MOST PIRATED TV-SHOW OF 2015 -GAME OF THRONES

For the fourth year in a row Game of Thrones has taken the crown for the most pirated TV-show on the Internet. The Walking Dead is firmly in second place, followed by The Big Bang Theory.

Game of Thrones has the honour of becoming the most downloaded TV-show for the fourth year in a row.

With an estimated 14.4 million downloads via BitTorrent, the 2015 season finale has beaten the competition by a landslide.

More than half of the downloads occurred in the first week after the show aired and the total exceeds the number of traditional viewers in the US. The Walking Dead and Big Bang Theory complete the top three with an estimated 6.9 and 4.4 million downloads respectively.

Nigerian Student Killed In Cyprus, Allegedly By Other Nigerians

According to reports from other Nigerian students in Cyrus, Ebinabo Mendeinyo (pictured left) was allegedly stabbed to death by other Nigerians in Cyrus on Dec. 26th at his student apartment. The initial story was that he jumped from the 6th floor of his apartment building out of fear when the boys came to confront him, but the Cyprus police have ruled that out after they found stab wounds on his body.

Jerry Udumioh, aka MC Jerry, a popular comedian and event host (pictured right in handcuffs) was the first person the police arrested in connection with the murder according to a LIB source.

China Passes Its First Law Against Domestic Violence

In a landmark decision, China’s Parliament on Monday adopted the country’s first law against domestic violence, bringing traditionally silent abuse victims, including couples who are in live-in relationship, under legal protection.The new law, passed by the Chinese national legislature, prohibits any form of domestic violence, including psychological abuse.

“The country prohibits any form of domestic violence,” reads the new law, which formally defines domestic violence and streamlines the process for obtaining restraining orders – measures long advocated by anti-domestic abuse groups, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.The legislation was approved at the end of a week-long bimonthly session of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee.

According to the new bill, victims and those in immediate danger can file for a personal protection order that the court must grant or deny within 72 hours. In urgent cases, decisions must be made within 24 hours. Once the order is granted, courts may prohibit the abuser from harassing, stalking or contacting the applicant and his or her close relatives, order the abuser to move out of the home, or adopt various other measures to protect the applicant.

Statistics Show Ighalo Is Better Than Aguero, Costa, Vardy

Statistics and figures of the current English Premiership show that Odion Ighalo is better this year than Man City’s Aguero, Diego Costa of Chelsea and Leicester’s Vardy, reports soccernet.com.

The Super Eagles’ star scored a brace at the weekend against Liverpool, taking his goal tally this season to 12 in just 17 matches. The 26 year-old has not looked back since scoring against Everton on his debut on 8 August 2015.

The Lagos-born Watford striker has taken the premier League by storm. After five years on loan at different clubs in Spain and Italy, the 6ft 2in tall forward as found a stable home in England and is already a terror to the League’s best defenders.

Miss Universe Mishap: Miss Colombia Mistakenly Crowned As Winner

The host of the Miss Universe has apologised after mistakenly naming the wrong woman as winner, leaving Miss Colombia empty-handed.

After the error, Ariadna Gutierrez was instead declared runner-up and surrendered her crown to Miss Philippines, Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach.

#MissUniverse2015 became Twitter's biggest trend of the night as social media users expressed their disbelief.

Ms Wurtzbach has since told reporters that she wishes Ms Gutierrez well.

"I'm very sorry, I did not take the crown away from her and I wish her well in whatever she wants to pursue after this pageant," she said.

Ms Gutierrez also addressed fans in a backstage video that has been shared on the pageant's official page.

She said: "Everything happens for a reason so I'm happy for all that I did."

At the end of the night in Las Vegas, Ms Gutierrez was named first runner-up followed by Olivia Jordan from the United States.

Brunei Bans Christmas Celebrations, Imposes 5-Year Jail

Oil-rich Brunei has banned public celebrations of Christmas for fear of Muslims being led astray, its officials announced today.

In a country that last year controversially instituted tough Islamic sharia penalties - such as the severing of limbs - a ban relating to all Christmas references was issued following the holiday on December 25.

The tough restriction was put in place after children and adults were seen wearing clothes 'that resemble Santa Claus' - thereby promoting a religion other than Islam.

