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                      Several St. Louis Rams entered the field for Sunday's game against the Oakland Raiders with their hands raised in a "don't shoot" fashion. The hands-raised stance is a message of support for Ferguson, a St. Louis suburb wracked by violence in recent months.

Jude 'Engees' Okoye, the older brother and manager of Singing Duo, P-Square has welcomed a baby girl with his wife, Ify.    Ify gave birth at  7.29pm  at Northside Hospital Atlanta, Georgia, yesterday Saturday Nov. 29th. Mother and daughter are doing great.

After days of nation-wide protesting and rioting over the grand jury decision to not indict former Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani said on Sunday that prosecutors

Ghana Navy has been adjudged the best navy in the West Africa sub-region by a renowned international security agency, World Security Watch.

Members of the National Assembly are reviewing their options of calling President Goodluck Jonathan to order as a fresh stand-off between the national legislature and the executive revs up.

President Peter Mutharika thanked the US pop star on Friday for bringing her Malawi-born children Mercy and David back to their birth country. 

Smashed Camera of the Channels TV crew A reporter of the Channels Television in Kwara State, Mr. Akeem Garba and his crew were assaulted in Ilorin while they were covering the State Assembly primary of the Peoples Democratic Party at Ilorin West Local Government Area of the state on Saturday.

Danny Welbeck returned from injury to maintain Arsenal’s recent revival as the England striker’s second-half goal sealed a 1-0 win at West Bromwich Albion on Saturday.

The South African government will lead an international moment of noise and silence on the first anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s death, the former president’s foundation said Saturday.

Robin van Persie got back on the scoresheet after a disappointing run as Manchester United strolled to a 3-0 victory over Hull at Old Trafford on Saturday.

Struggling Liverpool got back on track with a 1-0 victory over Stoke on Saturday. Liverpool ended their three-match losing streak as Glen Johnson’s late goal clinched a hard-fought success against Stoke at Anfield.

A cricket umpire has died in the Israeli city of Ashdod after being hit by a ball, police say. Hillel Oscar, 55, was taken to hospital on Saturday in the nearby town of Ashkelon in critical condition where he died of his injuries, police said. Oscar was also a former captain of Israel’s national cricket team.

Nearly 7,000 people have now died from Ebola in west Africa, with the latest numbers from the World Health Organization counting over 1,200 more deaths than in a toll given on Wednesday.

The Sultan of Sokoto and leader of Muslims in Nigeria, Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar Sa’ad III, has challenged the different Islamic sects in the country to unite and fight insurgency.

An Egyptian court dismissed Saturday a murder charge against former president Hosni Mubarak over the deaths of protesters during a 2011 uprising, after a dramatic retrial in which he defended his three-decade rule.

Unbeaten league leaders, Chelsea FC were held to a 0-0 draw by a stubborn Sunderland side at the Stadium of Light on Saturday.

Pope Francis prayed on Saturday on the second day of his visit to Turkey alongside a senior Islamic cleric in Istanbul’s Blue Mosque.

Before 1914 there was no country called Nigeria, all that existed were kingdoms, clans, caliphate, empires etc. People of similar languages, cultures, traditions etc were living together as one. This equation was altered when the Europeans came to Africa, precisely Nigeria.

A former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (retd.), has taken a swipe at the United States on its refusal to sell arms to Nigeria to fight the insurgency by the Islamic group, Boko Haram.

Pieces of flesh, blood splatters, broken floor tiles, abandoned footwears and prayer mats littered Kano Central Mosque on Saturday when the Emir of Kano, Muhammed Sanusi II, visited the worship centre following multiple bomb explosions in the mosque on Friday.

Overland Airways, operator of the ATR 72 aircraft that veered off the runway shortly after it landed at the Ilorin Airport yesterday, said the aircraft was airworthy and has sufficient insurance cover.

Channel O, the 17 year old pioneer African music video platform, held its  annual  Music Video Awards for 2014  in Johannesburg in South Africa yesterday night. 

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar on Saturday evening cancelled his 68th birthday celebration dinner in Abuja in honour of victims of friday’s Kano Bomb blast.

A former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Olugbenga Ashiru, on Saturday died in a South African hospital after a long battle with a terminal disease said to be brain tumour. He was 66 years old.

