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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

MY father was kidnapped in Nigeria on a Saturday morning in early May. My brother called to tell me, and suddenly there was not enough breathable air in the world. My father is 83 years old. A small, calm, contented man, with a quietly mischievous humor and a luminous faith in God, his beautiful dark skin unlined, his hair in sparse silvery tufts, his life shaped by that stoic, dignified responsibility of being an Igbo first son.

Meet the puppy who was born with eight legs.

Incredible photographs reveal the newborn has two bodies joined at the chest with two sets of front legs, two sets of back legs - and complete with two tails.

The black and white puppy was born with a total of eight limbs in Vaini of Tonga in the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday and was one of her five siblings to have any abnormalities.

Vukitangitau Maloni, from Tonga, who took the images soon after she was born, said the whole community was shocked and speechless at the animals extra legs.

Nigerian Vaccinologist Develops Immunogenic Experimental Ebola Vaccine Candidate

 World-renowned vaccinologist Dr Simon Agwale, from Nigeria, Friday in Paris, France, presented his progress report on Ebola vaccine. Dr Agwale is among over 300 delegates drawn from forty-two countries to mark the International Conference on Targeting Ebola organised by the Pasteur Institute held from 28 – 29 May 2015.

A statement by Dr Yuri Nakamoto, on behalf of the Scientific Committee of the conference, said the agenda included 140 oral, short and posters communications, latest developments in the Ebola outbreak in Africa, latest clinical developments, innovations, vaccines and drugs to combat Ebola, and prevention of Ebola contamination and transmission, to be published by the committee.

Nigeria Inauguration; Buhari and Osinbajo sworn in May 29th

Now Muhammadu Buhari and not General Muhammadu Buhari

Muhammadu Buhari has been sworn in as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria after he took his oath of office at the Eagle Square in Abuja on May 29. thirty one years after being ousted in a military coup, Muhammadu Buhari has been sworn-in by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, as the new civilian President of Nigeria.

Many dead in Flood-ravaged Texas and Oklahoma

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Sewage: More than 100,000 gallons of untreated wastewater has spilled after Houston's Southwest Wastewater Treatment Plant flooded Tuesday when a bayou overflowed its banks

Malaysia migrant mass graves: police reveal 139 sites, some with multiple corpses

Malaysian police say they have uncovered 28 suspected human trafficking camps located about 500 metres from the country’s northern border, a day after authorities reported the discovery of multiple mass graves.

Renowned Nigerian actor, Femi Robinson, Village Headmaster has passed on, 75yrs

Renowned Nigerian actor, Femi Robinson, most popular for this role in defunct NTA series Village Headmaster, has passed away at age 75.According to ThisDay, the news was announced by his two sons, Seun and Wole Robinson, via his Facebook page.The message reads “This is to notify you that we lost our father, Femi Robinson this morning – Seun & Wole Robinson (sons).”

Prosecutors drops murder charges against Kano child-bride

The murder charges against 15-year-old Wasila Tasi'u, the child bride who poisoned and killed her 35-year-old husband, Umar Sani, and four others, was dropped by prosecutors at a high court in Kano today Wednesday May 20th.

Intricate Afro hairstyles celebrated by Colombians

There are very few hairdressing contests in the world that are as imaginative, or as steeped in culture and history as this one in Colombia.

Everything from reels of colourful ribbon, to appliqué flowers and even wooden buttons, were incorporated into the striking hairstyles of the women and girls who turned up for the 11th Afro-hairdressers contest in Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, this weekend.

Chuka Umana's father lost his life in one of so many Nigeria's road accidents

The loss of his father in a mysterious car crash which friends fear was a 'political assassination' may help to explain Chuka Umunna's startling decision to quit the Labour leadership race.

He bowed out of the contest last week claiming he was not ready to put himself and his family through the intense scrutiny that comes with the position.

And it is thought his fierce protection of the women in his life could have stemmed from the fact that he was forced to become the 'man of the family' aged just 13.

His father, Bennett, died in a car crash soon after standing to be a governor of a Nigerian state on an anti-bribery platform in 1992.

Britain now has the gayest Parliament in the world after last week’s election.

There are 32 openly gay, lesbian and bisexual MPs – just under 5 per cent of the total number in the Commons. 

This dwarfs the 12 and ten in the parliaments of Sweden and the Netherlands respectively, both countries that pride themselves on their liberal attitude to gay rights.

According to analysis by the New Statesman magazine, 13 are Labour MPs, 12 are Conservatives and six represent the SNP.

In the last Parliament there were 26 gay, lesbian and bisexual Labour, Lib Dem and Conservative MPs.

This year the Conservatives put up more openly gay candidates than any other party – 39 men and three women. 

