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Yacine Brahimi has been voted the BBC African Footballer of the Year 2014. The 24-year-old midfielder becomes the first Algerian to win the award, which is decided by football fans.

A senior source within the APC stated that Fashola would not be considered for the Vice Presidential ticket to contest at the 2015 elections because he is a Muslim. Omotola Jalade - Ekeinde (Filed) Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeindehas expressed her anger over the decision of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to exclude the Lagos State Governor,Babatunde Fashola from its Vice Presidential ticket for the 2015 elections. Omotola criticized the decision and the system which she said leaves out leaders like Fashola and former Cross River State Governor, Donald Duke. The actress tweeted: “Political plans not taking Donald duke/Babatunde Fashola in2 consideration right now takes Nigerian youths 4 granted.Y'all gon learn!#change”

WENN Another highly anticipated reunion from tonight’s Soul Train Awards was a throwback performance of “Not Tonight (Ladies Night Remix)” featuring Lil Kim, Da Brat and Missy Elliot. Angie Martinez, who was on the original remix, was visibly absent from the performance. Last month when asked by Rickey Smiley why Angie would not be joining the rest of the ladies on the stage, Da Brat revealed that she wasn’t really sure, but hinted that there may have been some issues with production. However, as they say, the show must go on…and it certainly did. Fellow female emcees MC Lyte, YoYo and Lady of Rage joined the trio on stage, as well as R&B group Total. Watch the performance below.

Kim Kardashian’s nasty Thanksgiving Twitter message implicitly excluding Kanye West from her family while he was with his boyfriends in Paris shows the marriage is coming to an end. Kim made it very clear that Kanye is the outsider now as she quietly makes plans for a future without the rapper. While Kim and North were at Khloe’s place, Kanye was in his favourite place Paris. Kim tweeted, “Happy Thanksgiving! I’m so thankful to have spent the day with my whole family over at Khloe’s house today! Khloe cooked so much yummy food!” Notice the words “whole family” in that post? No mention of her missing hubby, then a very clear point made about who Kim considers her family.

Africa’s biggest night in music, the 2014 Channel O Africa Music Video Awards, was once more a massive celebration of the crème de la crème of the music industry. East and Southern Africa reigned supreme in the form of Tanzania’s Diamond and South Africa’s Cassper Nyovest and who scooped the most awards on the night. Bongo Flava recording artist Diamond Platnumz proved that he too is a force to be reckoned with when he took home the Most Gifted Newcomer, Most Gifted Afro Pop as well as Most Gifted East awards for his breakout hit “Number One”. Cassper – who has been on a winning streak this year and most recently celebrated his debut album Tsholofelo going Gold – his catchy club banger “Doc Shebeleza” earned him a win in the Most Gifted Male, Most Gifted Southern and the biggest award of the night the Jameson Most Gifted Video of the Year categories. Beating the likes of DJ Clock, Tiwa Savage, K.O, Riky Rick, Burna Boy, Emmy Gee including the Prince of Hip Hop himself A.K.A who were a

The appearance of a black Stormtrooper in the first trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, caused quite a stir on social media over the weekend. And the actor at the centre of the controversy, John Boyega, appeared to subtly address the situation on Saturday. 'To whom it may concern... Get used to it,' the 22-year-old Brit wrote cryptically in an Instagram post. Controversy: New cast-member John Boyega opens the first trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens with a tense race across the desert

Paul Walker will feature in 'Furious 7' (Xposure Photos) Paul Walker died in a fatal car accident on Nov. 30, 2013(nydailypost) Paul Walker  has been gone over a year now but his friends anf family took to social media to pay tribute to the late 'Fast & Furious' star in most touching words ever! His dad,  Paul Walker III  remembered him in an emotional interview with E! News. He said that he still feels his son’s presence everyday."I miss talking to him a great deal... He had a good heart." He added, "He didn't like the limelight. Paul said one time, 'I really don't like this business, but I can do a lot of good with the money I make.'"

Chezza retains her crown for style winner this weekend after beating Mel B in this sparkling blue number Twitter Cheryl Fernandez-Versini, Mel B Following Cheryl's floor-length glittering dress and Mel B's bold print gown from last night's live X Factor quarter final, the X Factor judges turned up the heat for tonight's show in playful mini dresses. But who won in the battle of style on the X Factor? There’s no real war between the ladies on the X Factor panel, as the girls high-fived as they prepared to take their seats, with Cheryl and Mel B ditched the floor-length dresses in favour of more playful, short dresses.

Four suspected cultist have been taken into custody by the Ondo State Police Command for allegedly gang-raping a teenage girl and stealing her handset during initiation.

Nigeria’s former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru died on Saturday in a South African hospital at the age of 66. THISDAY gathered that Ashiru had been in intensive care with brain-related complications following a near crippling stroke. Appointed Foreign Minister by President Goodluck Jonathan in 2011, Ashiru had the onerous task of selling Nigeria’s economic diplomacy thrust to the world at the time increasing attacks by the Boko Haram sect dented the country’s image. He was outspoken in defending Nigeria as the latter came under pressure from some members of the international community for legislation against same sex marriage.

The 23-man Ballon d'Or shortlist will be whittled down to just three names on Monday at 17:00CET! Cristiano Ronaldo ended Lionel Messi's four-year reign earlier this year - here's a reminder of who are still tussling for the accolade on January 12, 2015, when the award ceremony takes place in Zurich...

"I wouldn’t be surprised if she has whiplash," an eyewitness said What's going on at the moment? Not only did David Beckham and his son Brooklyn have a collision in their Audi on Saturday lunchtime, Angelina Jolie has also reportedly been in a “pretty bad” crash. The actress' chauffeured SUV is said to have slipped on a wet road and smashed into a curb yesterday evening in Los Angeles – and she may need treatment for whiplash. An eyewitness told X17 Online: “The car slammed into the curb at a significant speed. Angelina must have wondered if they hit another car. “It was pretty bad – the tyre exploded and it’s amazing nothing worse happened to the car. I wouldn’t be surprised if she has whiplash.”

A witness said it was a 'miracle' nobody was hurt as fans fell onto the field after their side scored for a second time Richard Birch Collapse: A wall crumbled as fans surged during a goal celebration A wall collapsed onto a football pitch as 300 celebrating fans surged forward after their team scored. A witness said it was a 'miracle' nobody was hurt as Caernarfon Town fans fell onto the field and each other following the team’s second goal against The New Saints at the Oval home ground. Supporters were praised for their conduct in the aftermath of the incident, the Daily Post reports.

The 39-year-old was said to have been involved in the incident after picking his son Brooklyn up from the Arsenal training ground on Saturday AKM-GSI David was picking up son Brooklyn David Beckham is "lucky to be alive" after being involved in a car crash on Saturday. The retired football player was collecting his eldest son Brooklyn, 15, from Arsenal's training ground in London on Saturday when a woman crashed her Mitsubishi into his Audi, and the pair of them are said to have had a lucky escape. A witness revealed: "Beckham and Brooklyn are lucky to be alive. Beckham took the hit on the driver's side - it could have been a completely different story."

Jason Orange announced he'd quit the band in September taking the number down to just three but now there's hope of a reunon Getty Take That will reunite - eventually Robbie Williams and Jason Orange are likely to rejoin Take That for the band’s 25th anniversary in 2017. The two stars are being called on to reform the original line up alongside remaining stalwarts Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Howard Donald. Howard told The Sun: “We want to do something with the five of us. That will be great.” Gary added: “Take That is five people. Exactly when they come back is up to them. That will keep it interesting. Moving forward.

Michael Anyiam-Osigwe the older brother of AMAA (African Movie Academy Awards) founder Peace Anyiam-Osigwe and one of the sons of late Igbo billionaire Chief Anyiam Osigwe was shot by armed robbers on Saturday November 29th on the Ore-Benin expressway. He was reportely rescued alive from the scene of the robbery but later died in hospital.

Lionel Messi was struck by a bottle during their hard fought La Liga win at Valencia on Sunday night. But victorious evening ended on a sour note for Barcelona when Messi appeared to be hit in the head by a water bottle thrown from the stands while his teammates celebrated the injury-time winner.

The actress reportedly got picked up by another car following the smash in LA, shortly after a glamorous screening appearance AKM-GSI Just moments before the reported accident Angelina Jolie was in a car crash after her car skidded in the rain in LA last night, according to reports. The Hollywood actress was returning from a screening for her new film Unbroken when the car reportedly skidded, hit a kerb, and two of her tyres exploded. X17 Online reports the star remained in the hire car following the smash, and waited for another car from the same company to pick her up. A source told the site: "The car slammed into the curb at a significant speed. Angelina must have wondered if they hit another car.

Black Friday, the Friday following Thanksgiving Day in the United States (the fourth Thursday of November) is quite known in this parts and famed for its great price reduction of products on sales. However, another less known special day is Cyber Monday, the Monday after Black Friday. “Cyber Monday” was created by marketing companies to persuade people to shop online and it is simply the digital version of Black Friday. Besides the obvious difference of shopping in the comfort of your home, Cyber Monday differs from Black Friday as a key bargain-hunting day in significant ways. Traditionally, Cyber Monday emphasized deals on electronic goods, but these days it has turned into a mammoth Cyber Week event, with online sales on clothes, books and more. Here are some key points from ABC News .

Super Eagles star and striker for Villareal CF Ikechukwu Uche and his teammates at the Spanish club showed off their hot abs as they posed to take a shower selfie after a match yesterday. Hot men!

At least five new movies from Sony Pictures have been leaked to copyright-infringing file-sharing hubs online in the wake of a hack attack that got the studio earlier in the week. Copies of DVD screeners of four unreleased Sony movies including the upcoming “Annie” are getting some unwelcome early exposure, but nothing compared to the frenzy enveloping “Fury,” the war pic still in theaters since bowing last month. “Fury” has been downloaded by over 888,000 unique IP addresses since showing up on peer-to-peer networks on Nov. 27, according to piracy tracking firm Excipio. That’s high enough to be the second most downloaded movie currently being pirated, and it’s not out of movie theaters yet.

The APC has ruled out the possibility of the Governor of Lagos state, Babatunde Fashola as a possible running mate to any of the Presidential aspirants in the party. According to a chieftain of the party who spoke on condition of anonymity to Punch , Gov. Fashola's religion has disqualified him as a possible running mate since the party would be fielding a Muslim as its Presidential candidate. The chieftain said the party was not going to be fielding a Muslim-Muslim ticket hence the decision to drop Gov Fashola as a possible running mate.

Disrupting news coming from Damaturu, Yobe State this early morning suggests that the capital is under attack by gunmen suspected to be members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect.