More than a million people died in Nigeria’s 1967-70 civil war and it still remains a sensitive subject. It was feared by some that the film, which is seen as sympathetic to the Biafran separatist cause, could stoke ethnic tensions.

                            First he landed an endorsement deal with betting company, MerryBet now he’s picked up another with Digital Pay TV company, GO TV… -    Popular Nollywood actor, John Okafor also known as Mr. Ibu has been unveiled as GOTv Brand Ambassador.  According to the General Manager, GOTv Nigeria, Elizabeth Amkpa, the company decided to chose the comic star because the company sought an individual that has a strong acceptance by a wide audience, and the actor fits in.