BREAKING NEWS: One Dead, 15 Missing As Atlantic Ocean Surge Sack Kuramo Beach Lagos

One person has been confirmed dead after the Atlantic Ocean charged into Kuramo Beach in Lagos.
The National Emergency Management Agency confirmed the death, saying 15 others are still missing in the incident.

BREAKING NEWS: Kaduna Bomb Blast, 4 Feared Dead, Several Injured

A bomb explosion has occurred in Kaduna metropolis, killing four people, in what suggests a fresh wave of attack on the north’s political capital. A witness said that the explosion occurred along the busy Ali Akilu road in the city centre.

The explosive device, a security source said, exploded accidentally in the hands of two men, who were travelling with it on two motorcycles. 


The men are believed to be members of the extremist Boko Haram sect. A loud bang rang out after the explosive went off, shaking buildings around the area.

Several people around the explosion were also affected  by the blast, and the casualty figure from the incident may  rise, our sources say.

Men of the Joint Task Force, JTF, have arrived the area and have cordoned off the scene. Spokespersons of the police and the JTF could not be reached yet for comments.

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BREAKING NEWS: Tom Cruise And Katie Holmes Divorcing After Five Years Of Marriage

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are divorcing after five years of marriage.
The Rock of Ages star, 49, and 33-year-old actress have daughter Suri, six.
 'This is a personal and private matter for Katie and her family,' Holmes's lawyer Jonathan Wolfe said in a statement to People magazine.

'Katie's primary concern remains, as it always has been, her daughter's best interest.'


It is not known if divorce papers have yet been filed in court.
Tom – who has been married twice before to Nicole Kidman, with whom he has two children, and Mimi Rogers – wed the former Dawson’s Creek actress in an Italian castle in November 2006.
He is currently in Iceland filming new movie Oblivion while Katie is in New York with their daughter.

Tom gave no hint of trouble in a gushing interview about his wife just last month.
He said he loved her 'creativity' and claiming their relationship was 'very special'.


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Bomb Blast Hits Nigeria’s Capital, A Report According To Voice Of America

Nigerian authorities say a bomb exploded outside a nightclub in the capital, Abuja, late Friday.

Officials say no one was injured, but the windows of nearby buildings were shattered and a number of cars were damaged.

The explosion came just hours after Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan fired his national security adviser and defense minister.
Nigeria has been hit by scores of bombings blamed on Islamist group Boko Haram.

President Jonathan has been sharply criticized for attending an environmental summit in Brazil this past week while violent clashes continue to plague Nigeria.

Boko Haram does not recognize Nigeria's government or constitution and says it is fighting to establish a strict Islamic state. Authorities say the radical sect is responsible for attacks that have killed scores of people, mostly in the north.

Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation with about 150 million people, divided roughly between Muslims and Christians.

Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak Dead at 84 - Voice Of America

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, the man long seen as the symbol of stability in the Middle East but who was ousted in a popular uprising, has died after suffering a stroke in prison. He was 84.
Egypt's state news agency announced his death late Tuesday.
Mubarak ruled Egypt for almost 30 years until he was swept from power in an 18-day wave of mass protests in February 2011.

In another development, Egyptian officials are denying that he is clinically dead. Al Jazeera quoted Mubarak’s lawyer Farid Deeb as denying his client was dead.


CNN quoted Gen. Mamdouh Shahin, a member of the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, or SCAF, as saying: "He is not clinically dead as reported, but his health is deteriorating and he is in critical condition."

Shortly afterward, Egypt’s Nile TV reported that Mubarak was in the military hospital’s intensive care unit and “his health was slightly improving.” The channel said his wife, Suzanne, was at his side.

BREAKING NEWS: The Kidnapped Nigerian Footballer, Christian Obodo Rescued

The footballer who was yesterday morning kidnapped in Warri Delta State have been rescued. He was rescued by the men of the Nigerian Police Force, who traced his kidnapper to Isoko after Warri.
It was reported that no ransom was paid and some of the kidnappers were arrested.

BREAKING NEWS: Boko Haram Launched Bomb Attacks In Maiduguri

 

Reports reaching us from Maiduguri, Borno state capital say there were series of bomb attacks in the city, Friday morning.

One of the attacks involved a suicide bomber who attempted to forced his way into the headquarters of the Nigerian police force before detonating his bomb laden vehicle.

Casualty figures are yet to be ascertained.

Earlier in the day, the commander of the Joint Task force (JTF), Victor Ebhaleme, confirmed that another suspected suicide bomber was killed by the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) he was trying to plant Gidan Dambe area of the city at about 6:00am.

Mr. Ebhaleme said said that when  his men arrived the Gidan Dambe scene, “they found a man we believe to be a member of Boko Haram, dismembered by the explosion.”

He added that preliminary investigation has shown that he was killed when he was trying to plant the device.

Maiduguri residents also informed PREMIUM TIMES that another IED planted by the gate of Ramat Polytechnic exploded, although no one was affected by the explosion there.

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BREAKING NEWS: Senate Approves The Renaming Of UNILAG To MKO Abiola University

In a report gathered by Ascology News, the Senate approved the renaming bill which was sent earlier in the week by President Goodluck Jonathan to bypass any embarrassing rejection of the name-change in what many Nigerians saw as illegal and unconstitutional.

Other institutions that were renamed in the same bill sent to the Senate were the Federal University of Technology Umudike which was renamed to the Michael Okpara University, Umudike and the Federal Univeristy of Technology, Yola renamed to the Modibbo Adamawa University.

A law suit has been filed by students of the tertiary institution asking that the name-change was unconstitutional as it initially was done without parliamentary approval.
A hearing date for the matter has not been fixed by the Court.

Breaking news: Plane Carrying 152 people crash in Lagos

Report reaching us is that a plane belonging to Dana Airlines has just crashed at the Iju/Ishaga area of Lagos a few minutes ago. The plane was carrying 152 passengers. Eye witnesses say human beings are burning at the scene of the crash.


Details coming soon...

Nigerian cargo plane crashes in Ghana killing 10

A Nigerian cargo plane travelling from Lagos to Accra, Ghana, on Saturday evening crash-landed on a passenger bus killing at least 10 people.


The Boeing 727 aircraft landed on the bus on a road close to the Kotoka International Airport after over-running the runway as it touched down, airport officials said.


Those killed were aboard the bus, while the four-member crew of the plane survived and were receiving medical attention, the authorities there said.


The freight aircraft was operated by Nigerian cargo airline, Allied Air. Local television showed images of the ill-fated plane lying across a road with a damaged tail area
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Witnesses said it smashed through the airport perimeter fence before hitting the van in an area that hosts high rise buildings and Ghana's defence ministry.


"The aircraft collided with a Mercedes minivan, resulting in 10 confirmed fatalities," the airport management said in a statement.


Police and troops cordoned the area after the incident, which happened about 7 p.m. Saturday, as Ghana's vice president, John Mahama, said a thorough investigation would be carried out.


Ghana's last air emergency occurred in 2006 when a flight to Sao Tome and Principe, crashed during takeoff. No fatality was recorded.

BREAKING NEWS: Suicide Bomb Explosion In A Church At Bauchi

More than 12 people have lost their lives to a suicide car-bomb attack Sunday morning on Harvest Church, located between Living Faith church and Deeper Life Church  in Yelwan Tudu, Bauchi.


The attack also left many others injured.


Mohammed Ladan, the Bauchi State Commissioner of Police, confirmed the incident, describing it a as a suicide attack.


Witnesses say the suicide bomber drove a Honda car into the church and detonated the bomb.


A witness told saharareporters that the attack has killed several people including the suicide bomber and guards at the church.


"We are still carrying out rescue operation and will speak to you later please." the eyewitness said.



Other churches around the scene of the bomb attack have closed as security operatives have been sighted on scene.


Police and soldiers have cordoned off the scene of the blast.


No group has claimed responsibility for the deadly attack.

BREAKING NEWS: Fashola Recalls 788 Sacked Doctors

Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola this evening finally re-instated all 788 doctors that the state sacked a few weeks back after embarking on a strike the Government called illegal. The leadership of the Doctor's Association met with reps of the Government and they settled their differences. 

Governor Fashola announced the good news following the intervention of the national leadership of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, which mandated Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to meet with Fashola to find ways of resolving the lingering crisis.

Tinubu met with Fashola at the State House, Ikeja, this evening and briefed the press on the outcome of the meeting with the governor, while Fashola agreed to recall the sacked doctors to pave way for more dialogue on the crisis on ground.

