New Year celebrations marked across the world

Revellers across the world gather to celebrate the start of 2015, as fireworks explode over Sydney, Dubai and London.

Moscow's Red Square was lit up by fireworks as the clock hit midnight [Reuters]

Revellers across the world are celebrating the New Year, with people coverging on Sydney's iconic Opera House, the skyscrapers of Dubai and New York's Times Square.
More than 1.5 million people crowded along the shores of the the Australian city's harbour to watch the vivid eruption of light over the Harbour Bridge and Opera House.
The pyrotechnics display cost more than $6m and consisted of around 11,000 shells, 100,000 individual effects and 25,000 shooting comets, organisers said.

Tragic Suicide Note by Transgender Teen goes Viral

Recently, Amber Rose praised Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie for raising a trans kid. The power couple’s daughter recently dressed like her brothers for a movie premiere.
Leelah Alcorn, a 17 year old American transgender teen’s suicide note has gone viral.
Leelah was born Joshua Alcorn but later realized he identified himself as a girl. After speaking to his parents about it, it was negatively received by them.
On Sunday, Leelah walked four miles from her home and stepped in front of a tractor-trailer where she was killed.
Before this, she posted a suicide note on Tumblr.
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The Power Editors! Watch Adesuwa Onyenokwe and Ruth Osime on ‘Late Night with Nike Oshinowo’

 

Ring in the New Year with Nike Oshinowo as she interviews editors Adesuwa Onyenokwe, Founder and Editor-in-Chief, TW Magazine and Ruth Osime, Editor, This Day Style.

For budding fashionistas, you get to learn about Onyenokwe and Osime’s journeys and this episode also discussed everything from media to fashion in Nigeria, to what women want, issues that they face and everything in between.

In house DJ, DJ Spinall also has a special surprise on this episode that you don’t want to miss this!

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Tiwa and Teebillz are expecting their first child!

Amazing news! Tiwa and Teebillz are expecting their first child together. Tiwa posted the pics above on her instagram and wrote "2015....Just the 3 of US...❤️ #AllGloryToGod". Big big congrats to them

Eduok shuns Eagles

Dolphins striker Emem Eduok, who is close to joining Tunisian club Esperance, and late re­placement Igudia God­win are the only call-ups yet to join the Super Eagles training camp in Abuja.
Godwin replaced Erhun Obanor, who is with the U23 national side.
All the other invited players made it to the Bolton White Apartment Hotel of the team on Tues­day evening and Wednes­day morning.

Mikel nominated for EPL award

Mikel Obi will battle Swansea striker Wilfried Bony, Sadio Mane of Southamp­ton, as well as Alex Song from West Ham for the best African performer in the EPL for the month of December.
Giving details, New Af­rican Soccer’s Awards Di­rector and CEO, Tunde Ad­elakun stated that the choice was a difficult one, given the busy schedule of games in the EPL in December.
“We had varying and diverse opinions from our followers, and this is under­standable,” he said, “given the many matches that were played in December and the involvement of a high num­ber of Africans.”

Enyimba places $1.2 million on Udoh

Nigeria Profes­sional Football League vice-champions Enyimba have placed $1.2 million price tag on Super Ea­gles invitee Mfon Udoh.
Several teams in North Africa and Europe are in­terested in the attacker’s signature, having put himself in the shop win­dow during the 2014 sea­son.
Having netted 23 goals, he earned his place in the history books as the high­est goalscorer in a single season.