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High blood pressure is the most common risk factor for heart disease and death worldwide, and yet the answers to some of the most basic questions about how to manage it — when to introduce new medications, intensify treatment, or re-evaluate a patient — remain unclear. Click image to read more.

Atletico Madrid stunned their city rivals Real after thrashing them 4-0 in what must count as one of the most humiliating derby defeats in recent memory. Click image to read more.

North Korea on Tuesday served up its latest round of threats against the United States, saying it plans to place military units tasked with targeting U.S. bases under combat ready status. The Supreme Command of the North Korean military said it "will put on the highest alert all the field artillery units including strategic rocket units and long-range artillery units, which are assigned to strike bases of the U.S. imperialist aggressor troops in the U.S. mainland and on Hawaii and Guam and other operational zone in the Pacific, as well as all the enemy targets in South Korea and its vicinity." Click image to read more.

Middle school student Vidal Chastanet was simply stating his truth about the school principal who inspires him in his rough Brooklyn neighborhood. Featured in the wildly popular "Humans of New York"photo series   in January, a picture of Chastanet along with his sentiments went viral, and a subsequent fundraiser pulled in more than $1 million for his school.  Click image to read more.

A C130 military aircraft landed in Pretoria in the early hours of Friday morning containing the bodies of the remaining victims of the Nigeria tragedy. “The mortal remains of the outstanding 11 compatriots who perished on 12 September 2014 when the SCOAN [Synagogue Church of All Nations] guesthouse collapsed in Nigeria are all back,” Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe said shortly after the aircraft landed at Waterkloof Air Force Base.  Click image to read more.

  Atlanta's balance overcame Golden State's one-two backcourt punch as Jeff Teague's 23 points led seven scorers in double figures and the Hawks beat the Warriors 124-116 in a showdown between the NBA's two conference leaders. Click image for more details.

President Goodluck Jonathan has urged Nigerians to pray for the peaceful conduct of the general elections. He said this when he visited the monthly Holy Ghost Service of the Redeemed Christian Church of God at the Redemption Camp, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Friday. Click the first image to read more.

Jordan has executed by hanging an Iraqi female militant it had sought to exchange for a Jordanian pilot killed by Islamic State militants. Click image for more details

According to a report in the Daily Mail, Real Madrid winger Cristiano Ronaldo and Russian supermodel Irina Shayk have called it quits, bringing an end to their five-year relationship... Click image for more details

The concept of pre-election debates has become a component part of the practice of democracy the world over. It provides a platform for aspiring political leaders to show case themselves, their programs and their visions to the electorate… Click image to read more

Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is insanity. - Albert Einstein Try another method and you will discover a new thing.

The Murtala Muhammed Foundation (MMF), in partnership with CNBC Africa, Forbes Africa and BusinessDay, will host the presidential and vice-presidential candidates of the two frontline political parties, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to live debates to present their proposed agenda to the electorate... Click image for more details

The National Council of State meeting has ended in Abuja with members insisting that the February elections must proceed as scheduled… Click the first image for more details

The Socceroos have won their first Asian Cup title with a dramatic 2-1 extra-time win over South Korea in Sydney...  Click the first image for more details

Jordanian warplanes launched dozens of strikes against Islamic State (IS) militants after Arab nation vowed a harsh response to the burning alive of one of its fighter pilots captured in Syria… Click the first image to read more

  Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez has been ruled out of this weekend's north London derby away to Tottenham Hotspur, Gunners manager Arsene Wenger has said on Thursday…  Click image for more details

A group of white Northern Cape high school boys have videoed themselves sodomising a fellow black pupil with a broom stick, according to reports. Click image to read more…

The first women-only mosque in the United States opened its doors in Los Angeles on Friday with an inaugural jummah, or prayer, by Edina Lekovic of the Muslim Public Affairs Council. The mosque is housed in a century-old multifaith worship space near downtown. Originally built as a synagogue, Pico-Union is now the home of the nonprofit   Women’s Mosque   as well as several Jewish and Christian groups. Click the first image for more details

The forensic audit conducted by the audit firm of PriceWaterHouseCoopers on behalf of the Federal Government on the operations of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation [NNPC] has indicted the management of the national oil company for various questionable transactions… Click image for more details

Pastor E.A Adeboye The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church Of God, Enoch Adeboye, has asked pastors who ‎ received the alleged N6 billion from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to discredit the All Progressives Congress’ candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, to return t he money... Click image for more details. 

If he grabs you, just go limp and let him throw you around. If you tense up, he’ll take it as a dominance challenge.                                            Click image for more information.

An Egyptian court triggered an international uproar Monday, confirming a death sentence for 183 defendants.  Click the first image for more information

      The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group (ISIL) has published a video that purportedly shows the burning death of the captive Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kassasbeh.  Click the image for more details.

President Goodluck Jonathan has said he would perform better in his second term if elected in the February 14 presidential election. "The president said most governments do better in their last terms because they have enough time to settle down and plan" He stated this on Tuesday when he met with Kogi State traditional rulers in Lokoja, the state capital just before he led other People’s Democratic Party, PDP, faithful to the Confluence Stadium for the presidential candidate rally.

The US President has unveiled a $4 trillion budget for 2016 that will increase taxes on higher-income Americans and provide tax relief for the middle-class. Obama said  his proposal would "help working families feel more secure with paychecks that go further," in a move likely to anger his Republican rivals.

Christianne Boudreau, mother of Calgary's Damian Clairmont who died Jan. 2014 in Syria fighting with ISIS, says she's working with local authorities across the country trying to help and intervene with youth at risk of being radicalized

  President Obama unveils his blueprint for future U.S. government spending, a proposed $4 trillion federal budget for 2016. The weighty document constitutes an opening bid in a lengthy debate about America’s finances that will expose sharp divides between a Democratic president and a Republican-controlled Congress.

Chukwuma Charles Soludo Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala A former Central Bank Governor, Charles Soludo, has reacted to the criticism of his earlier article by the Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. In a lengthy, over 6000 words article, Mr. Soludo on Sunday rejected claims by Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala that he performed poorly as governor of the Central Bank. He said his performance as CBN governor was unprecedented locally as well as globally acknowledged.

Thousands of Shi'ite Muslims took to the streets across Pakistan Saturday to protest a powerful bomb blast at a mosque in Sindh province during Friday prayers, killing at least 58 people and wounding more than 50 others, some seriously.

Sultan of sokoto, Alhaji Abubakar Sa'ad Bishop David Oyedepo President of Jamatul Nasril Islam (JNI) and the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Abubakar Sa’ad has advised the founder and General Overseer of the Living Faith Church, Bishop David Oyedepo to henceforth stop heating up the polity ahead of the February 2015 elections.

Mac Maharaj South Africa will host the 25th African Union (AU) summit in Johannesburg in mid-2015, the presidency said on Sunday. President   Jacob Zuma   led the South African delegation at the summit, where Zimbabwe was elected chair of the AU for the year, presidential spokesperson   Mac Maharaj   said in a statement   Zimbabwe would have the double responsibility of leading both the continent and the sub-region as chair of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Among the issues discussed at the summit were the escalation in terrorism in parts of Africa and the AU’s co-ordinate response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.