Former NFL star Darren Sharper sentenced to 20 years in jail for drugging & raping two women

Former NFL player Darren Sharper has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for drugging and raping multiple women in Los Angeles. Darren Sharper appeared in a LA courtroom on Tuesday, where a judge sentenced him to prison.

Sharper pleaded no contest to charges in California of rape by use of drugs and furnishing a controlled substance.

Drake and Rihanna avoid each other in Abu Dhabi

Rihanna and Drake have gone their separate ways because according to TMZ, Drake wouldn't stop seeing other women. The two who ended their summer fling in October are said to have avoided each other in Abu Dhabi 

From The Mirror

Despite the fact that both superstars were in Abu Dhabi at the same time to celebrate the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, they failed to perform together all but confirming that their on/off romance is officially done.

Rihanna was headlining the after race concert at the du Arena and was expected to bring out her frequent collaborator, Drake, to make a cameo appearance, as they have done several times over the past few months. A source told Mirror Online: "Rihanna was an hour late to the stage and didn't impress us too much. It was like she didn't want to be here. We were so gutted she didn't bring out Drake especially as he was already in the country. It just doesn't make sense that they wouldn't duet together."

NCC suspends planned hike in data tariff

Authorities of the Nigerian Communications Commission NCC has suspended its plan to increase data tariff on all telecommunication networks with effect from tomorrow December 1st. A statement by the commission says the suspension is to allow for further consultation by all stakeholders.

There has been a public outright since the commission announced plans to direct telecommunication networks to increase their data tariff

Update on Isah Hamman, man whose kidneys were removed by a doctor in Adamawa who thought they were tumors

Months after Isah Hamman's kidneys were removed by a quack doctor in Adamawa state who thought they were tumors, a total stranger came forward and offered to donate one of his kidneys to Hamman. The recent development is that the compatibility test between their kidneys turned out negative. Mustapha Atiku Ribadu who has been following his case gave an update. Read after the cut

Photos of solemn Brazillian players who didn't travel with the rest in the ill-fated plane crash in Colombia

These are photos of the Brazilian players who didn't travel with the rest of the team that crashed in Colombia. The players were due to play today.

Father pleads guilty to sexually abusing and killing his 10-week-old daughter

A monstrous 24-year-old Maryland father, Robert Davidson, pleaded guilty to sexually abusing and killing his 10-week-old daughter last year. Davidson appeared in court on Monday to answer the charges of sex abuse of a minor and first-degree child abuse resulting in death in connection to the June 2015 slaying of his daughter, Aleah Thompson. 

The baby girl's mother, 22-year-old Lorena Thompson, pleaded guilty to neglect of a minor in July and was sentenced to five years of probation.

Prosecutors said that Thompson had seen bruises on her daughter's body and suspected that her boyfriend had been physically abusing Aleah but did not do anything to protect the infant or alert the authorities.

Plane Crash: Football World Rallies Around Brazilian Team

The football world has rallied around a Brazilian club which lost most of its players in a plane crash in Colombia.

Only six of the 77 people on board the charter plane, carrying members of the Chapecoense team, survived the crash.

The team were flying to what was billed as the biggest match in their history - the final of the Copa Sudamericana.

Their opponents, Colombian team Atletico Nacional, have offered to concede the game to ensure Chapecoense are declared the champions.