Nicki Minaj sued for $30m over wigs

Nicki Minaj is well known for her flamboyant hairpieces

A former hair stylist for Nicki Minaj is suing the star for $30m (£18m), accusing her of selling wigs based on his designs without permission.

Terrence Davidson began working for the rapper in 2010, creating multiple wigs for high-profile events and her Super Bass music video.
Mr Davidson claims he had previously discussed a joint business venture with Minaj to launch a line of wigs.
Representatives for Minaj have yet to comment on the legal action.
Mr Davidson says the star is now copying his wig designs and selling them online.
According to legal papers filed in Atlanta, the hair stylist says he also turned down a contract for a reality TV show on the advice of one of Minaj's representatives, with the promise of creating his own reality show with the star about being a celebrity wig stylist.
But after months passed in 2012, he claims the rapper and her team "took active steps to isolate [him] and preclude him from the notoriety he deserved for his wig designs".
Mr Davidson - whose celebrity clients also include singers Patti LaBelle and Jennifer Hudson - stopped working as Minaj's stylist in early 2013, citing creative differences.
Christopher Chestnut, a lawyer for the hair stylist, said his client's wigs "significantly contributed" to Minaj's notoriety and helped her rise to fame.
He said the star "took a number of his popular wig designs, without his consent, and used them to start her own wig line", resulting in at least $30m in losses.
"Her lawyers may complicate it, but we don't need to get into intellectual-property law. "This is basic American morality. Nicki Minaj lied to this man and cheated him," he said.

Militants attack Nigerian school and 'shoot students'

Boko Harum have been accused of numerous attacks in northern Nigeria including one earlier this month in Borno state

Islamic militants from the Boko Haram group in north-eastern Nigeria have attacked a school and shot some students, the military has said.

Dozens of pupils are reported to have been killed. Police told Reuters that all the dead were boys and that some of the bodies "were burned to ashes".
The attack took place in troubled Yobe state, the military said.
Residents of the town of Buni Yadi said the attackers struck at night, slitting the throats of some students.
They said that others were shot.
The military has confirmed that an attack took place on "student hostels" but says it cannot yet give further details.

"Details are still sketchy due to lack of telephone access, and it is still not clear how many students were affected in the attack", Yobe military spokesman Lazarus Eli told the AFP news agency.
"Our men are down there in pursuit of the killers," he said.
Boko Haram, whose name means "Western education is sinful" in the northern Hausa language, has frequently attacked schools in the past.
Scores of people were killed in two attacks last week. In one incident militants destroyed a whole village and shot terrified residents as they tried to escape.
The failure of the army to destroy the militants has fuelled anger in the north-east, correspondents say.
Thousands of people have been killed since 2009, when Boko Haram launched its campaign to install Islamic law.
The latest offensive ordered by President Goodluck Jonathan in May has been blamed for triggering reprisals by militants against civilians.
Addressing a news conference on Monday, the president defended the army's record, saying it had achieved some successes against Boko Haram.
He said that Nigeria was working with Cameroon to stop the militants from staging attacks in Nigeria and then escaping over the border