Official: Steven Gerrard announces retirement from football

Former Liverpool and England captain Steven Gerrard has retired, ending a 19-year playing career.

Gerrard, 36, played 710 times for the Reds, winning eight major trophies, but joined MLS side LA Galaxy in 2015.

The midfielder is England's fourth most-capped player with 114 appearances and captained the side at three of the six major tournaments he played at.

President Buhari’s welcomes Atiku to septuagenarians’ club

President Muhamamdu Buhari on Thursday said he was delighted to welcome former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar to the septuagenarians’ club as he clocks 70 on Friday.

According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President conveyed his best wishes to Atiku in a congratulatory letter he personally signed.

Senate passes Nigerian Peace Corps Bill

The Senate on Thursday passed the Nigerian Peace Corps Bill into law, thereby giving approval for the establishment of the Nigerian Peace Corps as an agency under the Ministry of Interior.

Presenting the report of the Committee on Interior on the floor of the Senate, the committee chairman, Senator Bayero Nafada urged the Senate to support the passage of the Bill, saying “the organisation will be of great benefit to the Nigerian youths”.

I can’t do without “garri’’ and dried fish - Sen. Solomon Olamilekan

Sen. Solomon Olamilekan (Lagos West Senatorial District) on Thursday said that having soaked “garri’’ and dried fish as a meal gave him more satisfaction than any other food.

Olamilekun, a member of the Senate Committee on Finance, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that garri and dried fish was his favourite food.

Senate President decorates David Mark as Leader of the Decade

Senate President, Bukola Saraki on Wednesday, decorated the former Senate President, David Mark with the leader of the Decade award.

This was announced on Wednesday, November 23 during a National Assembly Press Corps Award in Abuja, Nigeria’s federal capital.

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Nigerian couple uses different types of dogs for pre-wedding shoot

Nigerian lady Christabel Ashano and her boo took the pre-wedding photo shoot to a different level. They choose to use dogs for the shoot.

But what we didn't know was the dog above wasn't the only dog used in this unique pre-wedding photoshoot. They were other dogs involved! It was a doggy affair indeed.

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Comedian Seyi Law wishes Tiwa Savage and Teebillz "happy wedding anniversary'

Comedian Seyi Law went on social media to wish estranged couple Tiwa Savage and Teebillz a happy wedding anniversary.

Seyi Law took to social media to share a picture of Tiwa Savage and Tiwa Billz, wishing them a happy anniversary. He also shared their picture alongside a caption that reads 

Check out this evangelism between Jehovah's Witnesses and boys in the hood

So these guys in the hood refused to go to church, but after the Jehovah's Witnesses were done whipping them in a game of b-ball, they had no choice.

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Check out the inside of Donald Trump's extravagant 58-bedroom mansion (See photos)

The photos in this article are of the lavish mansion US President-elect Donald Trump, wife Melania and son Barron will be spending Thanksgiving in this year.

The President-elect bought the sprawling estate in Palm Beach, Florida, USA, in 1993 with then-wife Ivana, splashing out $10 million (£8 million) for it.

Haba! Prostitutes are now raping clients to make more money

'Ashewo' in some areas in Zimbabwe have reportedly become dangerous to their clients. They now team up with other male counterparts to drag clients into their rooms forcing them into sex in order to beat the hard times.

According to H-Metro, the syndicate will be roaming the area and once they pounce on their prey, the hookers offer very affordable prices before they take you to their room where they search you and force you to have sex with them for the money they would have taken.

''It's difficult'' - Mariah Carey breaks silence on split with James Packer

Mariah Carey became engaged at the start of 2016 after a whirlwind romance. 11 months later, everything crashed.

Finally on Wednesday on the Ellen Show, for the first time, Carey publicly discussed her contentious split with Australian billionaire business mogul James Packer.

The 46-year-old star admitted to Ellen Degeneres that the breakup was a ''whole friggin' thing'.

Couple welcomes twins after 12 miscarriages, 20 years of marriage in Calabar (Photos)

A Nigerian couple has welcomed a set of miracle twins after 20 years of waiting, 12 miscarriages and 9 years of pregnancy.

The incredible testimony was shared on Facebook by Winners Chapel, Calabar pastor Regis Isaac.

Pre-Shiloh Testimony @ L.F.C, Calabar: Miracle twins after 20years of waiting, 12 miscarriages and 9years of pregnancy...... God of Shiloh @ work.

Jimoh Ibrahim gave lady who asked to be his sugar baby an EPIC reply

Former PDP flag bearer and billionaire businessman, Jimoh Ibrahim had lashed out at Femi Fani-Kayode on Twitter yesterday saying:

About 10,000 Lagosians tested positive to HIV in six months – Official

No fewer than 9,579 people were tested positive for HIV of the 616,318 that attended the HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT) awareness programme from January to June 2016.

Oluseyi Temowo, the Chief Executive Officer, Lagos State AIDS Control Agency, LSACA, made this known on Wednesday in Lagos.

Mr. Temowo spoke at a news conference in Ikeja to mark the 2016 World AIDS Day with the theme: “Hands Up for #HIV Prevention’’.

Choi! Abdulmumin Jibrin shades Atiku Abubakar Presidential Ambition

Embattled House of Representative Member, Abdulmumin Jibrin took to his social media platform to indirectly threw shades at Atiku Abubakar Presidential Ambition. 

