Secret Nigerian drinking dens in Kano

By Lucy Fleming BBC News, Kano

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Beer is officially banned in Kano but as the sun sets in the northern Nigerian city, the outside seating at bars quickly begins to fill with drinkers, Christian and Muslims alike.

These establishments selling alcohol are along a road in the Sabon Gari suburb, an area set aside for non-Muslim residents of the bustling commercial centre.

israel election: Netanyahu seeks new term in tight race

Benjamin Netanyahu (r) has ruled out forming a coalition with Yitzhak Herzog.

Results could be declared soon afterwards, but a lengthy period of negotiations over the formation of the next coalition government may follow.

10 most shocking place in the world

There’s a lot going on out there in the world, some of it grand, some of it something altogether different. While there are many places with natural beauty, there are many others that stand as haunting reminders of how fragile our place on this planet truly is. On this list you’ll find many things. You’ll, for example, find two towns that have been completely abandoned due to nuclear disasters. There’s another that shows you what happens to trash that finds its way into the ocean. There’s even one shocking place that serves as a testament to the decline of manufacturing in the United States. So, strap in, and take a look at the 15 most shocking places in the world.

1. Plum Island

PHOTOS: How Pregnant STV Staff Was Gruesomely Murdered

A Silverbird Television staff member Aishat Mustapha was brutally murdered at her home in Lagos on Saturday night.
Aishat, who was said to be pregnant, was stabbed eleven times at her house in Ogudu Government Residential Area in Lagos on Saturday, March 14, at about 10pm.
Stella Dimokokorkus reports that this awful incident has left the deceased’s family and friends in deep shock and sorrow.

There are as yet no indications as to who is responsible. See the photos of the beautiful woman before the sad incident:

May her soul rest in perfect peace!

All Progressive Congress (APC) Launches Radio Station

APC launches radio station
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has launched a new international radio station.
This follows the takeover and dominance of the nation’s broadcasting airwaves by elements of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who are using same to attack the APC leadership.
LEADERSHIP learnt that the new broadcast outfit, which broadcasts from undisclosed locations, has started broadcasting to Hausa speaking people of Northern Nigeria with 500kw transmitters on test transmission from 7:00am-7:30am on 11720khz on the 25meterband shortwave.

Libya violence: Foreign oil workers 'kidnapped'

The Libyan government has been invited bids from foreign companies for al-Ghani since 2013

Nine foreign oil workers have gone missing after an attack on a Libyan oil field, the Austrian foreign ministry says.

The oil workers were from Austria, the Czech Republic and seven non-EU countries, a spokesman said.
The attack on the al-Ghani field about 700km (440 miles) south-east of Tripoli happened on Friday, a Libyan army spokesman has told the BBC.
He said eight guards had been beheaded in the attack.

Wisconsin police shooting: Third day of protests

Protestors in Wisconsin took to the streets for a third day over the shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer.

More than 100 people marched to the state's Capitol in Madison on Sunday, beating drums and holding placards.
Nineteen-year-old Tony Robinson Jr was shot on Friday evening in an apartment. He was unarmed, but police say he attacked the officer who shot him.
A series of police shootings have stoked racial tensions in the US.

Concern for women's rights activists detained in China

The arrests took place as China held official celebrations of International Women's Day last week in Beijing

Supporters of five women's rights activists detained in China say they are concerned for their welfare.

The women were taken into police custody last week in the run-up to International Women's Day on Sunday.
Activists said that the detainees were planning to hold public campaigns against sexual harassment.
Correspondents say the police appear to be holding at least one of them for an unusually lengthy period, as she was taken into custody on Friday.
Police in China usually release or charge a detainee within three days of their arrest, and Li Tingting, also known as Li Maizi, was detained on 6 March.
Chinese activist Feng Yuan, speaking from New York where she was participating in a UN women's issues events, said lawyers for the five in custody had not been able to reach them since their arrest.
Sensitive timing "We're worried that they're still detained," Ms Feng told AP news agency. "We don't understand how this has to do with public safety. And this goes against what the Communist Party and the government says they want to do to build a safer, crime-free society."

Putin reveals secrets of Russia's Crimea takeover plot

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A trailer for the documentary was shown on state-run TV channel Rossiya-1

Vladimir Putin has admitted for the first time that the plan to annex Crimea was ordered weeks before the referendum on self-determination.

