Boko Haram's Sunday attacks.

Boko Haram , the Islamic extremists attacked Maiduguri today from four fronts, but met a stiff opposition from government forces. The militants killed at least 12 people as government forces repelled the multiple attacks by the group in Maiduguri city, capital of Borno state.

About 37 other people who sustained injuries in the attacks are being treated at the State Specialist Hospital in Maiduguri

The attacks have caused panic in Borno state, particularly in Maiduguri and the surrounding communities. Major roads have been cordoned off by security operatives and residents were advised to stay indoors.

Meanwhile, in a separate attack, a suspected Boko Haram suicide bomber killed himself and eight others at the home of politician Sabo Garbu in Potiskum, in neighboring Yobe state during a PDP meeting.

Bobbi Kristina Brown Reportedly Placed on Ventilator, Drug Overdose Suspected

Bobbi Kristina Brown and her husband Nick Gordon (AFP Photo/Frazer Harrison)

Bobbi Kristina Brown, the daughter of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, was found unresponsive in a bathtub after an apparent drug overdose, a source exclusively tells ET, and has been placed on a ventilator. Her family including her father is with her at the hospital.

While the same source says this was not a suicide attempt, another person close to the family told ET earlier today that it was "no coincidence" Brown was found under circumstances similar to those of her mother's death nearly three years ago.

On Saturday morning, Roswell, Ga. police responded to a 911 call and arrived at Brown’s home at 10:25 a.m.

In a statement Officer Lisa Holland said police administered life-saving measures until she could be transported to a hospital.

"Her husband and a friend located her in a bath tub this morning and she was unresponsive. He started CPR and a police officer took over life-saving measures until an ambulance arrived. She was transported to the hospital. Please keep her and the family in your thoughts and prayers."

Brown, 21, was alive when taken to North Fulton Hospital where she has since been stabilized.

"She's still breathing; she is alive," Holland said in a press conference held later in the afternoon. The officer did not offer any additional information about Brown's state.

Local police have a search warrant and are sweeping the house for drugs as they continue their ongoing investigation.

"We are interviewing all the family members and friends that were at the house at the time," Holland also said in the same press conference. "... We don't know that if it was an accident or what this could be."

Brown's mother, Houston, died of accidental drowning on Feb. 11, 2012. The effects of heart disease and cocaine use also contributed to her death.

Bobby Brown, who was not in Atlanta at the time of the incident, immediately flew to George. A representative told ET he had no comment at this time.

The most tattooed woman in the world.

Julia Gnuse before and after her tattoos

She is in the Guinness World Records as the most tattooed woman in the world but not because she set out to achieve that feat in life. Julia Gnuse lived a pretty ordinary life until she turned thirty five, her skin changed became extra sensitive and started to scar her in a very ugly way.

After several trips to the doctors, it was eventually discovered Julia had porphyria, an incredibly uncommon skin condition that is either inherited from a parent or just spontaneously develop. One of the most uncomfortable symptoms of her condition was that her skin became ridiculously sensitive – to the point she could not go outside without her skin blistering right in front of her eyes.

Her doctors could not do much for her as the only medicine currently on the market has the side effect of making her lose her sight. Faced with the choice of complete body scarring or blindness, Julia turned to her friends for solution on how to cover up the embarrassing scarring she was getting and one of them – a plastic surgeon – suggested she tried tattooing as a way to cover up the parts of her skin she did not like.

One tattoo on her leg was what it took to get her hooked on the idea. Julia covered her entire legs with tattoos, and then moved up to her arms, stomach, and back. Now over 95% of her body is covered in tattoos – including her face – and today, she is known as The Illustrated Lady.

Her tattoos took more than five years to create, and were all created by the same artist. The tattoos cost her more than $80,000. though the tattoos do not actually protect her from the sun’s hurtful rays, however, they covered up the scarring.

The Illustrated Lady

'Thorn Birds' Author Colleen McCullough dies at 77

Colleen McCullough at home Getty Images

She was a kindred spirit, a writer but not just a writer, a successful one. she was best known for her novel The Thorn Birds, a highly popular romance novel which sold 30 million copies around the world, and has never gone out of print.

She didn't plan to be a writer, she intended to be a doctor, but while in medical school in Sydney she developed an allergy that forced her to abandon that dream. Trained as a neuroscientist, she became a researcher, which led to a job at Yale University. And it was there she wrote her first novel, Tim— followed by the book which made her famous: The Thorn Birds.

Her most famous book

Author McCollough is likely to be best remembered for her book, The Thorn Birds, though, she wrote dozens of other books, including the "Masters of Rome" series, seven novels about ancient Rome.

She even issued her own take on Pride and Prejudice, with 2008's The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet. It was not well received by Jane Austen fans. 

In recent years, her eyesight began to fail, and she suffered from debilitating arthritis — but she kept on writing. Her last book, Bittersweet, was published in 2013.


May her soul rest in peace.

Julia Roberts & Danny Moder on set

Julia Roberts and her husband Danny Moder having a time out together on the set of their upcoming film The Secret in Their Eyes. Also on the set was her co-star Chiwetel Ejiofor

The 47-year-old actress is also a super mom,when Julia isn’t working on a movie, she spends time with her three children, twins Hazel and Phinnaeus, 10, and Henry, 7.

When asked how she spends time with her kids,“Soccer, soccer, soccer, soccer,” Julia shared to Extra. “I’ve been a soccer mom for a while but it’s soccer, basketball, aerial yoga – those are things that rule our home.”

Julia Roberts at the 2015 SAG Awards     Getty Images

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will be the guests of honour at Carole Middleton's 60th birthday bash.

The young royal family

Come this weekend, Carole Middleton, the mother of Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge. will be having her 60th birthday bash with Kate and Prince William the guests of honour.

The birthday celebration which will take place this weekend at a Caribbean resort will be a tight affair as some close friends, family and her siblings were excluded from the list of invitees.

Carole Middleton

Kate Middleton and her husband Prince William have jetted to the island of Mustique with little Prince George, in readiness for her mother's milestone birthday celebration on Saturday.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge flew out last week to get an early start on the celebrations, which are set to take place at a five-star property Villa Rocina among 30 close friends and family, according to the Mail Online.

Meanwhile, it's expected to be Kate's last trip abroad she is due to give birth in April.

Shakira gives birth to a baby boy

Shakira.       (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File) 

Shakira, the Colombian pop singer gave birth to another baby boy named Sasha, her second child with partner Gerard Pique.

In a statement on her official Twitter account, the 37-year-old said Sasha Pique Mebarak was born on Thursday at 9.54pm in Barcelona.

The note said the name Sasha was of Greek and Russian descent and meant "defender of mankind" and "warrior".

The statement said mother and baby were in excellent health.

The couple with Milan, their first born. 

Shakira and 27-year-old Pique, the Barcelona defender, have been a couple for the past four years, and their first child, Milan - a boy, was born in January 2013 in Barcelona.