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We weigh in on the Nicki and Taylor VMA Twitter feud. Last night Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift fired up a hectic Twitter battle, when Nicki expressed shock, disbelief and anger that she wasn’t nominated for Video of the Year at the MTV Video Music Awards.

Members of the House of Representatives loyal to the leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have sued the speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara, and the deputy, Yusuf Lasun, over the allocation of key leadership positions in the house. Two aggrieved lawmakers asked a federal court to restrain Mr. Dogara from refusing to accept nominees sent by the party leadership as majority leader and deputy; and majority whip and deputy.

The senator representing Kaduna-Central senatorial district, Shehu Sani, has kicked against the call for the impeachment of the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu. Sani said such move will worsen the crisis currently rocking the National Assembly. Sani, who was elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, admitted that although, he didn’t vote for Ekweremadu,

The USL side for Major League Soccer's Portland Timbers absolutely decimated English Premier League squad Newcastle United FC in a shocking international friendly result. ZACH DRAPKIN Photo Courtesy of Brandon Farris/VAVEL USA Portland Timbers 2 4   3 Newcastle United FC PORTLAND, OR -- In a highly-unexpected result, the USL's Timbers 2 side more than handled English Premier League club Newcastle to grab a 4-3 win in an international friendly match.

former Foreign Affairs minister, Ojo Maduekwe paid a whooping $1million per annum, (approximately N230million) to a foreign consultancy firm, for what it described as ‘ providing counsel and advice’ to the Nigeria foreign ministry.

 Satguru Maharaji ji, the founder of One Love Family, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to use traditional means to tackle the Boko Haram insurgency. Maharaj ji gave the advice on Sunday in Ibadan at a press conference to mark the 35th anniversary of the One Love Family in Nigeria.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has decried attempt by what it described as amorphous group to mislead Nigerians and distract the agency from its renewed fight against corruption. According to a statement signed by the spokesperson of the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, the commission “decries the attempt by the amorphous group to mislead Nigerians and distract the agency.

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has given indication that it will oppose the choice of Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti as Deputy Chairman of the Governors’ Forum. A source close to an APC governor in one of the North Central States said the choice of Fayose by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was ill considered and was unacceptable by the party.

The reality star was accused of throwing shade at Taylor Swift with an ill-timed tweet Splash / Getty Kim Kardashian inadvertently (and quite hilariously) got herself caught up in Taylor Swift and Nicki Minaj's Twitter row on Tuesday. Taylor accused the rapper of pitting "women against each other" after Nicki admitted she felt snubbed after only receiving three nominations ahead of the MTV VMA awards.

There are indications that Ex President, Olusegun Obasanjo, who publicly ripped his party’s membership card, is scheming to return to the party through the back door as his relationship with President Muhammadu Buhari dwindles.

Suarez scores in 2-1 Barcelona victory as former team-mates are reunited Liverpool greats Steven Gerrard and Luis Suarez reunited as LA Galaxy take on Barcelona, photo courtesy of LA Galaxy Luis Suarez got himself on the scoresheet as he was reunited with his former Liverpool FC team-mate Steven Gerrard in Los Angeles. The two met as Suarez’s Barcelona took on Gerrard’s new side, LA Galaxy, in a pre-season friendly at the Rose Bowl on the west coast of the United States.

During BasketMouth’s Uncensored show in Houston, Texas this week, the ace comedian, who was nominated for an award at the MTV Africa Music Awards 2015, said he doesn't know why D'banj won an award. He also wondered how Davido could beat Wizkid for best male. Below is what he said

ReutersMuhsin al-Fadhli is seen in an undated photo provided by the U.S. State Department in Washington, D.C. Muhsin al-Fadhli was killed while traveling close to the Turkish border A Pentagon spokesperson has confirmed that a U.S. airstrike in Syria earlier this month killed a top leader of al-Qaeda splinter group Khorasan who had rare advanced knowledge of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.