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Have you ever been home for the holidays and felt the crushing need to bring either a partner home or make one up so people would just stop asking when you're going to get your life together and settle down? No? Me neither. What do you mean why is my eye twitching like that? In China, the pressure for young women to show they're in a relationship is so strong that, according to the CBC, it has stimulated a whole new business: the rental boyfriend. This business is especially booming during the lunar new year, when many go home to visit their families, who they may live far away from. The concept is simple, the client pays for all tickets and lodging and in return the rental boyfriend (there isn't a better word) will act as if he and the client are in a relationship, appeasing family and saving the client from anxiety, pain, or as The CBC points out, an  emergency . The Chinese even have a phrase to describe a woman who reaches her late twenties without marrying: the

Eight persons have been killed in Benue State after an outbreak of cholera struck the the middle belt state. The Commissioner for Health and Human Services in the State, Dr Orduen Abunku, made the announcement while speaking to newsmen in Makurdi. According to him, 240 people had been diagnosed with the disease and were currently being treated. “A total of 240 cases have been reported while eight deaths have been recorded so far,” he stated. The commissioner said that efforts by the State Government to tackle the disease were yielding results. He said that the disease was gradually being checked with few cases now reported. “We are collaborating with all the relevant agencies to mitigate the spread of the disease. “The World Health Organisation, the Federal Ministry of Health and other organisations have visited the affected area to ascertain the exact situation.” “Cholera is a deadly disease that needs urgent treatment to avoid death. “There are several attempts to

INSTANICKI: NICKI MINAJ DEBUTS NEW LOOK IN... E Nicki Minaj is serving fierce and natural realness in her newly released Instagram photos. Earlier today, Her Minajesty ditched her signature wig to debut her new look to her millions of appreciative fans. “No perm. No extensions,” she captioned. Included in the photos, are a couple shots of the final styled look. The slayage is UNREAL! Stunning. Peep the photos below.             What do you think of Nicki’s new look? Post your thoughts.

A group of soldiers in the Central African Republic lynched a man they suspected was a rebel minutes after hearing the new president's promise to restore security at a ceremony to reinstate the divided country's armed forces. About 20 uniformed soldiers accused a member of the crowd of having belonged to Seleka - the mostly Muslim rebel group that seized power in a coup last March, before stabbing him repeatedly until he was dead. A soldier stamped on the lifeless body, which was then dragged nearly naked through the streets as residents looked on and took photographs. Continue... Ten minutes earlier the new interim president, Catherine Samba-Panza, stood just 20m away where she addressed a crowd of at least 1,000 soldiers. The Army effectively disappeared during nine months of Seleka rule.She told the gathering at a training ground in the capital Bangui: 'Within a month, I would like to fully secure the greater part of the country and I aim to stick to my word.'