It's already a Happy New Year somewhere! Midnight strikes across the globe as millions hail start of 2014 with dazzling celebrations

The biggest party in the world is underway with bright fireworks bursting into skies across the globe as midnight strikes and nations hail the start of 2014.

Exploding fireworks sprayed from Sydney's iconic opera house and harbor bridge as the world began ushering in a new year.

Tonto Dikeh Voted Most Beautiful & Social Actress of 2013

Tonto has been voted the most beautiful and social actress of 2013. Nice

How dangerous is a blow to the head?- Schumacher fighting for his life

Damaged vessels can bleed out, compressing the brain

How the brain is susceptible to damage after impact

As Michael Schumacher remains in a critical condition after a ski accident, experts warn that even a seemingly minor head injury can have major consequences.

Any knock to the head can be dangerous, although thankfully most are not.

The brain is a delicate, blancmange-like organ that is vulnerable.

TOP 20: THE HIGHEST-GROSSING MOVIES OF 2013: 'Iron Man 3' crowned highest-grossing film of the year

TOP 20: THE HIGHEST-GROSSING MOVIES OF 2013

1. Iron Man 3 - $1,215,439,994

2. Despicable Me 2 - $918,573,535

3. Fast & Furious 6 - $788,679,850

Soldier Kills Danfo Driver Over Fare - so sad

For insisting that a soldier who boarded his vehicle must pay his fare, a commuter bus (danfo) driver has paid with his life.

The unidentified danfo driver with vehicle number LSD 451 XG parked at Obalende Bus Stop, near the BRT bus park, was said to have refused to move his vehicle from the park when the soldier who was in a mufti refused to pay any fare.

Is this the new way to offend Christians: Beyonce's 'Last Supper' pic causes controversy just hour after apologizing for using audio from Challenger tragedy on XO

Hours after apologising for using audio from the fatal Challenger mission for her song XO, Beyonce may be stirring up a new controversy with a quasi-religious Instagram snap posted on Monday.

Watch what you eat: that's a FROG salad. Look carefully

Extra-crunchy field greens? You probably won't guess what a NYC restaurant patron says was found in a Pret a Manger salad.

Ukrainian woman goes topless for the Pope

A leader of the Ukrainian feminist group Femen bared herself near St Peter’s Square on Thursday shouting “Christmas is cancelled!” in a protest against the Catholic Church’s stance on abortion.

Inna Shevchenko, 23, went topless and ran towards the square but was stopped by some 20 police officers.

Nigerian lady excretes hard drugs inside aircraft

Chizoba Anya, a Nigerian lady, has excreted wraps of substance that tested positive for methamphetamine on-board a Qatar Airline Flight from Malaysia to Nigeria, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, said on Monday.

NDLEA said the 32-year old suspect was said to have aroused suspicion following her frequent visits to the toilet.

Burna Boy Angrily Exited The Headies 2013 for Losing Out to Sean Tizzle in the “Next Rated” Category

Bella Naija is reporting the following:

An exclusive report is just reaching us here at BellaNaija.com.

Music star Burna Boy exited The Headies 2013 on Thursday night when rising Afro pop star Sean Tizzle was announced winner of the Next Rated category.

The category has been chosen to honour the most promising musician during the period of nomination. The award comes with a brand new ride.

Peter and Paul Okoye grateful for a great year.

The multiple award winning power duo P-square have a great year so far. They have let the world know their women of choice, the women who they want to spend the rest of their lives with.

They have performed in various countries in the world this year on their 'Invasion Tour' , they have gotten magazine covers and of course released what can only be called the best dance video in Nigeria this year, 'personally'.

First Transparent Tablet Lets You Touch From Both Sides and function as a remote control.

Transparent tablets may sound like something straight from science fiction, but it may not be long before translucent slates hit the market. Grippity claims to be the world's first see-through tablet to come with two-sided touch controls.

Kanye West Commissioned An Artist To Paint A $40,000 Birkin Bag As Kim Kardashian's Christmas Gift

Kardashian posted the below to her Instagram account Thursday night:

2013: The Year in Letters and Notes

Ask Kelsi

Fashola Condemns South Africa’s Treatment Of Nigerians At Mandela’s Funeral

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State could not hold back harsh words for South Africans while paying tribute to Mandela on Monday. The governor had wondered why in spite of the huge sacrifice made by Nigeria to free South Africa from the claws of imperialists, Nigerians are being subjected to ridicule by South Africans.

