Alicia Keys Is Pregnant With Baby No. 2--See the Sweet Pic!

The singer made a big (and shocking!) announcement on her Instagram tonight when she revealed that she's expecting her second child with hubby Swizz Beatz.

Bombers attack Kano poly, Potiskum mosque, kill 16

Another female suicide bomber struck at the Kano
Polytechnic on Wednesday, killing two people.
There was however conflicting figures by government agencies on the number of those injured by the bomber who also died in the process.

Photo: Police Arrest First Class Student, Graduates, Undergraduates Over OPEC Fraud

The Police Special Fraud Unit, PSFU, has smashed a
syndicate which specialises in designing multinational organisations’ websites to defraud unsuspecting members of the public, particularly applicants, and arrested six members, Vanguard reports.

Ebola: FG sets up isolation centres at airports

In a bid to stall the spread of the dreaded Ebola virus, the Federal Government, in conjunction with airlines, have agreed to set up isolation disease centres at international airports across the country.

Liberian Man With Ebola Virus In Lagos Dies

Mr. Patrick Sawyer, a WASH consultant at the Ministry of Finance, who had been quarantined since falling ill after arriving in the Nigerian state of Lagos for a conference last Sunday, has died, allafrica.com says.

Why We Are Slow In Rescuing Chibok Girls- Presidency

The Presidency, yesterday, gave an insight into why the Federal Government was slow at rescuing the over 200 Government Secondary School girls kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents in Chibok, Borno State, on April 14.

Robert Downey Jr.: Hollywood's highest-paid actor (again)

Robert Downey Jr. is once again the most highly
paid actor in Hollywood, according to Forbes magazine . The publication, which regularly ranks who's making top dollar, estimates that Downey earned roughly $75 million between June 2013 and June 2014, putting him at the top of its highest-paid actors list for the second year in a row.

World's largest aquatic insect specimen found in China

The world's largest flying aquatic insect, with
huge, nightmarish pincers, has been discovered in China's Sichuan province, experts say. According to the Insect Museum of West China, local villagers in the outskirts of Chengdu handed over "weird
insects that resemble giant dragonflies with long teeth" earlier this month.

Liberian undergoes test for Ebola in Lagos

The Special Adviser to the Governor on Public Health, Dr. Yewande Adeshina, has said the suspected case of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease in a Liberian man is being investigated.

Nigeria can defeat B’Haram, says Buhari

A former military Head of State and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), insisted on Thursday that Nigeria had the capacity to defeat the dreaded Boko Haram Islamic sect.

Beyoncé and Solange Knowles are the Best of Friends--See Their Sweetest Sister Pics!

If there's one set of celebrity siblings that has that sisterly swag, it most definitely would be Beyoncé and Solange Knowles. The former Destiny's Child frontwoman and her younger sister (who is also a singer, songwriter and performer) have always been close and are the best of friends.

Death Toll Rise To 82 In Kaduna Twin Bomb Blast

At least 82 people have been confirmed dead according to news reports in the yesterday’s Kaduna twin bomb blast which was targeted at former head of state, General Muhammadu Buhari and an Islamic cleric, Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi.

North West Takes Her First Steps! Proud Mom Kim Kardashian Shares the Exciting News With Adorable Photo

The proud mommy shared that daughter North West has taken her first steps (!) and posted maybe one of the cutest snapshots of her little girl yet. "Our baby girl finished one week of swimming lessons today then took her 1st steps right when she got out of the pool!!!! Mommy & Daddy are so proud of you!!!! Photo cred: Daddy," Kim wrote.

Teen pilot killed at sea in quest to set world record

An American teenager who was trying to set a
world record for flying around the world was killed and his father is missing after their plane crashed into the ocean off American Samoa on Tuesday night, the boy's family said.

Chief Ebola doctor overseeing cases in Sierre Leone contracts the virus

 A doctor who has played a key role in fighting the
Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone is infected with the disease, according to that country's Ministry of Health. Dr. Sheik Humarr Khan is being treated by the French aid group Medicins Sans Frontieres -- also known as Doctors Without Borders -- at a hospital in the capital city of Freetown, Tim Shenk, an agency spokesman, told CNN on Wednesday.