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See more photos from the star studded wedding that held today in Dubai. Congrats to the couple. Official wedding pics will come later. For now check out some instagram pics after the cut...

A video showing a mother from Trinidad and Tobago whipping her 12-year-old daughter with a belt for sharing sexually explicit photos of herself on Facebook has gone viral, sparking a national conversation in the island nation about corporal punishment.   Last Sunday, a video was posted on Facebook showing Helen Bartlett, a mother of four from Point Fortin, beating her sobbing daughter while hurling profanities at her. The six-minute clip, which depicts Ms Bartlett raining blows on the 12-year-old girl, who whimpers in pain and cowers from the belt, has been shared more than 43,000 online. Asked if she regretted her actions, Ms Bartlett, who has three girls and a boy, said she stood by her mode of discipline, but she was sorry that the video intended to shame her 12-year-old has gained such notoriety.  

Oh my! I have died and gone to heaven. This is one of the most exquisite wedding dresses I have ever seen. It's breathtaking. What a beautiful, stunning bride. 

The day is finally here and we are getting the first pics of what the wedding hall looks like and what celebs are wearing to the wedding. They are sharing the pics on instagram. See more after the cut...

Charles Novia is one man that will tell it to you in the face and will not care or give a hoot. He tackles Nigerian celebrities flaunting and living fake lives and quotes Tuface to be the best, who hit the nail on the head..he says ''Among the present crop of Nigerian musicians, I would vote for Tuface Idibia as the most humble of the lot. His humility is well-known by a lot of people as one of his greatest assets added to a very warm and friendly disposition. Apart from his humility, one appreciable virtue he has is his sense of modesty even when he is easily one of the richest musicians in Nigeria. You don’t really see Tuface going on instagram or other social networks to flaunt a new watch or new car or some material possession. Not because he cannot afford them but because he has sense of proprietary..... I had an informal conversation with him in Atlanta, USA in October 2013 one evening when we were both hanging out with a bosom friend and brother, Chris Ikpefua of Vo...

There was heightened tension yesterday at Abinse town, in Guma local government area of Benue state, when a middle aged man, Benjamin Fakande allegedly hacked his neighbour, one Jacob Unumbe,  to death after he caught the deceased in bed with his wife. Saturday Vanguard gathered from an eyewitness that Benjamin had been suspecting and accusing his wife of infidelity but when he confronted her on the issue, she denied and threatened to quit the marriage. ”The man had been accusing his wife of infidelity, but when the rumour became rife for several weeks, the man decided to spy on the wife until he got proof that she was actually having an affair outside her matrimonial home with the deceased.   ”He was forced to confront the deceased whom he cautioned to stay away from his wife because he was destroying his marriage, or be prepared to face the consequence of his inglorious acts.   ”But from all indications, the duo continued in the immoral act because the rumour...

Loyalists of  former  President Olusegun Obasanjo in the Peoples Democratic Party have dumped the ruling party for the All Progressives Congress. Saturday PUNCH  learnt on Wednesday that the former President’s supporters, particularly those in the South-West, left the PDP because they felt that  they had been sidelined. It was learnt that the former president’s loyalists  would have left the PDP early this year, but  they were prevailed upon by Obasanjo to remain in the party after the visit of the PDP National Chairman, Alhaji  Adamu Mu’azu, to him in Abeokuta on January 26, 2014. A member of the PDP National Working Committee, who confided in one of our correspondents, said that the party was aware that the former president’s loyalists had left the party.

Microsoft has completed its purchase of Nokia’s mobile phone business for 5.44bn euros ($7.5bn; £4.5bn). The deal between the two firms should have been completed earlier this year but it was delayed by a hold-up in regulatory approvals. The sale will see the end of production of mobile phones by Nokia. “Today we welcome the Nokia devices and services business to our family,” said Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella. “The mobile capabilities and assets they bring will advance our transformation.” The Finnish company will now focus on networks, mapping services and technology development and licences. Two Nokia plants will remain outside the deal – a manufacturing unit in Chennai, India, subject to an asset freeze by Indian tax authorities, and the Masan plant in South Korea, which it plans to shut down. Former Nokia chief executive Stephen Elop has become executive vice president of the Microsoft devices group, in charge of Lumia smartphones and tablets, Nokia mobi...

Oyibo people take domestic violence seriously. So should we. For allegedly attacking his wife and threatening to kill her and then himself, actor Columbus short has been fired from hit series, Scandal. Columbus confirmed via a statement released to the media yesterday that he won’t be returning to the blockbuster series “At this time I must confirm my exit from a show I’ve called home for 3 years, with what is the most talented ensemble on television today. I would like to first thank Shonda Rhimes for the opportunity to work with such an amazing cast. Thank you Gladiators, who have supported me throughout my entire career and of course to ABC and Shondaland for allowing me to play such a pivotal role in the Scandal series. I have enjoyed every single minute of it. Everything must come to an end and unfortunately the time has come for Harrison Wright to exit the canvas. I wish nothing but the best for Shonda, Kerry and the rest of the cast, who have become like a second family to...

This is how OAP Toolz showed up at Tiwa Savage’s pre-wedding party on Friday. Séxy mama!

I think I realised I had a problem when I was walking back to the house of a man that had physically hurt me badly in the act of séx, and I was willingly about to give myself up to him again.  Despite being terrified and it making me tremble and sick, I somehow couldn’t stop myself, I had to have my fix. Afterwards I felt used, I hated myself for what I had done, but that didn’t stop me.  Married, attached,  fathers , brothers of other conquests, it made no difference the more screwed up the better in the heat of the moment  – the higher the rush, and the deeper the low. ‘It wasn’t  just men , it was pórn, dangerous séx, exhibitionism, everything was just…