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The hitmaker's daughter Blue Ivy emerged in New York dressed as the King Of Pop to attend a Halloween bash with her parents in the city's West Village. The little one was carried to the car by her father Jay Z while dressed in the Billie Jean singer's iconic red and gold jacket, while Beyonce, 33, channeled his sister Janet.

A man in India has been arrested for having consensual gay sex after his wife installed miniature video cameras in every room of their home and filmed his encounters. Bangalore police arrested the man under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code – a 153-year-old law dating back to British colonial days prohibiting sodomy, consensual or otherwise. It makes it an offense to commit 'carnal intercourse against the order of nature.' The clause, which had been deemed unconstitutional by the High Court but was subsequently re-instated by the Supreme Court last December, makes gay sex punishable with life imprisonment. The man's wife lodged a complaint against him on October 20, as well as her in-laws, for cheating her. 'My in-laws knew that their son was gay. There was no need for them to ruin my life by arranging this marriage,' she contended. According to a complaint filed by the unnamed woman, a medical doctor from Bangalore, she married the man in N...

1n 2011, Mario Balotelli's friend set off a firework which destroyed rooms in his £3m mansion. The fire occurred during a party and the damage was worth £400,000. MailOnline obtained never seen before photos of the damage.  See below 

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I have a bit of a confession to make: bearded guys make me weak in the knees. There’s just something about a little facial hair that gets me every time: a beard that’s not too bushy (as in, Gandalf status) and not too patchy (like, Michael Cera’s creepy barely-there scruff), but that heavy stubble that’s  juuuuuust   right. Sorry, clean-shaven, conventionally handsome Bradley Cooper, but I’m too busy checking out your bearded buddy Zach Galifianakis. And George Clooney? Not even worth a second glance without some scruff on his cheeks. Ke$ha is already on the beard bandwagon (I’m not exactly saying to  take dating cues from her , since she also sings about chugging Jack and rolling around in glitter, but I digress…). She knows that even a decent five o’ clock shadow can transform any dork into a rugged, mountain-climbing hunk. And if he’s already sexy? Forget about it. Totally irresistible. (There’s a reason why Allie went back to Noah in ...

Congratulations to Canon who has emerged as the Viewers' Choice winner. He just won a Ford Focus because of all the fans who voted for him

The Santa Claus used in a lot of Coca-Cola adverts Well, he has died. His name was John Moore and he was the famous "Father Christmas" who inspired Coca Cola’s character and appeared in many ads for the brand. He died recently at the age of 86 and is being buried today in Burgess Hill, Sussex,UK. When he was not shooting for Coca-Cola, he spent the rest of the year working as a taxi driver and barman. RIP, Mr Moore.  

Find the EFCC press statement below... T he Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, October 30, 2014 arraigned an undergraduate of the University of Benin, Kenneth Rukewe Ebule  before Justice E. F Ikponmwen of an Edo State High Court, sitting in Benin- City on a 6- count charge bordering on forgery, obtaining money by false pretence and possession of fraudulent documents.The accused person allegedly duped Sabine Albert, a German, of the sum of $12, 088, 75 through fraudulent claims. Rukewe, 30, a final year student of Computer and Statistics at the University of Benin, was arrested by officials of a new generation bank on May 28, 2014 in Benin City and handed over to the EFCC for further investigation. Troubles started for him when Albert alleged that within two months after he had internet contact with him, Rukewe fraudulently obtained the sum of $12,088,75 (Twelve Thousand Eighty Eight Dollars and Seventy Five Cents) from him. Rukewe...

Some folks are tweeting that Boko Haram men invaded Federal Poly in Mubi, Adamawa state this morning...destroying the school. 

Priest Eduardo Vincenzo Maria Gomez weeks before his tragic acciden Jakarta | A catholic priest from the island of Java in Indonesia who has woken up from a 17 month long coma has converted himself to Islam after the man claims Allah spoke to him and showed him “the beauty of the heavens”. The 87-year old priest from Spain has lived and preached on the island for more then 43 years and is fluent in Javanese and various dialects of the different ethnic groups of the island and is a well known and respected figure amongst all religious groups of the area. The man who has suffered a cardiac arrest while helping local volunteers to fix the roof of his own church and fell an incredible two stories high has managed to survive and come out of his coma, in brittle shape, yet a changed man. “I know nothing of Islam. Never once have I read the Quran but God spoke to me and asked me to follow him to the heavens and the Holy light shone through my entire being and behold ...

