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DMX found not breathing, no pulse

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DMX denies taking any powder or drugs. He says all he remembers is having shortness of breath after suffering bronchitis for a couple of days. A family member says X asked for his inhaler (for asthma) right before he fell unconscious. They were not able to get it to him in time. He's still in the hospital. DMX was at death's door Monday night, not breathing, without a pulse and the signs point to an overdose. It's a lot worse than the story DMX's people were putting out ... that he suffered an asthma attack. Yonkers cops responded to a call about an unconscious male at a Ramada Inn just after 6 PM. We're told when cops arrived DMX was on the ground in the parking lot next to a parked car. Cops quickly determined he was lifeless, not breathing with no pulse and immediately began CPR. After a minute of CPR X's pulse came back. A witness on scene told cops DMX had ingested some sort of powder before lapsing into unconsciousness. Cops gave him Narcan

Back on? Khloe and Lamar look very cosy at Kanye's album launch

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The former couple looked happy and relaxed to be in each other's company as the NBA star made his first public appearance since October Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Yeezy Season 3 Back together? Khloe and Lamar are all smiles Lamar Odom made his first public appearance since his near-fatal overdose last October at Kanye West's Life of Pablo listening party at New York's Madison Square Garden on Thursday. During the show, the towering 36-year-old basketball player stayed close to Khloe Kardashian's side. At one stage, the pair were snapped giggling together as Khloe, who looked stunning in a nude all-in-one, whispered in her estranged husband's ear.

Kanye West slams Taylor Swift in new album track - "I made that b**ch famous"

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 The rapper also fired shots at Kim Kardashian's ex-boyfriend Ray J as he debuted his new album in New York on Thursday Kanye West has taken aim at pop beauty Taylor Swift in a track on his latest album. The rapper staged a fashion and music spectacular at New York's Madison Square Garden on Thursday, where models including Naomi Campbell and Alek Wek showed off his new collection to a soundtrack of his long-awaited Life of Pablo LP. Plenty of his lyrics shocked the audience, with one particularly scathing line making reference to his past feud with the Love Story singer, who had two of her best friends in the audience.

Mosquitoes carrying Zika virus exist in Nigeria —Health Minister

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  THE Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has said that the mosquitoes carrying Zika virus are in Nigeria and urged Nigerians to protect themselves by using mosquito nets. He also called on Nigerians to remain calm, be vigilant and report any suspected case of an acute febrile illness in pregnant women, in particular, to any nearest health facility. Adewole made this disclosure at a press briefing, yesterday, in Abuja, where he explained that the mosquitoes were active and flying, adding that they bite during the day and early morning.

Oliseh ‘must go’ campaign may consume NFF Technical C’ttee chairman

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Sunday Oliseh We have resolved everything, says Chris Green THE crisis tearing apart the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), over the recent outburst by coach Sunday Oliseh may be far from over, following allegation by a top official of the federation yesterday that the Technical Committee chairman, Barrister Chris Green, was the one ‘instigating’ the campaign to sack Oliseh. Ever since Oliseh’s “insane” attack on critics, there had been no love lost between members of the Technical committee and the Super Eagles coach.

NATO Will Send Ships to Aegean Sea to Deter Human Trafficking

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Ursula von der Leyen of Germany and Ashton B. Carter of the United States described NATO's reasoning for sending ships to the Aegean Sea to stop the smuggling of migrants. By REUTERS on Publish Date February 11, 2016. Photo by Thierry Charlier/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images. BRUSSELS — With more than a million migrants having reached Europe in the last year and many more on the way, NATO stepped into the crisis for the first time on Thursday, saying it would deploy ships to the Aegean Sea in an attempt to stop smugglers.

Naira hits new low, exchanges for N320 per dollar

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  Further hit came against the Naira yesterday in the parallel foreign exchange market, despite the intervention of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, in the inter-bank segment. Naira traded at an all time low of N320 against the dollar in the Bureau de Change, BDC, segment and about N322 in the street markets in some parts of Lagos, showing over nine percent depreciation within the last 10 days. Operators explain that the reason for the drop was due to the huge scarcity in dollars brought about by the dwindling foreign exchange resources inflow into the economy and coupled with the exclusion of the Bureau De Change operators from accessing Nigeria’s forex market.

Cristiano Ronaldo Better than Lionel Messi, Says Real Madrid Manager Zidane

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Lionel Messi, left, and Cristiano Ronaldo at the 2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or ceremony, January 11. Messi and Ronaldo are commonly regarded as the world's two best footballers.Olivier Morin/AFP/Getty Images It is a question that has been asked since time immemorial—or at least since Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo began facing off against one another in Spain’s La Liga. Which one is the better player? Answer that question, objectively—which may well be—impossible, and you have the answer as to the world’s best footballer.

Breaking : Taraba poll: Supreme Court upholds Gov Ishaku’s election

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The Supreme Court has upheld the outcome of the April 11, 2015, governorship election that produced Governor Darius Ishaku of the People Democratic Party, PDP. A seven-man panel of Justices of the apex court, in a unanimous judgment this afternoon, dismissed the the appeal that was lodged by Senator Aisha Jumai Alhassan of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour who delivered the lead verdict, affirmed the earlier judgment of the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal ‎which declared Gov Ishaku as the valid winner of the gubernatorial contest.