EMPIRE HAS BEEN RENEWED FOR A SECOND SEASON!

Fox's Empire continues to rise. Surprising exactly no one, the network renewed its new hit series Empire for a second season, making the news official at the 2015 Winter TCA Press Tour on Saturday. Praise Cookie! The Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson hip-hop family drama, created by Oscar-nominated director Lee Daniels, has proven to be a huge success for Fox: it was their highest-rated debut in three years and one of the most-watched

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PHOTOS: HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE PROTESTING IN PARIS AGAINST BOKO HARAM

After a recent Boko Haram attack in Potiskum that killed 4 and injured 48, a couple of hundred people gathered at Trocadero in Paris for a #JeSuisNigerian protest against BokoHaram.

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M.I ABAGA: CHAIRMAN & NIGERIAN BANK TO TAKE 100 FANS & CUSTOMERS TO THE MOVIES

On Tuesday 20th January, the Chairman  Jude ‘M.I’ Abaga will take over 100 fans to see the latest Kevin Hart hit movie “Wedding Ringer”.This event is in conjunction with Nigerian Bank and it is targeted at both customers and non-customers of the bank who fall under its XploreFirst and Firstmonie product segments.

15 THINGS YOU SHOULD NEVER SAY TO A BRIDE

While planning a wedding is something that you may have dreamt about and looked forward to doing for most of your life, it can also be a very stressful and emotional process.As a bride, you will turn to your close friends and family members throughout the engagement to help cheer you along and make the journey extra special. However, sometimes those same loved ones can start to feel a little too comfortable and say the one wrong thing that at the drop of a hat.

Friends and family, this guide is for you. According to Bridal Guide, here are some comments you should steer clear of uttering to the bride:

MUNA OBIEKWE: COLLEAGUES CONFIRMS ACTOR'S DEATH

Nollywood actors, Uche Jumbo, Mike Ezuruonye, Stella Damasus and more have confirmed the death of the talented Nollywood actor, Muna Obiekwe. Muna passed away after battling with Kidney disease. The Internet has been abuzz following the reports of his death which surfaced online earlier today, Sunday, January 19, 2015. Some of his colleagues took to social media platforms to confirm and mourn the death of their colleague. Check out some tweets and Instagram posts.

HILARIOUS!! POLICE IN ADO-EKITI ARREST 2 RAMS FOR ATTACKING WOMAN

Just like humans, 2 rams have been arrested and detained by policemen in Ado-Ekiti for attacking and injuring a woman popularly called Iya Oyo. According to a report by Leadership, 65-year-old Iya Oyo said she was on her way to a commercial bank in Okesa area with her son on Monday to withdraw some money when the rams went wild and gored her, fracturing her right thigh in the process.

NIGERIA FG REDUCES PETROL PRICE TO N87 PER LITRE

THE Federal Government  last night announced a reduction in the price of premium motor spirit  (petrol)from N97 to N87 per litre. The reduction follows the crash in the price of crude oil in the international market.

The Minister of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke, made the announcement on the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA, last night. She spoke from the presidential villa apparently after consultations with President Goodluck Jonathan.

I’M HALE AND HEARTY AND STILL IN NIGERIA - BUHARI

All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, dismissed doubts about his medical and educational fitness for the presidency describing such allegations as distractions by the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP, to deviate from the core campaign issues of corruption and incompetent leadership.Accusing the PDP of desperation having run out of ideas, Buhari at a press conference in Abuja, further challenged the ruling party to address the

AMBER ROSE FLASHES CLEAVAGE AS SHE SPILLS OUT CUTAWAY BEACH WRAP

She started her morning leaving little to the imagination as she posed for photos in a very revealing thong one-piece from her hotel balcony. But Amber Rose wisely covered up her curvaceous body - as best as she could - when she later relaxed poolside. The 31-year-old wore a clingy pink cover up over a tiny two-piece pink bikini that emphasized her generous bust and other ample assets on Saturday at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami

JENNIFER LOPEZ STEPS OUT IN A GLOWING VIBRANT SATIN SKIRT & TOP AT Q&A FOR AMERICAN IDOL

The rest of her American Idol colleagues were dressed in sombre shades of black, grey and dark blue. But Jennifer Lopez obviously didn't get the email about attire for today's Fox presentation at the Winter Television Critics Association Tour at the Langham Hotel in Pasadena, California. The beautiful talent show judge stood out in a calf-length, fit and flare skirt in eye-poppingly bright red satin.

