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Picture she posted on instagram hours before she was found.                     Bobbi Kristina Brown  daughter of Whitney Houston was found in the bath tub full with water on Saturday morning unconscious, she was revived and quickly rushed to hospital. She was found by her husband Nick Gordon who carried out CPR on her before the ambulance and police came. She is now in hospital in a medically induced coma caused by a swelling in the brain. It could be recalled that Whitney Houston was found drowned in a bath in a Beverly Hills  Hilton

                      The flogging of Mr Badawi, the blogger sentenced to 1,000 strokes of cain was postponed yesterday by the Saudi Arabia authority and no reason was given. He was sentenced to 1,000 strokes of cain and 10 years for insulting Islam. Due to the International outcry his case was referred to the Saudi Arabia Supreme Court for review. His wife Ensaf Haider who now lives in Canada said " I am very worried. It is impossible for a human to withstand 50 lashes a week." Mr Badawi received his first 50 lashes on January 9th 2015

                                    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, recorded its first conviction for 2015 on Wednesday January 28, 2015 as Justice A. Ongetenu of the Federal High Court Abakaliki, Ebonyi State convicted and sentenced one Monday Agha to 10years imprisonment for offences bordering on conspiracy, impersonation and obtaining money by false pretence. Agha, who was arraigned on July 20, 2013, allegedly fraudulently opened several accounts in different banks using fictitious names with which he conspired with one Moses to defraud some unsuspecting victims. After diligent prosecution, Justice Ongetenu convicted the accused on six of the eight count charge

Ms Dlamini-Zuma                      The African Union plan to send 7,500 troops to fight against Boko Haram militants in Nigeria, Nigeria neighbours Camerounn,Chad, Niger, Benin have agreed to contribute to the AU troops. AU Commission Chair Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia that a collective and effective response is needed to fight Boko Haram. She said that the Multinational Joint Task Force (MJTF) will have an initial mandate of 1 year.

                                Ghana Immigration Service  and health officials in the Volta region are profiling and screening some forty nine illegal immigrants who were arrested Friday at a Police barrier near Banda in the Krachie-Nchumuru district of the Volta region. The immigrants who claim to be fulanis from the Oyo state in Nigeria were travelling to Chinderi, the capital of Krachie-Nchurumu but were deserted with their belongings at the ferry crossing area in Dambai by the driver who drove them from Nigeria.

2015 Australian Open Champion Serena Williams                         Serena Williams has won her Sixth Australian Open and 19th Grand Slam today in Melbourne 6-3,7-6. She has moved passed Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert with her No 19. This puts Serena Williams at join 3rd all time Grand Slam Champions Women's Singles with Helen Moody. The highest Grand Slam winner is Margaret Court (24) and second is Steffi Graf(22) and third is Helen Wills Moody & Serena Williams (19 ). The world No 1 defeated world No 2 Maria Sharapova to win her 6th Australian Open in a game that lasted one hour fifty one minutes hitting 18 aces and 38 wins. Serena's win over Sharapova makes it the 16th times she has defeated Sharapova in a row since 2004. Serena started the final unwell and

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. Thomas A. Edison

Lassana Bathily                               The shop assistant who saved many customers' lives during the siege of the Jewish supermarket in Paris earlier this month has been given a hero's welcome in his native country Mali. Lassana Bathily's application for French citizenship was fast-tracked in gratitude for his actions but he says he remains proud of his Malian heritage.

Ibrahim Babangida                             During a talk show on Channel TV Ibrahim Babangida said he supports all the presidential aspirants. Below is what he said: “I did allude to that. I said I found him {jonathan) as someone who has a very strong belief about the unity of this country. “Those of us who fought the civil war and I still carry a bullet here as a permanent reminder in me, so anyone who talks about Nigeria’s unity, I get impassioned about it. “So what I said is that the president believes in the unity of this country and any other person who believes in the unity of this country should support the president to keep the country one,” he said.

                                    Estar has released the video of her song "Ije Love"

Serena Williams                                           World female No 1 Serena Williams  beat fellow American Madison Keys to clinch a place in the final against Maria Sharapova. The world No 1 a five time Australian open champion has defeated

                        A once close relationship between a father and his 18 year old daughter  turned sour when the father found out that the daughter posed naked for a playboy magazine. He stopped talking to her but when she thought that its time for them to make up the father committed suicide. The daughter Loredana Chivu is now 25  and living in the Romanian capital Bucharest, said that ever since that moment six-years-ago she had been haunted by the fear that his motivation for killing himself was the row that they had. She posted below on Instagram:

              Gabriel Paulista has hailed the chance to play in the Premier League as a dream come true after joining Arsenal from Villarreal, with striker Joel Campbell going to the Spanish club on loan for the rest of the season. The 24-year-old Brazilian centre back was granted a work permit despite not yet having played for his country and joins

Drissa Coulibaly                         In the past 3 months in Ivory Coast 20 children have disappeared with their body appearing later mutilated. But on January 25 a suspected killer was arrested after he tried to dismember 2 children in a well in Yopougon a suburb of Abidjan. The children Cedric 14 and Souleymane 10 was attacked by Drissa Coulibaly with a machete. He attacked the Cedric and Souleymane before a soldier walking nearby chased him away. He was later arrested by soldiers from the barracks and taken to the police. He confessed to the police of

Chad Army                     Chad army has driven away Boko Haram from a village known as Mulmafatori north eastern Nigeria. The town lies between Niger and Chad. It is not known if the approval of the Nigerian government

Acting Governor of Taraba state Alhaji Sani Danladi                        A new 30,000 hectare rice plantation, owned by Oklahoma-based Dominion Farms, will displace up to 40,000 people in Taraba state, said Mariann Bassey Orovwuje, a spokeswoman for the NGO Friends of the Earth Nigeria, one of the environmental and activist groups behind the report. "The people living on this land didn't even know the deal was happening," Orovwuje told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. "Compensation is not coming; the people were never asked and never told. Eventually, they will all be forced off the land." Calls to Dominion Farms' headquarters went unanswered. The Nigerian Ministry of Agriculture did not respond to requests for comment.

"Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint." Alexander Hamilton

Abubakar Audu                             The trial of former governor of Kogi State, Abubakar Audu and Alfa Ibn Mustapha, former director general, Directorate of Rural Development in his administration continued on Wednesday, January 28, 2015 before Justice A.O Adeniyi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, sitting in Apo, Abuja. The accused persons are being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for offences bordering on criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of public funds to the tune of N10,965,837,040 (Ten billion Nine Hundred and Sixty Seven Thousand and Forty Naira).

One of the priests with his head covered when arrested in November                         A Judge in Granada, Spain has charged 10 Roman catholic priests with child sex abuse. Also charged are 2 laymen. The victims are 4 teenage boys that served as altar boys between 2004 to 2007. The most serious offences was committed in the priests house. One of the victims now 24 wrote a letter to Pope Francis last year about the alleged abuse. The Pope on receipt of his letter phoned him to apologise for the abuse.

                        Kanye West provides the argument that Kim K isn't a gold digger because she actually HAS messed with broke guys before. During his acceptance speech for receiving the Visionary Award at the taping for the 2015 BET Honors over the weekend, he felt the need to clarify rumors surrounding his wife that she may have only married him for the money. "At the barbershop...I used to hear people always talking about, 'Man you know when an entertainer get on, of course you know he gon' go and get a white girl and blah blah blah and a white girl gon' get a rich black dude.' But I wanna say that my wife has dated broke black dudes," he defended Kim. "It got nothing to do with the money."

Fidel Castro                     Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro seems to approve the new direction the US-Cuba relation is taking. In a letter, he wrote: "I don't trust the policy of the US, nor have I exchanged a word with them, but this does not mean I reject a peaceful solution to conflicts." These were his first comments since December's historic move by Cuba and the US after decades of hostilities.

                    2face Idibia was pictured in a club with one of his baby mamas Pero Adeniyi. The Nigerian star was seen kissing and cuddling Pero, who is mother to 3 of his children. It was whispered that Annie got a hint of Pero being at the club with her husband and allegedly stormed there, but was prevented from seeing the two ‘lovers’ together by some personnel at the club.

