Photo: Explosion rocks Central Mosque in Kano, scores feared dead

There was an explosion at the Central Mosque in Kano this afternoon as Muslim faithfuls were holding their Friday Jumat service. It's the same Mosque where Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido usually leads prayers but he wasn't there this afternoon. Many are feared dead.

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American wife to get $530million in Britain's most expensive divorce

A judge in a London High Court ruled that the American wife of a British Tycoon be given $530m in a divorce payout. This is considered to be the biggest divorce settlement so far in British history. The estranged wife of finance tycoon Christopher Hohn will receive an equivalent of N96 billion.

The judge awarded Jamie Cooper-Hohn $493 million in cash and the rest in the form of a property in Connecticut and adjustments to her share of a pension.

A full judgment will be published in December, but the figures were cited during a court hearing yesterday November 27.

Abbyke Domina features herself, Beverly Osu and Damola Cruz in new collections

Fashion designer and stylist Abbyke Domina has released new pictures from her collections and features herself, former BBA housemate Beverly Osu and model of the year 2014 Damola Cruz. See more pics after the cut...

Photos: OAU students protest over President Goodluck Jonathan's visit

Students of the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, are currently staging a peaceful protest on their campus. The students say they are angry that all activities at their school have been suspended due to President Jonathan's visit. They also say they are protesting the failure of the educational system under the Jonathan administration. See more pics after the cut...

Singer Jessie J strips for Glamour magazine

 26 year old British singer Jessie J strips for the January issue of Glamour magazine.

Photos: Lagos state doctors protest non-payment of salary since July

Doctors at the Lagos state University teaching Hospital are currently staging a protesting over the non payment of their salaries since July this year by the management of the hospital. The doctors are also protesting the non-employment of resident doctors by the state government in the last 3 years. See more photos after the cut...

Julius Aghahowa's 13 year old daughter releases her first book

Amazing! The only daughter of former Super Eagles ace striker Julius Aghahowa, Isabel Aghahowa, recently released her first book - a work of fiction titled The Ellegers, and she's just 13 years old. Her birthday is actually today. Happy birthday Isabel.

The 165 page book can be bought on Amazon - here. Isabel, who is studying in the UK, is also a budding actress. See more pics of her with her dad after the cut...

DNA result shows two of Femi Kuti's 5 children are not his

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.

"I did a DNA test and was told two of the children are not mine. The first two (after Made), a boy and a girl. It is very serious. I never knew somebody could give you what is not yours. I’ve three boys now. I can’t father children I was tricked to believe I am their father,” he said

Femi says he has since returned the children to their mothers.

Meet the 9 year old controversial child model dubbed 'the most beautiful girl in the world'

9 year old Russian girl Kristina Pimenova is a very successful fashion model in her country, dubbed the 'the most beautiful girl in the world.' by the media in Russia.

Kristina, whose mother, Gilkeriya, is a former model and her father, Ruslan Pimenov, a retired footballer, started modeling at age 3 and has graced the covers of several high profile magazines and has already been the face of Roberto Cavalli, Dolce & Gabbana, Armani and Benetton, among others.

63 senators back plan to impeach President Goodluck Jonathan?

Punch is reporting that 63 senators as of yesterday Thursday November 27th have signed up to the plan to impeach President Goodluck Jonathan in the upper legislative chamber.

They reported that one of the arrowheads of the move to remove Jonathan in the Senate showed one of their correspondents the list containing the signatures of the senators. A source told the paper that 8 PDP senators were among the signatories to the planned impeachment notice. There are 109 members in the Senate.

Photo: Mikel Obi and his Russian girlfriend kiss passionately

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Photos: Heavy gridlock and security presence at OAU campus ahead of President Jonathan's visit

In case some of you don't know, President Jonathan will be in Lagos today. Before he comes to Lagos, he will first go to OAU to hold a meeting with the council of Obas of the South West. There's heavy gridlock and security presence this morning at the campus gate. Students writing their exams are being forced to trek or wait for just one student union coaster bus. According to the students, public transport has been barred from conveying them for now. The venue of the event is currently heavily guarded and has been barricaded. Another photo after the cut...

Residents flee their villages in Borno after receiving letter from Boko Haram

Residents of Kukawa and Gubio villages in Borno state have fled their villages after they reportedly received a letter from Boko Haram informing them of an impending attack on their communities.

A resident of the village, Modu Kaka who spoke with Sahara Reporters, said immediately they received the letter, thousands of residents fled.

"They had attacked other local government areas around us. So when we received threat letters from Boko Haram that they would attack us soon, we all had to flee for our lives. We heard what happened to people in Damasak where a similar threat was made and carried by Boko Haram.” he said

Rich Chinese man builds free flats for poor people in the town where he grew up

A 54 year old Chinese businessman Xiong Shuihua did something amazing for the community where he grew up in Xinyu, Southern China. He paid to bulldoze all the wooden huts in the area then spent millions replacing them with an estate of luxury flats for the residents.

In total, he housed 72 families to repay them for their kindness towards him while he was growing up. He's also giving villas costing about £4m pounds to another 18 families who were particularly kind to him. In addition, elderly and low paid residents will also be given three meals a day for free.