YVONNE STRAHOVSKI SHOWS OFF HER SUPERFIT PHYSIQUE AS SHE POST FOR GQ MAGAZINE

She puts her body through its paces filming scenes as secret agent Kate Morgan in action thriller 24: Live Another Day. But the hard yards appear to have paid off for Australian actress Yvonne Strahovski who stuns in a photo shoot for the January issue of GQ magazine. The 32-year-old beauty takes the plunge as she strips down to a daring one piece swimsuit that leaves little to the imagination in one of the shots.Propping herself up against a weather-beaten wall, the blonde bombshell tenses her taut tummy

SUPERMODEL DAVID GANDY BRAGS I'M THE TENT POLE IN M&S PROFIT AS HE CLAIMS VICTORY OVER DAVID BECKHAM

Male supermodel David Gandy has claimed victory over David Beckham in the battle of the undies – and even made the tongue-in-cheek claim that his underwear range has single-handedly saved Marks and Spencer. ‘I’m the best-selling thing they’ve got, I’m the tent pole in their profits, pardon the pun,’ Gandy, 34, revealed at the ShortList with M&S London Collection Men’s party at London’s Rosewood Hotel last week.‘They’re one of the store’s

22-YR-OLD GIRL NABBED FOR BURNING HER NEW BORN BABY ALIVE ON A PUBLIC ROADWAY

Witnesses in New Jersey have spoken of their horror at seeing a young mother douse her new born baby in a flammable liquid and set her alight. Hyphernkemberly Dorvilier, 22, is accused of burning her daughter alive on a public roadway at about 11 p.m. on Friday in Pemberton Township. 'It was just horrible. Like nothing you've ever seen,' said David Joseph, who lives across from where the incident occurred.Neighbor Joseph, 45, initially thought he had caught someone dumping garbage when she stepped out of her Land Rover - such was her calm demeanor.

TWO FEMALE TEACHERS ARRESTED FROM THE SAME SCHOOL FOR HAVING SEX WITH STUDENTS

Two Covina women were arrested Saturday for engaging in sexual encounters on the beach with their high school students, police said. South Hills High School teacher Melody Lippert, 38, met up with a group of male students from her high school at a beach in San Clemente in November of last year, CBS reports. Lippert reportedly gave the group alcohol and then engaged in a sexual act with one of the students, according to deputies.Afterwards, she reportedly

EDDIE MURPHY CHARGES UP HIS DAILY COFFEE BY TAKING GIRLFRIEND PAIGE BUTCHER TO STARBUCKS

There was one thing as certain as the sun rising every day - and that was Eddie Murphy taking his girlfriend Paige Butcher to Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf shop in LA for their morning fix.But now, baristas in his local LA Coffee Bean will no doubt be frothing to discover their most avid coffee drinkers have defected to arch rival chain, Starbucks. However the Beverly Hills Cop star seems pleased with the switch, and couldn’t wipe the smile off his face as he emerged from the store with a cup of the coffee

CHRISTINA AGUILERA SHARES FIRST PICTURE OF HER 'LIL DIVA' SUMMER RAIN

She's kept her daughter Summer Rain out of the spotlight since her birth five months ago. And Christina Aguilera, 34, chose an imaginative way of introducing the infant to fans as she took to social media on Sunday.Sharing a snap of her baby daughter lying on a fur blanket, she tweeted: 'Watch out...another one's getting ready to conquer the world! #driven #diva2.'Summer is pictured lying away from the camera, clad in a pink dress, her bloomers reading

