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Young Money first lady Nicki Minaj is set to take the stage alongside Nigeria big guns in the music industry at this year’s Tribe One’s festival in South Africa. The Pills N’ Potion singer will be performing alongside fellow US acts; J Cole, Macklemore, Ryan Lewis and Nigerian acts, Wizkid, D’banj and Tiwa Savage in the 3-day festival. Organizers of the event took to twitter to make this declaration; ‘’we are proud to announce @NickiMinaj as a headlining act at #TribeOneFest’’ She will be performing on the Diamonds Fields Stage’ The three-day festival which will kick off on Friday, September 26, and end on Sunday, September 28, 2014 in Cullinan, Tshwane will also feature Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, J Cole, Kid Ink, Karen Zoid, Desmond & the Tutus, Shortstraw, Tailor Kwesta and Wizkid. Other performers include Samuel Miller, Rouge, Dbanj, The Dollfins, David & Goliath, Veranda Panda, New Academics, Lacey May, Beatenberg, Gang of Instrumentals, MXO & The Peppercorns, Royal

Some weeks back, rave of the moment artiste, Burna Boy, via twitter, relieved his mother Bose Ogulu who had been his manager, of her duties. However in a telephone chat with Punch newspaper, his mother, Ogulu, said there is no role bigger than being the mother of a star and explained that her son did not “fire” her while still claiming she still manages most of his business activities. She said, “I was not in the country when the story broke and I have said I would not make any comment on it because it is totally unimportant. Whether I am his manager or not, he is my child and there is no role bigger than that. I am so shocked about how people made a big deal of the issue. I am not a musician or an entertainer, so I don’t owe anyone an explanation but he has done enough.

The Irishman, 62, plunged from a platform while filming a segment for the opening credits - but Simon was gutted that the fall wasn't caught on camera Splash Going down: Louis Walsh took a tumble X Factor staff rushed to help Louis Walsh on Saturday after he plunged off the stage during auditions,  writes Janine Yaqoob in the Sunday People. The show judge  was filming a segment for the opening credits when he tumbled off the platform to the floor a few feet below. Simon Cowell, Cheryl Fernandez-Versini and Mel B looked shocked as production staff rallied to check if Louis was OK after losing his balance. But their initial ­concerns quickly turned to laughter when they ­realised the 62-year-old Irishman had ­escaped unhurt. An X Factor source  said: “All four judges were filming the ­sequence for the start of each show in front of the green screen. “The girls were looking very glamorous and ready for action, as was Simon. “Then Louis suddenly fell off the sta

N ollywood star, Genevieve Nnaji treated the winner of the Act The Part online competition, Bola Suru to a fun filled evening yesterday at Eko Hotel and Suites. The glamorous actress who was clad in a mustard-coloured dress by Halston and Heritage, shared fun memories with the aspiring actress over dinner, and also talked about her real estate business, which she says is thriving really well. See the photos after the cut…

With a little over three weeks left managers all over are frantically scrambling to get moves over the line and finalise their squads David Ramos/Getty Images Blind alley: The Netherlands star is much sought after following the World Cup Refresh automatically  On  |  Off Arsenal gossip round-up:  Hummels still on Wenger's radar? Liverpool gossip round-up:  Icardi would cost Reds €30million United gossip round-up: Cuadrado demands Fiorentina exit

Barcelona have announced that Ibrahim Afellay has completed a move to Olympiakos on loan for the duration of season 2014-15.More to follow …

Huddersfield Town part company with manager Mark Robins Huddersfield Town have parted company with manager Mark Robins after just one game of the Championship season. Following Saturday’s 4-0 home defeat against Bournemouth, Robins, 44, met with the board and it was agreed he would leave his post. A club statement read: “Mark and the directors all agreed it would be in the interests of all parties to part company.” Former Coventry boss Robins took over from Simon Grayson in February 2013. He helped the Terriers avoid relegation in his first season and led the club to a 17th-place finish last term. However, the club won just two of their last 13 league games in a 2013-14 campaign that finished with a total of 23 defeats.

