Chimamanda Adichie's 'Half of a Yellow Sun' is chosen favourite novel from the last 10 years of the Women's Prize for Fiction

BBC Woman's Hour announced today that Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's 'Half of a Yellow Sun' has been chosen as the best of the best book written by a woman in the last decade.

'She had no vanity': Brad Pitt praises Angelina Jolie's in new interview

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Pitt on set of their interview

Brad Pitt praises his wife Angelina Jolie's courage in a new joint interview. The husband and wife appeared on the Today Show on Monday, where they discussed the actress' decision to undergo preventative double mastectomy in 2013, and the surgery to remove her ovaries earlier this year. 'There was no vanity to my wife's approach,' the 51-year-old said. 'It was mature.'

Photos: UNILAG honors Osinbajo, Ambode, Obiano

The management of the University of Lagos, yesterday honored some of its eminent alumni including Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Lagos and Anambra state governors Akinwunmi Ambode and Willie Obiano at the University. The men were recognized for their leadership qualities. More photos after the cut...

Photos of GEJ visit to Aso Rock Yesterday

Former President Goodluck Jonathan had a closed door meeting with President Buhari at the state house today November 2nd. Another photo after the cut....

Incredible story of 19th century socialite who was kept prisoner for 25 years by her mother for wanting to marry the wrong man

Blanche Monnier was just like every other 25-year-old in 1876 France, trying to settle down before she ran out of time. She met and fell in love with an older broke lawyer who her aristocratic mother didn't approve of. One day Blanche vanished without a trace, her mother and brother went through the motions, mourned for her and carried on with life.

Iara Oshiomole at the Medicaid cancer awareness white concert

Iara Oshiomole, joined other women including the Kebbi state first lady Zainab Bagudu, Ebonyi state first lady Racheal Umahi, and actress Toyin Aimakhu at the medicaid cancer awareness white concert which held yesterday. See more photos after the cut...

Egypt plane crash: first bodies arrive home as investigators say Airbus broke up in air

Family members have provided DNA to help identify 144 of the victims flown home to St Petersburg on Monday

Photo shows Remains of Russian victims being evacuated

The bodies of 144 of the people killed when a Russian airliner crashed in Egypt’s Sinai desert have begun arriving back home in Saint Petersburg as Russian officials confirmed the aircraft broke up in the air. The crash killed all 224 people onboard after disaster struck at high altitude, prompting aviation experts to speculate that a sudden mechanical failure or a midair explosion could have been to blame.  

Soldier in suicide bomber Halloween outfit triggers security alert at US base

Checkpoint at North Carolina’s Fort Bragg base was scoured for explosives after unidentified soldier tried to enter dressed as a suicide bomber

A soldier who tried to enter North Carolina’s Fort Bragg US Army base dressed as a suicide bomber for Halloween prompted a security alert including a search for explosives, military media said on Sunday.