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Gaddafi kept the head of an enemy in his freezer and had a dungeon built below a university where he would rape students, new documentary reveals Gaddafi ordered the hit men to decapitate one of his victims to prove he was killed The head was stored in a freezer for decades and viewed periodically by the despot He also ran a sex dungeon at Tripoli University where he would rape coed after giving speeches These disturbing revelations were made in the documentary 'Mad Dog: Inside the Secret World of Muammar Gaddafi' More disturbing details have emerged telling of former dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s iron-fisted rule over Libya. The despot kept the severed head of one of his enemies in a freezer for 25 years and built a secret sex dungeon on the campus of a college specifically to rape coeds, according to a new documentary on his brutal regime. He also stored the bodies of other rivals he had killed and would visit them occasionally at a walk-in freezer. The sex cham...

Facebook has developed a new software that is able to recognize faces just as good as you can. The software ominously called DeepFace can determine whether two photographed faces are of the same person with 97.25% practically of that of humans which only score slightly better on the same test: 97.53% Based on information like the distance between the eyes, and from the nose to the eyes, Facebook’s existing software is already able to suggest friends to tag when you upload a photo. DeepFace, however, uses much more advanced technology, creating a 3D model of the photographed face, which it is able to rotate and compare with other images.

At an event in Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Nokia announced three smartphones powered by Android, a mobile operating system created by Google. The company has launched the phones — Nokia X, Nokia X+ and Nokia XL — just weeks before it is scheduled to close sale of its phone business to Microsoft.

Google has dropped a large wearable bombshell today in the form of a developer preview for “Android Wear,” a smartwatch platform that works a bit like Google Now for your wrist. Now, various hardware manufacturers are coming out of the woodwork to announce their own plans to create wearable devices. LG is the first, with the LG G Watch, which Engadget reports is probably due to arrive next quarter. The watch appears to be a simple, plastic square with an LCD touchscreen. In a statement, LG’s CEO of mobile communications said simply that LG would “pull out all the stops in both design and engineering.” LG also said it was “developed in close collaboration with Google,” but stopped short of dubbing it a “Nexus” device. Motorola also has announced plans for a smartwatch. The company, which is about to be purchased by Lenovo, said in a blog post today that it would be called Moto 360. It has a round face and looks much more elegant than any smartwatch we’ve seen thus far. Motorola...

Will.I.Am, the X-factor judge, maker of gaudy iPhone accessories has announced he will be releasing his own smart watch in July. Unlike other smartwatches that rely on a connected mobile to make calls, his will include a dialling function (and so, presumably, a SIM card) built directly into the device, the Black Eyed Peas’ frontman said. During a segment on Alan Carr: Chatty Man, Will.I.Am showed off a bulky prototype, promising that it had access to the usual social media site (twitter, Instagram, Facebook) and it could also be used to “work out with,” with the addition of a pair of wireless Bluetooth earphones.

Pistorius and his defence team have said he will testify to counter accusations that he intentionally killed Reeva Steenkamp A tearful, stuttering and seemingly grief-stricken Oscar Pistorius finally took to the stand at his murder trial on Monday, and apologised to the family of his former girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. “I will start my evidence by tendering an apology,” he said. “I would like to apologise to Mr and Mrs Steenkamp, her family and friends.” “I can’t imagine the pain and the sorrow and the emptiness I have caused you and your family. "You're the first people I think of when I wake up. You're the first people I pray for. I was trying to protect Reeva. When she went to bed that night, she felt loved. “I’ve tried to put my pen to paper many times to write to you but no words would ever suffice.” At the beginning of the sixth week of the trial at the North Gauteng High Court, Pistorius also revealed that he has been taking anti-depressants since the ...

Mickey Rooney, one of the longest-tenured actors in movie history, died Sunday at the age of 93, KABC reports. Los Angeles Police Commander Andrew Smith told the Associated Press that Rooney was with his family when he died at his North Hollywood home. News of Rooney’s death was first reported by TMZ. Rooney appeared in more than 300 films, from silent films in the 1920s to recent blockbusters such as “The Muppets” and “Night at the Museum.” The actor – who stood just over five feet tall – reached his greatest film successes with MGM during the 1930s and 1940s, singing and dancing, his boyish effervescence carrying him to box office heights.

Surajudeen’s residence. | credits: Eniola Akinkuotu A gang of robbers on Sunday shot dead a 59-year-old contractor, Alhaji Yusuf Surajudeen, in his home located on Adebola Street in the Ogudu, Ojota area of Lagos State. Surajudeen’s 12-year-old daughter, Aisha, was also shot in the face during the operation which lasted for less than an hour. When our correspondent visited the home of the deceased on Sunday morning, residents and relatives were seen consoling the wife and other children of the deceased. The children of the deceased were too distraught to speak when our correspondent approached them for comments. However, a member of the family, who spoke to our correspondent on the condition of anonymity, said the incident occurred around 3am. She said, “Around 2.45am, about six guys came into the compound and tore the net. They then began breaking the steel bars across the window of the sitting room. When Alhaji (Yusuf) heard the...

A scene of an accident on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Nine passengers were burnt beyond recognition after fire gutted a Lagos-bound commercial bus on Warewa Long Bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State on Saturday. We  learnt that nine others sustained injuries in the accident which occurred around 4pm. Although police sources said six persons had lost their lives, the Federal Road Safety Corps said nine passengers were killed. It was learnt that the yellow Mazda bus was filled to capacity when the accident occurred. The sector commander, FRSC, Chidi Nkwonta, told  PUNCH Metro  that the cause of the accident had yet to be ascertained but investigations were ongoing. Nkwonta said the bus was heading from the Ibafo area of Ogun State. He said, “The accident was a lone crash. According to first-hand information, the bus was coming from Ibafo in Ogun State and heading to Ketu in Lagos when the accident occurred....

•  Arewa chief links insecurity  to local collaborators GUNMEN suspected to be Fulani herdsmen stormed a meeting in Zamfara State killing 30 people, police said Sunday.   Meanwhile, against the backdrop of the unabated violence in the northern part of the country, Arewa chieftain and former spokesman of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Mr. Anthony Sani, has blamed the situation on the activities of dreaded al-Qaeda militant group and their local collaborators in the country, adding that the recent community clashes in parts of the North were part of their scheme to destabilise the nation.   “Thirty people were killed and several others injured,” Zamfara State police spokesman, Lawal Abdullahi, told Agence France Presse (AFP).   “The incident happened in Galadima yesterday during a meeting of community leaders and representatives of vigilance groups who were discussing ways to thwart armed robbers and cattle rustlers”, he said. ...

The rush by delegates to attend the marriage ceremony of a daughter of President Goodluck Jonathan raised unease among some delegates who frowned that conferees abandoned national issues for socializing. About half of the delegates abandoned proceedings Thursday to enable them travel to attend the wedding coming up, Saturday, March 5, 2014 in Bayelsa State. When the conference chairman, Justice Idris Kutigi called for contributions to the debate of the President’s speech, many of the delegates were not around as their seats were empty. The immediate past Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufai (Jigawa) and former Head of Service, Engr. Ebele Okeke were among those who took permission to speak ahead of their scheduled slots to enable them go ahead for the ceremony.

The son of the elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, Ebikeme, has been freed by his abductors. Ebikeme who was kidnapped at Kiagbodo in Bomadi, Delta State, last Wednesday, was said to have been freed at about 12 midnight Saturday. Reports quoted Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Tina Kalu, to have confirmed Ebikeme’s release.

Nigeria will today be declared Africa’s largest economy as a result of the rebasing of its economy. Sources close to the Ministry of Finance and the National Bureau of Statistics said the minister of finance and coordinating minister for the economy, Dr Ngozi Okonji-Iweala, will today announce Nigeria’s new rebased gross domestic product (GDP) of about $432 billion compared to that of South Africa which stood at $370 billion at the end of 2013. It was learnt that a list of activities captured under the new standards increased from 33 to 46 because of the addition of sectors such as Nollywood, telecommunications and information services, publishing, motion pictures, sound recording and music production as well as arts, entertainment and recreation, financial institutions, insurance and real sectors. A nominal GDP is the sum value of all produced goods and services at current prices while real GDP is the sum of all produced goods and services at constant prices and is useful fo...

Is there beef between R&B singers Joe and R. Kelly? According to the “I Wanna Know” crooner the answer is yes. During a recent interview with DJ Vlad, Joe said the hostility started back in the day after Kells refused to work with people who played his music. “It’s funny because I was getting credible information from [program directors] and friends of mine as well. This guys had no idea these were my friends as well that you are talking to. And, as if they are really going to stop playing my record because you said if you don’t stop playing his record I’m never going to come back to this show,” he explained. “It was really one of those things like you can’t really be serious.” “To me though it’s still alleged,” he added, “because I have facts on it, But…there’s no possible way I would allow that to happen because of the relationships I built in the industry as well. No one man has all that power. Trust me when I tell you.”