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Controversial singer Maheeda is up to her Instagram antics again. She has posted a few pictures of herself, completely nude, on her Instagram page and then deleted it minutes after. She is tagging her pictures ‘Goddess of X’. See the pictures below!. Continue...

Jolly Tumuhiirwe, the 22-year-old maid who physically assaulted 18-month old baby, Arnella Kamanzi , is speaking out about why she committed the heinous act. Tumuhiirwe, who is currently in prison, and facing attempted murder charges, is asking the world to forgive her for the incident, and revealed that reason why she beat Kamanzi is that she was frustrated because her bosses wouldn’t give her money, and that they accused of her of things she hadn’t done, Ugandaonline.net reports. Continue...

Many people have been killed in three explosions during Friday prayers at one of the biggest mosques in the Nigerian city of Kano, reports say. The Central Mosque is close to the Emir of Kano's palace and is where the influential Muslim leader usually leads prayers. More update soon.

There was pandemonium at Lekki Phase 1, Lagos this morning, as a riot broke out in which bus drivers, some other unidentified parties, and “Okada” (commercial motorcycle riders) clashed, leaving many people injured. Pulse.ng reports that rioters were armed with machetes and other weapons. They blocked the entrance to the estate, resulting in heavy traffic along Lekki expressaway. Continue...

The Senate yesterday tackled former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo over his allegation that the National Assembly was using constituency projects to siphon public funds, saying the former president was out to denigrate the sanctity of the parliament. The Senate also claimed that it was Obasanjo’s administration which approved that the constituency projects be built into the national budget which was executed by the executive and challenged Obasanjo to furnish Nigerians with details of how the National Assembly members became executors of the national budget, rather than being law makers. Continue...

Barack Obama last year told a cheering crowd in Cape Town that a $7 billion plan to "Power Africa" would double electricity output on the world's poorest continent and bring "light where currently there is darkness". A year later, the U.S. president's flagship project for Africa has already achieved 25 percent of its goal to deliver 10,000 megawatts of electricity and bring light to 20 million households and businesses, according to its annual report. Continue...

According to a report from  Punch , 63 senators our of 109 members of the Senate on Thursday signed up for the impeachment plan. One of the senators reportedly showed Punch reporters the list containing the senators’ signatures. The source also claimed that eight People’s Democratic Party (PDP) senators were signatories. Also, an APC senator is said to have told journalists that “the lawmakers’ major grouse was the President’s poor handling of the economy and political affairs of the country.”

The Future Awards Africa has announced the hosts of its 2014 edition: they are Nigeria’s Iyanya, Ice Prince, Osas Ighodaro & Uganda’s Flavia. According to TFAA, the hosts represent the brightest and best of young Africans in the arts from music to television, in the past year. Continue...

Former Minister of Information and Communications, late Dora Akunyili’sdaughter, Njideka Akunyili-Crosby, has won the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s 2014 James Dicke Prize. Crosby, 32, is a mixed-media artist. The prestigious award “recognizes an artist younger than 50 who has produced a significant body of work and consistently demonstrates exceptional creativity,” Art News reports.

All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirant, Muhammadu Buhari says he wants to be president to “stop PDP from destroying Nigeria.” Buhari made these remarks while address APC’s delegates in Calabar, Cross River, who will be voting in the APC presidential primaries scheduled to take place on December 10th, Punch reports. Continue...

In the latest FIFA world ranking released on Thursday, Nigeria’s Super Eagles remain 42nd on the list – the same ranking they had in the October list. However, the team is now ranked 9th in Africa despite failing to qualify for the 2015 African Cup of Nations (AFCON), Goal reports.

Nick Higham looks back at the life of novelist PD James Crime novelist PD James, who penned more than 20 books, has died aged 94. Her agent said she died "peacefully at her home in Oxford" on Thursday morning. The author's books, many featuring sleuth Adam Dalgliesh, sold millions of books around the world, with various adaptations for television and film. Her best known novels include The Children of Men, The Murder Room and Pride and Prejudice spin-off Death Comes to Pemberley. "With old age, it becomes very difficult. It takes longer for the inspiration to come, but the thing about being a writer is that you need to write," she said. "I hope I would know myself whether a book was worth publishing. I think while I am alive, I shall write. There will be a time to stop writing but that will probably be when I come to a stop, too." In a statement, James's publishers Faber and Faber said: "This is a very sad day for us at Faber. "It is ...

Ebola patients are taken to dedicated treatment centres across Guinea French President Francois Hollande is to arrive in Guinea, becoming the first Western leader to visit a nation hit hard by the deadly Ebola virus. Continue...