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The youths, the Millennials and Generation Z and whatever else is out there that I have no clue about need to wake up from all this social media proposal nonsense.. You all keep shouting “stay Woke” and all that, while you guys are sleeping half of the time and the other half you are sleeping walking.   If you open your eyes you’ll learn something, Now engagement proposals even though is meant to be a surprise to your partner, is still also suppose to be a well thought out plan and making sure you and and the person you are about to propose to are on the same page.  For those of you who lack common sense let me dive a little deeper, You are suppose to have been discussing about marriage life, living together, raising a family…. etc, making sure he or she are in line with your dreams and aspirations of the future with them.  Now the video below proves my point, don’t spring some dumb crap half-baked engagement proposal on your unsuspecting, unwilling and NotWantingTo Ma...

The statue, known as  The Okukor, was stolen from the King of Benin in 1897. On January 4, the British delegation was ambushed outside a village by Edo warriors, apparently without knowledge of the Oba. Philips was slaughtered along with the entire British force - save for two men, Captain Alan Maxwell Boisragon, Commandant of the Constabulary of the Niger Coast Protectorate and Ralph Locke, District Commissioner of Warri. The incident became known as the 'Benin Massacre.' Days later Rear-Admiral Harry Rawson was appointed by the Admiralty to lead a force to invade the Kingdom of Benin and sack Benin City. In February, a force of around 1,200 Royal Marines, sailors and troops from the Niger Coast Protectorate Forces arrived in Benin. Master of Jesus College Sonita Alleyne and Prof. Abba Isa Tijani A Cambridge University college will hand over to Nigeria a sculpture that was looted by British troops in 1897, setting a precedent that will put pressure ...

Alan Cumming has claimed Halle Berry told director Bryan Singer to 'kiss my Black a**' as the cast held an intervention for the disgraced filmmaker on the set of X2: X-Men United. In his upcoming memoir Tales From a Fully Packed Life, Cumming, who starred opposite Berry in the 2003 sci-fi flick, recalled the actress telling the director off after the cast confronted Singer amid concerns for his health and their personal safety, according to Page Six. Cumming, 56, alleged he and co-stars Berry, Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, James Marsden and Famke Janssen were in costume and makeup when they confronted Singer in his trailer. Fellow X2 stars Ian McKellen and Rebecca Romijn were not filming that day. Cumming claimed in his book that Singer 'has himself admitted he was using painkillers at the time' and displayed concerning behaviour such as mood swings, tantrums, paranoia, and vanishing from the set for several hours at a time. The behaviour prompted the cast to...

Gilbert Chagoury, a Nigerian billionaire of Lebanese descent, has been named in the criminal case of a U.S. congressman Jeff Fortenberry who prosecutors say lied to FBI investigators about illegal contributions to his 2016 re-election campaign from foreign nationals. Gilbert Chagoury Who is Gilbert Chagoury you may ask? Chagoury was a close associate of Nigerian dictator, General Sani Abacha, who helped his business interests in the country. Abacha diverted millions of dollars from Nigeria's central bank to overseas bank accounts of his family and associates. After Abacha died in 1998, Chagoury returned an estimated U.S.$300 million to the Nigerian government to secure his indemnity from possible criminal charges. According to Associated Press, the indictment alleges that Fortenberry, U.S. Representative of Nebraska repeatedly lied to and misled authorities during a federal investigation into illegal contributions to his re-electio...

Rapper and actor, Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz The Bhad Guy, and Comedian Debo Adebayo, popularly known as Mr Macaroni, have joined the car procession at the #EndSARSMemorial protest at Lekki tollgate in Lagos. This is despite a ban on protests in Lagos and the heavy presence of armed police personnel at the tollgate.  The celebrities and other activities who turned up at the tollgate with their cars were seen waving Nigerian flags from inside the vehicles and honking the horns while singing solidarity songs. Some of the activists who spoke to newsmen stated that they will continue going to and fro the tollgate as their own way of protesting against the alleged killing of protesters at the tollgate on October 20, 2020. The tollgate was the epicentre of the protests against police brutality and bad governance last year October. Youths who gathered day and night at the tollgate were dispersed from the location by gun-wielding soldiers on October 2...