Al Jazeera investigation of fake doctors leads to three arrests in Delta state

African journalists, Nigeria's Rosemary Nwaebuni and Ghana's Anas Arameyaw go undercover to expose fake doctors in Delta State, leading to three arrests. Read the full story and watch the 25-minute documentary below...

In this week’s episode of Africa Investigates, Anas Arameyaw Anas and Rosemary Nwaebuni go undercover with secret cameras to expose fake doctors in Delta State, leading to three on-camera arrests.

Nigerian law forbids abortions, except in cases where the patient’s life is in danger. Despite this, Nigeria’s Fake Doctors shows Rosemary, who is not even pregnant, twice being offered abortion services from unlicensed practitioners.

2face, Mario, Shina Peters, Ice Prince, others Light Up Pepsi Co-Sponsored Corporate Elite

It was fun and excitement at the eight edition of Corporate Elite every musical concert in Lagos as over 5,000 guests who stormed the conventions Expo Centre of Eko Hotel partied till early hours of morning. Lagos confirmed her status as the entertainment hub of Africa, as the crème de la crème of global entertainment trouped in numbers to be part of the international annual music festival.

Tonto Dikeh shares a photo of her kissing her man, then calls out a former friend

Tonto Dikeh this evening shared this photo of herself kissing her man but showed just a bit of his face. She said she's being careful not to expose her new man because she'd had friends in the past who slept with her man. When a fan asked Tonto if she was referring to Tiannah...Tonto Dikeh said yes. See that after the cut...

Kanye West ditching music for fashion?

There are rumours Kanye West is ditching for fashion

A source tells Page Six

"Kanye West is coming to the conclusion that there are bigger bucks in fashion than in music. After his next [collaboration] with Paul McCartney comes out, he’s going to step away from music and concentrate on clothing,"

"He got a $15 million signing bonus from Adidas, but his line has been pushed back four times because he hasn’t had enough time to work on it.”

Karrueche Tran announces that she's single again

Guess the MediaTakeOut report is true. Hope she doesn't go back to Chris, because this is not the first time he's cheated...

OPEC Presidency: Reuben Abati congratulates Dieziani Alison-Madueke

Big congrats to her!

Senate responds to corruption allegations by former president Obasanjo

The senate has reacted to the corruption allegations leveled against it by the former Pres. Olusegun Obasanjo while at a book launch yesterday in Abuja. In a statement released and signed by its spokesman, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe today, the senate frowned at the allegations that they used their oversight function to extort money, stating that the oversight functions of the senate was the initiative of the former president. The statement reads in part;

"Ex- President Obasanjo for the avoidance of doubt, was the initiator of the constituency project in the year 2000 as a means of ensuring that projects were fairly spread across the country using the Senatorial zones as the spring board.

Photos from Actress Tonto Dikeh's foundation press conference

Actress and singer Tonto Dikeh is launching her foundation, The Tonto Dikeh Foundation, soon and held a press conference yesterday to let people know what it's about.

According to what she said yesterday, the non-governmental organization will partner with schools, hospitals, Motherless babies homes clinics, therapeutic counsellors, mosques, churches, government ministries, government agencies and well meaning Nigerians and other NGOs, Charity foundations who wants to make positive impact in our country. See photos from the press conference after the cut...

Actress Rukky Sanda lovely in chic ensemble

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Photos: President Obama's daughters are growing up really beautiful

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 pics after the cut...

10 soldiers, 35 hunters killed in road explosion in Adamawa state

No fewer than10 soldiers and 35 hunters were this evening 6pm killed after a bomb planted along the Mararaba road near Mubi in Adamawa state went off. The soldiers and hunters were on a routine patrol of the area around 6pm when the bomb went off. It killed the soldiers and the hunters instantly

A senior security officer who confirmed the report to Sahara Reporters, said the military was aware of the attack but is not yet certain on the number of casualties.

Ex-beauty queen Munachi Abii sexy in skirt & crop top at NMVA event

Munachi Abii looked lovely in a tight skirt and crop top as she attended the Nigeria Music Video Awards which held last night at Eko Hotel.

Photos: Governor Rauf Aregbesola's 2nd-term inauguration

Here are pics from the second term inauguration ceremony of Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State which held at the Osogbo Township Stadium this morning. Aregbesola was re-elected Governor of the state in August 2014. See more photos after the cut...

Chris Brown gets exposed by a girl he slept with

This is a MediaTakeOut blockbuster...and it's very interesting. Lol. Read below...

"Chris Brown got caught last weekend . . . freaking off a thot - after leaving the Supperclub in Los Angeles. In the below video, you see Chris asking his cousin ROC two exotical girls to come back to his house. Later in the video, around 2:30, you see Chris making sure the exoticals know his address.

Well Breezy got what he wanted . . . and so did one of the thots. One of the girls that was invited back to his house, either the ones from the video - or a different thot - exposed Chris for the cheater that he is. Cause she f*cked Chris to sleep, and then posted a pic of him sleeping on her friends Instagram page.

New Video: Ice Prince Zamani - That Could Be Us

Rapper Ice Prince releases stunning visuals to his current hit single 'That Could Be Us', produced by ace producer Legendary Beat. Video shot in South Africa & directed by Uprooted Media