picture of Orlando gunman who killed 50 people after storming inside gay nightclub

Omar Mateen

This is the first picture of a gunman who killed 50 people after storming into a gay nightclub in Florida.

Omar Mateen stormed into the Pulse Club in Orlando, Florida, at about 2am local time today.

He then began shooting at the crowd, killing about 50 people and injuring 53.

Mateen was 29 and was a US citizen who lived in Port St. Lucie.

It is believed he was not on a terrorism watchlist. Police have been investigating possible links to Islamist extremism.

However, it is thought he was being investigated over an unrelated crime.

It has emerged that Twitter accounts linked to ISIS have been celebrating the attack.

Single mum murdered in her bed for an iPhone as her eight-year-old daughter slept next door

Melissa had just moved into a new home with her daughter Hannah

The luxury apartment in a leafy area of Raleigh, North Carolina, was supposed to be a fresh start for Melissa Huggins-Jones and her young daughter Hannah. Melissa, 30, was newly divorced and adjusting to life as a single mum.

She’d chosen the flat as a sanctuary to start again and was comforted knowing it was in a good part of town. But after just two weeks of living there, eight-year-old Hannah ran out onto the street barefoot and crying out, "My mum’s hurt." A concerned construction worker came to her aid, but when he walked into the flat, he was confronted with a truly savage scene.

Little Hannah had woken up to discover her mum had been stabbed and beaten to death in her bed. Just how had Melissa’s new beginning triggered her brutal end?

Covered in blood

Church-going Melissa had moved from Tennessee with Hannah in 2013 after her recent divorce.

Approximately 20 people are dead in 'domestic terror incident' at Orlando nightclub, police say

A shooting rampage at an Orlando nightclub early Sunday created left approximately 20 people dead, including a gunman, Police Chief John Mina said.

Mina said the tragedy began at 2:02 a.m. when a police officer engaged in a gun battle with a suspect outside Pulse, a gay club just south of downtown. A hostage situation then took place and a SWAT team was called in, he said. Police received updates from patrons trapped in the club.

"At about 5 a.m., a decision was made to rescue hostages," Mina said. "Exchanged gunfire with the suspect. He is dead."

Mina said 42 people were transferred to local hospitals. He estimated the death toll at 20, and said about 30 people were rescued.

"Tonight our community witnessed a horrific crime... that will have a lasting effect on our community," a solemn Mayor Buddy Dyer said.

Mina said the gunman was armed with an assault rifle and handgun. Officers from multiple agencies and dozens of emergency vehicles responded to the scene. Orange County Fire and Rescue called for gurneys to move victims from the club.

Ex Super Eagles coach, Shuaibu Amodu laid to rest

 

The technical director of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) and Former Super Eagles Chief Coach, Shuaibu Amodu, who died last night after complaining of chest pain, has been laid to rest at his home in Okpella, Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State. His family members, Secretary General of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Mohammed Sanusi, Chairman of the Edo Football Association, Frank Ilaboya and others attended his burial.

The late football coach is survived by his wife, 7 children, aged mother and other family members. May his soul rest in peace Amen. More photos after the cut...

Donald Trump's casino business in Atlantic City was a 'protracted failure'

Donald Trump's casinos in Atlantic City were not nearly as successful as the presumptive Republican nominee makes them seem in statements on the campaign trail, according to an investigation by The New York Times.

In an investigative report published on Saturday, the Times found that Trump's casinos were largely financial failures riddled with debt.

One of Trump's Atlantic City casinos, the Trump Plaza Casino and Hotel, is now shuttered, and another one, the Trump Taj Mahal, is under new ownership.

Overall, profits at Trump's Atlantic City casinos "consistently lagged," behind his competitors, according to the Times.

An iconic former Victoria's Secret supermodel just slammed Gigi Hadid and Kendall Jenner

Stephanie Seymour. Getty Images/Dimitrios Kambouris

Some people do not respect Kendall Jenner and Gigi Hadid.

Even though the two walked the runway for Victoria's Secret's iconic annual Fashion Show and have secured many high-profile deals, they aren't respected by some of the company's former models.

"They are completely different than we were," Stephanie Seymour, one of the Victoria's Secret models from its earlier days, recently told Vanity Fair. "Supermodels are sort of the thing of the past. They deserve their own title.

Homeless teenager charged with brutal murder of dance student as she walked to halls of residence

A homeless teenager has been charged with the murder of a first year student who was killed while walking back to her halls of residence.

Meechaiel Criner, 17, was arrested in April in connection with the death of Haruka Weiser, who went missing after leaving the University of Texas' drama building.

She was heading back to her dormitory but never made it. University officers found her body in a creek in the middle of the campus two days later.

The spaceship has landed: Apple's $5 billion campus is starting to look stunning

Apple

That's a picture of a nearly completed section of Apple's new "spaceship" headquarters in Cupertino, California. Apple's new HQ will feature the largest pieces of curved glass in the world. As you can tell from the photo, it's quite a stunning sight to behold.

Apple is planning to move employees to its new $5 billion campus early next year.

Popular Science recently got a tour of the still under construction campus.

FG sacks management of Niger Delta Holding Company of Nigeria

Federal Government has sacked the management of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company led by James Abiodun Olotu pictured above. The sack is contained in a statement released by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir David Lawal today June 10th. Chiedu Ugbo has been announced as the acting MD of the company. Read the statement below

England fan thrown into Marseilles harbour as football violence rages

Football fans clash in Marseille ahead of the opening game of the UEFA Euro 2016 tournament

An England fan was thrown into Marseilles harbour tonight after being surrounded by rival French supporters.

The fan, wearing an orange t-shirt, was seen lying on the floor being punched and kicked after being separated from his friends.

He was later pictured with a black eye swimming back to the shore having apparently being dumped into the water by locals.

It comes as French, Russian and English fans have been involved in a series of clashes in the French city.

Drunken England fans chanting 'ISIS, where are you?' in violent clashes with Marseille locals and police firing tear gas as Euro 2016 build-up turns bloody

French police fired tear gas last night in Marseille after violent clashes broke out between English fans and local football hooligans. 

Clashes erupted shortly after midnight in the French city's Old Port area where hundreds of travelling supporters had spent Thursday drinking. 

Local French youths are thought to have attacked England supporters who had gathered en masse outside the Queen Victoria pub, and O'Malley's, an Irish bar next door, ahead of the Three Lions first group game of Euro 2016 against Russia on Saturday.

The ultras posted messages on social media saying: 'Welcome to Marseille, England fans.' 

A group of England fans chanted: 'ISIS, where are you?'  

Marseille is a port city with a strong Islamic community and Muslims make up around a third of the population.

Two England fans have been arrested, one for assaulting a barman and the other for violent disorder.

The heartbreaking picture of an 18-year-old girl with autism celebrating her birthday alone - when NONE of her friends turned up to her party

An autistic girl was left 'crying into her birthday cake' as she celebrated her 18th birthday alone after none of her friends turned up to her party.

Hallee Sorenson from Maine, US, had invited all her friends and classmates to help celebrate her special day with bowling and ice cream cake, in July last year.

But now, almost 12 months on, a picture of the girl sitting 'heartbroken' and alone at her birthday table has gone viral, after her cousin shared the photo on Facebook in the hope that Hallee won't have to celebrate alone ever again.

Euro 2016 off to violent start as England fans clash with French youths ahead of Russia opener

Violence flared between England fans and local youths in Marseille last night ahead of the team's Euro 2016 opener against Russia.

One Three Lions supporter suffered a serious head injury after being hit across the face with a wooden chair.

Two were arrested - and there are reports of drunken England fans chanting: 'ISIS, where are you?' which led to French Police using tear gas on the crowd.

Eyewitnesses said a group of local men attacked England fans as they drank outside a bar in the city's Old Port.

The man, believed to be in his 30s, being cradled by fellow England fans on a pavement.

Riot police swarmed to the scene on a side street close to the area where fans had been mingling peacefully.

Some Three Lions followers retaliated by attacking local shopkeepers and other youths in the area.

Nude Snapchat 'drove teenager to suicide after friends filmed her naked in shower'

A teenage girl was driven to suicide after bullies shared a naked video of her on Snapchat , her family claims.

Tovanna Holton, aged 15, was left devastated after girls filmed her nude in the shower and posted the clip on the social networking app for classmates to see, her mother says.

Levon Holton-Teamer says her daughter stole her gun from her handbag before locking herself in the bathroom of their home and shooting herself .

She was found dead in a pool of blood just three hours after the alleged incident happened, the New York Post reported.

Holton-Teamer told WFLA-TV: "I couldn’t get in the bathroom.

Mother reunites with son abducted 21 years ago

A California mother, Maria Mancia, whose son was abducted in 1995 reunited with him on Thursday after 21 years.
The last time Mancia saw her son was when he was just 18 months old and only had a single photo of him.
Her son, Steve Hernandez, who is now 22 years old, was found living in Puebla, Mexico, by investigators in the San Bernardino County District Attorney's Child Abduction Unit and on Thursday morning was brought to the U.S. to meet his mother for an emotional reunion.

"Now this anguish I've carried is gone now that I have my son back," Mancia said. "I spent 21 years looking for him not knowing anything."

New Music : ADOT : BE MY @superstar_addy

Adotekom John Okodi-Iyah, also known as A.D.O.T or A.Dot, is a Civil Engineering Graduate of Covenant University. He is a registered member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) and a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP). He is the second child and first son in a family of four children (2 boys & girls). He is an indigene of Akwa Ibom state.

A.D.O.T has had a passion for music from when he was three years old when he began learning how to play musical instruments. He began writing and composing music in 2003, learning how to deliver spoken word and lyrics. This made him develop a passionate interest for the rap/hip-hop genre of music.

Terry G Writes Open Letter To DJ Jimmy Jatt & Nigerian DJs Association

News for Terry G assaulting a disc jockey during a Lagos performance hit headlines yesterday and became an instant viral sensation (READ ABOUT IT HERE).

Reportedly the DJ, who faced the wrath of Terry G was DJ Jimmy Jatt‘s protege, DJ Freeze. The incident has sparked negative critics from the music community, with Terry G  facing the heat which has prompted him to break the short silence.

The street-hop titan took to his official Instagram account to pen an open letter to DJ Jimmy Jatt & Nigerian DJs Association, Terry G’s apologetic post below!

Dad with cancer all over his body has made a complete recovery after breakthrough new drug

Mike was treated at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Centre

A dad whose cancer had spread all over his body and sprouted 26 tumours in his abdomen has made a "complete" recovery with a "breakthrough" new drug.

Mike Chettle was preparing to die after exhausting all his treatment options. after the cancer in his small intestine and colon had spread to his liver and bones.

He was in a tremendous amount of pain and no longer able to turn his neck.

In a last-ditch bid to save his life, doctors offered him the chance to take part in a clinical trial of a drug called pembrolizumab.

It is a new type of immunotherapy treatment which harnesses the body's own immune system to hunt out and attack cancer cells.

With nothing to lose, the American agreed to take part. Incredibly, within just eight weeks, his symptoms subsided, and he could move his neck again.

By the time his daughter's wedding took place a few months later, he was able to walk her down the aisle.

14 things you didn’t know about Stephen Keshi

• His full name was Stephen Okechukwu Chinedu Keshi.

2. He was born on January 23, 1962.

3. He hails from Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State.

4. He played as a defender for Super Eagles of Nigerian and several football clubs.

5. Apart from the Nigerian national team, Keshi coached the Togolese and Malian national teams.

6. He is the only coach to have taken the Togolese team to the World cup championship till date.

Fayose hails Buhari over negotiation with Niger Delta Militants

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has commended President Mohammadu Buhari for opting to negotiate with the Niger Delta Militants, especially the Niger Delta Avengers and suspending military action.

The governor, however, said there must be display of absolute sincerity from the federal government such that the militants will have trust in the process

“The President must face the reality that democracy is about negotiation and concession,” he added.

Snapchat just launched a massive redesign to get people to read more stories

Snapchat's long-awaited redesign is finally here, and it's all about putting stories front and center. 

On Tuesday, the company is changing its Discover section so that there's no difference between the publishers in its app, like Mashable or Tastemade, or the live stories that it curates from around the globe.

All stories now scroll across the top of a user's story page tiles, complete with a headline and image. The same theme carries over to inside the Discover section, where the new image tiles make it feel more like a Pinterest or Instagram clone than it's looked like in the past.

Previously, the only way to distinguish between publications was their logos. Now, it's all about the story itself — the images and headlines combined.

Doctors to begin nationwide strike on Thursday June 9th

Members of the National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria (NARD) has said that they will be going on a nationwide strike starting from Thursday June 9th. President of the association, Muhammad Askira, announced this today June 7th. According to him, they are taking the painful decision of embarking on the strike action following the failure of the federal government to meet its demands of better working condition and better remuneration.
He added that the decision to go on strike was taken at the associations ordinary general meeting in Jos from May 30th to June 5th

The 10 things you should NEVER do on a first date, if you ever want to see them again

Whether it's set to last a lifetime or just a matter of minutes, every foray into love starts somewhere - usually with a first date.

But making it past that sweat inducing, spine tingling event not only relies on chemistry, but good conversation.

So dating expert Michelle Lewis, an author of Flirting 101 and organiser of Jewish dating group JJunction, has listed the keys to preventing your date from becoming a disaster and giving you a great chance at seeing that special person again.

No, a Tesla didn't just crash itself into a wall while in autopilot

Puzant OzbagPuzant Ozbag's Tesla Model X. Oops.

A Tesla owner made a scary claim on Saturday: His Model X vehicle had suddenly accelerated into a wall by itself while parking, injuring his wife (who was driving) and narrowly missing bystanders.

"Our 5 day old Tesla X today while entering a parking stall suddenly and unexpectedly accelerated at high speed on its own climbing over 39 feet of planters and crashing into a building," the owner, Puzant Ozbag, wrote on the Tesla Motors forums. "The acceleration was uncontrollable, seemed maximum and the car only stopped because it hit the building and caused massive damage to the building."

Russian attack submarine enters the CHANNEL: Royal Navy frigate scrambles to intercept vessel as Putin tests West once more

Vladimir Putin's new Stary Oskol submarine (pictured left), which is laden with missiles and torpedos, ventured into the North Sea where it was intercepted by the anti-submarine Type 23 frigate HMS Kent (right) on Sunday. It is believed the submarine has been tracked by the HMS Kent since Sunday after it left its home port in Severmorsk, in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, and travelled down Britain's eastern coast. It is thought the submarine, which first set sail last year and is powered with a diesel-electric engine, is heading for the Black Sea to join the rest of Russia's fleet.