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Obafemi Martins to earn $6.6 million per year at new Chinese club Super Eagles striker Obafemi Martins, who last week confirmed his transfer from Seattle Sounders of U.S.A to Shanghai Shenhua of China will reportedly earn $6.6 million per year after tax at his new chinese club. Martins was on $3 million a year at Major League Soccer side Seattle Sounders, but after he has paid tax, he took home about $2 million.   And now according to Steven Goff of the Washington Post , the Nigerian who scored 40 goals and 23 assists in three seasons with the Sounders will earn a mouth-watering $6.6million annually more than double of what he was earning while playing in America. Martins has already joined his new club, which will open the Super League season March 5. He has played for Inter Milan (Italy), Levante (Spain), Wolfsburg (Germany), Newcastle United, Birmingham City (England) and Rubin Kazan (Russia).

Nepal Plane goes missing with at least 21 people on board A small plane with 21 people on board has gone missing. This happened while flying in a mountainous area in Nepal. The plane lost contact after taking off from Pokhara - a resort town west of Kathmandu. According to officials, it was heading north to Jomsom - the starting point for trekkers going into the mountains. Details to Come.

Indian village bans unmarried women from having cell phones A village in India imposed a ban on unmarried women and minor girls from owning cell phones. Women found in violation of this ban will be fined about $30 while the person who reported the offense will receive a reward of almost $3. Read more »

Nigeria's Newest Afro Pop Sensation Mr Beez Drops New Video Pretty Girl Feat Nollywoods Uncle Sam            Mr Beez whose other video Nicki Minaj is also currently trending has being making steady progress in the music industry. Big Ups to you 

Lionel Messi reveals Barcelona knew Arsenal would crumble in the second half of Champions League defeat Lionel Messi  has revealed Barcelona knew Arsenal would fall apart in the second half of their crunch Champions League clash, but claimed the tie isn't over. The Argentina captain bagged a late brace to hand the defending champions a significant advantage heading into the second leg at the Nou Camp. Click For More Photos»

Was Actress Shan George Duped By Sound City Big Boy? Nollywood actress Shan George has called out a Sound City staff who collected N100,000 from her before her new song could be aired on the popular music channel. The problem now is that she paid the money but the guy has been posting her, saying the song is rubbish. Read her words below: "This person Andrew Ameh Ujah alias DRO who works with Soundcity insisted I pay him 100k before he plays a music video I was promoting. This is evidence of that payment (pic above). He has not played the video even once since then.  Wen I asked him what's up, he said my video SUMMER ROSE by JAGA, directed by MATTMAX is a rubbish video that's why he didn't play it.  A video he saw and approved before asking me to pay the 100k? Yet he didn't refund my money. My people abeg what's your take on this?"

Did This Really Happen? Our folks, both old and young, suffered all kinds of humiliation in the hands of white men as slaves... Read more »

Rob Kardashian buys a $2.28mil mansion in Calabasas According to reports Robert Kardashian bought a 4,256 sq. ft 4 bedroom home for $2.285 million in Calabasas within the gated Oaks neighborhood with the help of his mum,  Kris Jenner who helped out with the purchase, which is under the family trust, and it closed a week ago. Click for more photos»

Popular Hausa actress, Aisha Dankano Is Dead Popular Kannywood actress, Aisha Dankano, has died. She died this morning at her home in Kano after a brief illness. Fam‎ily sources say she has been buried according to Islamic rites. May her soul find rest. Amen.

Is it truly N310 to a Dollar? According to politician and businessman, Ifeanyi Ubah, the exchange rate as of this evening has dropped to N310 to $1. According to him, the increase in the dollar rate was being manipulated by some people who will soon be fished out.

Fayose declares support for Sheriff  Ekiti ‎state governor, Ayo Fayose, has declared his support for the newly-appointed National Chairman of PDP, Ali Modu Sheriff. Speaking with newsmen in Ekiti state today February 23rd, Fayose said those who are against Ali Modu's appointment are politically incompetent as they couldn’t win 10% of their states during the last general elections; Read more »

Did James Harden cheat on Khloe Kardashian? According to TMZ, this is what Khloe claimed on a episode of her TV Show, Kocktails with Khloe'. Here's how they reported it. "James Harden is being called out by Khloe Kardashian - who says James begged her to be in an exclusive relationship ... only to cheat on her ass! KK put Harden on blast on "Kocktails with Khloe" on FYI -- saying the Houston Rockets star was so into her, that he sweet talked her into monogamy -- and then screwed her over. "He sought me out, he wanted to be committed ... then wasn't committed."

Was Ben Murray Bruce's book printed in the US? Looks like Ben Murray-Bruce's book was printed in the US. Twitter user @Laurestar, shared the back page of the book, tweeting 'So, #BuyNaijaToGrowTheNaira advocate made his book in the USA. Haba @benmurraybruce.'

Photos: Buhari meets with  Saudi Arabia's  King Al-Saud President Buhari this afternoon met with King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, the King of Saudi Arabia. The meeting held at the Royal Protocol, Riyadh, KSA. Buhari is currently in Saudi Arabia to discuss the falling price of crude oil and also sought for investors.  Click see more photos  »