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Scientists said today that the cause of the deadly Ebola virus that hit West Africa this year was a 2 year old boy, known as patient zero, who played on a tree near a colony of virus-infested bats in his village in Meliandou, Guinea. He was the first person to die but before he died, he infected other family members, who then spread it to others and the virus eventually spread into other areas in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Nigeria and Senegal, before moving to the US, UK and Spain.  T his Ebola outbreak is by far the largest ever-recorded outbreak and it has killed about 7,800 people by Dec. 17, 2014, according to WHO.

Nollywood movie producer and director Dickson Iroegbu pictured with his wife and their 3 children. Beautiful family. See another photo after the cut..

N igeria's Vice President and running mate of President Goodluck Jonathan, Namadi Sambo and APC Presidential Candidate, Gen Muhammadu Buhari, have both failed to present their University Degree certificates to the Independent National Electoral Commission as part of documents to be tendered before the electoral commission by any aspirant

Two days after an AirAsia airliner carrying 163 people plunged into the sea, another one carrying 153 passengers overshot the runway at an airport in the Philippines today December 30th, forcing passengers to disembark the aircraft on emergency slides. The incident occurred at Kalibo Airport in Aklan province in Philippines according to a journalist Jet Damazo-Santos who was on board and shared the photo above on Twitter. "Engine was shut immediately, we were told to leave bags, deplane asap. Firetruck was waiting,' she said There have been no word from AirAsia officials about this latest incident but according to Jet, no passenger was injured in this latest mishap.

Your papa money and her papa money no be the same...lol. That's billionaire Femi Otedola's daughter DJ Cuppy getting into her father's private jet on her way to Ghana. Another pic after the cut...

Aww, see where his hand is. The couple who have been together for 9 years and have 3 children were pictured in each others arms as they attended Music Meets Runway event in Lagos last week.

Five months after giving birth to their second baby, rapper Naeto C's wife Nicole Chikwe has lost all the baby weight. The mother of two looked stunning in a black short dress as she attended Music Meets Runway pre-event party with her husband last week in Lagos. See more photos after the cut...

His wife Chrissy Teigen posted it on instagram yesterday to celebrate the multiple Grammy winner turning a year older.

There are reports by people in the know that Chelsea and Super Eagles midfielder, Mikel Obi is building a mini estate in the Ajah/Badore new development area of Lagos. Mikel and his partners (including a bank) are planning to build over 100 housing units of 2/3/4bedroom service apartments, a multipurpose hall and recreational facilities. The estate will be called Chelsea Estate and construction has already begun.

Ending the year with a bang. Congrats to him. He shared the photos on instagram...

All this propaganda. Hopefully, Buhari doesn't share same sentiments...

Budding Nigerian actress, Harmony 'Ekwe' opened up to  Vanguard   on her sexual preferences...Interesting interview lol “Se.x is nice, everybody needs it. So long as you do it with the right person and you don’t regret after doing it, sex is good for everyone. It makes your mind open, it makes your body open, you think nicely after having se.x, so long you do it with the right person and at the right time. The last time I had se.x was four days ago in South Africa”

a Syrian boy escaped from Isis  - by volunteering as a suicide bomber and then handing himself in at the mosque he was meant to blow up. Usaid Barho had a bomb vest strapped to his body before travelling to a Shi'ite mosque in Baghdad, Iraq where he was supposed to detonate the explosive device.

An AirAsia Indonesia plane travelling from Surabaya to Singapore lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday morning. On board QZ 8501 are 155 passengers - 149 Indonesians, one Singaporean , one British, one Malaysian and three Koreans.It aslo has 7 crew members AirAsia Indonesia released a statement on Facebook saying:

See the pic? Now see what presidential spokesperson Reuben Abati said after the cut... All weapons drawn...

Isaiah Webb is his real name but he is popular as ‘Incredibeard’ on the internet. The 30-year-old man from San Francisco has left his beard to grow for the past two years and he has been creating beard sculptures with it. See some of the creative stuff he's done after the cut...

Award winning reggae star, Orits Wiliki , who has been married to his wife, actress and singer Becky, for 20 years says the secret behind their successful marriage is because she is his mother's last child - doesn't that make her his sister? Yep, it does! "I married my kid sister – my mother’s last born. We are as close as siblings can be. That is why we have stayed together for this long.” he told Punch Should we take this serious? After he will say he was misquoted..lol. Orits Wiliki will be celebrating his 30 years on stage in Warri on Sunday, December 28.

Super cute family. More photos of them below.

Amber Rose just posted this makeup free photo saying she' ready for bed.Thousands of fans went into a frenzy, asking why she wears makeup when she's so naturally beautiful.

Bright Okpocha known as Basket Mouth recently opened up to Encomium magazine on the low moments of his marriage and how he overcomes them..   What   are the low moments of your marriage , and how have you been able to manage? Mine is different because of my job. The low moments are times when she would cry because I wasn’t around. These times has been difficult for us. There was a time I travelled out of Nigeria for two months. Although during the period, I came to Nigeria three times, and when I was about leaving the next day, she was crying profusely. How do you make-up?

