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Zambia is holding a state funeral for President Michael Sata, who died last month in a UK hospital at the age of 77. Tens of thousands of people are attending the Catholic Mass at the National Heroes Stadium in the capital, Lusaka. Regional leaders are amongst those who have come to pay their respects. Known as "King Cobra" for his venomous tongue, Mr Sata was elected Zambia's president in 2011. The country is now being run by an acting president, and fresh elections are expected in January. His death came days after Zambia celebrated the 50th anniversary of independence from the UK. He was the second Zambian president to die in office.

Morocco will not host the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations because of its fears over the Ebola outbreak elsewhere on the continent, the Confederation of African Football (Caf) has confirmed. However Caf did not announce a new venue for the tournament, due to take place from 17 January to 8 February. Continue...

     Lola Okoye wants the world to know that she is proud of her age, proud to uplift other women and proud to celebrate the successes of others. She took to her Instagram page this morning to share a long message for her followers and all the people who attacked her about her age recently. Continue...

    This picture shows accommodation at the NYSC Yikpata, Kwara State camp is being circulated on social media, and we’re wondering if this is real. Lol.........Naija Government make una help us!.

Actress Jennifer Lawrence (centre left) stole the show at the London premiere for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 this evening, wowing crowds in an effortless quilted Dior gown.  The 24-year-old walked the red carpet at London's Leicester Square ahead of the UK film premiere of the much-awaited sequel. The premiere attracted dozens of high-profile celebrities, and was attended (from left to right) by Lorde, who sings the film's theme music, and cast members, Natalie Dormer, Elizabeth Banks, Jena Malone and Julianne Moore. Later on in the evening she changed into a stunning dress with a plunging neckline for the glittering after party (right). Also in attendance at the opening of the latest Hunger Games installment, which will be released on November 20, was Katie Price, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, model Daisy Lowe, singer Alexandra Burke and reality TV stars Kimberley Garner and Sam Faiers. It was the red carpet entrance that everyone was waiting for on Monday ...

A full investigation is slated to begin today, one day after a private Lear jet crashed on approach near Grand Bahama International Airport, killing everyone on board, including a prominent pastor and his wife. All passengers on the flight died, with nine people reportedly on board, the Royal Bahamas Police Force said. The jet was carrying Dr. Myles Munroe and his wife, Ruth, according to Kelley Jackson, a spokeswoman from the Andrew J. Young Foundation. Munroe, 60, was a pastor and motivational speaker, the founder of Bahamas Faith Ministries International Fellowship. Ruth served as co-senior pastor. Continue...

Britney Spears posted a smiling pic over the weekend with her new man Charlie Ebersol and the caption was just a heart.  Abc News  reports. See the photo below!. Continue...

Disappointed by the refusal of the United States to help Nigeria procure military weapons to combat Boko Haram, the federal government has now openly expressed its dissatisfaction with the American government decision, arguing that the Americans were letting Nigeria down at her hour of need, Empowered Newswire reports .

Staff members at a New York clinic where Joan Rivers went into cardiac arrest photographed her with a cell phone while she was sedated, improperly documented how much of the sedative propofol was used, and "failed to identify deteriorating vital signs and provide timely intervention during the procedure," according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Rivers was 81 when she died at a hospital on Sept. 4 from low blood oxygen just days after going into cardiac arrest at Yorkville Endoscopy during procedures to treat voice changes and acid reflux , officials have said. Continue...

                       At least 46 students have been killed by a suicide bomber at a school assembly in the north-eastern Nigerian town of Potiskum, police have said. A suicide bomber dressed as a student is believed to have caused the blast at the boys' school in Yobe state . Police suggested the militant group Boko Haram carried out the attack. Yobe state's governor has shut all public schools around Potiskum and criticised the government for not tackling the group. In a statement governor Ibrahim Gaidam said: "Urgent action must be taken right now to restore a fast-waning public confidence by doing whatever it takes to stop the escalating violence." Boko Haram has targeted schools during a deadly five-year insurgency aimed at establishing an Islamic state .

                           There is no doubt that Kim Kardashian loves taking selfies…and there is no doubt that she has perfected her selfie pout, her selfie gaze, and her selfie head tilt. But to say that she started the ‘Selfie Movement’…we are not so sure. When Kim Kardashian-West announced that she’s releasing Selfish, an aptly-named book featuring over 1,000 of her selfies, which is due to hit shelves April 28, 2015, her fans were ecstatic. The book has now been listed on Amazon with a description supplied (no book cover yet though). In the description of the book and Kim’s rise to fame she is compared to Marilyn Monroe and called a trailblazer of the ‘selfie movement’. continue...

     RihRih’s hooked on Shonda Rhimes’ Scandal series too! The Bajan singer enjoyed a day at the White House yesterday rocking an Ankara print dress from Stella Jean’s Fall 2014 collection. See more photos below! Continue....