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Top Nollywood actresses otherwise known as the “Big Girls” Actresses Ini Edo, Rukky Sanda, Ebube Nwagbo and actor Alexx Ekubo hit the beach for a fun day out yesterday Feb. 14th. See more cute Valentine photos after the cut…

The intense media spotlight cast upon her relationship with Justin Bieber, but Selena Gomez insists she wouldn’t change a thing. Reflecting on their stop-start three year romance, the 22-year-old singer and actress credits Canadian star Bieber as her first true love at a time when their careers were taking off – and admits there were times when it felt like they were at odds with the outside world. Continue...

More than 300 Boko Haram fighters have been killed in military operations in north-east Nigeria, the army says. A number of militants had also been captured and weapons and equipment seized, defence spokesman Chris Olukolade said. Two soldiers lost their lives and 10 were wounded during the operation in Borno state, he added. The deaths have not been independently verified. Meanwhile, 30 people have died in an air strike on the border with Niger. They were attending a funeral ceremony at a village near the Nigerian border when an unidentified plane began dropping bombs, local officials and humanitarian sources said. It is not yet clear who was responsible for the bombardment, but Nigeria has denied responsibility. "It's not to my knowledge and there has not been any report from our people of such an incident," said Dele Alonge, a spokesman for Nigeria's air force. Continue...

Khalid Abu-Bakar, Malaysia Chief Inspector General Police, said a 14-year-old Malaysian girl, who allegedly wanted to go to Syria to join jihad fighters has been detained by the police. He said, on Wednesday in Kuala Lumpur, that the girl was arrested on Tuesday, but did not give her personal circumstances or the place of her arrest. Abu-Bakar said the latest report from the Home Ministry indicated that more than 50 Malaysians had joined Islamic State militants and allied groups in Syria and Iraq. He said more than 20 others have been charged in court for planning to join the terror group. Meanwhile, the Foreign Minister Anifah Aman on Wednesday described as “utterly deplorable” the recent killing of 21 Egyptian Christians in Libya by a group linked with Islamic State militants. He said the government of Malaysia expresses its deep sympathy and condolences to the government of Egypt and the families of the victims. “May they have the strength and courage in this difficult time,’’ he...

You Like? Nollywood star and budding fashionista Chika Ike knows how to work it for the cameras, and makes sure she looks good doing it. Today she’s heading for a meeting with her team and decided to step out rocking the denim on denim trend. Pairing a cropped decorated denim jacket and distressed denim trousers with the hems rolled up, and white strap heels, she is definitely out to make a statement.

A rally organised by the All Progressives Congress in Okirika, home to Nigeria’s First Lady, Patience Jonathan, was disrupted twice on Wednesday. The rally was first disrupted by triple bomb blasts which occurred a few minutes after the leadership and party faithful assembled at the Okirika National Secondary School field in the early hours of the day. A source, who pleaded not to be named for security reasons, told 'News agency' that the rally had just got underway, when three bombs went off in quick succession in three different locations close to the venue of the programme. Continue...

\ Singer-songwriter Lesley Gore, who topped the US charts with It's My Party aged 16 in 1963 has died, aged 68. Her partner of 33 years, Lois Sasson, confirmed she had died of lung cancer at a New York city hospital. Continue...