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Nigeria's military combed the woods in search of more than 100 school girls who were abducted earlier this week by Boko Haram Islamists, authorities said Wednesday. Vigilantes and volunteers aided in the search near the northeastern town of Chibok, where heavily armed men descended on the Government Secondary School Monday night as the girls slept in their dormitories. After a long gun battle with soldiers guarding the school, the militants herded the girls onto buses, vans and trucks and drove off, flanked by motorcycles. "They took away my daughter and my niece... and we fear for their safety in the hands of these merciless people that take delight in killing and destruction," said the mother of one of the abducted girls. "I don't know what to do. The whole family is confused and we have turned to prayers which is all we have." The rescue teams, aided by surveillance helicopters, were moving deeper into the vast forest that extends into neighborin...

Superb , a new application from the founders of Y Combinator-backed  social dining startup Grubwithus , is launching today to people to connect in the offline world. Essentially a “Hot or Not” for local places, users swipe through a list of venue suggestions, including restaurants, bars, museums, parks, and more, registering their interest. Afterwards, they can see who among their friends, friends of friends and beyond also want to go to the same places and can then coordinate an outing. The idea, explains Grubwithus, now Superb, co-founder Eddy Lu, is not all that different from the goal with the company’s earlier startup, which officially closed up shop at the end of last year. (The company has “years of runway” left thanks to an earlier $7.5 million round of funding, he says.) Grubwithus had  aimed to send groups of friends and strangers to a new restaurant  together by giving the merchant guaranteed business in

Pharrell cries from making people 'Happy' It's hard not to get swept up in the emotion of singer/rapper/producer Pharrell Williams as he breaks down while discussing his hit song "Happy" with Oprah Winfrey. Appearing on Winfrey's "Oprah Prime" show on the OWN network, Williams said the song didn't get much traction until he released a music video in November.

Marc Piasecki / GC Images It is no secret that the marriage of  Kim Kardashian  and  Kanye West  will be in style. But the couple, who went to Paris to complete the final preparations, remains fairly quiet on the details of the ceremony. But what we do know is that Kim and Kanye were spotted this weekend at the Chateau Louis XIV, located on the outskirts of the capital. The magnificent building is a reconstruction of a typical castle of the XVII  th  century built between 2008 and 2011. It is Louveciennes, Yvelines and honors at Versailles, including a reproduction of the fountain of Apollo basin and French gardens.

Anthony Stellini of Nourmand & Associates, Trulia, Jamie McCarthy / Getty Images Eva Mendes   has to sell his home in Hollywood. But do not get carried away, it does not mean she moves in with her ​​boyfriend   Ryan Gosling  . Moreover, this Hollywood home she hopes to $ 1.2 million is not even his current residence. This home is that she shared with her ​​ex-boyfriend  George Gargurevich  . The couple bought this house in 2002 and despite their breakup in 2010, it is only now that the couple separates. This three bedroom and two bathrooms 160 square meters include glass walls from floor to ceiling that offer magnificent views of Los Angeles. And in the garden you will find fruit trees, chickens, vegetable bins, but also a jacuzzi.

REUTERS / Lucas Jackson-Taken at a Public Event If  Harper Beckham  already won the prize for the best outfit for two years, she has a very promising future in fashion! Start-Rite shoes did a survey asking moms to vote for the child stars of the most stylish and the results are in: Harper won, beating his two elder brothers. Brother 15 years of Harper,  Brooklyn Beckham  , was right behind her in second place, and  Romeo Beckham  , 11, to the third. Do not panic,  Cruz Beckham  , 9, is also the first to rank! Sixth.

L-R: Orji, Jonathan, Chime and Elechi  President Goodluck Jonathan’s peace and unity rally in Enugu State, last Friday, was an instructive statement to the South-east zone ahead of the 2015 elections. Christopher Isiguzo writes Enugu, the Coal City State literally stood still last Friday when the ongoing zonal peace and unity rally of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) berthed in the South-east zone with President Goodluck Jonathan leading a power-packed team of party leaders from across the country. Held at the main bowl of the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu, the rally attracted prominent political bigwigs including the Vice-President, Namadi Sambo, National Chairman PDP, Adamu Mu’azu, Board of Trustees Chairman of the PDP, Chief Tony Anenih and the Senate President, David Mark. Others are the Chairman of South-east Governors’ Forum and Abia State Governor, Theodore Orji, who led other PDP governors in the zone including the host, Sullivan Chime and Martin Elechi of Ebony...

President Goodluck Jonathan • World Economic Forum promises secure meeting next month Jaiyeola Andrews and James Emejo   with agency report   President Goodluck Jonathan has insisted that no matter the evil machinations of terrorists, his government will continue to deliver democracy dividends to Nigerians. He equally assured Nigerians and the international community that activities of terrorists would soon be a thing of the past. His commitment to stamp out terrorism came on the heels of a similar pledge made by the World Economic Forum (WEF) to go ahead with plans for its Africa summit scheduled to take place in Abuja next month despite the bomb attack on the Nyanya bus park that killed 75 people. Jonathan, who spoke at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) unity rally in Kano State yesterday, once again conveyed his condolences to the families of bomb blast victims from the Nyanya attack. At the rally, former Governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau, who had def...

As the death toll from the bomb blast that hit the Nyanya motor park, Abuja on Monday increases, forensic inves- tigators from the United States of America, yes- terday arrived Nigeria to join local security opera- tives in conducting inves- tigations. Daily Sun gathered that the forensic investigators are from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). When our correspondent visited the scene, more than 100 heav- ily armed security agents were seen condoning off the area. The joint team of security agents included the Department of State Service (DSS), the police, army, civil defence and Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC). An unnamed army officer who confided in Daily Sun said the forensic investiga- tors arrived Abuja yesterday morning and were immedi- ately conveyed to the scene of the carnage.

Boko Haram insurgents have abducted about 100 female students of a public school in Borno State who were writing their West Africa Examination Council (WAEC), examinations. The abducted students, according to security sources, were among the over 250 WAEC/SSCE  candidates of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok in the southern part of Borno. Some insurgents were said to have invaded the school on Monday night, broke into the hostels and ordered the girls out in their night wears. “They then forced them into the school bus and other vehicles they brought, shot sporadically and sped off,” a resident said. Some residents also said the insurgents opened fire on the people, killing over 10 persons even as they set ablaze houses and shops. It was not clear if any of the school teachers was affected by the attack but sources said some of them might have been killed. A source also told Daily Sun that, “many were wounded,” adding that the attackers carted away foodstuffs fro...

Offices, banks shut as workers rush home NASS security refute scare, says its “rumours” Less than 24 hours after the deadly Nyanya bomb blast which killed over 71 people, there was pandemonium at the National Assembly over rumours of bomb scare. Lawmakers and National Assembly workers and staff of banks within the premises were ordered to close their offices and the premises; particularly the White House was evacuated. The development started around 2:00pm when some legislative aides and civil servants were seen discussing in groups following an alleged strange movement of some group of people whose mission to the National Assembly was said to be suspicious. Sunnewsonline.com  however, gathered that meeting was immediately convened where it was resolved that the Sergeant-At-Arms should move round the National Assembly with bomb detectors.

Hospitals in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, yesterday, appealled to residents of the city to donate blood to save the lives of the survivors of the Nyanya bomb blast. Most of the injured victims, who were said to be in ctitical condition, according to hospital workers, need blood transfusion to stay alive.A visit to the Asokoro, Garki, Nyanya, Maitama, and Wuse general hospitals, where most of the bomb blast victims were taken to, revealed that many volunteers had agreed to donate blood  for the victims. At the hospitals, which have been besieged by relations, friends and colleagues of the victims, medical workers were screening people who had offered to donate blood.