Everything You Need to Know About Game of Thrones' "Shocking" Season 5--With Scoop From the Cast!

It's been a long, cold winter as we've waited for the real winter to come...Game of Thrones' winter, that is! It's been one full year since we've journeyed to the land of Westeros for new episodes of HBO's hit fantasy drama and now, our wait is finally over, as season five premieres this Sunday.

This is the season we've all been waiting for, book enthusiasts and non-book readers alike, as the show has caught up to where George R. R. Martin's novels have stopped, and it's become a fact that this season is going to feature stories that haven't been in the books...yet. No one truly knows what's going to happen (besides Martin and the showrunners, of course), so for the first time since this show premiered, we're all in this together!

That's why E! News rounded up the cast at the Game of Thrones season five red carpet premiere in San Francisco to see what they could reveal about what's coming up this season.

The mastermind behind all of Game of Thrones, Martin, promises that there are going to be some major surprises for book readers...including the fates of some characters who everyone thinks are safe.

"Yes, there will be [surprises]," Martin tells E! News. "[Executive producers] David [Benioff] and Dan [D. B. Weiss] are bloodier than I am so no one is safe here. Even characters who are still alive in the books will die in the series. What can you do? Hold on to your seats and hope it's not your favorite character who winds up beheaded or disemboweled or poisoned."

Press play on the video below to see what Kit Harington revealed about Jon Snow's season five journey:

Benioff and Weiss can't wait for this season to premiere, because some characters will finally get to reunite.

"We've been looking forward to this season for a long time because for so long, the worlds of the show have been separate. There's the east and the west and they've never come together, and finally, this season, west meets east," Weiss says. "Without spoilers, the end of season four saw a couple of major characters sailing east. It's just so fun for us to write for these characters that we know and we love so well at this point when they start to encounter other characters that we know and we love so well that they haven't met before. That's one of the really exciting things to see for season five."

Because of the upcoming reunions and deviations from the books, Benioff is excited to see what viewers think of season five.

"It should be the most surprising season so far if we didn't screw it up, which is definitely possible," Benioff says with a laugh. "We'll find out in about two months!"

Press play on the video below to see what Emilia Clarke teased about what's coming up for Daenerys:

One of the biggest changes in season five is all thanks to Tyrion (Peter Dinklage), as he just murdered his father and escaped King's Landing with Varys (Conleth Hill).

"I killed our father, so that's definitely going to put a damper on things," Dinklage says of how his brother Jaime (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) feels about what he did. "He definitely didn't release me to do that, so that's a bit of a shocker, I'm sure."

And even though Tyrion made it out of King's Landing without getting caught, there will be major ramifications from Cersei (Lena Headey) for murdering their father.

"They want my head," Dinklage says. "I'm a wanted man. My strategy? Go far away and make new friends." (Certain dragon-motherin' new friends.)

Dinklage revealed he's happy that he got to work with new cast members this season, meaning Tyrion is about to meet some characters he's never been in scenes with before!

"It's incredible," Dinklage says. "I got to work with some new people this season that I've only met at these events and it's just lovely to share the screen with them at last."

Press play on the video below to see what Coster-Waldau had to say about Jaime's journey this season:

As for Tyrion's traveling partner Varys, Hill teased that the quiet schemer has big plans ahead of 

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Nigeria’s military helicopter crashes in Lagos

A military helicopter crashed on Friday during training in Lagos State.

The crash was to said to have occurred due to hydraulic failure.

It was learnt that the helicopter was returning to the Apron after the completion of the training when the crash happened.

The Nigerian Air Force said no casualty was recorded in the accident involving the Super Puma Helicopter.

In a statement issued in Abuja, the Director of Public Relations and Information of NAF, Air Commodore Dele Alonge, said, “A Super Puma Helicopter belonging to the Nigerian Air Force on training mission in Lagos on Friday morning suffered severe damage due to hydraulic failure while on taxi to the Hanger.

“However, the main Rotor debris caused damage to some ground equipment.”

It was learnt that the helicopter was carrying three Air Force personnel, the pilot, the co-pilot and the technician.

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu, has, however, ordered investigation into the circumstances that led to the incident.

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Justin Bieber Is a Wanted Man: Argentine Judge Orders Singer's Arrest Over Assault Claims

This probably isn't the greatest news to kick off Justin Bieber's Coachella weekend.

The singer is currently a wanted man after an Argentine judge issued an order for his arrest the second he sets foot in the country.

Judge Alberto Julio Banos ordered the "immediate detention" of Bieber and bodyguards Hugo Alcides Hesny and Terrence Reche Smalls, stemming from the 21-year-old pop star failing to answer questions about an alleged assault at a Buenos Aires nightclub in 2013, according to reports.

While in the South American country for his Believe tour, the Canadian singer was accused of sending his bodyguard to attack paparazzo Diego Pesosa outside the venue. When Justin was summoned to answer questions about the incident, he didn't show.

Bieber's rep had no comment.

Under Argentine law, the celeb would face from one month to six years in prison if convicted on a charge of causing injuries.

It's currently unclear whether or not the arrest warrant extends beyond Argentina. However, in comments to local station Telefe Noticias, Pesoa's lawyer implied that it would force Bieber to return.

"Now we just need to wait for the police to find him and bring him" to Argentina, lawyer Matias Morla reportedly said. "For us, this is a triumph against all those who said this case was a bluff and that we didn't have anything."

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Nigeria’s abducted schoolgirls: one year in captivity

Here is a timeline of significant events since the abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls from the town of Chibok in northeastern Nigeria a year ago on Tuesday.
– April 2014 –
– 14: 276 girls, aged from 12 to 17, are seized from the remote town of Chibok in Borno state, northeastern Nigeria.
Boko Haram gunmen storm the girls’ boarding school, forcing them from their dormitories onto trucks and driving them into the bush. Fifty-seven girls manage to flee.
– 29: Parents lash out at the government’s failure to rescue the girls.
– May –
– 1: Hundreds of parents, many dressed in red, protest in Chibok to demand help from the government and other countries.
– 5: Boko Haram’s leader Abubakar Shekau claims responsibility in a video statement for the mass abduction, and vows to sell the girls as slave brides.
– 7: US First Lady Michelle Obama tweets a picture of herself with a sign reading #BringBackOurGirls, joining a social media storm.
The campaign also attracts politicians, actors and other prominent public figures, such as Pakistani education activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai and CNN star anchor Christiane Amanpour.
– 9: Amnesty International claims Nigeria’s military was warned of the school attack but failed to take action due to lack of manpower. The military denies the allegation.
The UN Security Council strongly condemns the mass kidnappings which it says “may amount to crimes against humanity” under international law.
– 10: British, French and US experts provide help for the search operation. China and Israel also offer assistance.
– 12: Boko Haram releases a new video showing about 100 of the missing girls, alleging the teenagers have converted to Islam and will not be released until militants are freed in a prisoner exchange.
– 17: Nigeria and its neighbours Benin, Chad, Cameroon and Niger vow to work together to fight Boko Haram in what Cameroon President Paul Biya describes as a “declaration of war”.
– 21: The United States deploys 80 military personnel to Chad to help regional efforts to rescue the schoolgirls.
– 26: Nigeria’s highest ranking military officer, Chief of Defence Staff Alex Badeh, says they have located the missing teenagers but warns a rescue operation would put their lives at risk.
– 27: News emerges that Nigeria’s former president Olusegun Obasanjo has been in talks with Boko Haram to broker a deal to release the girls.
– June –
– 12: Representatives from Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Benin agree to strengthen joint efforts to find the schoolgirls and defeat Boko Haram.
– July –
– 18: Borno state Governor Kashim Shettima says 176 teachers have been killed and 900 schools destroyed in Borno since Boko Haram began attacking them in 2011, because they are centres of Western education
– 22: First meeting between Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and the schoolgirls’ relatives.
– September –
– 25: Nigeria’s police claim that one of the schoolgirls has been found but elders reject the claim.
– October –
– 14: Protesters mark six months since the abduction with a march on the Nigerian presidency but are blocked.
– 17: Nigeria’s chief security spokesman Mike Omeri says no deal is in place to release the girls after the presidency says a ceasefire deal has been reached with Boko Haram.
Boko Haram chief Shekau later dismisses the ceasefire claim and says all the girls have been “married off”.
– November –
– 14: Boko Haram seizes Chibok. The army recaptures it two days later.
– February 2015 –
– 8: Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai calls for global support to demand “urgent action” to release the girls, on their 300th day in captivity.
– March –
– 6: Work begins to rebuild the kidnapped girls’ school in Chibok.
– 17: Nigeria’s army chief admits there is “no news for now” about the girls’ fate, despite military successes in recapturing towns from the insurgents.

