WWE HALL OF FAMER, GEORGE 'THE ANIMAL' STEELE DIES AT 79.

WWE reported at the early morning hours of February 17th that Hall of Famer William James Myers popularly known as "George'The Animal” Steele" passed away. He was 79 years old.

No specifics have been released on cause of death, but just a day before the demise, Wrestling agent Eric Simms wrote on his Facebook page that Steele was in hospice receiving end of life care.

The Detroit native was inducted into WWE’s Hall of Fame back in 1995. A high school teacher and wrestling coach, he started wrestling (under a mask) in the 1960s to supplement his income, and ended up gaining popularity as a heel working against WWWF champion Bruno Sammartino and others.

In the Rock ‘n’ Wrestling boom of the 80s, he became a beloved babyface working with Captain Lou Albana against The Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff and worked a long program with Randy “Macho Man” Savage based around his being smitten with and protective of Miss Elizabeth.

Steele was retired by 1990 after a brief stint as a road agent, but made appearances for WWE and other promotions. He last appeared on Raw in 2010.

He also has a brief turn in Hollywood, playing a wrestler-turned-actor in Tim Burton’s 1994 film, Ed Wood.

“YOUR ‘PUNANI’ CAN MAKE YOU RICH, USE IT WISELY” SLAY QUEEN ADVISES WOMEN.

Mixed reactions and criticisms by Nigerians have trailed a young slay queen following her controversial post where she advised ladies to use their private for fame and wealth. The Nigerian slay queen identified simply as Sunbo Ap has taken to popular social networking platform, Snapchat, to advise Nigerian ladies on how to make judicious use of their private part. She posted her photo and wrote: “Use ur punani wisely, it would either make u broke, famous or rich, Don’t just open ur legs 4 fried rice chicken n salad.”

ACTING PRESIDENT OSIBANJO SET TO SIGN 2017 BUDGET, INAUGURATES NEW MINISTERS.

Though report of the three-man Presidential Committee that investigated the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal, and the Director-General, Nigerian Intelligence Agency, NIA, Ayo Oke, is yet to be made public, both men stand suspended, a Presidency source has said. Investigations by Vanguard, last night, revealed that chairman of the committee, Acting President Yemi

Kola Abiola Speaks On His Marriage To Babangida’s Daughter (Read full gist)

Kola Abiola, the eldest son of Late Chief MKO Abiola, has finally spoken on his alleged marriage to Aisha Babangida, the eldest daughter of Nigeria’s former Military President Gen. Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (IBB). IBB and MKO Abiola were friends until the latter contested and won the June 12, 1993, presidential election, but the former would later cancel the election. Their relationship went sour, but before the annulment, Kola and Aisha were allegedly dating. At a time, it was speculated that they secretly got married. Rumour-mongers said the marriage failed after IBB annulled the election of MKO Abiola, which the late business mogul convincingly won under the Social Democratic Party (SDP). In an interview, Kola said they never got married. According to him, they’ve been friends before politics. “We never got married. I had known her way before politics and, if I wanted to, I would have married her long before the election, but it would not have made an

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