FBI agents searched two homes Tuesday tied to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin who is not allowed to do business or own property in the U.S. under sanctions imposed in 2018.  Oleg Deripaska The FBI said the raid on the mansion in Washington, D.C., was a "court-authorized law enforcement activity," while an FBI spokesman in New York said agents were carrying out a "law enforcement operation related to an ongoing investigation" at a three-story townhouse in Manhattan's Greenwich Village.  The raids were part of an ongoing criminal investigation, The Washington Post reports. Larisa Belyaeva, a Deripaska spokeswoman, said the FBI was "carrying out a search of two houses — located in Washington and New York — belonging to Mr. Deripaska's relatives. The searches are being carried out on the basis of two court orders, connected to U.S. sanctions. The houses do not belong to Mr. Deripaska."  At the mul...

A notorious Haitian gang accused of abducting 17 missionaries, most of them Americans, demanded $17 million in ransom for the kidnapped individuals’ release, according to multiple reports. Haitian Justice Minister Liszt Quitel said the gang dubbed “400 Mawozo” demands $1 million per person in order to set the missionaries free, the Wall Street Journal reported, which quoted Quitel as saying. The gang kidnapped the group—seven women, five men, five children, all U.S. citizens except one Canadian—on Oct. 16 in Ganthier, a commune that lies east of the capital of Port-au-Prince, Haitian police inspector Frantz Champagne told The Associated Press. The missionaries were on their way home from building an orphanage when the incident occurred, Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries said in a message. The ages of the abducted children reportedly range between just 8 months and 15 years. The missionaries are affiliated with the Christian Aid Ministries. White House press secretary Jen ...

The Beautiful Tiwa Savage alleged sex-tape which she claimed she is been blackmailed about, has been finally release online by her blackmailer who as it seems kept to his/her promise and its all that and then some…. I know you are all eager to watch the video….. We @edge cannot confirm the authenticity of this alleged sex-tape, we leave it to the public capable hands to come to their own conclusions Click and Play: Here Tiwa Savage and her boyfriend had sex on a yacht after cruising and enjoying with her friends on the boat. An alleged sex tape of Tiwa Savage with her lover has now surfaced online and social media users are now blaming the singer for allowing the man to make a video while making love to her. Tiwa Savage and Friend To make sure there is no confusion, pictures circulating online appear to be what Tiwa Savage wore the day the intimacy happened. You’ll also notice that the singer was in black, with braided hair in the leaked video. Share your thoughts ...

FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello has urged Muslims in the territory to adhere to the cardinal principle of peace upon which the religion of Islam is built. Minister Federal Capital Territory Abuja Muhammad Bello Bello, in his Eid-Eid-el-Maulud message to FCT residents, on Tuesday in Abuja, felicitated Muslims on the occasion of the commemoration of the birth of Holy Prophet Mohammad. Bello also urged all Muslims and other residents of the FCT to join Nigerians to reflect deeply on the role they could play individually and collectively to build a nation of which they could be proud of. “As the nation inches closer to increased political activities, we must recognise that the resort to violence or promotion of anarchy has never and will never resolve our social or political variances. “Therefore, there is the need for us to imbibe the true meaning and virtues of sacrifice, patience, tolerance and fellowship in our relationships and dealings with fellow residents and all Nigeria...

President Biden and former President Barack Obama were among the many public figures who paid tribute to former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, the four-star general who served Democratic and Republican presidents and who died Monday of COVID-19 complications at the age of 84. “Jill and I are deeply saddened by the passing of our dear friend and a patriot of unmatched honour and dignity, General Colin Powell,” Biden said in a statement released by the White House. “As a Senator, I worked closely with him when he served as National Security Advisor, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and as Secretary of State. Over our many years working together – even in disagreement – Colin was always someone who gave you his best and treated you with respect.” Biden said Powell “embodied the highest ideals of both warrior and diplomat. He was committed to our nation’s strength and security above all. Having fought in wars, he understood better than anyone that military might alone was no...

Our condolences to the entire Powell  family and friends, may GOD give you the strength to bear this huge loss and the fortitude to carry on his legacy.  The decorated general broke racial barriers in the U.S. military but attracted criticism for his part in paving the way for the Iraq War Colin L. Powell, the American statesman and soldier whose legacy of public service was marred by his role in launching the Iraq War, died of complications from Covid-19 on Monday. Powell’s family announced his death on Facebook, adding that the 84-year-old was fully vaccinated but contracted a breakthrough case of the virus. His immune system had been weakened by treatment for multiple myeloma, a cancer that affects the body’s plasma cells, report Robert Burns, Eric Tucker and Eileen Putman for the Associated Press (AP). “Colin embodied the highest ideals of both warrior and diplomat,” said President Joe Biden in a White House statement that described Powell as a...