A court in Mauritania has sentenced 28 year old journalist Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mkhaitir to death for apostasy for criticizing Prophet Muhammed. According to Reuters, the journalist was sentenced by a court in the northwestern city of Nouadhibou for an article he published almost a year ago, questioning some of the decisions Prophet Mohammed took during holy wars.

Adaeze and Joseph Yobo hosted friends includingfootballer Emmanuel Emenike to a lovely Christmas dinner yesterday December 25th at their home in Turkey. See more photos after the cut...

Looks like 20 year old pop star Justin Bieber has acquired his very own private jet. He always flies in private jet but they were always on hire but he took to instagram yesterday to celebrate buying his own. He shared photos from the interior of the jet and wrote " 'New jet for Christmas, and she's beautiful'. Good for him...

AGN President Ibinabo Fiberisima seen dancing with actor Mr Ibu at her wedding last Thursday in Port Harcourt. The two have obviously made up after blasting each other in interviews over Ibinabo's re-election as AGN president. Mr Ibu had said at the time that Ibinabo wasn't fit to be president. Guess that's all water under the bridge. See more photos from the wedding after the cut...

Article written by Reno Omokri , Special Assistant to the President on New Media and also a pastor. Read below and tell us what you think One of the biggest misconceptions of the world, in my opinion, is the view held by some that members of the clergy should not participate in politics or government.  I have read The Holy Bible and The Quran and to the best of my knowledge, nowhere in both books is such a notion promoted. As a matter of fact, the first usage of the word 'government' comes from The Holy Bible and the United States of America lifted the word 'President' directly from The Bible book of Daniel (chapter 6 verse 3).

It was all thunderous applause and rapturous praise as Lagosians defied the city’s forbidding traffic and trooped out to witness the highly anticipated and much talked about opening of ‘ Saro, The Musical 2 ’, at the Muson Center, Onikan. Starring a highly talented cast made up of last year’s much-lauded performers as well as an infusion of exciting new actors, songs, dance, and drama scenes, Saro 2 was a mind-blowing reincarnation, as the show greatly improved upon its 2013 version.  

That's what  TMZ is reporting. Read below... Kim Kardashian is upset for a very good reason ... as hard as she's been trying, she can't get pregnant. Kim has been very open with friends and family ... she and Kanye have been trying to have another baby for the last 9 months but nothing has worked. Kim has been to fertility doctors, but they've made it clear ... having another baby is a long shot. Turns out North West was a miracle baby ... she had 3 specialists tell her she couldn't get pregnant before North was conceived.  

37-year old Timaya has told Saturday Beats why he will not be tying the knot soon with his babymama or any woman at that. According to him, marriage makes a man sacrifice himself to his woman, and he is not ready for that.

 Kcee has had an amazing year.The musician took to instagram to share photos of his rides all purchased in 2014 and to inspire others ..He said

 Nollywood actress Angela Okorie got totally transformed for a new movie . I'm sure you wouldn't have guessed she's the one. If you were to rate this transformation on a scale of 1-10...For those who don't know what she looks like, check her out below

 45 year old Jlo went all seductive for her shoot for Latina Magazine .She cosied up to her Boy Next Door co-star Ryan Guzman .

President Goodluck Jonathan has said that it is only God that knows why he made him President of Nigeria and it is Him also that will continue to direct him. Jonathan who spoke at the 2014 Christmas Carol, organized by the Aso Villa Chapel at the old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja said: “God knows why we are here. Nobody will place himself in any position without God. So God that gives all of us the opportunity will see us through.

Banky W just announced the arrival of his younger brother Funmi Wellington...Ladies, you know what they say, If you can't get Banky, you can try his little bro..Fine guys...If you were to make a choice..Banky or Lil Bro?

Former beauty queen Omowunmi Akinnifesi celebrated her birthday on Dec. 4th at the National Orthopedic Special Training School Igbobi, Lagos State, where she partied with children that are autistic and mentally challenged. Omowunmi shared gifts including  drawing books, color pencil, sweets, treats, biscuits, bubble toys and crayons and lots of food and drinks to the children.

30 Days in Atlanta, the movie produced by A-list comedian , AY has been announced as Nollywood’s Highest Grossing Cinema Movie of all time, after it amazingly grossed N76million in 7 weeks of showing on Cinema Screens across Nigeria.  The announcement was made on Wednesday Dec. 17th (at Silverbird Galleria) by Guy Bruce, the Director, Silverbird Distribution Company, at a special reception to celebrate the Cast and Crew of the Movie."That it is N76million is quite impressive for a Nollywood film, Bruce said, and we are so proud of AY . We hope he does more Movies.” See the photos after the cut...

She shared the photos on her instagram page. See more photos after the cut...

Fahat Fahat is one of the 64 soldiers sentenced to death for not fighting Boko Haram. He says it's because they were not well equipped.