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Chibok Is A Big Scam, No School Girl Was Rescued - Asari Dokubo reiterate

According to a statement issued by the Ex-Militant Warlord, he insists there is nothing like Chibok girls and it was all a scam from the onset, so for that, no school girl was rescued .

Below is what he wrote;

PASS THE MESSAGE....NO MISSING CHIBOK GIRL HAD BEEN FOUND....BECAUSE NO GIRLS WERE MISSING....CHIBOK IS A SCAM.

Kanye West hospitalization far from over, still in bad mental state

Read the report according to TMZ below:

"Kanye West is in a bad mental state ... and sources familiar with the situation tell us his hospitalization is far from over. 

Our sources say as of Wednesday morning it appeared he would stay at UCLA Medical Center until at least week's end. We're told some members of Kanye's family wanted him home for Thanksgiving and felt it would do him good, but as of yesterday that looked improbable. 

Wow! Check out this epic throwback Photo of Psquare's first car in Lagos

The hustle Psquare has gone through is so real ... Choi! Paul Okoye of Psquare took to his Instagram Page to share this throwback photo of their first car in 2005.

Alert! Nigeria Scammers now targeting MMM members ... See their cunning email

Below is their typical email they send out and hoping to prey on MMM Members:

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Pastor Olukoya set to lose Mountain of Fire Prayer City as court returned land to original owners

The founder and General Overseer of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM), Daniel Kolawole Olukoya, is on the verge of losing the vast land on which his MFM Prayer City sits. 

According to Sahara Reporters:

A court ruling delivered on 12 May by Justice A.A Akinyemi of the Abeokuta Division of the High Court of Ogun State stated that the Adejonlu family are the bonafide owners of the land on which the famous crusade and camp ground sits in the Ogun State section along the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway. 

#DubChallenge: Check out this lady's amazing tranformation

There is currently a new trend making rounds in social media called #DubChallenge. It's more like sharing throwback photo of once self. The above lady shared her #DubChallenge and this is a massive transformation or you think it is just some makeup?

SHOCKING! Trader dies after Abuja pastor allegedly paid him 500k to fake a miracle (Photos)

There is currently a trending story of an Abuja pastor, (Photo Above) who offered a trader 500,000 to pretend to be dead so he can perform a miracle. But luck ran out of him when the man died in the coffin before they reached his crusade ground.

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OMG! Nigeria Presidential Aircraft allegedly crashes in Custody of Nigerian Air Force (See Photos)

In less than two months after President Buhari gave orders to hand over two aircraft in the Presidential fleet to the Nigerian Air Force, an investigation has revealed that one of the ballistics defence capable aircraft has been seeming, poorly managed and crashed at the Nigerian Air Force base, Makurdi.

It was gathered that one of the aircraft, Agusta AW 101, a medium-lift helicopter specially designed for military operations, got crashed less than a month after the Nigerian Air Force took delivery of it from the presidency, due to poor training of crew members saddled to man the operations of the aircraft.

Reno Omokri Says Having Polytechnic Graduate As Finance Minister Is Calling For Recession

Former Special Assistant to ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan on New Media, Reno Omokri, has said the country is going through recession because of those President Buhari appointed to form his cabinet.

He blamed the president for appointing ministers who are not worthy of the position, saying instead of concentrating more on the business of governance, Buhari is more committed to reading and watching cartoons.

Photos: President Obama Releases National Thanksgiving Turkeys For The Final Time

President Barack Obama pardoned national thanksgiving turkeys for the final time. First Daughter Sasha and Malia Obama had always joined the ceremony in the past seven years. This year they didn't show up, and Obama made a joke about their absence. 

Gang Of Kidnappers Including A Woman Stripped Nak*d After Being Caught (Photos)

According to a report filtering in from Calabar, Cross River State capital city, kidnappers from Delta and Enugu States -stormed Calabar today to kidnap people. However, they ran out of luck as they were apprehended by residents of Calabar with one victim. They were stripped unclad and beaten before being handed over to the police.

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Court Sacks Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as PDP Chairman

The Appeal Court has Sacked Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as PDP National Chairman. The Appeal Court says he was fraudulently imposed by the Justice Okon Abang led panel.

The three-member panel of justices of the Court of Appeal set aside Justice Abang’s judgement and recognised senators Ahmed Mohammed Markafi and Ben Obi as the Chairman of the National Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the secretary of the party respectively.

So Sad! Moment Father Mourns His Daughter Killed By ISIS (Photos)

15-month-old Amira died following an ISIS shelling in her neighbourhood. Heartbreaking pictures show her distraught father, Omar Ali, mourning her death. She was killed after a strike on the al-Tahrir neighbourhood. Amira's lifeless body was carried by her uncle after she was killed in a mortar shelling. 

Amira suffered a fatal wound to her head, and would never know what life was like free from ISIS. 

Photos from the unveiling of new security agency to complement Police in Lagos

Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday said that the fight against crime and all forms of criminality would be better enhanced if efforts are geared towards embracing community policing to complement the police and other law enforcement agencies.

Ambode, who stated this at the swearing-in ceremony of the Chairman and members of the Board of the State’s, said community policing was needed to assist law enforcement agencies who, according to him, are already over stretched judging by the enormous task of securing the country.