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Rapper Ice Cube has disclosed that Dr Dre ’s plans to release a new album on August 1. In an interview with Philadelphia’s Power 99 radio station, Ice Cube spoke at length about Dre’s upcoming NWA biopic film Straight Outta Compton and made it clear that the new music from Dr. Dre was inspired by the film about his former hip hop group. "Actually Dre is dropping an album inspired by Compton," Ice Cube told the audience. "He’s dropping something on August 1st. It’s mega. It’s Dr Dre. It’s what everyone’s been waiting for. It’s definitely a dope record. And he’s dropping it all on the same day. It’s crazy." Fans are also eager for confirmation of an NWA reunion tour to support the film’s release, following rumours they would reform for live promotional dates with Eminem as an honorary member Despite representatives for both Dr. Dre and Eminem denying plans for any tour dates, Ice Cube commented on the possibility of a new tour, adding, "it’s d

Ukrainian forces and pro- Russian separatists accused each other on Thursday of shelling civilian areas near the rebel-held city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine despite a ceasefire, with four civilians and one soldier killed. A Ukrainian military spokesman told a news briefing that two men were killed in Dzerzhynsk, north of the regional hub, when separatists opened fire from Horlivka, 7.5 km (4.7 miles) away. The state prosecutor said one Ukrainian serviceman was also killed in the attack. Separatists, in turn, accused Ukrainians of using tanks and artillery in an overnight attack on Horlivka in which a man and a woman were killed. The casualty reports could not be independently verified. More than 6,500 people have been killed since the fighting broke out in April last year. Attacks have lessened since a peace agreement was brokered in Minsk, Belarus, in February, but both sides accuse each other of violating the ceasefire.

 Olukolade was one of 95 generals affected by a major shakeup of the Nigerian Army ordered by Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai. Major General Chris Olukolade has been removed from the Director of Defense Information position and replaced by Colonel Rabe Abubakar . Olukolade was one of 95 generals affected by a major shakeup of the Nigerian Army ordered by Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai . The development was announced by the Acting Director of the Directorate of Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Usman .  Abubakar was one time the Commandant of the Nigerian Army Information School, Bonny Camp, Lagos.

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has filed a case in a state High Court to challenge a news report which accused him of declaring assets worth N90billion.  The Union Newspapers had reported that El-Rufai made the declaration of assets at the Code of Conduct Bureau. The governor filed the lawsuit personally on Monday, July 27, 2015, and was accompanied by his deputy, Bala Bantex and his lawyers.

 Some 2,100 of them entered the site overnight, 1,900 of them were quickly pushed back outside and 200 were arrested More than 2,000 migrants tried to enter the Channel Tunnel in an attempt to reach Britain from France , French authorities said on Tuesday. Six migrants were injured in what was the biggest incursion effort in the last few weeks at the tunnel entrance near Calais , on the night between Monday and Tuesday, a local official said. " Some 2,100 of them entered the site overnight, 1,900 of them were quickly pushed back outside and 200 were arrested ," the official told Reuters. Tunnel operator Eurotunnel confirmed the intrusion on Twitter, saying it had caused traffic delays. Such disruption has become common as some 5,000 migrants, mostly from Africa and the Middle East, have set up camp around the northern French port and regularly try to board trucks travelling by the rail tunnel or by ferry to Britain.

The faimily and friends of the young woman's loved ones will come together in Georgia this weekend to mourn and celebrate her short life, Us Weekly reports. Sources  have revealed that the funeral will be held on Saturday morning, Aug. 1. It was originally scheduled for Thursday, July 30, but an insider revealed that certain family members couldn't make it that evening, prompting the rescheduling.  The services will take place at St. James United Methodist Church in Alpharetta, Ga. Those who were close to the only child of  Bobby Brown  and the late  Whitney Houston  will say their goodbyes before she is buried two days later. Sources said that a private burial is scheduled for Monday, Aug. 3, in New Jersey. Bobbi Kristina, who was 22 years old at the time of her untimely death, is expected to be buried next to her iconic mother in Westfield, N.J.'s Fairview Cemetery. New Jersey native Houston, who died at the age of 48, was laid to rest in the cemetery a

Atletico Madrid Diego Simeone and his model girlfriend Carla Pereira were pictured letting their heads down in the resort of Marbella. Simeone showed off his stripped abs as him and his model girlfriend Carla Pereira were seen relaxing before the Argentine kicks off the season proper with Atletico Madrid. The 45-year-old started dating Carla Pereira last year and the couple decided to spend time together at the resort. The pair were also spotted riding bikes around the town and relaxing on a large sunbed. Before hitting the beach with his girlfriend, Simeone oversaw with a 2-0 win against Numancia on Saturday in a pre-season game

South Korea declared on Tuesday it is effectively out of danger from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome ( MERS ), more than two months after the first case was reported and began spreading in hospital settings to kill 36 people. The outbreak grew to become the largest outside Saudi Arabia , infecting 186 people and at its peak putting nearly 17,000 in quarantine. It was traced to a man who returned from a business trip to the Middle East in May. " It is the assessment of the government and the medical community that the public can rest easy ," Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn told a government meeting on public health. Twelve people remain hospitalised in South Korea and under treatment for MERS although only one is still testing positive for the MERS virus, the Health Ministry said, adding that no new cases have been reported since July 4. Health experts say the virus has an incubation period of about two weeks. The outbreak has dealt a major blow to an alre