No, I didn’t kill Michael Jackson. He did it himself… he killed himself

What really happened the night Jackson died, by Dr Conrad Murray, the doctor jailed for the death of the King of Pop

Dr Conrad Murray, 60, was convicted of killing Michael Jackson

Proclaiming his innocence, he claims Jackson took an overdose

Conrad Murray’s voice softens when he recalls the moment Michael Jackson reached out, clasped his hand and said in his soft falsetto voice: ‘There are only four people in my family now. Paris, Prince, Blanket and you, Dr Conrad.’

Babangida Killed Dele Giwa” – Major Debo Basorun Rtd…IBB’s former CPS breaks silence

Twenty-seven years after the brutal murder by a parcel bomb of the journalist Dele Giwa, the fog surrounding those behind his death has been substantially cleared by 70-year-old Major Debo Basorun (retd.), former Chief Press Secretary to ex-military President Ibrahim Babangida. In an interview published in National Mirror, Basorun was asked: “Are you saying categorically that it was Babangida who ordered the killing of Dele Giwa?” His answer: “Yes, yes and yes.”

CBN Explains Rationale Behind ‘Too Big To Fail’ Banks – your money is safer in these banks?

Speaking on the CBN’s motive for designating 8 commercial banks as ‘too big to fail,’ the Director, Banking Supervision of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mrs. Agnes Tokunbo-Martins said the named banks are systemically important to the economy as their failure could have far reaching effect on Nigeria’s financial stability.

The implications of the designation for the banks is that banks are permitted to have 50% off their capital as subordinated debts or loans but if considered systemically important, they are required to have a capital that is 75% common equity.

I Killed My Boss Because He Tried To Rape Me…

22-year-old man, Eji Emmanuel, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for the alleged murder of a 39-year-old trader, Sylvanus Okoye. According to the police, the suspect stabbed the deceased to death at his home on Ezemegbu Drive, Okota in August. The suspect, however, explained that he killed the deceased in self-defence. He alleged that on the day of the incident, Okoye had attempted to rape him.

HIV/AIDS: Nigeria records 3 209 deaths in 4 years. |Malaria still killed more

The National Bureau of Statistics on Friday said that HIV and AIDS claimed 3 209 lives in the country between 2007 and 2010.

In a statement in Abuja, the Statistician-General of the Federation, Dr Yemi Kale, said that 738 lives were lost in 2007; 972 in 2008; 800 in 2009 and 619 in 2010.

It said that 632 of those who died were from Edo, while Zamfara did not record any death to the disease during the period.

19 yr old girl escapes from Boko Haram’s den…recounts ordeal

In the gloom of a hilltop cave in Nigeria where she was held captive, Hajja had a knife pressed to her throat by a man who gave her a choice – convert to Islam or die.

Reuters reports that two gunmen from Boko Haram had seized the Christian teenager in July in the Gwoza hills, in the northeastern Nigeria, where a six-month-old government offensive is struggling to contain an insurgency by the al Qaeda-linked Islamist group.

Boko Haram is abducting Christian women whom it converts to Islam on pain of death and then forces into “marriage” with fighters.

Deceived lover slipped married lover’s Wedding Ring onto His Manhood as act of revenge

A man went to Houston Medical Center to have his wedding ring cut off from his penis.

According to the Nurse attending, the patient’s girlfriend found the ring in his pants pocket and she got so mad at him, she used petroleum jelly to slip the ring on his penis while he was asleep.

I don’t know what’s worse:

1) Having your girl friend find out you’re married.

2) Explaining to your wife how your wedding ring got on your penis.

3) Or finding out your penis fits through your wedding ring.

NEWS Alcoholics paid in beer for a day’s job.

A group of alcoholics in Amsterdam that was causing a public nuisance has been put to work cleaning the city’s streets. The group of men suffering from a chronic level of addiction usually find it impossible to hold down a job but have been persuaded to work under an imaginative scheme that sees them paid in beer and cigarettes.

CRAZYYYY: Rape Fesitival Begins in India This Week”?

Men in India are already beginning to celebrate as the annual Assam Rape Festival is just days away. Every non-married girl age 7-16 will have the chance to flee to safety or get raped.

Madhuban Ahluwalia who heads up the annual festival told reporters why the event is so important. “This is a long time tradition in Assam dating back thousands of years,” says Ahluwalia. “We rape the evil demons out of the girls, otherwise they will cheat on us and we will be forced to kill them. So it is necessary for everyone.”

Gold bars worth $1.1m found in plane toilet

A stash of 24 gold bars worth more than $1.1m has been discovered in the toilet compartment of a commercial plane in eastern India.

Cleaners found the haul in two bags on board a Jet Airways flight at Kolkata airport, officials said.

India is one of the world’s main gold consumers and imports are seen as a major contributor to the country’s account deficit.

