Today in History: former Nigerian Head of State Gen. Sani Abacha died after brief illness

On June 8, 1998, General Sani Abacha, the then Head of State took ill and died.

Boxing Legend Muhammad Ali’s passports to be auctioned $25k & $35k

Muhammad Ali passports are up for auction, and both chronicle the world travels of "The Greatest." One of them is loaded with visas from places like Venezuela, Lebanon, Portugal and a ton more stops in 1971. 

Ali fought 4 times that year, but only once outside the U.S. so check out the gallery to see where the champ spent all his downtime, TMZ reports.

Bomb hoax forces EgyptAir plane to land in Uzbekistan

An EgyptAir flight from Cairo to Beijing made an emergency landing in Uzbekistan on Wednesday after a bomb threat that turned out to be a hoax, the airline said.

Uzbek authorities checked the Airbus A330 and found no explosives on board, EgyptAir chairman Safwat Musallam told AFP.

“The authorities there cleared the plane for departure after they searched the plane and found no threats,” he said.

Musallam said an anonymous call was received warning there was a bomb on board after flight MS955 had left Cairo, and it landed at the nearest airport.

Breaking !!! Former Super Eagles' Coach, Stephen Keshi dies @ 54

Former Super Eagles' head coach, Stephen Keshi has died. He was 54. According to reports, Keshi was to traveled to United States on Wednesday evening, but had a cardiac arrest and died during early hours of Wednesday in Benin City, Edo State.

A friend said Keshi, who lost his wife last year after long battle with cancer was not sick at all. He however said Mr. Keshi might not have gotten over the death of his wife.