$23m Reward for Shekau, Boko Haram Leader, Four Others – US

In an unprecedented move, the United States monday posted up to $23 million in rewards to help track down five leaders of militant groups accused of spreading terror in West Africa.

The highest reward of $7 million was offered for the Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, who last week called on Islamists in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq to join the bloody fight to create an Islamic state in Nigeria.

The US State Department's Rewards for Justice Programme also targeted Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), offering its first ever bounties for wanted militants in West Africa.

Up to $5 million was posted for Al-Qaeda veteran Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the one-eyed Islamist behind the devastating attack on an Algerian gas plant in January in which 37 foreigners, including three Americans, were killed.

Amitabh Bachchan celebrates 40 years of togetherness with Jaya Bachchan

Recalling his wedding 40 years ago, megastar Amitabh Bachchan today said that it seemed like "just the other evening" when he and Jaya Bachchan decided to tie the knot in a simple ceremony.

"40 years! 40 years of marriage on the 3rd of June 2013! Jaya and I in marriage for 40 years! A lifetime almost!," Bachchan, 70 wrote on his blog.

The actor, who married Jaya Bahchcan back in June 1973 thanked almighty for blessing him with a large and loving family with his wife that includes two children, three grand children, son-in-law, daughter-in-law and relatives.

Will always remember his 1977 movie “Amar Akbar Anthony”

Nigerian Businessman, Anthony Chinedu amongst six Nigerians Deported from Kenya

Controversial Nigerian businessman Anthony Chinedu who has been facing criminal charges has been deported from Kenya.

Chinedu is among six Nigerians who were deported on Monday from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for being in the country illegally.

They were arrested from their houses on Sunday night in a police operation following reports they were involved in “dirty” businesses.

Sources at JKIA said they were all put on an international airline after being warned against being violent if and when they are there.

“Five of them have been deported and they are no longer in the country,” said a senior security official at the airport.

Nairobi Area head of CID Nicholas Kamwende confirmed the deportation.

Chinedu was facing a number of criminal cases and was in April arrested in his house with 10 grammes of heroin that he is believed to have either been using or wanted to traffic.

Nigerian Designer, Nancy Nwadire of Iconic Invanity to Showcase Collection At MADE IN MEDI 2013

The Mediterranean Design & Fashion Week commences today at the UNESCO World Heritage city of Noto (a city in the Province of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy), and the seven days event would run through the 9^th of June, 2013.

Made in Medi 2013, the seventh edition of the fashion event would feature Nigerian designer, Nancy Nwadire of Iconic Invanity – Nancy would be exhibiting her collection: colours, laces, embroideries, and clothes made with Ankara fabrics, typical of the place of origin of the designer and her brand.

Nancy Nwadire, an ex-model/beauty queen turned designer, was born in Uganda and married to a Nigerian.

Other African designers that will be showcasing their collection at the fashion week are: Shahira Fawzy (Egypt), Said Mahrouf (Morrocco), Raja Rayes of Rujji Collection (Libya).

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NEW VIDEO: Tiwa Savage – Olorun Mi

In Memory of Last Year’s Dana Air Crash victims, Tiwa drops video for Olorun Mi.

The Once upon a time album drops in few days.

Ghanaian Rapper, Captain Planet of ‘4x4’ proposes to Nigerian girlfriend Uche Ofodile of Vodafone Ghana on her birthday

The past few days have been exciting and eventful for Uche Ofodile, Chief Marketing Officer of Vodafone Ghana – kiyoandfilo gathered that the amiable lady recently won an award for outstanding contribution to Marketing in Ghana.

Meanwhile, on her birthday (June 1), her boyfriend Captain Planet whose real name is Jeff Sylvanus Dodj also popped the question -- would you marry me?

Guess what? Uche said YES to his proposal, and then broke into tears.

Congrats to them

Female Israeli soldiers disciplined for sexy photos on Facebook

The Israeli military said Sunday that it has disciplined a group of female soldiers who posed for photos in underwear and combat gear and posted the images on Facebook.

The incident was the latest in a string of episodes involving young Israeli soldiers on social media that have drawn reprimand from the military.

Israeli news site Walla said the women were new recruits stationed on a base in southern Israel. One picture showed the soldiers removing their fatigue uniforms to expose their underwear and back sides. In another, five women posed in what appeared to be a barracks room, dressed only in helmets and a small amount of combat equipment. The faces of the soldiers were blurred in the photos (now taken down).