BREAKING NEWS: UNILAG SHUT DOWN. FG Orders Students To Vacate From Campus For Two Weeks

The Federal Government has ordered the suspension of academic activities at UNILAG as students poured into the streets to protest the renaming of the institution.

UNILAG FM announced a while ago that all academic activities have been suspended for two weeks. Our reporter says students are already being sent home. They are to vacate their hostels by 11 a.m.
The students had earlier today barricaded the Third Mainland Bridge, which links the city's mainland to Lagos Island, in protest against name change.

Students of the University of Lagos, renamed after the winner of the annulled 1993 presidential elections, Moshood Abiola, by the president have began second day of protest against the change of name of the institution.
The students, currently without a subsisting union government, spontaneously inspired each other in the early hours of Wednesday to continue with the protest which was triggered Tuesday by a presidential national address to mark Nigeria's Democracy Day anniversary, in which the president announced the name change.

The students, in splinter groups, are staging pockets of protests against the name change in areas around the Akoka campus of the university. The Third Mainland Bridge, a major bridge linking the main land to the Lagos Island, has been occupied by the students causing a major traffic glitch.

The students are also occupying areas in Alagomeji, Yaba, Sabo and the university's main gate. Few lecturers and alumni of the school are joining the students in the protest.
The students, most, younger than the elections that earned Mr Abiola the honour, pleaded that their school be left out of national politics which they believe might ruin the school's half century reputation.

The school authorities, although claiming ignorance of plans to rename the university after the politician, have summoned an emergency meeting with student representatives made up of faculty and departmental executives, hostel chairs and few select to curtail the rising resistance to name change.

Renaming the half century old school was intended to be a gesture immortalizing Mr Abiola who died in detention 14 years ago after five years of struggles to claim his presidential mandate.

Although Mr Abiola's family are estactic about the president's gesture, both students and alumni of the school kick against it. While the students and their lecturers stage street protests against it, the alumni have called an emergency meeting to take decision on how to stop the president through a court process.

Day one of the protests against the name change started spontaneously too, shortly after President Goodluck Jonathan ended his hour-long national address with the announcement proposing the name change. The first day was peaceful.

BREAKING NEWS: Massive protest in UNILAG over naming of varsity after Abiola

 

Students pour out of their classes and hostels, protesting the renaming of the university


Reports reaching of us indicate that thousands of students of the University of Lagos are protesting the change of name of the school announced this morning by President Goodluck Jonathan.


The students are chanting anti-government slogans, saying the president's decision is the worst he had ever taken. They vowed to resist the renaming of the institution.


The protesters are heading towards the school gate and are about pouring into the streets.



The school was renamed after the late businessman, politician and philanthropist, Moshood Abiola.


UPDATE 1: The students are now outside the university main gate creating a human blockade to all vehicles trying to access the school. They are chanting, "We no want."


Vehicles are turning back as the students insist the acting vice chancellor must address them.


UPDATE 2: Officials are begging students to go back to campus saying, "We are with you." Students shouted "NO".


The university's Director of Student Affairs, Professor Olukayode Amund, is begging the students and calling for caution.


He told our reporter, "We were all taken back. There was no due consultation and they said this is a democracy."


A student, Bolanle Ajayi, said, "Change of name is the least of our problems. Besides, there is MAPOLY, already named after Abiola


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Tanker Explosion Rocks Lekki Epe Expressway This Morning.

Sad news coming from the Sangotedo area of the Lekki-Epe Expressway Lagos this morning.

A tanker has exploded burning cars and people – it was reportedly conveying cylinders with chemicals. The fire service appears to have been prompt on the scene but there is no confirmation on casualties even though eye-witnesses confirm deaths.

Traffic is at a standstill. We will give you more updates.

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BRAKING NEWS: Boko Haram Threatens To bomb Government Buildings In 19 Northern States, Abuja

As reported By PremiumTimes

The extremist Boko Haram sect says it is set to resume its deadly attacks with sights now aimed at bombing government-owned properties, offices and residential quarters, in the 19 northern states and Abuja.

In what appears to be a defensive response to growing public anger and a tactical shift in operational approach, the spokesperson for the sect, Abul Qaqa, told PREMIUM TIMES, Thursday afternoon, that the facilities being targeted are in retaliation for the destruction of properties belonging to its members and those it characterized as "innocent landlords" in some parts of Kano and Borno States.