                            X2SEVEN has released the video of his song " Onye Mbu N'Obi" which means The one dear to my heart. The video was produced by Qasebeats and directed by Paul Gambit.

                           You do not not know who is under the mask. The gold painted man above is OMG singer Usher. When he was dancing on the street on Monday for Master card priceless campaign the onlookers

                   A media group associated with the Nigerian militant group Boko Haram has published two images which reveal a military training camp for children in

                         Tony Onyekele a commissioner in Imo state has been killed by hired unknown men on Sunday. The police public relation officer DSP Enwerem said " Hoodlums tried to kidnap the late commissioner who in an attempt to run away from them was shot."

Nick and Amber                                         They have been seen together a lot. Amber Rose posted on social media that there is nothing between her and her manager Nick Cannon.  (see more pics after the cut)                        

Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano                               Governor of Anambra state Willie Obiano is a man of his words. The Governor has increased the salary of the Anambra state civil servants by 15%. This is in accordance to the promise he made to Anambraians during his governorship campaign last year that he will increase the salary of the state civil servants if the state revenue improves. There was jubilation all over the state when the news was heard on Monday.

"He's happy about this look."                     There are certain things that men like to see their women do. I will not tell you mine but I have found about Kanye's.  The photo above is that of Kim K trying to squeeze into a Balmian sheer stretch viscose jersey top. The smile on her husband's face is priceless.

Barrister Joe - Martins Uzodike                              The Governor of Anambra state has sacked his Special Assistant on Politics Barrister Joe-Martins Uzodike for supporting the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan. Uzodike is also a member of Goodluck Campaign Committee and he agreed to serve on the assumption that APGA is supporting Goodluck (I thought they were).  Uzodike was heard on Blaze FM correcting Jonathan Goodluck Campaign jingle    saying the content of the jingle should not be that the electorate should vote Jonathan but vote umbrella at the presidential poll, and vote cock at other elections. The advert was saying vote Jonathan whereas Jonathan’s picture would not be on the ballot paper but symbols.The governor expressed disgust at Joe-Martins’ presentation and directed the Secretary to the State Government, Oseloka Obaze, to immediately go to his office and wr...

                         After last month's Taliban school massacre in Peshawar, Pakistan that killed 150 people mostly children things are no longer the same. Teachers in Pakistan are now allowed to carry gun. Teachers are now allowed to carry weapon to protect the students. Some schools have now acquired sophisticated weapons which will be shared among teachers. One of the teachers even have to act like a sniper on the roof top. One of the teachers said " We want to deliver knowledge, not  weaponise our

                           The  Sharia police  Hisbah, has arrested 12 people in Kano for conducting a gay marriage. The suspects are mostly teenagers. Homosexuality is banned under the Nigerian legal system. Under the Sharia law which is applicable in the northern part of Nigeria. The Shariah Police confirmed that the have 12 people in their custody. According to our informant the suspects came from Kano, Kaduna, Maiduguri, Bauchi, Ibadan and Osogbo and they all looked and acted feminine. One of the suspects 18 year old Farouk Maiduguri told reporters at the Hisbah office that he and his friends  were celebrating his birthday. He said in tears "It was my birthday party not a gay wedding." It was not clear if the will be charged but their family has been informed.

Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. Vince Lombardi

                              President of United States of America . Barack Obama is India attending India's annual Republic Day parade in Delhi and he is the first US president to do so. On Sunday both countries signed a bilateral treaty that will allow US companies to supply India with civilian nuclear technology. Republic Day is used to mark when India's constitution was adopted. India Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a new journey of co-operation.

Rev. Libby Lane                           The first female Bishop will be ordained today in the Church of England. Reverend Libby Lane, 48 will be consecreted today as the Bishop of Stockport in a ceremony in Yorkminster. The law to ordain women as Bishop was passed in November . Rev. Libby Lane has been the vicar of St Peter's Hale and St Elizbeth's Ashley in Manchester since 2007.

                                Stunnah Gee has released the video of his Dengeme (Remix) featuring Davido . The video was shot and directed by Mex

                      Edgar Lungu has been sworn in on sunday as the new President of Zambia. He has served as the Minister of Justice and Defence, he will serve out the remainder of  the late president's term until election next year. The former president Sata died after a long illness.

