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Apple Inc CEO, Tim Cook, 53, revealed today October 30th that he is gay. Tim, who became CEO when he succeeded Steve Jobs on August 24th 2011, has never discussed his sexual preference in public before today but said that many of his colleagues knew he was gay. Tim, who is worth an estimated $500million, came out as gay in an editorial for Bloomberg Business Week, stating: "Let me be clear: I'm proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me"                    Tim Cook writes for Business Week Throughout my professional life, I’ve tried to maintain a basic level of privacy. I come from humble roots, and I don’t seek to draw attention to myself. Apple is already one of the most closely watched companies in the world, and I like keeping the focus on our products and the incredible things our customers achieve with them. At the same time, I believe deeply in the words of Dr. Martin Luther Kin...

New Hit Music, Banky W featuring Tiwa Savage, Shout Out (Remix). And Yes, Banky W rapped again. I can listen to it over and over again and  you guys will definitely love it.

                                 There was panic yesterday at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos as a Nigerian, who had already been cured of Ebola Virus Disease in Sierra Leone arrived aboard Royal Air Maroc. The ebola victim, Mr. Theophilus Onnakhinon, was flown from Sierra Leone by the airline while his younger brother, Mr. Chinedu Eroka was said to have absconded from the Sierra Leonean authorities. It was not however clear why Eroka absconded. A source close to the Port Health at the Lagos Airport confided in aviation reporters yesterday that the victim had already been treated of Ebola virus in Sierra Leone and cured of the disease by the health authorities of that country after some weeks in their custody. The source who doesn’t want to be named as he was not allowed to talk to the media on the issue said that the victim was assisted into the country by the Nigeria’s ...

The sister of Petroleum Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke, Osiya Agama has been rescued by police in Port Harcourt eight days after she was kidnapped. Mrs Agama was kidnapped by unknown gunmen on her way from an evening church on Tuesday October 21, at Leventis Bus-Stop along Port Harcourt-Aba Road, as she approached her car.   The police said yesterday that she has been rescued. A text message from the Rivers State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ahmad Mohammad, stated that she was rescued during a joint operation by the Police, Military And Operatives of the State Security Service. The text reads; “This is to inform you that Osiya Agama has been safely rescued during a joint operation by the Police, Military and the State Security Service. Two Suspects Were Arrested”. The text didn't say where she was rescued from. Thank God she is okay.

The inimitable DJ Xclusive smashes back with a searing-hot club banger titled Tonight. Teaming up with serial hit-makers and label-mates Banky W and Niyola, DJ Xclusive leaves no room to chance as they deliver yet another electric and energetic dance floor killer to add to his already impressive discography. Listen to the song after the cut... With “Tonight” his seventh single, Xclusive displays a relentless streak by providing another banger only a few weeks after the release of his wildly popular Jeje which featured Nigerian prince of pop, Wizkid. By showing an unbending refusal to let the party die down, Tonight places DJ Xclusive in the (e)xclusive ranks of Nigeria’s most prolific hit-makers.  Download Link:  http://bit.ly/SDXmp3

                      Guy Scott (pictured above with his wife and the Obamas) was sworn in today as the interim president of Zambia following the death of Zambian president Michael Sata yesterday Oct. 28th. This makes Mr Scott, who is of Scottish descent but born in Zambia, the first white president in Africa since apartheid. Guy Scott, 70, became vice-president of Zambia in 2011 and will serve as interim-president pending when the country holds fresh elections for a new president within 90 days. The Zambian constitution makes it impossible for Scott to be president because his parents were not born in Zambia.

 World Football governing body, FIFA today October 28th released its Ballon D'or list for the 2013/2014 season aand usual nominees Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi top the list. Only one African made the list, Yaya Toure from Ivory Coast. See the full list after the cut and tell us who think should win this year... 2014 FIFA Ballon d'Or shortlist: Gareth Bale (Wales) Karim Benzema (France) Diego Costa (Spain) Thibaut Courtois (Belgium) Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) Angel Di Maria (Argentina) Mario Gotze (Germany) Eden Hazard (Belgium) Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden) Andres Iniesta (Spain) Toni Kroos (Germany) Philipp Lahm (Germany) Javier Mascherano (Argentina) Lionel Messi (Argentina) Thomas Muller (Germany) Manuel Neuer (Germany) Neymar (Brazil) Paul Pogba (France) Sergio Ramos (Spain) Arjen Robben (Netherlands) James Rodriguez (Colombia) Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany) Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast)