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Old photo of Senator Dino Melaye with former VC of Ahmadu Bello University, Prof Mahdi in 2000

Amidst controversy surrounding his first degree, Senator Dino Melaye on Friday posted a photo of himself with former VC of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, Prof. Mahdi

Woman loses all three of her sons and their wives in helicopter crash as they traveled to surprise their niece

An elderly mother of a millionaire family is mourning the death of her sons and their wives who died while they were all flying to Ireland to surprise their niece at her confirmation party.

Mrs Noeleen Burke, who is in her 80s, lost her husband three years ago and with the loss of her sons and daughters-in-law recently, she has only one remaining daughter.

Kevin, 56, Donald, 55, and Barry 51 together with their wives were killed when their helicopter crashed in Snowdonia on Wednesday. The ill-fated Twin Squirrel red helicopter left the Burke's Milton Keynes mansion heading to Dublin. The helicopter lost contact as it passed over North Wales, which was battered by gale force winds, heavy rain and had visibility of less than 10 metres in places because of low cloud. It crashed into the Rhinog Fawr mountains in Snowdonia near the giant Trawsfynydd lake reservoir on Wednesday afternoon.

Photos: Westminster terror survivor who lost her husband pictured in hospital for the first time

Survivor of Westminster Bridge terror attack, Melissa Cochran is pictured all smiles in a London hospital today.

The 46-year-old suffered terrible injuries when British-born terrorist Khalid Masood drove a car through crowds on Westminster Bridge last week. Three people were killed including her husband, Kurt, 54.

'Don't call yourself half black, and half white' - Jidenna speaks on racial discrimination

Nigerian-American singer, Jidenna has spoken on the racial discrimination between black and white people.

The 'Classic Man' singer who is currently in South Africa promoting the release of his debut album, 'The Chief,' granted an interview to Times Live, where candidly gave his thought on racial divide between people.

Manchester United's Jesse Lingard, 24 was spotted as he stepped out with friends for a shopping trip in his £200K Bentley Continental. The winger also has an £80,000 Mercedes C63S. More photos after the cut.

Photos: Man swallowed by python in Indonesia identified as 25-year-old father of two

The man swallowed whole by a 23-foot python in Indonesia earlier this week has been identified as Akbar Bin Ramil Salubriong. Akbar, 25, was trying to harvest palm oil so he could provide for his wife and two children when the python swallowed him, the Tribune Timur reports.

Akbar’s death went viral on Wednesday, after footage of villagers slicing open the cold-blooded killer emerged online.

Joseph Yobo and Adaeze Igwe-Yobo celebrate their son as he turns two years old

Former Nigerian professional footballer, Joseph Yobo, and his former beauty queen wife, Adaeze Yobo, celebrated their second son as he turned 2 years old. They held a private celebration for the cute little tot, Jayden, who was born in the morning of the 31st of March 2015 in Istanbul, Turkey. More photos after the cut...