In a prompt response, the police asked Nigerians to disregard such a threat and go about their normal businesses, adding that it is battle ready to repel any attack by "any criminal group".

It is not clear whether the State Security Service is aware of the fresh threat by the group. The spokesperson for the agency, Marilyn Ogar, declined comments, saying she would not respond to telephone enquiries.

In a move indicating that the group is battling for its share of the minds of the public, Mr Qaqa also said his sect is giving a notice in advance of the attacks because, "we don't want innocent people to be caught in the attacks. We are not happy that innocent people are dying in our war with the government. And that is why we have reduced our attacks in the past few days to enable us to strategize."

He accused the Joint Task Forces, the inter-agency outfits in charge of security in Kano and Borno states, of harassing and arresting members of the sect in the two states.

"Most of these people live in rented apartments," Mr. Qaqa claimed.

"But to our utmost surprise, after arresting them, some with their wives and family members, the JTF will bring out their properties. Both the apartments and the properties are then destroyed.

"This has become the new trend and it is becoming difficult for people to rent out accommodation to people, and a lot of people, including our people are homeless.

"Because of this trend, we have decided that in the coming days, every Nigerian, especially in the North, including Abuja, should vacate any government quarters or buildings - residential, office, classroom or anything owned by government.

"Every government building, whether occupied or empty will be blown up. Whoever is caught up in the attacks has his or herself to blame. We have done our best by issuing this warning," Mr. Qaqa said coldly.

We are ready for them

But the spokesperson of the police, Frank Mba, who refused to disclose whether or not his force is aware of the threat, said the security consciousness and readiness of the police is at its peak.

"For us, security is 24 hours," Mr. Mba said.

"Whether there are threats or no threats from criminal groups, we will continue to provide the best level of security.

"We want to urge Nigerians to disregard whatever threats there are. We also want to reassure Nigerians of our commitments to providing the citizens and other inhabitants of utmost security."

The police spokesperson said the new leadership of the force had put in place an elaborate and effective counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency strategies

EXCLUSIVE: Boko Haram Gets N40million Donation From Algeria

A security report before the presidency indicates that the extremist sect recently received a huge financial donation from a group in the North African country

The extremist Boko Haram sect, which has since 2009 launched sustained attacks on security installations, places of worship, educational institutions and media outfits, recently got cash support of N40 million from an Algerian terrorist group, an intelligence report recently submitted to the presidency has said.

The report, a product of a joint police and military investigations and raids, carried out in Kano and Sokoto in December 2011 indicates that the Algerian sect gave out the funds as its first installment in a planned long term partnership with Boko Haram.
According to the report, seen by PREMIUM TIMES, the Boko Haram sect and the unnamed Algerian terrorist group have met a number of times in their bid to hammer out modalities for a long term partnership.


The document quoted some arrested members of the sect as having made the confession.
The partnership would see the richer, more influential, and more organized Algerian terror gang mentor members of the Boko Haram through trainings in activities that will help it fortify its financial base locally.

The Algerian sect is also expected to train the Boko Haram insurgents in hostage taking and weapon handling.

The report provides an insight into how the dreaded Nigerian sect has been funding its activities. The sect members have been fingered for a string of bank robberies, and there is also deep suspicion that they receive discreet support from local politicians.
But it has never been this established that the group receives donations from overseas.
 
Al Qaeda links
The extremist Boko Haram has of recent been associated with links to international terror gangs like the Al Qaeda.

The first official document linking the group to Al Qaeda is a United States’ cable dated June 29, 2009, leaked by Wikileaks. The cable, written before the Boko Haram sect began its terror campaigns in August that year, documented the sect’s link to a well-trained veteran Chadian extremist, Abu-Mahjin.
The cable described Abu-Mahjin as having “limited ties to al-Qa'ida associates,” and was, on behalf of the Boko Haram sect, seeking more funds to facilitate a massive terrorist attack. The extremist sect began its terror attack on the Nigerian state two months after the cable was written.
Boko Haram’s successes in attacking defenceless religious congregations, bank robberies, and vandalization of police armouries validated its growing link with established terrorist groups outside the country.