The European Union failed on Monday to agree on how to spread 40,000 asylum seekers in Greece and Italy among its members over the next two years, postponing the decision until the end of the year. Following the deaths of 700 people on a fishing boat heading for Italy from Libya in April, EU leaders called at a summit in June for agreement on the relocation by the end of July - a potentially divisive move in some countries where far-right parties and populist anti EU movements are gaining ground. EU home affairs ministers agreed in Brussels on Monday to respect the summit's indications by committing to the relocation of 40,000 migrants forecast to arrive in Greece and Italy over the next two years, but the actual numbers for each member state will be defined in another meeting by December. Some 150,000 migrants fleeing wars and poverty have reached Europe by sea so far in 2015, the International Organization for Migration said, most of them arriving in Italy

Ann Hay , 55, intervened when husband David and son Robbie fell out at a hotel in Queensland, Australia . She was described as ‘a beautiful person’ by local councillor Gary Peoples, who added: ‘She loved her family to no end. I’ve never met a nicer person.’ Mrs Hay hit her head on the ground and initially got up and went home, but later fell into a coma after suffering an apparent brain injury. She was then taken to hospital on Saturday night but died yesterday, according to MailOnline. A friend described the incident as a ‘one in 50 billion’ occurrence. They said: ‘She welcomed me into her family and her home when I first met [the family] 10 years ago. Every year, I go out there. We’re just one big happy family.’ Mrs Hay was a volunteer cattle drover, according to the Courier Mail, and carried out a lot of charity work. She was seen as a pillar of the town of Aramac, which has a population of just 300 people. Police are investigating but neither David nor Robb

Shocking revelations have surfaced as regards the woman who stabbed her son with bottle. Promise , 7, had been stabbed for allegedly defiling his two-year-old step-sister and the daughter of a neighbour, Punch reports. The incident happened on Monday on Tunde Olusola Street, in the Ijaiye-Ojokoro area of Lagos. It was revealed that while the mother was away, Promise went to visit the five-year-old neighbour’s daughter at her parents’ apartment. He was said to have met Dupe (pseudonym) alone and took her to his mother’s room. On getting to the room, he reportedly told her to remove her clothes and lie down. It was said that he slept on top of the girl and fiddled with her private parts. Dupe’s mother had left her with her sister, who was said to have left home when the incident happened. Dupe narrated what transpired between her and Promise to her mother when she came back. A neighbour, who only agreed to speak on the condition of anonymity, said that Yemi’s moth

A soldier who tried to scare away officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency, LASTMA, for attempting to tow a military truck has misfired, killing a police officer in the area in the process, Vanguard reports. The incident, which occured between Idiroko and Anthony Bus-Stop, Lagos, left eyewitnesses running for cover. It was gathered that the soldier was detailed to convey the white and yellow military truck belonging to the Nigerian Army, to Kaduna. On his way, the truck broke down at Idiroko bus stop, and he decided to sleep inside till dawn. Some LASTMA officials decided to tow it to their office. However, trouble started when the officials knocked at the driver’s side. Immediately, the soldier was said to have got down from the truck with his rifle and started shooting indiscriminately into the air and at the LASTMA officials. It remains unclear what he was dreaming about that led him to react like that. What is clear is that his poor decision m

A suspected male suicide bomber died on Monday after detonating his Improvised Explosive Devise (IED) near a military check point at Jumtilo , near Maiduguri . Eye witnesses told newsmen in Maiduguri that the bomber had boarded a commercial bus from a village to Maiduguri but other passengers bacame suspicious of his activities. " He boarded the vehicle along Damaturu road but we became suspecious of him after he bagan to show some kind of restlessness. We tried to alert security agents at a check before he blew off himself for fear of arrest ,'' Mallam Farta Modu , a witness, said. Mr Aderemi Opadokun the Borno Commissioner of Police confirmed the report. " A suicide bomber died when the IED he strapped to his body exploded close to troops check point in Jumtilo around 1130 hours . " Only the bomber died while one other person was injured and taken to hospita l,'' Opadokun said.

Oritsefemi who released his new album Money Stops Nonsense in May couldn't make his video shoot yesterday because of the poor state of his health.  Popular singer Oritsefemi is currently hospitalized at The Premier Medical Specialists' Medical Centre in Lekki. The Musical Taliban as he calls himself was rushed there when he fell illl. couldn't make his video shoot yesterday because of the poor state of his health. Members of Oritsefemi's entourage are in the hospital watching over the 'Double Wahala' singer. According to insider sources, this is not the first time Oritsefemi has been admitted to the hospital. The sources claim that the singer's poor health has made him a frequent patient of the hospital.

All eyes are currently on Wizkid for his marvellous collaboration with Drake and Skepta on the remix of ‘Ojuelegba’. The song which was released last year as the best single off Wizkid’s ‘Ayo (Joy)’ album has had a lot of remixes, but this one leads them all the best so far. But away from that, this year has not exactly been lacking in international superstar-dust. We have had massive collaborations fly in thick from all corners. Many are even unreleased. Wizkid has a song with Chris Brown , Davido has a single with Trey Songz , and Praiz is on a feature with an undisclosed US Hip hop rapper. While these songs are still to make their way through the studio and into our playlists, Pulse puts together top 5 international collaborations that have made it to the African public. Of course the song of the moment gets the most prized slot. The song was not a product of endless hours of planning and masterful orchestration. It was time and chance, which brought it to life