In April, Brunei was condemned after announcing the introduction of a penal code that will eventually include penalties such as the severing of limbs and death by stoning.

The tiny state on the island of Borneo is ruled by Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and relies on oil and gas exports for its prosperity.

Trump Is Worse Than Voldermort, Says JK Rowling

British author JK Rowling has described Donald Trump as worse than the best known villain in Harry Porter stories, Voldermort, after the Republican presidential candidate called for a “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.”

“How horrible. Voldemort was nowhere near as bad,” Rowling tweeted along with a BBC report on Trump’s call to ban Muslims.

Rowling, who created Voldermort as the main arch-enemy of Harry Porter in her fantasy novel series, definitely thinks Trump would not be a good president considering that the Dark Lord is thought of as better being than him.

FURY STRIPPED OF IBF BELT

British heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury has been stripped of one his world titles less than two weeks after winning it, the BBC reported on Wednesday.

Fury beat Wladimir Klitschko on points on Nov 28, taking the Ukrainian’s WBA, IBF, IBO and WBO belts.

The Briton was then obliged to fight the International Boxing Federation’s mandatory challenger Vyacheslav Glazkov, but Fury has instead chosen to face Klitschko in a rematch, the BBC reported.

“It’s true he’s been stripped of his IBF belt,” the BBC quoted IBF championships chairman Lindsey Tucker as saying.

Olamide Clinches Award Ahead Of Yemi Alade, Cassper Nyovest And Others

The 10th edition of The Future Awards Africa (TFAA), was concluded last night being 6th December, 2015 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Victoria Island, with several musical top shots in attendance. YBNL boss Olamide, was however the biggest winner as he beat other top notch African artist to clinch The Future Awards Africa Prize in Entertainment. Olamide who was not present at the event was duely represented as they explained that the YBNL boss was unavoidably absent. It would interest you to know that, the Shakitibobo singer beat the likes of Nigeria’s Johnny crooner Yemi Alade, Tanzania’s Vanessa Mdee, South Africa’s Cassper Nyovest and Uganda’s Anne Kansiime to clinch the award.

Nicki Minaj’s Brother Arrested On Child Rape Charges

Nicki Minaj is in the news today but not from anything she has done, but rather what her brother Jelani Maraj did. Her 37-year old brother has been arrested for the rape of a 12 year old.  According to a report from Newsday, Maraj “was arraigned Thursday on first-degree rape and first-degree course of sexual conduct against a child, according to online court and jail records.” His sister Nicki has made references to him in a couple of songs before, the notable being in “All Things Go”, where she said “And I know Jelani will always love me and I’ll always love him / And I’m just his little sister, not Nicki Minaj when I’m around him.”

Olamide Steals DBanj’s Music Ideas – Deevee

This would come as a shocking surprise to music lovers as DBanj‘s music producer Deevee, has accused Bobo singer Olamide for stealing majority of their ideas anytime he comes to visit them. Deevee made this shocking revelation via his twitter page as he made serious allegations against the YBNL crooner, Olamide. Deevee also asked his boss DBanj, to forgive his actions but had to reveal this to the public.

KIM KARDASHIAN & KANYE WEST IT'S A BOY! Baby #2

 

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have baby #2 -- she gave birth to a boy early Saturday morning ... about 3 weeks before the due date.

They announced the birth on Kim's website saying, "Mother and son are doing well."

The due date was Christmas day, but as we told you ... Kim just had a feeling he was coming early. She posted a selfie when her contractions started last night, saying ... "Ready whenever you are. LOL"

What Are The World's Safest Airlines? (With Pictures)

                                         

(CNN)Aviation website AirlineRatings.com has just released its annual list of the world's 10 safest airlines.

Once again, Australian airline Qantas grabs the top spot.

"Qantas continues to lead the industry with safety innovations and its fleet is now the youngest -- 7.9 years -- it has been since the airline was privatized in 1995," AirlineRatings.com editor Geoffrey Thomas tells CNN.

He says the airline is an industry benchmark for best practice and has taken the lead in virtually every major advancement in airline safety over the past 60 years.

Rounding out the rest of the top 10 in alphabetical order are: Air New Zealand, British Airways, Cathay Pacific Airways, Emirates, Etihad Airways, EVA Air, Finnair, Lufthansa and Singapore Airlines.