It recently raised duty on imports of gold jewellery to 15% from 10%

Remembering Christy Essien-Igbokwe: Onyeka Onwenu: Sonny Irabor, Timi Dakolo Pay Tribute.

Icons in Nigeria’s entertainment industry gathered at the Intercontinental Hotels Lagos on Sunday, 17 November to pay tribute to the late Lady of Songs; Christy Essien Igokwe, as her family launched her 11th and final album.

Present at the event were representative of Governor Raji Fashola; Commissioner Mike Ogbiadombe and the representative of Governor Godswill Akpabio; Umana Aniekan. Special Guests also included Onyeka Onwenu, Sonny Irabor, Timi Dakolo, Niyola, Yemi Alade, among others.

Wamakko, Yuguda, Rochas, Kalu Shower Cash On Muslim Converts

Governor Aliyu Wamakko and his Bauchi State counterpart, Alhaji Isa Yuguda, both gave N5million each to Igbo natives who converted to Islam yesterday. Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State and former Governor of Abia State Orji Uzor Kalu gave N2 million and N1million to the converts.

The event took place at the National Mosque in Abuja.

Breaking and on-going - Death and Traffic @LEKKI EXPRESS ROAD

A traffic tragedy in which three school pupils were killed in an auto-accident early today on the Lekki-Epe Expreswway, in Lagos, western Nigeria, has created an unprecedented traffic gridlock on the usually busy highway.

The tragedy led to a spontaneous protest by residents nearby and Area Boys. The protesters blocked the entire expressway, making passage in both directions, impossible.

The pupils were trying to cross the road from one side to the other.

My Abductors Asked For N100m, I Offered N1bn – Billionaire GUO Motors Boss

The Chairman of G. U. O. Motors Limited, Chief Godwin Okeke, yesterday, commenced his evidence-in-chief at an Onitsha High Court in Anambra State, presided over by Justice Chudi Nwankwo, in respect of his abduction by kidnappers in Onitsha on Sunday, August 23, 2009.

Okeke who spoke under oath, shortly after the court granted a motion to file and serve additional prove of evidence with respect to one of the suspected kidnappers, Alexander Onyinanya, filed by the prosecution counsel, Chris Ajugwe with Mrs. N. D. Wilcox.

Tope dedicates her album "REQUEST" at Trinity House VI

Temitope Oyegbami Vanlare, talented singer and song writer will finally be dedicating her album "REQUEST" 
The dedication will be taken place on 
November 17th, 2013
Venue: Trinity House, at the end of Water Corporation Road, VI
Pastor: Ituah Ighodalo
Time: During second service from 9am.
She is inviting her friends and fans to this wonderful event.

You can log into http://www.trinityhouseng.org between 9:30 to 10:30 am at Trinity House | Believe!

University of Benin Doctors Change 15yrs Old Boy’s Genotype From SS To AA

This is so awesome. University of Benin Teaching Hospital(UBTH) on Friday said it had conducted the second successful stem cell transplant for a 15- year-old sickle cell patient in Benin.

Dr Nosakhare Bazuaye, consultant Haematologist and Coordinator of UBTH stem cell transplant centre, who spoke on behalf of the Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Prof. Michael Ibadin, said that the operation was successful

and that the patient’s genotype had changed from SS to AA.

The 2 Headed Crocodile! Now That’s Polycephaly

A unique 2 headed crocodile has surfaced at a zoo. The two or well one we should say is joined at the hips. This condition is known as polycephaly.

Polycephaly is a condition of having more than one head. A variation is an animal born with two faces on a single head, a condition known as diprosopus. In medical terms these are all congenital cephalic disorders.

Guy Fattens Up Girlfriend To Satisfy Himself

This guy had an attractive young blonde girlfriend, who was generally considered to be thin. That apparently was not enough to satisfy this slender guy, so he talked her into letting him fatten her up to make him satisfied. So he continued to feed her gross amounts of food to help her pack on the pounds.

Sometimes strange desires will drive people to do some crazy stuff, but generally people are doing something more bedroom oriented. This couple appears to get their satisfaction at the dinner table……..or in the kitchen with a beer bong.

$200M Facebook Graffiti Artist: Life Hasn't Changed

David Choe, the 35-year-old muralist who made an estimated $200 million in the Facebook IPO, is bothered by the hype surrounding his newfound money.

"You can't buy your privacy back," Choe told Barbara Walters. "Because I was already doing OK, and to have this abstract amount of money now, I cannot buy my privacy back. I was like: What the hell's happening? Every news-- Al Jazeera, every news organization in the world is beating down the door, trying to get a, you know, interview. And I'm like, 'Oh, my God.'"