An Overland Airlines plane from Abuja on Saturday with fifty nine passengers and four crew members escaped death by whiskers after it crash-landed and slipped off the runway in Ilorin, Kwara State.

This year appears to be the moment when Seyi shay finally begins to reap from her hardwork. After the Murda announced that she is the new brand ambassador for Hollandia/Chivita Yoghurt, off she was to India to shoot her first commercial.

Davido and Lil Kesh at MM1 leaving Nigeria for SA today Nigerian music stars are all moving or have moved in one direction in the past few hours and the direction is towards South of Africa.

Rapper Buster Rhymes suffered a deadly head injury after nose diving into the crowd during a concert in New York. He was a surprise guest at the NYC venue during O.T. Genasis’ show and slipped off of stage

A new test designed to rapidly diagnose Ebola virus infection is to be tried out at a treatment centre for the disease in Guinea, international health charity The Wellcome Trust said on Friday.

Namibians have voted in a general election billed as Africa's first e-vote, with the ruling party expected to retain power.

Brazil football legend Pele's health is improving, but he is still receiving an intensive kidney treatment for a urinary infection, the hospital treating him said Friday.

There was unrest on the campus of Obafemi Awolowo University, Osun State, southwest Nigeria, on Friday, 28 November, 2014 as students of the institution hauled stones and sticks at President Goodluck Jonathan during his visit to the campus.

Many congrats to the Daughter of late Mrs. Dora Akunyili; Njideka Akunyili Crosby  as she has  proudly won the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s 2014 James Dicke Prize

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan vowed on Saturday to hunt down those behind "heinous" attacks which left at least 120 dead at the mosque of a top Islamic leader and vocal critic of Boko Haram.

Jolly after being paid her salary for the 26 days she worked Jolly Tumuhiirwe, a Ugandan nanny who has been dubbed the 'monster maid', has spoken out about the events around the tragic beating of the child she was supposed to take care of, 18-month-old Arnella.

China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) has approved three home-grown Ebola test reagents to be used in prevention of the spread of the virus.

Doctors under the aegis of the Medical Guild staged a protest on Friday at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, over the non-payment of their August and September salaries.

                               Sperm can carry the Ebola virus for at least 82 days, the World Health Organization said Friday, urging men recovering from the disease to use condoms for three months after the onset of symptoms.

President Goodluck Jonathan extends heartfelt condolences to the people and Government of Kano State over the heinous attack on the Central Mosque in Kano, earlier today.

Gunmen set off three bombs and opened fire on worshippers at the main mosque in north Nigeria's biggest city Kano on Friday, killing at least 81 people, witnesses and officials said, in an attack that bore the hallmarks of Islamist Boko Haram militants.

Until now, Sarz looked like one of the few friends Wizkid has left in the music industry but apparently that friendship has expired. Sarz, who produced the stand out track off Wizkid’s album, Ayo, has fallen out with the Starboy frontman.

Have you ever wished you could make big money effortlessly? Well, this lady who has a striking resemblance is converting her looks into good money earning a whooping $20,000 annual for looking like her favorite celebrity.

The 9th edition of the Nigeria Music Video Awards (NMVA) 2014 was held on Wednesday, 26th November at the Convention centre, Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island.

On Sunday 31st August, 2014, Nigerian Prophet T.B. Joshua made several bold prophetic proclamations concerning upcoming international events.

16 year old Malia and 13 year old Sasha Obama looked all grown and beautiful as they stood next to their father, President Barrack Obama, as he pardoned the National Thanksgiving Turkey at the White House yesterday November 26th. See more photos after the cut...

Afrobeat king, Femi Kuti says he recently found out that two out of the 5 children he always thought were his, weren't. In an interview with Encomium mag, Femi said a DNA test conducted on a boy and a girl named Tosin and Dupe who were born after his first son, Made, showed he's not their biological father.

The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, has been elected the first female president of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

Kenyan soldiers have killed 49 Al-Shabaab fighters, including five commanders in intensified airstrikes in southern Somalia, an official said on Thursday.

Schools and health centres were closed in the east of Niger out of fear of attacks by Boko Haram, an Islamist group based in Nigeria which is increasingly staging cross-border raids.