Previous security intelligence on the sect suggests that its recent transformation, successes, and organization is partly because of the help it received from al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), a branch of the international terrorist network based in the Saharan states of Mali, Niger and Algeria.
In January this year, The UK Guardian interviewed the sect's spokesperson, Abu Qaqa, who reportedly said his group’s leaders met with high ranking members of al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia during a pilgrimage in August 2011.

The meeting, Mr. Qaqa told the paper, was to finalise the group’s financial and logistics arrangements with Al-Qaeda.
“Al-Qaeda are our elder brothers,” he told the Guardian. “We enjoy financial and technical support from them. Anything we want from them we ask them.”
A UN report released shortly after the Libyan crisis also said weapons from Libya may have been smuggled to Boko Haram in Nigeria.
Both the government and its security agencies had, in the past, claimed the group gets foreign funding and support from other terror gangs like Al Ahabab in Somalia.
 
Kidnap Training
The intelligence report, which is now lying in a shelf at the president’s office, also detailed how members of the Boko Haram sect recently got trainings in kidnapping from the same Algerian terrorist sect.

The report listed names of nine members of the terror sect who had successfully received trainings in kidnappings, in addition to bomb making skills.
As its part of the deal, Boko Haram is expected to kidnap white skinned foreigners - especially expatriates - in Abuja and exchange them for more money and arms and ammunitions with the Algerian sect. “Or demand ransom as the case may be,” the report said.

As at the time of the investigation, December 2011, the sect had finalised its kidnap strategy and was scouting for houses to keep their kidnap victims and suitable cars to transport them across the desert.
“They are targeting expatriates from (Julius) Berger, and Dantata and sawoe as well as other places they could find any,” the report said.

The report claims that  a cell of the sect led by one Abu Mohammad carried out the kidnap of “white men” - a Brit and an Italian.

Both men were later killed in February this year during an attempt to rescue them by a combined squad of british and Nigerian security agents.
The Boko Haram terrorist sect, however, denied involvement in the kidnapping in one of its teleconference shortly after the incident.
 
Transformed sect
Boko Haram set out seeking to impose a stricter form of Sharia or Islamic law in northern Nigeria and end corruption.
Violence by the group, which had only religious interest in the past, is traceable to the five days of clashes in July 2009 between the group and members of the security forces in Borno, Yobe, Bauchi, and Kano states that left more than 800 people dead, including at least 30 police officers.
The police summarily executed the captured Boko Haram leader, Mohammed Yusuf, along with several dozen of his followers in front of the police headquarters in Maiduguri. Dozens of its members were also arrested.
Boko Haram frequently said its attacks on the government, especially the police, are in revenge for these killings and an attempt to set free members incarcerated by the police.
 
Political collaboration
Recently, the ideology behind Boko Haram attacks got more confusing with increasing attacks on schools, media houses and almost any soft target with wide media reach.
The National Security Adviser, Andrew Owoye Azazi, in a recent public appearance, said the group was a creation of the disgruntled members of the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP.
He said members of the party, angered by the emergence of President Goodluck Jonathan, created the group to destabilize the government. He also admitted the sect had members trained by more sophisticated international counterparts.

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BREAKING NEWS: Barack Obama Supports Same Sex Marriage

Ending months of equivocation, President Barack Obama declared his support for gay marriage on Wednesday, an announcement fraught with history that also injects a potentially polarizing issue into the 2012 race for the White House.

"I have hesitated on gay marriage in part because I thought that civil unions would be sufficient," Obama said in an interview with ABC at the White House. He added that, "I was sensitive to the fact that for a lot of people the word `marriage' was something that invokes very powerful traditions, religious beliefs and so forth."


Now, he said, "it is important for me personally to go ahead and affirm that same-sex couples should be able to get married."
Obama's announcement cheered gay rights groups who have long urged him to support gay marriage. It also opened up a new area of disagreement with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who opposes gay marriage.

Polling suggests the nation is evenly divided on the issue.
Obama spoke about his support for gay marriage in deeply personal terms, saying his young daughters, Malia and Sasha, have friends whose parents are same-sex couples.

"Malia and Sasha, it wouldn't dawn on them that somehow their friends' parents would be treated different," Obama said. "It doesn't make sense to them and frankly, that's the kind of thing that prompts a change in perspective."

Obama said his wife Michelle Obama was also involved in his decision and joins him in supporting gay marriage.