Crimea was formally absorbed into Russia on 18 March, to international condemnation, after unidentified gunmen took over the peninsula.
Mr Putin said on TV he had ordered work on "returning Crimea" to begin at an all-night meeting on 22 February.
The meeting was called after Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych was ousted.
Speaking last year, Mr Putin had said only that he took his final decision about Crimea after secret, undated opinion polls showed 80% of Crimeans favoured joining Russia.
The findings of these polls were borne out by the outcome of the referendum on 16 March, he told Russian state TV last April.

Mr Putin's image is prominent in Crimea, as seen in this mural in the city of Sevastopol

Mr Putin celebrated Victory Day last year with a military parade in Sevastopol

"Little green men" appeared in Crimea before the referendum

Ukraine's former president Viktor Yanukovych fled Kiev on 22 February 2014

Speaking in a forthcoming Russian TV documentary, Mr Putin said a meeting with officials had been held on 22-23 February to plan the rescue of Ukraine's deposed president.
"I invited the leaders of our special services and the defence ministry to the Kremlin and set them the task of saving the life of the president of Ukraine, who would simply have been liquidated," he said.
"We finished about seven in the morning. When we were parting, I told all my colleagues, 'We are forced to begin the work to bring Crimea back into Russia'."
The trailer for The Path To The Motherland was broadcast on Sunday night with no release date announced.

On 27 February, unidentified armed men seized the local parliament and local government buildings in Crimea, raising the Russian flag.
Among them appeared to be regular soldiers without military insignia, who were dubbed the "little green men".
Mr Putin subsequently admitted deploying troops on the peninsula to "stand behind Crimea's self-defence forces".

Timeline: How Crimea was annexed

• 22 February, former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych flees Kiev after violent protests
• 23 February, Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to rescue Mr Yanukovych and annexe Crimea
• 27 February, pro-Russian gunmen seize Crimea's parliament and other key buildings
• 28 February, unidentified soldiers in combat fatigues occupy two airports in Crimea
• 1 March, Russian parliament approves Mr Putin's request to use force in Ukraine
• 16 March, 97% of voters in Crimea agree to join Russia
• 18 March, Mr Putin signs a bill absorbing Crimea into the Russian Federation

Pakistan girls sing way to fame with Justin Bieber's Baby

By Shaimaa Khalil Lahore

Saania and Muqqadas Tabaydar were filmed performing Baby with their mother Shahnaz on percussion

Neighbours gather at windows and on rooftops surrounding the Tabaydar house in a very poor neighbourhood on the outskirts of Lahore.

It feels like an open-air concert - men, women and children are cheering and trying to get the best vantage point to watch the performance.
The two girls they want to see are 15-year-old Saania and 13-year-old Muqqadas Tabaydar, also known as 'Justin Bibis'.
The teenage sisters became an internet sensation when a video of them singing Justin Bieber's song Baby, with their mother doing background beats on a pot, went viral.

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I like [Justin Bieber] a lot. I feel he's like my son”

Shahnaz Tabaydar Mother

'Pakistan's got talent'

People in Pakistan took to social media. Some announced that Bieber had "competition" in these two girls.

"Pakistan's got talent" was another popular comment about the sisters.
"We've been singing since we were very young - many members of our family sing too. We know all sorts of Pakistani and Bollywood songs," said Saania.
"But we especially love Justin Bieber songs because they touch our hearts.
"When we heard Baby, we started dancing and jumping around and we just lost ourselves to it," she added.
Her sister Muqqadas said they have both listened to the song about 70 times.

India suspects charged over Nagaland mob lynching

Hundreds of people dragged the suspect through the streets of Dimapur

Police in north-eastern India say they have charged 42 people in connection with the lynching of a suspected rapist who was taken from prison by a mob.

Syed Sharif Khan was stripped naked by the mob, beaten and dragged through the streets before being hanged in Dimapur, the main city in Nagaland state.
Hundreds of policemen have been patrolling the streets of Dimapur since the incident amid increasing tension.
A curfew was also imposed in the city on Sunday to maintain law and order.

Flabba killing: South African rapper 'stabbed by girlfriend'

Flabba (front row, left) was a member of popular 1990s hip-hip group Skwatta Kamp

A woman has been arrested in South Africa for allegedly stabbing and killing a well-known local rapper.

Nkululeko Habedi, known as Flabba, 38 died, in his home in Alexandra, a Johannesburg township.

Edgar Lungu collapse: Zambian president 'needs treatment abroad'

Edgar Lungu is to serve as president until 2016 when a new election will be called

Zambia's President Edgar Lungu has to undergo throat surgery abroad, his doctors say, after earlier reporting that he had malaria.