Although he considers himself homeless, living in casinos and hotels, Choe is a very well-known artist whose works are featured in private collections and museums.

Galaxy S 4 has best battery life, iPhone 5s well behind

Has meager battery life on your iPhone left you feeling drained? You're probably not alone. Some new tests show that Apple's latest smartphone may not actually be the juiciest device on the market. In fact, it may not even be in the top five.

According to consumer review blog Which?, the Samsung Galaxy S 4, HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S 4 mini all ranked higher than the iPhone 5s when it came to talk time, with the S4 clocking in at 1051 minutes and the new iPhone at 651. 

For battery life during Internet use, the 5s is ranked even lower, at number seven. The S4 was again number one at 405 minutes, but phones like BlackBerry's Z10 and Nokia's Lumia 1020 also beat out the iPhone 5s and 5c here (rated at 298 and 252 minutes respectively).

Court sets N20000 bail for man accused of N500 theft

An air conditioner repairer working with a hotel in Lagos, Nigeria has been arraigned at an Ikeja Magistrate Court, charged with alleged theft.

The repairer, Paul Muyiwa Ojikutu, a resident of No. 10 Aguragberigbe, Ikorodu is charged with stealing N500 only.

The many troubles of Arnold Schwarzenegger with his estranged wife Maria Shriver

According to IrishCentral the 65-year-old actor reportedly refused to attend marriage counseling and told his neighbour that he could live without Maria, who he split from in May 2011 when she discovered he had fathered a child, who is now 14 years old, with their housekeeper Mildred Patricia Baena.

According to Newsweek magazine, Schwarzenegger told his neighbour: "I think things will work out OK with Maria, but if they don't, I'm getting me a 20-year-old honey."

Kim and Kenya West new house is almost ready.

For $11 million, Kim and Kanye should get everything they want out of their new house. The happy couple took a tour of their almost-finished Bel Air mansion to make sure that contractors are eagerly finishing the last few details of the home.

TMZ reported that the new parents wanted to personally check out the high end amenities of the sprawling mansion, including the bowling alley, a full hair salon, top-of-the-line gym and, of course, the plush baby nursery for little North.

Oprah Reveals Her 2013 'Most Favorite Things'

You know it's the start of the holiday season when Oprah Winfrey reveals her "Most Favorite Things!"

This year, Oprah shares the amazing O, The Oprah Magazine December cover with one of her most favorite things -- comedian Jimmy Kimmel -- who, dressed like an elf, dutifully goes to work on the 15 ft. train of Oprah's stunning White by Vera Wang gown exclusively for David's Bridal. The incredible red, rosette cover gown took 10 people to make for a total of 100 hours of work, and weighs a whopping 25 pounds.

Wives who quickly calm down during disputes are the happiest and enjoy happier marriages.

Their nagging is often blamed as the source of many a row. But wives do in fact hold the key to wedded bliss, researchers say.

A new study has found that that, when it comes to keeping the peace, it is more important for wives to calm down after a heated argument than their husbands.

The research, from the University of California, Berkeley, found that while both spouses were equally able to cool down during conflicts, how well a husband kept his emotions in check had little or no effect on long-term marital satisfaction.

'When it comes to managing negative emotion during conflict, wives really matter,' 

Golden Eaglets beat Sweden 3-0 to book final with Mexico

The Golden Eaglets of Nigeria on Tuesday qualified for the final of the FIFA Under-17 World Cup holding in the United Arab Emirates by beating their Sweden counterparts, Blagult, 3-0.

Taiwo Awoniyi scored Nigeria opening goal in the 21st minute of the first half.

The stiff opposition mounted by the Swedes after the goal failed to fetch them the equalizer.

Arnold Schwarzenegger truck runs on VEGETABLE OIL

Now thats a true green car.

Recipients of Western Union, Moneygram transfers in Nigeria will only be paid in Naira - CBN

Just incase you missed it, Western Union and Moneygram has been told to stop paying Nigerians in foreign currencies. To my knowledge, this is the only country in the world where these companies operates and pay in the local currencies. Read it below and the reason:

In an effort to check money laundering in Nigeria, which it claims is weakening the Naira and risks driving up inflation, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has stated that recipients of proceeds from international money transfer firms such as Western Union and Money Gram will only be paid in Naira instead of having the option of receiving dollar or Naira.

Nigerians In India Protest Over Death of Nigerian

A group of Nigerians has clashed with the police in India after they allegedly attacked a police vehicle carrying the body of a Nigerian who was said to have been stabbed to death in India’s beach state, Goa.

The body of the man, whose name has not been revealed, was found with wounds in Mapusa town, triggering protests by angry Nigerians who removed the body from the van and kept it on the road, blocking traffic in the area