PHOTOS: Jay-Z And Beyonce Cuddle and show Love on Stage

Beyonce invited Jay Z to join her on stage yesterday night during the ‘Chime For Change Concert’ at Twickenham Stadium in London. The crowd at the concert went crazy when Jay Z appeared on stage because no one was expecting him. They performed Crazy In Love together.

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Big Brother Africa 2013: One of Kenya’s rep, Huddah sent home

Kenya’s “The Boss Lady” Huddah has been sent home in the latest round of evictions in Big Brother Africa -The Chase, leaving Annabel as the only Kenyan in Africa’s most popular reality series.

Only one week into the 91-day stay, Huddah was evicted unceremoniously in Sunday’s live show. Known for her strong personality, Huddah seemed to have few supporters in and out of the households, as the eviction results have shown.

Earlier, Uganda’s Denzel was also sent home; with Huddah’s eviction, we have twenty six housemates left in the reality show.

Dangote, Six Others Bag Honorary Citizenship of Arkansas

Seven Nigerians were among 17 personalities awarded honorary citizenship of the state of Arkansas in the U.S., each with a key to the city of Little Rock, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

Gov. Mike Beebe of Arkansas also proclaimed May 30 of every year as Nigeria Day, which was celebrated with a spectacular display of fireworks.

The certificate for the proclamation was handed over to Prof. Ade Adefuye, Nigeria's Ambassador to the U.S., who was represented by Mr Baba Garba of the Consulate General of Nigeria in Atlanta.

Some of the recipients of the awards are Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the President of Dangote Group; Sir Joseph Arumemi-Ikhide, the Chairman of Arik Air, Gov. Rabi'u Kwankwaso of Kano State; Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, and Prof. Tajudeen Gbadamosi, a former lecturer of University of Lagos.

Rihanna Named Hottest Woman in the World Right Now

Rihanna has been named the hottest woman in the world in a brand new poll by Complex magazine.

The 'Diamonds' singer topped a poll of some of the showbiz world's biggest names as she topped a poll of the 100 Hottest Women Right Now.

Interestingly, no reasons were given for the top ranking.

Check out the magazine's top 10:

1. Rihanna

2. Alison Brie

3. Jennifer Lawrence

4. Beyonce

5. Kerry Washington

6. Selena Gomez

7. Nicki Minaj

8. Emilia Clarke

9. Miley Cyrus

10. Kim Kardashian

Man, 25, Kills Mother, Siblings In Zamfara

A 25- year-old man, Kamar Yusuf, who killed his mother and siblings in Sabon Gusau, Zamfara State last week has been arrested by the Kaduna Police Command, and is now being interrogated by police detectives.

Kamar, who was arrested in Kaduna yesterday following a tipoff, was said to have committed the dastardly act last Wednesday at their family residence at Daladala area of Sabon Gusau of Zamfara State.

Leadership gathered that Kamar was aggrieved by the sharing of his father’s inheritance among his mother and siblings; he had wanted to have all that the father left behind all to himself.

Investigation revealed that he had threatened severally to kill his mother, Mrs Hafsat and actually made several attempts on her life but failed until that fateful day when he eventually killed her and his other siblings.

According to a relative of the deceased, before the tragedy, Kamar had threatened that he would kill her with his own hands.

NDLEA, Soldiers raid Mushin

A combined team of officers with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the Nigerian Army have carried out a raid on Akala area of Mushin, a notorious criminal hideout in Lagos.

The operation, which lasted several hours at the weekend, led to the arrest of 47 suspected drug traffickers and addicts with the seizure of 3,166.15kg of narcotics, including cannabis, cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine.

Chairman of the agency, Ahmadu Giade, commended the Nigerian Army Commander, 9 Brigade Lagos, Brigadier-General Adeniyi Oyebade, for giving the needed back-up because of the notoriety of the area.

“The agency will continue to gather intelligence reports and conduct raids on criminal hideouts. We are prepared to clean up Lagos. This operation is a pointer to the fact that no criminal location is invincible. The understanding and cooperation of the Nigerian Army is highly commendable,” Giade stated.