"In the end the values that I care most deeply about and she cares most deeply about is how we treat other people," he said.

Acknowledging that his support for same-sex marriage may rankle religious conservatives, Obama said he thinks about his faith in part through the prism of the Golden Rule - treating others the way you would want to be treated.

"That's what we try to impart to our kids and that's what motivates me as president and I figure the most consistent I can be in being true to those precepts, the better I'll be as a as a dad and a husband and hopefully the better I'll be as president," Obama said

BREAKING NEWS: Football Legend, Rashidi Yekini, Dies In Ibadan

One of Africa's most celebrated footballer Rashidi Yekini is dead. Yekini, 49, passed on in ibadan today with causes of the painful death yet to be ascertained.

The gangling striker, who will be remembered mostly for his goal scoring prowess, has been living a secluded life in the ancient city of Ibadan and at different times falling ill. Born in Kaduna, Yekini played for several club locally and internationally His phenomena scoring record earned him the title of African

Footballer of the Year in 1993, the first ever by any Nigeria. Amongst other records set, Yekini also prides himself as the first Nigerian to score in the World Cup. A senior teammate, Segun Odegbami had recently hinted that he was doing every thing possible to bring Yekini from seclusion and have him partner in an unnamed project

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Big Brother Africa Stargame Show Kicks Off On Sunday May 6 With A Star Price Of USD300,000.00

Big Brother StarGame show starts on Sunday May 6 in the brand new launch timeslot of 20:00 CAT, and will screen live 24/7 for 91 days on DStv channel 198.

This season, entrants must DOUBLE-UP to compete, so Housemates will be in pairs and this means double the drama, double the excitement and double the pleasure. With so much money at stake, tempers will flare; strategies and conspiracies will be the order of the day.

If you had USD 300 000 what would you do… shop ‘till you drop, start a business or buy property? Perhaps pay for more education, change your family’s life, get married or fly away? With M-Net’s new season of Big Brother Africa offering a huge USD 300 000 prize, this is definitely a question that will face one lucky person in 2012 after they win the popular 91 day reality series!

Host: Returning to the Big Brother stage as series presenter this year is one of Nigeria’s most famous faces IK Osakioduwa, making his fourth appearance at the forefront of the show since taking on the role in 2009. In his charismatic, capable hands lies the truly daunting task of anchoring a series that includes a live one hour Sunday eviction show every week! But the former Studio 53, Comedy Club and Temptation Nigeria leading man has proven that he’s more than up to the task of keeping viewers up to date and informed. But he’s not the only star returning to the spotlight this week when Big Brother returns…

Two New Countries: This Season, Big Brother Africa is proud to announce the addition of two new countries to the StarGame, Sierra Leone and Liberia. Other competing countries are Angola, Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

House: The Big Brother house, a character in its own right, returns as well, studded with 53 cameras and 120 microphones. Once again, the house features a bold new design in line with the theme of the series. This week, producers provided a sneak peek into Biggie’s revamped hideaway, and it’s a contrasting combination of retro fusion and glittering glam all the way. From the look of things, there are two contradictory styles at play leading to the question… what’s Biggie up to now?

One look is definitely inspired by the diners of 50s Hollywood, colourful pastels and bold bright shapes accented by the iconic black and white check patterns, bringing back memories of jukeboxes, bunk beds and soda fountains. The other is sleek and sophisticated, echoing a classy and exclusive dance club where opulence and luxury are the keys to a good time. Polished glass, gold finishes and delicate accessories…its style meets elegance all the way!

The latest images from Big Brother are sure to keep its fans guessing and it’s these fans who remain firmly at the heart of the show’s success.

Online: With the show just a few days away, in recognition of the large online following the show, the two hour live launch show will be streamed live and free at www.africamagic.tv/bigbrother, starting at 19.45 CAT. So if you can access the internet, you can watch!

Star: Set to perform three of his hit-making songs, sensational American music star J.Cole will take to the stage at the Big Brother StarGame launch, kicking off the show in fine form! He is expected to perform Can’t Get Enough, Nobody’s Perfect and Work Out but whatever he chooses on the day, it’s sure to be something that fans will love. Remember to check out Channel O for all the behind-the-scenes footage from his trip to Africa!

Remember it all starts at 20:00 CAT on Sunday May 6!