Mr Lungu, elected in January, collapsed while giving a speech to commemorate International Women's Day in the capital, Lusaka on Sunday.

Putin reveals Russia secret Crimea takeover in documentary

President Putin officially annexed Crimea on 18 March and visited the peninsula two months later

Russian President Vladimir Putin has revealed he planned the annexation of Crimea four days before unidentified gunmen appeared in the region.

Crimea was formally absorbed on 18 March, to international condemnation.
Russia denied instigating the revolt against Ukraine, but in a forthcoming film, Mr Putin says he ordered work on "returning Crimea to Russia" at an all-night meeting in February.
The talks were called to plan the rescue of Ukraine's deposed president.
A trailer for the documentary was shown on state-run television Sunday night though a release date has not been confirmed.
Mr Putin is seen describing the meeting, held during the night of 22 and 23 February, with the heads of Russia's special services as well as its defence ministry.

Ukraine's former president Viktor Yanukovych fled Kiev on 22 February 2014

"I invited the leaders of our special services and the defence ministry to the Kremlin and set them the task of saving the life of the president of Ukraine [Viktor Yanukovych], who would simply have been liquidated," Mr Putin says.
"We finished about seven in the morning. When we were parting, I told all my colleagues, 'We are forced to begin the work to bring Crimea back into Russia'."

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The imprisoned leader of the the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Henry Okah, has fiercely blasted President Goodluck Jonathan

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Henry Okah

In a just-published interview, Okah described the president as timid and cowardly, The Nation reports.
Okah, who is currently in a South African jail, said he could hardly speak about GEJ without “saying something uncomplimentary”.
“I have met President Jonathan. I knew him though not closely when he was the Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State. My cousin Chief (Diepreye) Alamieyeseigha was then governor.
“I had a meeting with Jonathan in Pretoria in 2007 when the late President Musa Yar’ Adua sent him to speak with me. He was accompanied by Chief Timipre Sylva. I have spoken to him on occasions.
“In one instance, he was traumatized emotionally by the attack on his country home which he was misled into believing I had a hand in. The last time I spoke with him was in April 2010 when he asked for my support personally. Since my recent arrest, I have had no direct contact with him.
“It is difficult to speak about President Jonathan without saying something uncomplimentary. I truthfully find him timid and cowardly. His discussions are unintelligible revealing a lack of intellectual depth.

Kelly Rowland Shows Off Sexy Post-Baby Body In Leather Jumpsuit At Paris Fashion Week Read more at kelly-rowland-shows-off-sexy-post-baby-body-in-leather-jumpsuit-at-paris-fashion-week

She gave birth to her first child, Titan Jewell Weatherspoon, just four months and a day ago.

Snapping back into perfect portions, Kelly Rowland showed off her incredible post-baby body on Thursday during Paris Fashion Week 2015. Gracing the front row at Barbara Bui’s Fall/Winter presentation, the 34-year-old looked gorgeous in a plunging leather jumpsuit.

 Kelly stood out from every other person on the front row as she accessorized with just a body chain and a small diamond earrings  and we love to see that sexy body back in shape!

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Ukraine crisis: Poroshenko says peace deal in danger

Ukraine's president has warned that a deal to end the war in the east is in "great danger" after heavy fighting ahead of Saturday night's ceasefire.

Petro Poroshenko also accused Russia of "significantly increasing" its offensive despite the peace agreement reached in Minsk on Thursday.
The US ambassador to Ukraine tweeted a satellite image that he said showed Russian artillery near Debaltseve.
Shelling was heard in the rebel-held city of Donetsk early on Saturday.
Fierce battles are said to be continuing around Debaltseve - a strategic government-held town almost encircled by rebel forces - and outside the southern port city of Mariupol.
The BBC's David Stern in Kiev says that as the clock ticks down to the ceasefire, fears are rising that it won't be observed.
More than a dozen civilians are said to have died in shelling in eastern Ukraine on Friday.
It is unclear who was behind the shelling but both the Ukrainian military and pro-Russian rebels in the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions accuse each other of targeting residential areas.

Rebel fighters have continued to besiege the government-held town of Debaltseve

The presidents of France, Russia and Ukraine as well as the German chancellor - who together clinched the agreement in the Belarusian capital - are due to discuss the issue by phone over the weekend.
The UN Security Council will also meet in emergency session on Sunday.
Meanwhile, the US has said it is very concerned by reports of heavy weapons coming across the border from Russia.
The US ambassador to Ukraine, Geoffrey Pyatt, also said on Twitter that Russian units along the border were preparing a large shipment of supplies to separatist fighters.