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US rapper Kanye West will receive the visionary award at the Black Entertainment Television (BET) honours. The 37-year-old is one of five acts to be honoured for their achievements in art, music, theatre, technology and business at the ceremony. R&B star Usher, whose hits include Yeah and Confessions, will receive the music award for his two-decade career. Phylicia Rashad, best known in the UK as The Cosby Show's Clair Huxtable, is to receive the theatrical arts award. Continue...

At least one bomb has exploded near a market in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, officials and residents say. A blast hit a vehicle loading area at the Kantin Kwari textile market. Boko Haram militants are suspected of carrying out the attack. Eyewitnesses said the market was hit by two blasts. At least seven people died and 30 were hurt, hospital sources say. Last month more than 100 people died in a gun and bomb attack during prayers at one of the biggest mosques in Kano. Kantin Kwari is the biggest textile market in Kano, where people from neighbouring states and other parts of the country come for transactions. More Update soon.

A group of HIV-positive women in Kenya has taken legal action against the government, accusing it of arranging for them to be forcibly sterilised. The five women are demanding compensation from the government and the non-governmental organisations they say carried out the sterilisations. Activists protested in the capital, Nairobi, to call for the practice to be banned, claiming it was widespread. The government has not yet commented on their allegations. Continue...

                         Nollywood actress, Monalisa Chinda, has decided to try her hands in other forms of entertainment aside from script interpretation and movie production. The pretty mother of one, unveiled her Television talk show tagged, “You nd I with Monalisa” on Tuesday in Lagos. Continue...

South African prosecutors on Wednesday won a bid to appeal the culpable homicide verdict handed down to Olympic and Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius for killing his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. They said they would now seek a murder conviction against the Paralympic athlete. Pistorius, whose lower legs were amputated as a baby, shot dead Steenkamp on Febriary 14th, 2013 by firing four 9mm rounds into the locked door of a toilet cubicle. He, however, said that he killed Steenkamp out of the mistaken belief that she was an intruder. During the seven-month trial, the state prosecutor failed to convince JudgeThokozile Masipa, 67, of Pistorius’ intent to kill when he fired the gun at her. The failure led to Pistorius’ conviction for negligent killing – culpable homicide – and a five-year jail term in October. Continue...

A police officer attached to the Ikoyi Police station has been accused of physically assaulting a couple, 29yr old photographer, Ejeh Smith, and his wife, Grace, 26. The couple said the policeman, identified as Dada Ogunsanya attacked them with his rifle along the Lekki Roundabout on Wednesday December 3rd. Continue...

9ice is not happy about the APC Primary election that held this past Sunday and has petitioned APC Oyo state. Find his press statement below. Continue...

President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday called on politicians to shun “ceaseless quarreling” and engage in robust political debates that would strengthen the country’s democracy. Jonathan made the call at the public presentation and official launch of theKukah Centre, founded by prominent cleric and Catholic Bishop‎ of Sokoto Diocese, Rev. Fr. Matthew Kukah. ‎‎Among other aims, the centre was established to strengthen national debate, improve governance and encourage Nigerians to take an active role in the country’s leadership. Continue...

The APC Presidential Primaries will take place today, Wednesday December 10th, in Lagos at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Surulere, Lagos The aspirants vying for the party’s ticket are: Publisher of Leadership Newspaper,Sam Nda-Isaiah, Former Head of State, Mohammadu Buhari, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, and Governors of Kano and Imo States, Rabiu Kwankwaso and Rochas Okorocha. In preparation for the event, the Lagos State Government has issued a statement via its Facebook page, advising residents about the traffic conditions they should expect around the area today: Continue...