Two Virginia Tech students charged in death of 13-year-old girl

Two Virginia Tech engineering students were in custody on Sunday, one charged with abducting and killing a 13-year-old girl and the other accused of helping to dispose of the teenager's body, police said. The arrests came on Saturday after police, following a four-day search, found the remains of Nicole Lovell in North Carolina, about 90 miles (145 km) south of Blacksburg, Virginia, where her home and the university are located. Lovell had been...

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Walmart heiress Alice Walton is the richest woman in the world

With a net worth of $33.2 billion, Alice Walton isn't just the wealthiest woman on our list of the 50 richest people on earth, she's also a member of one of the richest families in the world. Alice, along with older brothers Jim and Rob, who also graced the list, produced with Wealth-X, a company that conducts research on the superwealthy, have a combined net worth of $101.5 billion, thanks primarily to their stake in retail giant...

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Four Nigerian banks among top 500 banking brands in the world in 2016

According to the 2016 Top 500 banking brands ranking published in the February edition of The Banker magazine of Financial Times Group in conjunction with Brand Finance, London, United Kingdom, First Bank of Nigeria is in 320th position out of 500 top banks in the world in 2016. It has moved up from it's former position of 336th from last year. First Bank of Nigeria Limited retained its number one banking brand ranking in Nigeria...

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Doctors successfully separate 8-day-old conjoined twins

Doctors have successfully separated conjoined twin sisters fused at the liver and chest - the smallest pair ever to survive surgery. Five surgeons, assisted by two nurses and six anaesthesiologists, carried out the successful, five-hour operation to separate the tiny identical twins at a hospital in Bern, Switzerland. Maya and Lydia were born two months prematurely along with their triplet sister Kamilla in December. They were initially stable...

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Egypt arrests cartoonist for illegally running a webpage

An Egyptian cartoonist, whose work is occasionally critical of government figures, was arrested in the capital, Cairo, on Sunday and charged with running a webpage without a license, the country's Interior Ministry said in a statement. The arrest of Islam Gaweesh appears to be part of an intensified clampdown on activists and journalists in Egypt, where many have been detained, questioned and even forcibly disappeared in recent months. In custody,...

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French president pardons French woman jailed after killing abusive husband

A Frenchwoman imprisoned for shooting dead her husband after nearly 50 years years of rape and incest has been granted a rare presidential pardon by the French president.  Jacqueline Sauvage, 68, had become a symbol of the scourge of domestic violence in France and a cause célèbre, with almost 400,000 people signing a petition calling on François Hollande to use his rarely used presidential right of pardon. Ms Sauvage was married for 47...

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Lagos medical doctors aggrieved by constant police harassment

Medical doctors under the umbrella of Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria, AGPMPN, Lagos State Chapter yesterday raised alarm over alleged frequent harassment of medical doctors by members of the Police force. The Association’s Chairman, Dr. Adeyeye Arigbabuwo said that the recent incident which involved one of their colleagues, Dr. Olafisoye Odunayo of Awoyaya, Ibeju Lekki, being harassed by the Police...

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Man arrested for blackmailing late M.K.O Abiola’s wife

Caleb Nzube, a 26 year old man who attempted to blackmail the wife of late Chief MKO Abiola of $5,000, was last week arrested in Anambra State. According to reports, Nzube allegedly hacked the Twitter handle of Mrs Tinu Abiola, downloaded her picture and designed a web page showing her carrying a human skull. He then threatened to expose the web page to the world if the she did not pay $5,000. Mrs Abiola in turn, refused to be blackmailed...

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British GQ magazine celebrates the many faces of David Beckham

Football icon David Beckham is know all over the world as a great football player and has appeared on GQ several times. To celebrate the icon that is David Beckham, GQ magazine delved into the archives to show how he has changed over the years. The March issue of the British edition of the glossy will feature five exclusive covers that explore his various guises as footballer, model, father, husband and philanthropist. More...

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Timbaland refuses to play at a concert because of champagne,tries to explain to fans but they dont understand him

Timbaland refused to perform at a fundraiser for water-plagued Flint, Michigan, because he was served the wrong champagne, it has been claimed. The singer reportedly asked for Ace Of Spades, a particular brand of bubbly designed by Jay Z, to be served in the dressing room of the Detroit event raising money to buy bottled water for residents. Instead he was served Dom Perignon - and that was enough to lose his contract all together. According...

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Happy New Month...

today is the first day of brand new month February be confident that God almighty will grant you the grace to archive more than you did the previous months, never loss hope he will grant you all your heart desires . just stay focused and continue to work hard happy new month my friends.   ...

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Photos: Northern governors visit Islamic Development Bank officials in Saudi Arabia to appeal for developmental partnership

Some Northern governors are currently in Saudi Arabia on a 3-day visit to the Islamic Development Bank in Jedda, Saudi Arabia, where they are to meet with the bank's president, Ahmad Ali and other top officials, to solicit for partnership to help facilitate development in the region. The meeting between the governors and the bank's top executives started today and will last till Tuesday Feb. 2nd. The governors were led by Borno State Governor,...

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Photo: Nigerian scientist, Prof. Umezuruike Opara wins the 2016 African Union Kwame Nkrumah prize for Earth Science

Nigerian scientist, Professor Umezuruike Opara emerged the winner of the African Union Kwame Nkrumah Continental Scientific Award in the field of Earth Science. Opara was conferred with the $100,000 award at the opening of the 26th Sessions of the AU Assembly of Heads of State and Government held at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (Pictured above is President Buhari congratulating him) The ceremony was moderated by the AU Commissioner...

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Photos: Over 100 reportedly killed during Boko haram attack on Dalori near Maiduguri yesterday

At least 100 people were reportedly killed during an attack by Boko Haram members on Dalori, a settlement located on the outskirt of Maiduguri, the Borno state capital yesterday January 30th. Sahara Reporters reports that the sect members dressed in military uniforms, had stormed the village in 10 Hilux buses and motorcycles  and started shooting sporadically and setting houses ablaze. The villagers who spoke with Sahara reporters say the...

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Porn site sends Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna letter asking them to do a sex tape

Larry Flynt, the owner of a very popular porn site in the U.S called Hustler Huncho, sent a letter to Rob and Black Chyna asking them to consider shooting a video for the company's celebrity sex tape division. In the letter Flynt says Hustler is looking to be a major player in celebrity porn and thinks that the popular appeal and fan base of both celebrities will give it that break through. He also promised...

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Chris Brown's baby mama claims he gave their child asthma with his weed

Chris Brown's baby mama Nia Guzman  is taking him to court on the claims that he is making their child sick. She told the judge that one year old Royalty has developed asthma, and it's all because Chris has exposed her to an extreme amount of secondhand smoke, adding that he is a weed and tobacco enthusiast, according to a report by TMZ... Nia says that every time Royalty comes back from a visit with Chris,...

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Ronke Tiamuyi sizzles in her underwear in sexy pics with Ice Prince

Looks like the beauty queen and the rapper are shooting something sexy for Valentine.....

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Jamie Foxx shows off a bit of his butts while trying to mount an SUV (photos)

The 48-year-old 'Blame it on the alcohol' singer was spotted leaving Mr Chow's restaurant in Beverly hills, and had a bit of trouble getting into an SUV and in the process, bared his butt. Blame it on the alcohol...:-) ...

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