Dimeji Bankole                  From all indications the former Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives has moved his political structure Dimeji Bankole Movement DBMfrom the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP0 to The Labour Party,LP. Dimeji Bankole contested for the contested for the PDP governorship ticket but lost.

                            Alicia Key's husband Swizz Beats threw a party for his wife's birthday and booked the cast of House Party to perform. It was a Pajama House Party. It was like a remake of the movie only this time the (more pics after the cut)

Sambo Dasuki                         The Federal Republic of Nigeria is planning to ban all pornographic websites in Nigeria. This was revealed by The National Security Adviser Sambo Dasuki on Sunday in Kaduna. He was represented by The Minister of Special Duties, Kabiru Turaki in a workshop organised on use of Social media organised for Islamic preachers and youths in the state. The Minister for Special Duties said “Government is planning to ban and block websites that inculcate negative attitudes in our children but we need a law to support such move.” “Because without a law, people can go to court and claim infringement on their rights,” he added.

                       Fighters from the Islamist militant group Boko Haram have launched an attack on the key city of Maiduguri in north-eastern Nigeria. Fierce fighting was reported on the outskirts. The military is carrying out air strikes, and a curfew is in place. Maiduguri is home to tens of thousands of people who have fled Boko Haram attacks and was visited

                       The US Secretary of State John Kerry touched down on Lagos on Sunday to have meeting with the 2 major presidential candidate. He first had meeting with President Jonathan Goodluck of the PDP and later on a different location met the APC presidential candidate Ibrahim Buhari. The main reason of John Kerry's visit to Nigeria is to appeal to Jonathan and Buhari to instruct their supporters to restrain from violence in the election coming on 14th February 2015. Also discussed is the attacks of the Islamic militant group Boko Haram.  In a report last week, the Virginia-based Center for Naval Analyses, a federally funded research corporation, called the group a locally focused insurgency largely fueled by bad government.

                           A musician Ella Eyre went on Twitter rant to warn people to stop sending her pictures of penis. She tweeted " PLEASE STOP SENDING ME D**** ON SNAP CHAT" Later the British singer tweeted " No matter how attractive you think your genitals are,I can assure you, they do nothing for me." "There is no filter in the world that will satisfy me enough to be ok with your indecency"

                           Emmanuel Nwamadi got through the Voice UK Audition. When the judges turned round to see who was singing Rita Ora was gobsmacked to see the 6 ft plus standing on the stage. Emmanuel was born in Nigeria and moved to the UK as a child. He sang Sade Adu's The sweetest taboo.

The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do. B.F Skinner

                      The Campaign Train of President Goodluck Jonathan was in Maiduguri on saturday to seek to be re elected. “I promise that we must surely conquer Boko Ha­ram in our second term. We must also ensure that all the kidnapped people including the Chibok schoolgirls get back home. We must surely turn this state to a peace and loving place,” he told party supporters at Ramat Square. He promised to restore security and recover communities taken over by Boko Haram.

                      About 190 people held captive by Nigerian jihadist group Boko Haram were released by the militants and returned to their community in the northeast state of Yobe between Friday and Saturday, local and state officials said. "The people will be presented to the government tomorrow (Sunday) for assistance as their houses were set ablaze when the insurgents attacked the village, Katarko in the Gujba local council," Goni Mali, a community leader of Katarko said. Abdullahi Bego, spokesman for the state governor, said the released captives were young men, women and children. They were kidnapped on January 6.

Samuel Eto'o                     Sampdoria has confirmed the signing of Everton striker Samuel Eto'o The former Chelsea frontman only joined the Toffees on a one-year deal last summer, but fell from the pecking order under Roberto Martinez and had not featured in the Premier League since December. The Italian side, that currently sits in fourth place in the Serie A table, took to Twitter to announce the news. Eto’o, 33 managed to bag three goals in 14 league appear­ances for Everton.

                    Mr Bean wants to sell his Mclaren F1 sportscar for $12 million/£8 million . Rowan Atkinson,60 bought the car 18 years ago for £640,000. He has crashed the car twice.