A Canadian who recently visited Nigeria is being held in isolation at Brampton Civic Hospital in Ontario for showing symptoms of the Ebola Virus Disease. According to a Canadian public health official, the patient was reported to be showing initial symptoms of Ebola which were similar to more common diseases, such as malaria. Dr. Eileen de Villa of Peel Public Health told The Globe and Mail that infection prevention and control measures had been put in place at the hospital because a patient with a recent travel history to Nigeria had shown symptoms similar to the Ebola fever and other flu-like symptoms. Dr. de Villa said she received information from her colleagues at Brampton Civic Hospital and representatives from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. She added that the hospital would be working with public health laboratories to confirm a diagnosis. Any subsequent actions will of course depend on what the ultimate diagnosis is, she said.

Riot police raced to quell a demonstration blocking Liberias busiest highway Saturday as an angry crowd protested the governments delays in collecting the bodies of Ebola victims. In Guinea, where the deadly Ebola outbreak emerged in March, health officials announced Saturday that the country was closing its land borders with Liberia and Sierra Leone two of the countries where the killer virus has now spread and where deaths are mounting. The World Health Organization declared the Ebola outbreak an international health emergency Friday. The growing unease in Liberia, where nearly 300 people have died from the gruesome disease, raises the specter of social unrest. Several bodies had been lying by the roadside for two days in the central town of Weala, 50 miles (75 kilometers) from the capital of Monrovia, and no government agency had picked them up, residents said.

Parents told that if little Macey Marsh lives, she could be blind after breaking out in sores and blisters from allergic reaction A toddler was left fighting for her life after suffering a massive allegic reaction to a child’s dose of Nurofen. Just hours after two-year-old Macey Marsh was given the ­medicine as advised by a family GP, her face broke out in hundreds of agonising sores and blisters. Now, after ten days in intensive care, doctors say it’s “a miracle” she is alive, and even now her eyesight could be permanently damaged. Yesterday her dad Matt, 37, said: “I wouldn’t wish what happened on us to anybody. The thought of losing her was just unbearable.” Macey’s ordeal began six weeks ago after her parents took her to the GP because she had a rash and puffy eyes and had complained of feeling poorly.

Corrie Kym couldn't look more loved up on trip to Algarve Kym Marsh enjoys a summer of love with new man Dan Hooper – and both their extended families. The smitten pair could barely keep their hands off each other as they grabbed a few moments alone on the beach. Coronation Street star Kym, 38, was in the pink in a coral-coloured bikini, looking in her element in the arms of her hunk. An onlooker said: “They looked really loved up. They were messing around but it’s clear they’re totally into each other.” The couple were enjoying their first holiday together – and made it a family affair. Joining them in the Algarve, Portugal, were Kym’s parents David and Pauline as well as her children David, 19, Emily Mae, 16, and Polly, three. Dan’s parents Helen and Steve were also invited, but his three-year-old daughter Lexi stayed at home with her mum, Hollyoaks actress Stephanie Waring, 35.

More bum jiggling and booty-popping for the singer as she tours in the US with Miley Cyrus It seems  Lily Allen  has been spending far too much time with  twerk queen Miley Cyrus  as she continues to support the singer on her wild US Bangerz tour.

The Federal Government has warned Nigerians to stop visiting Liberia, Sierra-Leone and Guinea because the three countries remain on danger list over the ravaging Ebola virus. The Minister of State for Health, Dr. Khaliru Al-Hassan who visited Kano, northern Nigeria to rob minds with government authorities and traditional rulers on how to curtail spread of dangerous diseases also declared that the Federal Government has banned movement of dead bodies from within and outside the country as part of measures to avoid the spread of the Ebola Virus. Al-Hassan who was in Kano during the third meeting of Northern Traditional Leaders on Primary Health-Care said that transfer of dead bodies remain a threat in the spread of the deadly virus. His words, œhenceforth, dead bodies would not be allowed to be transferred from one part of the country to another. Wherever the dead died they should be buried there. We have suspended bringing corpses from outside the country, particularly thes

Incumbent Governor of Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has been declared the winner of the 2014 Governorship elections. The APC candidate won elections in 22 out of the 30 local government areas of the state scored a total of 394684 to beat his main rival and candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Iyiola Omisore. Omisore, who won in eight local government areas, scored 292747 votes. Returning Officer Prof. Tale Omole (VC OAU) announced the results as follows: