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Photos: #BringBackOurgirls group take protest to Aso Rock

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Members of the #BringBackOurgirls group took their protest to Aso Rock villa today October 14th to demand for more action from the federal government towards the release of the 200+ Chibok girls who were abducted on April 14th this year. Meanwhile Nobel Laureate winner Malala Yousafiz released a statement today on her website urging the Nigerian government to re-double efforts towards freeing the abducted girls. Find her statement and photos from the Aso Rock protest 

Davido nominated for Soul Train Awards, only African on the list!

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Davido has been nominated in the ‘Best International Performance’ category for his ground-breaking song ‘Aye’at the Soul Train Awards set to hold on November 7 in Las Vegas. He is the only African on the list. You go, Davido! So proud of him! With no less than 5 major awards in 2014 including the BET Awards for Best International act and the MTV Africa Awards Artiste of the Year, Davido appears at this point the African favourite to clinch the awards.

SO SAD! Actor Clems Onyeka killed by stray bullet in Asaba

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Popular Nollywood actor Clems Onyeka has died. He was Shot dead by a stray bullet in Asaba this afternoon October 14th. According to eye-witnesses, robbers who robbed a bank along Summit Express, were exchanging gun fire with police when Clems got hit by a stray bullet. He was just 37 years old. May his soul rest in peace.

Ebola threatens chocolate

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Ebola is threatening much of the world’s chocolate supply. Ivory Coast, the world’s largest producer of cacao, the raw ingredient in M&M’s, Butterfingers and Snickers Bars, has shut down its borders with Liberia and Guinea, putting a major crimp on the workforce needed to pick the beans that end up in chocolate bars and other treats just as the harvest season begins. The West African nation of about 20 million — also known as Côte D’Ivoire — has yet to experience a single case of Ebola, but the outbreak already could raise prices.

Sudanese man dies of Ebola in Germany

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 Germany is now caring for only one Ebola patient, a hospital spokesman says A U.N. worker from Sudan died from Ebola in a hospital in Leipzig, Germany The 56-year-old U.N. staffer had been working in Liberia He was cared for in a secure isolation ward by well drilled staff, the hospital said This is the messy truth about Ebola A United Nations medical worker who was infected with Ebola while working in Liberia has died in Germany. His death further raises questions of just how equipped health officials are in dealing with cases of the disease. dies Ebola Ebola: Proper medical protocols

Finally! Ariana Grande Confirms Relationship with Big Sean: 'I Think the World of Him'

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Kevin Winter/ Getty Images It's official! After months of Ariana Grande, 21, and Big Sean, 26, playing coy at rumors that the frequent collaborators are dating -- including holding hands backstageat the MTV Video Music Awards and wearing matching lion necklaces -- the "Problem" singer finally confirmed their relationship to Telegraph magazine. When asked if she's dating the rapper, Ariana replied, "Yes. He is one of the most amazing men in the whole world, and that includes my grandfather and my brother."

Final moments of Air France Flight 447 revealed

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Air France 447 crashed into Atlantic on May 31 2009 killing all 288 people It took 2 years to find all the dead, who included 5 Britons and 2 Americans Now, flight recorder reveals conversations of pilots moments before crash They were captain Marc Dubois, 58, and two junior co-pilots, 37 and 32 Dubois had been up all night in Rio with his girlfriend, an opera singer So when plane stalled inexperienced Pierre-Cedric Bonin, 32, was at controls But instead of lowering plane's nose as per stall protocol, he lifted i t Two out of three Air France pilots were sleeping minutes before one shouted 'F***: we're dead!' as their plane plunged into the sea with the loss of all 228 people on board. Horrific details of the last moments of Flight 447, which claimed the lives of five Britons and three Americans, have emerged in a disturbing new investigation into the 2009 disaster involving an Airbus 330. Published in the October edition of Vanity Fair magazine, it raises terr...