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Oral sex caused my cancer – Hollywood Actor, Michael Douglas reveals

Hollywood actor Michael Douglas has claimed that his throat cancer was caused by performing oral sex on women.

The star, who fought a six month battle with the disease from August 2010 until January 2011, had initially believed that it was his years of smoking and drinking that had lead to the illness.

However, in a new interview the 68-year-old said that the particular strain he had suffered with was caused by human papilloma virus (HPV), a sexually transmitted disease. HPV is a sexually transmitted virus which is more widely known as a cause of cervical and anal cancer.

Douglas made the frank admission about how he developed the illness during an interview with The Guardian newspaper when he was asked if he had regretted smoking and drinking in the past.

Douglas candidly replied: ‘No, because without wanting to get too specific, this particular cancer is caused by HPV, which actually comes about from cunnilingus.’

Police in Spain smash Nigerian 'voodoo' Prostitution Ring

A Nigerian gang forced women into street prostitution in Spain by burning them with irons and using voodoo rituals, according to police.

Detectives have arrested six Nigerian nationals - including the suspected woman ringleader - as part of an investigation launched last year after one of the prostitutes filed a complaint with the authorities.

"The control exercised over women was total, involving verbal threats as well as physical violence and various voodoo ceremonies to terrorise them," police said in a statement.

"The ring caused them serious injury through bites or by using an iron to cause second-degree burns."

The ring allegedly recruited women in Benin City, whose husbands and fathers had died and who were struggling to raise their children.

They transported the women overland to Morocco and then smuggled them on small wooden boats into Spain where they were forced to work as street prostitutes in Barcelona and Malaga.

Spanish police have swooped several times in recent years on similar prostitution rings that used the threat of voodoo curses to frighten their victims into obedience.

Before leaving Nigeria, the rings often take their victims to shrines where they swear to pay their debts to the group and not to denounce them to the police.

The women leave fingernails, hair, underwear and other personal items at the shrines which they are told will give voodoo priests the power to harm them wherever they are in the world.

'Unknown woman' gave Mercedes G55 to man 'expelled' from Saudi for being 'too handsome'

An Emirati asked to leave Saudi Arabia last month for being “too handsome” has received an expensive G55 Mercedes car from an unknown woman, just a month after he hit headlines worldwide following his alleged expulsion from the conservative Gulf Kingdom.

Omar Borkan Gala told a well-known western magazine that he had been gifted the car, worth more than $100,000, to mark his birthday.

“I got a Mercedes G55 for my birthday from a woman I didn’t know,” the race-car enthusiast told the US ‘InTouch’ gossip weekly.

“It came to my place, and I was told, ‘Just sign and take it.’ That’s amazing!”

The magazine said the self-described poet and model, and now an upcoming film star, woke up on his birthday recently with a knock on his door and greeted by a man with keys in his hands and a paper for him to sign on.

“It was one of the most memorable birthday gifts he had received. Omar expressed how happy he was for the offers that have been pouring in since the news of his deportation broke out and has gone viral in the worldwide web,” the report said.

RIP: Bruno Mars’ Mother Dies at Age 55

The mother of Grammy-winning pop star Bruno Mars has died in Hawaii.

Bernadette Hernandez died Saturday of a brain aneurysm, according to a publicist for Mars' label, Atlantic Records, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to speak on the record.

Hernandez was 55 years old. She died in Honolulu at Queens Medical Center; no other information was given.

Mars is one of pop's top acts with several No. 1 hits including his most recent, "When I Was Your Man." His mother, a hula dancer and a singer who immigrated from the Philippines, nurtured her son's interest in music at an early age.

23-year old Czech gives birth to Quintuplets

A 23-year-old Czech woman has given birth to quintuplets for the first time in the Czech Republic.

Officials at Prague's Institute for the Care of Mother and Child say four boys — Deniel, Michael, Alex and Martin — and a girl — Terezka — were born by cesarean section on Sunday.

Zbynek Stranak, chief doctor at the neonatal section of the institute says the birth took place "without any complications."

Stranak says that Alexandra Kinova and her five babies have been placed at an intensive care unit. He says the babies who were naturally conceived have a 95-percent chance to grow up healthy.

The father was present at the birth.

Kinova who is from Milovice, a town located northeast of Prague, already had a son.

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I'm Finally Divorcing My Cheating Husband – Toni Braxton’s Sister

"Braxton Family Values" star Trina Braxton can't un-break her marriage ... the reality star finally pulled the trigger on her divorce from philandering husband Grabriel Adrian-Solis, TMZ has learned.

Toni Braxton's sister filed divorce docs in Georgia court claiming her marriage was irretrievably broken. Trina and Gabriel tied the knot in August 2003, separated in March 2013, and are currently living in separate pads.

It's not exactly a shock -- the duo suffered from a slew of marital problems, including infidelity. Gabriel has admitted to cheating on Trina with numerous women in the past and Trina admitted to cheating on Gabriel -- all of which played out on their reality TV show. 

As for the nuts and bolts of it all ... Trina says she'll try to work out a financial agreement with her estranged husband to divvy up their assets (and debts) as calmly as possible. She's asking for a total divorce, claiming there's no hope for reconciliation. 

I don’t have any intention to probe Obasanjo’s administration – President Jonathan

The Presidency has issued a statement to address speculations raised in the media yesterday that President Goodluck Jonathan intends to probe the Obasanjo Administration.

Here is the press hand-out.

The Presidency is constrained to state once again that there is no truth whatsoever to rehashed reports in the media today that President Goodluck Jonathan intends to order a probe of the Obasanjo Administration because of the former President’s “constant” criticisms of the Federal Government.

President Jonathan remains fully focused on the urgent tasks of assuring peace, security and stability across the country to create the right conditions for rapid socio-economic development and will not be distracted from this objective by futile attempts to drive a wedge between him and other respected elders and leaders of his party.

The President has nothing but the greatest respect for Chief Obasanjo’s very notable contributions to national growth and development over many years and far from taking offence or seeking retaliation, will always welcome objective criticism and advice from the very highly-regarded elder statesman.

What is more, President Jonathan regards his Administration as a continuation of the unbroken chain of PDP-led governments started by Chief Obasanjo in 1999 which have worked tirelessly to entrench democratic governance and achieve rapid socio-economic growth in the country.

Rather than order a pointless probe of his predecessors, he will continue to do his utmost best to build on the solid foundations for national progress laid under previous PDP administrations.

Speculations and suggestions of an impending probe of the Obasanjo Administration by President Jonathan are therefore nonsensical and should be dismissed by all right-thinking Nigerians as the product of the fertile imagination of mischievous political jobbers.

Stolen Range Rover Sport: I will get a replacement soon — Pasuma

It is no more news that Fuji star, Wasiu Alabi, also known as Pasuma, who doubles as a Globacom ambassador, was attacked by armed robbers last week Monday and his Range Rover sport, metallic silver colour was snatched by robbers in Ahmadiyya area of Abule Egba, Lagos State.

Barely one week after the sad experience, Pasuma has said he would not lose sleep over it as he would find a replacement soon to shame his enemies.

According to Pasuma, the robber forced themselves into his car and drove him and his aides to Itele, a town in the outskirt of Lagos.

Paso’s publicist, Afolabi, told R in a mail that it was ridiculous for anyone to say the musician knew the robbers as “Pasuma is a hardworking musician whose ambassadorial status has added to his hard-earned image and goodwill.

Although he would not answer when asked if the SUV was insured, he said media men should always check their facts before putting words in print.

“Pasuma has moved on since.He will not be deterred by the loss of a car. Right now, he is more concerned with his music,”he told R.

Revealed! Dirty life in terrorists’ camp: “Condoms everywhere”

More of the dirty sides of the insurgents’ lifestyle are being revealed as troops continue to stumble on strange and bizarre objects such as several used and unused condoms as well as charms and amulets of various shapes in the captured terrorists camps.

Defence spokesman, Brigadier-General Chris Olukolade, who made the revelation, said that other common items found by troops in the terrorists camps also included syringes, test tubes and hand gloves usually found in the rubbles of most of the destroyed camps. 

According to him, apart from chemicals and materials for producing Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), narcotics of all types were also found to be common features as troops combed through camps in Sambisa forest, New Marte, and others.

VIDEO: CEO Dancers shake the stage at the Semi Final 5 of Britain's Got Talent 2013

The booty-licious CEO dancers are back, this time they danced to the remix of Beyonce’s ‘Girls who run the world’- check it out.