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TV personality Denrele Edun posted a picture on Instagram and it’s got some quick reactions. He captioned the picture ‘I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit’ and the location of the picture is ‘Does the Noise in my head bother you?’. Can you guess what he was thinking when taking this?

The Miss Universe 2014 is heating up to an end!. With the finale just around the corner on the 25th of January 2015, the beauty queens from all around the world have just a few days left to make their mark. The National costume segment is always really interesting to watch! Check out our 10 African beauty queens – Nigeria, Ghana, Gabon, Mauritius, Egypt, Tanzania, Angola, South Africa, Kenya and Ethiopia, in their various costumes. Miss Ghana’s costume is our fave – WOW! Miss Nigeria’s is definitely buzzworthy as well. Continue... See pictures after the cut.

Throngs of mourners gathered in Mecca early Friday just hours after Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud died. He was 90. Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz was appointed as the new king, state television reported.​ The announcement of Abdullah’s death comes several weeks after the state-run Saudi Press Agency said he was suffering from pneumonia and had been admitted to the hospital. Services will be held Friday afternoon at the Imam Turki Bin Abdullah Grand Mosque in Riyadh, and many world leaders are likely to pay their respects. Jordan’s King Abdullah cut short his visit to Davos, and is heading to Riyadh, according to a Jordanian government source. “King Abdullah’s life spanned from before the birth of modern Saudi Arabia through its emergence as a critical force within the global economy and a leader among Arab and Islamic nations,” U.S. President Barack Obama said in a statement. “As our countries worked together to confront many challenges, I always valued King Ab...

SABMiller Plc (SAB) expects beer volume growth to decelerate in Nigeria this year as lower oil prices dent consumption and African markets become more competitive. Bloomberg quoted the Managing Director of the company's Africa unit, Mark Bowman to have said this in Davos. The company, which had predicted beer volume growth in Nigeria of about eight percent a year, may see that rate slow to three or four per cent, Bowman said. “These are normally bumps along the road,” he said. “On balance, we see things getting back to trend.” Oil prices have fallen more than 50 per cent in the past year, threatening growth in Nigeria ahead of presidential elections next month. The nation, home to more than 175 million people, is the largest oil producer in Africa. SABMiller also expects to raise prices in the country, in line with what its rivals are doing, Bowman said. Continue...