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The Wu-Tang Clan-affiliated rapper who cut off his penis before leaping off the second-floor balcony of his North Hollywood apartment has lost the appendage for good, according to a report. Andre Johnson — who raps under the name Christ Bearer — was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after he apparently flayed himself during the bizarre suicide bid early Wednesday, TMZ reported. But doctors were unable to reattach the severed penis, the website reported. Neighbors told the website that Johnson managed to get back on his feet after taking the plunge from his balcony shortly before 1 a.m. The baffled neighbors said no one in the apartment was doing "any hard drugs that would cause him to do such a thing." Emergency workers found Johnson laying on the ground in a pool of blood outside the building before they rushed him to the hospital, where he remained in critical condition. The severed penis was transported to the hospital a short time later, but could not ...

According to Sahara Reporters, youths in Akure, Ondo State today took to the street to protest the state governments decision barring them from using the Democracy Park in the state which they had planned to use for their annual festival which was to hold today.    According to the youths, they had already taken permission from the State government through a written letter and there was no objection from them prior to today. Fuji Star Saheed Osupa was already in town to play at the festival as well as other guests who had come into town to celebrate with them. Continue...

Over the weekend in Lagos, Oscar nominee and BAFTA award winner, Chiwetel Ejiofor laid claim to the fact that  Half of a Yellow Sun  is not just a Nigerian story but an international story which has its implications and relevance across the world. The movie which was centered on love could not have left the original plot out which talks about the Biafran war.     By now you probably have heard of  Half of a Yellow Sun , but no one has told you about the nudity and sex scenes, by the way it was artistically done. Thandie Newton came out of the bath tub naked with her two boobs standing at alert, Chiwetel and Thandie Newton had sex and there was another sex scene in the movie, again all were artistically done. The question is, can Nigerian actors ever go all the way in movies like these people did (remember Chiwetel and Lupita in 12 Years a Slave)?

A LIB reader sent in these pics...said the young dude in the pic proposed to his girlfriend as they landed at Benin Airport a few minutes ago. How sweet. See more photos after the cut...

Anyone — nay, any man — who has ever watched the  movie 300  will know what the  'Spartan look'  is. And with the 300 sequel,  300: Rise Of An Empire , now out as well, we've been firmly reminded just how good that look is. Basically, the impossibly real, completely unattainable, purely shredded, lean and muscular body each and every actor in that movie has. Just how on earth could anyone look that good? Well, we're about to tell you. In fact, we found someone who'd know a lot more about this than we do and asked him how a newbie might go about this spectacular body transformation. Alan Holl, Product Innovation Manager at Virgin Active, gave us the answers. If someone wanted to  achieve the ‘300’ look , how long should they expect it to Continue after the cut...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Thursday said 24 candidates scored 250 points and above in the universities matriculation examination held nationwide on April 12. Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, made this known at a news conference on the release of the results in Bwari, Abuja. He said 315,401 candidates scored between 170 to 199 points, while 108,488 candidates scored between 200 to 249 points. He said this was the outcome of the Paper Pencil Test (PPT) and Dual Based Test (DBT) conducted in all the centres across the federation. Ojerinde said 990,179 applied for the PPT while 25,325 applied for the DBT, making a total of 1,015,504 applications for both modes of testing.

Former Chelsea striker, Didier Drogba has launched his own men's underwear line. The 36 year old football star shared a pic of himself modeling shorts from the line. Hmmm... #betterthingz . He  teamed up with Marseille-based designers HOM last year to create the exclusive range of men's underwear and beachwear which will start selling from  May 1 . According to Drogba, a percentage from every pair of pant sold would go to his charity foundation, Didier Drogba foundation.