Out of their 13 gay, lesbian and bisexual MPs from the previous Parliament, 12 stood for re-election and only one – Eric Ollerenshaw – was defeated. 

His loss was made up for by the election of Ben Howlett in Bath.

Out of the ten seats Labour took from the Tories, three were won by gay candidates – Wes Streeting, Peter Kyle and Catherine Smith. 

Uk Labour Leadership Race: Chuka Umunna attends interview

Labour's leadership race turned serious this morning - after front-runner Chuka Umunna wheeled out his new girlfriend in public for the first time as he set out his stall to replace Ed Miliband.

The shadow business secretary was pictured walking hand-in-hand with his glamorous lawyer partner Alice Sullivan ahead of his interview on the BBC's flagship Andrew Marr show.

Mr Umunna used the interview to criticise Labour's drift to the left and admitted he was considering a bid become leader.

His intervention came after Labour's leadership battle descended into open warfare after Mr Umunna and the other leadership contenders were accused of 'behaving like family members taking jewellery off a corpse' by openly criticising Mr Miliband so soon after the election defeat.

UK Elections: 20yr old Mhairi Black becomes the youngest female Member of Parliament

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Mhairi Black has pulled off one of the biggest shocks of the election by taking the Paisley and Renfrewshire seat from Labour heavyweight and former shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander, left

UK Elections: Miliband concedes defeat, Cameron secures victory, Labour and Lib Dem leaders face extinction

Ed Miliband today threw in the towel after a series of crushing election losses, as he said he was 'deeply sorry' for Labour's 'difficult and disappointing' election night.

David Cameron has secured an extraordinary victory as 'shy Tories' came out at the last moment to keep him in Downing Street, with a 6am results forecast suggesting he will win 325 seats - exactly half of the Commons. With Sinn Fein not taking their seats and the Speaker not voting, it effectively gives the Tories a majority.

Mr Cameron said it was 'too early to say' what the final result of the General Election would be, but added that there was 'the chance now to build on the foundation' laid in the last parliament.

But the Tory leader will have to deal with SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon who is cleaning up north of the border, leaving Scotland as a near one-party state.

In a signal that he now accepts he will not be PM, Mr Miliband said the next government 'has a huge responsibility' to hold the UK together.

UK Elections: 4 Nigerians contesting for Parliamentary seats

Four Nigerians will be contesting for a seat in the United Kingdom's parliament today May 7th. They are Chuka Umunna (left), Kate Osamor (right) Helen Grant and Chi Onwurah. Three of them are contesting on the platform of Labor party while one is contesting on the platform of the Tories flag.

Chimamanda's Dad, kidnapped near Anambra freed after ransom demand

Award-winning author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s father who was abducted on Saturday on his way to Anambra has been freed by his abductors. Professor James Nwoye was freed last night around 8pm. A ransom of N50m was initially demanded, but we are not sure if any money was paid, but the respected elderly man has been freed.

Head conjoined, twins born with fused heads fighting for their lives

Conjoined twins are fighting for their lives after being born with their heads fused together at a hospital in Indonesia.

Putra and Siti Hadijah were delivered prematurely by emergency caesarean section today at a hospital in Banda Aceh.

Known as craniopagus twins, the condition occurs in about one in 2.5 million births.  

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Fighting for life: Twin baby girls Putra and Siti Hadijah were born conjoined at the head at an Indonesian hospital

It is understood their skulls are joined but it is so far unclear if they also share brain tissue, as well as vital arteries and nerves. 

Houseboy trafficking, Nigeria Doctor on trial of keeping boy as slave

Dr Emmanuel Edet, right,  and his wife Antan, left, are accused of keeping Ofonime Sunday Inuk at their home in Perivale, north-west London for 24 years after it is alleged they smuggled him into Britain as a child British NHS doctor enslaved a man in his home for 24 years after smuggling him into Britain as a child, a court heard yesterday.

UK General Elections:The rise of tactical voting Constituency by constituency guide to the 50 key seats to Number 10

Tomorrow in the UK, voters go to the polls in the closest election for four decades.

Labour’s collapse in Scotland means Ed Miliband will almost certainly miss out on the 323 seats needed for a majority.

UK Elections: The daggers are out. Business Woman shreds Miliband with laser-like precission

Passionate voice of a real voter: Catherine Shuttleworth last night electrified the election campaign when she gave the Labour leader a piece of her mind when he refused to answer her question

Ed Miliband's bid to take charge of the British economy has been shredded by a businesswoman from Leeds who told the Labour leader he cannot be trusted.

The election campaign was electrified by last night's Question Time special which saw voters find their voice to challenge the main party leaders over telling lies and dodging questions.