An explosion has ripped through a bus station in Gombe, residents and witnesses have told PREMIUM TIMES. The explosion, our sources said, happened Friday morning at the popular Gombe Line Transport Services Limited. Details of the incident are still sketchy, but Abdulrahman Suae, a resident of the area, said he saw about five people being evacuated to the Gombe General Hospital. He was unable to confirm whether they were dead or simply injured. Another witness said the Police have cordoned off the area and that emergency officials were rushing injured victims to hospital. The Gombe State Command of the Nigeria Police could not be reached yet for details of the incident. Details later….. Gombe State Specialist Hospital this morning  Photo Credit: Twitter/ @ WilsonIsTalking

Agu, Okoye and Ezenna A suspected cocaine dealer, Kingsley Agu, who was recently arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos has told operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency that he took to crime because he needed money to fund his father’s burial. PUNCH Metro learnt that 30-year-old Agu was arrested with two others – Joseph Ezenna and Israel Okoye – for smuggling cocaine valued at N131m from Brazil. Agu, who seemed remorseful for his act, said he was a trader in Aba, Abia State but was forced to travel to Brazil because of economic hardship. He said while in Brazil, he got news of his father’s death and could not even afford a flight ticket so he decided to go into drug smuggling to fund his trip and his father’s burial. He said, “I was born in Enugu. I sell clothes at Aba market. I travelled to Brazil in April 2014 because my business was not doing well. The few months I spent in Brazil were even worse than here in Nigeri...

A 25-year-old Liberian refugee, Mr. Moses Andrel, and four others have been arrested by the police in Lagos for allegedly snatching 15 vehicles in different parts of the country. PUNCH Metro learnt that the robbery syndicate was arrested by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Lagos State Police Command on October 19. Apart from Andrel, other members of the gang arrested were: Mahmud Tanko, Musa Yusuf, Abayomi Adebayo and Israel Nana. According to the police, the gang members were arrested from different hideouts in the country including Abuja and Akwa Ibom. PUNCH Metro learnt that the vehicles stolen by the gang, which have now been recovered by the police, ranged from Toyota Camry to Mitsubishi Outlander Sports Utility Vehicle. Andrel told journalists at the command headquarters that his modus operandi was first to get employed as a driver only to steal his employer’s vehicle. He added that the gang members were his links to getting the ve...

In an article titled 'Worst Places I've Ever Visited, From A Man Who Has Visited Everywhere', Yahoo Travel expert/writer Lee Abbamonte, ranked Lagos, Nigeria as the No. 1 worst city to visit on earth. Above (right) is the picture he shared of Lagos and below is what he wrote about Lagos As far as I am concerned, Lagos, Nigeria, is the worst place on planet Earth. I’ve never experienced so much corruption in my life. It was just a horrific experience getting into the country. Crossing in from Benin, we got shaken down by the border guards. In addition to the multiple police shakedowns, the multiple ATM issues were enough for me; three times in two days, the machines dispensed the wrong amount of money. It was oppressive and hot. I couldn’t tell you one good thing about that place." Here's the  article . Anyone who reads this garbage and has never been to Lagos would really think this city is that horrible. Not nice! Continue.. ...

Chinedu Ubachukwu has emerged winner of the 11th edition of Gulder Ultimate Search. Chinedu beat the two other finalists Cosy Joe & Afolabi Emmanuel to the ultimate prize by being the only person to complete the final task of retrieving the General’s War Helmet. This victory came after the 24-year-old graduate of Petroleum & Gas at University of Port Harcourt successfully navigated his way through the forest and managed to row his canoe across the heavy currents of Aguleri River. The other two warriors failed in their bids to get to the mysterious destination across the waters. With this achievement, the native of Anambra State will exchange the treasure for a whopping N10million and a brand new SUV. As soon as Chinedu located & retrieved the General’s War Helmet, anchorman Chidi Mokeme inducted him into the exclusive Order of Heroes as the 11th “Ultimate Man”. The other finalists will get cash prizes for the positions they finished in. ...