GWEN STEFANI DOWNPLAYS HER FLASHY STYLE IN DENIM OVERALL AS SHE SHE HITS THE DANCE STUDIO

With that unique sense of style, Gwen Stefani is certainly hard to miss. The 45-year-old was up to more fashion tricks as she headed to a dance studio in Los Angeles on Sunday. The No Doubt frontwoman went retro in a pair of denim overalls that were popular in the 1990s and are back in style again, adding her own upbeat touches as seen in the knee patches and bright yellow sneakers.The star appeared to be wearing minimum make up for her

B’HARAM ATTACKS BAUCHI YOBE ABDUCTS 80 IN CAMEROON

Boko Haram insurgents on Sunday struck again in Yobe and Bauchi states, killing   11 people, including five soldiers. The Bauchi attack was carried out by a lone suicide bomber at the Bulala Motor Park in the troubled Potiskum. Five people died and 36 others were injured. That of Yobe was   at a military checkpoint in Takanda-Giwa on the Bauchi-Jos Highway. Five soldiers and a civilian passerby were said to have lost their lives to the incident which took place a few hours after the militant Islamist sect abducted 80 people in Cameroon. A hospital source in Potiskum, who

TRANSGENDER: WAS A MAN BEFORE BUT NOW A LADY... BRITISH ARMY FIRST TRANSGENDER OFFICER

According to mailonline, after serving in the battlegrounds of Afghanistan, hardened soldier Hannah Winterbourne has revealed herself as the British Army’s first transgender officer.As a captain in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, she is the Army’s most highly ranked transgender soldier and the only one to become an officer. The 27-year-old was born a boy and spent her first few years in the Army as a man, before deciding to undergo a sex-change operation while on a tour of duty at Camp Bastion.She said

HOW LOTTO BOSS AND THUGS KILL AGENT OVER MISSING N500

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a woman, Sade Onafowopo, for her alleged role in the death of a lotto agent, Oluwatosin Efuneye, Source learnt that Efuneye was allegedly beaten to death in the Ojuelegba area of Lagos by thugs who were carrying out Onafowopo’s order to torture the lotto agent. Eyewitnesses said Onafowopo, who was Efuneye’s boss, ordered the punishment because the deceased reportedly deducted N500 from the money paid by a customer. Source gathered that the incident occurred last Thursday, January 15, on Makinde Street,

HOW 60-YR-OLD BRICKLAYER RAPES 14-YR-OLD IN NIGERIA

A 60-year-old bricklayer, Segun Benson, has been accused of raping a primary six pupil on Mommoh Street in the Agege area of Lagos State. In the course of the rape, the victim’s private parts were said to have been damaged. Benson, who has an aged mother, was said to have never been married, while attempts by his mother to get him a wife had continually been turned down. After he allegedly ravished the victim, he was said to have sent her out, despite the flow of blood from her private parts.

LAGOSIANS NOW ENJOY AIR-CONDITIONED TRAINS - JONATHAN

President Goodluck Jonathan says his administration has transformed the railway system, adding that the people of Lagos now enjoy train rides in air-conditioned coaches. The President said this in a Facebook post on Sunday. Jonathan, who described the feat as a ‘silent revolution’ promised that his administration would do more in the coming years. He said, “A silent revolution is taking place in Lagos. Every day, thousands of Lagosians are escaping the hustle and bustle of Lagos traffic by traversing the mainland in the new air condition Diesel Multiple Unit trains.

WHY BANKS STOP ATM CARD USAGE IN USA AND CHINA

Rising cases of electronic frauds, especially Automated Teller Machine-related scams, which have made Deposit Money Banks to lose billions of naira in recent times, have forced some of the lenders to prevent their payments cards from working in the United States of America, China and a few other countries.

I WANT TO SEE FEMALE PRESIDENT- JONATHAN

President Goodluck Jonathan has said that he will witness a Nigerian government headed by a female in his lifetime. Jonathan in a series of tweets by his Special Assistant on new media, Reno Omokri, said the predication was achievable because the Peoples Democratic Party had demonstrated the willingness to give women opportunities in governance. He and his aides had repeatedly scored his administration high on women empowerment, saying no other regime had done better in the area.