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A full investigation is slated to begin today, one day after a private Lear jet crashed on approach near Grand Bahama International Airport, killing everyone on board, including a prominent pastor and his wife. All passengers on the flight died, with nine people reportedly on board, the Royal Bahamas Police Force said. The jet was carrying Dr. Myles Munroe and his wife, Ruth, according to Kelley Jackson, a spokeswoman from the Andrew J. Young Foundation. Munroe, 60, was a pastor and motivational speaker, the founder of Bahamas Faith Ministries International Fellowship. Ruth served as co-senior pastor. "Ambassador Young expresses his deep sadness over the tragic death of his friends Dr. Myles and Mrs. Ruth Munroe," the organization posted on its Facebook page. "He offers condolences to the Munroe family and the families of the other souls who lost their lives as a result of this shocking plane crash." Senior vice president and pastor Richard...

A 25-year old lottery agent, Olawale Salau, has been stabbed to death by his childhood friend, Kamoru Kushimo. And according to PUNCH , the incident happened on Wednesday, last week on Alafia Street, in the Iyana Ipaja area of Lagos State. Olawale Salau had just gotten his jobless childhood friend released on bail after he was detained for attacking someone in the neighbourhood. But when he started asking his friend to change his aggressive behaviour, a resident, Sola Adebambo (not real name), said Kushimo became angry and accused the deceased of reporting him to people who had been rebuking him. He said the suspect began insulting the deceased and threatened to end their friendship. Sola said: “In the afternoon of that fateful day, he verbally assaulted him for hours while we were all drinking at the club. Salau did not answer him and people asked Kushimo to stop, but he refused. Then he said he wanted their friendship to end. Salau told him that if th...

Richestlifestyle.com, same website that named President Goodluck Jonathan the 6th Richest African President before deleting it, has released their Most Beautiful African WAGs as of 2014. (WAGs refer to wives and girlfriends of sportmens). And according to them, Joseph Yobo's wife, Adaeze Yobo is the 4th Most Beautiful in Africa and the only Nigerian football stars' wife worthy of making the Top 7 list. Ada is no doubt stunning. See the full list after the cut. 1) Menaye Donkor The top of the list is Canadian-born Ghanaian model, entrepreneur and philanthropist won the Miss Universe Ghana in 2004. In 2007, she started dating Ghanaian footballer Sulley Muntari who plays for A.C. Milan. They were married on Christmas Day 2010. 2) Najah Wakil This Puerto Rican-Somalian model is reportedly (unconfirm) married to former Chelsea striker Salomon Kalou who now plays for Bundesliga club Hertha BSC. 3) Olivia Song This young African beauty is married to ...

There was a report that the Nigerian Chief of Defence Staff ,Alex Badeh evacuated his family with a helicopter shortly before Boko Haram insurgents took over his own town.A response has been issued to the claims as published on the Defence HQ website The attention of the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has been drawn to an article with the caption, “The Helicopters that evacuated CDS Badeh’s family from Mubi: A lesson for All Nigerians” written by a certain Elvis Iyorngurum and posted in an on-line news outlet, NewsRescue.com on the 6th of November, 2014. The said article which contained strings of deliberate falsehood and spurious allegations claimed that few hours before the attack on Mubi by the terrorists, the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal AS Badeh flew in helicopters and evacuated his family from the town and abandoned everyone else to their fate. While the DHQ remains at a loss as to the motive for these unconscionable fabrications, it is pertinent to quic...

Chidinma has been promoting her new song, Martha..and finally opened up on Social media about her challenging years as a youngster..She says she is dedicating her life to caring for the blind ..So touching  ... I was conceived and certified totally Blind at birth. For fifteen nights this woman held me in her hands and wept uncontrollably, with my father calling on God to bless newly born Chidinma with sight.... On the 16th day I opened my eyes.... And they have been open ever since.. I was born a very fragile baby with some health conditions. Her prayers took it all away. (Continue) Today I dedicate my entire life selflessly and earnings to catering to visually impaired/blind people. Life is such a wonderful and colorful piece of art and it must feel like hell not to envision Gods creation. THE Mma Charity Foundation is my little giveback the world "The song MARTHA is dedicated to my mother Mrs Martha Ekile. I DECIDED To show my fans a different side to Chidinma, a...

Solange Knowles is set to marry her longtime boyfriend, music video director, Alan Ferguson, in New Orleans this weekend. The two have been engagement for a while now. Alan has directed music videos for Beyoncé, Jay-Z,  Katy Perry, Natasha Bedingfield, Nelly Furtado and so many others. The wedding, according to Us Weekly will take place near her home in New Orleans this Sunday. Though much of the details of the event are being kept secret,  Friday, November 14 , will see them enjoying a movie night together before  Saturday’s  rehearsal dinner. Then on  Sunday, November 16 , Solange and Alan will make it official in front of friends and family.

Rapper Ruggedman has denied reports that he's dating actress Halima Abubakar and Monalisa Chinda. In an interview with Encomium magazine, Rugged said he isn't dating the women but has a crush on Monalisa. He also revealed he is currently seeing someone who is not in the entertainment industry. "You see they always hook me with someone. The same way they hooked me with Maheeda because she wore my cloth for a photo shoot. Before, they said I was dating Maheeda but now it is Monalisa.  I am not dating Halima Abubakar also. I have spoken about my relationship with her. We are not dating but trust me, I am in a relationship but not with someone in the industry. Asked all of the ladies he has been romantically linked, which of them he has a crush on, Rugged said "I would have loved Monalisa Chinda. Have you seen her live? She is so fresh" he said