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INEC official takes two card readers away from polling unit

At Unit 023, Zone 9 at Baba-Ewe Junction, Ago-palace, under Oshodi/Isolo LCDA, two card readers failed. INEC officials arrived at the polling unit at 8.15a.m. but could not commence accreditation due to the faulty machines. One of the officials took the card readers away for repair but did not return as at 9.36a.m.
A human rights activist and election observer, Mrs Joe Okei-Odumakin, told journalists that she was satisfied with the early supply of election materials by INEC. Okei-Odumakin, the President of the Campaign for Democracy, said that she had visited 21 polling booths as at 10.30a.m.
Many enthusiastic voters turned out in large numbers in many polling centres in Lagos as early as 8.00a.m.for the governorship and House of Assembly polls on Saturday. Also INEC ad hoc staff and election materials arrived early at  many polling units contrary to what obtained  in the March 28 presidential and national assembly polls.
Security agents also reported early.   These made accreditation to begin early in many polling booths, with smart cards readers working better. In Epe, voters trooped out in large numbers as at 7.45a.m., waiting for electoral officers and materials.
They queued up in some polling units while waiting for the officers and materials. Some of the polling centres visited are Ward A3, Units 2,5, 8 and 12 and Ward A2, Units 7, 10 and 11. At Ward A5, Unit 33, where the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Candidate, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, came out for accreditation, voters turned out in large numbers.
Ambode hailed Epe residents for the impressive turnout. The governorship candidate, who was in company of his wife, Abolanle, also commended INEC for efforts toward hitch-free polls. He urged voters to be calm and vigilant. Alhaji Idris Haruna, Leader of the Hausa Community, told newsmen at the unit, “l have instructed members of the Hausa Community to come out en masse for accreditation and voting.
“We thank Allah for giving us peaceful presidential and National Assembly elections. We hope that these ones will also be peaceful.’’ At Ward 3, Unit 9 in Apapa Local Government Area, the PDP Governorship Candidate, Mr Jimi Agabaje,  was accredited at 10.30a.m.
He commended INEC for early arrival of electoral officers and election materials. Agbaje expressed satisfaction at voters’ turnout. He appealed to voters to shun violence. In Ikorodu, election materials arrived at 8.20a.m at some  polling units, and accreditation started shortly after at Polling Units 003 and 005 at Erunwen and Itamaga, respectively in Erikorodo.
As at 8.37a.m., accreditation began at Polling Units 010, 011 at Arowolo Eluku Junction, Isele 3 and Polling Units 01/007,  Isele 1,Opposite Ayangburen Palace.  At Odoguyan area of Ikorodu, INEC officials and election materials arrived at 7.30a.m. At Polling Units 012, Ojuemuren, Ward E1, accreditation commenced at 8.10 a.m.
Also, at Polling Unit 014, Oduyebo, Ward E1 and PU 015, Farm Settlement, Odoguyan, INEC officials arrived at 7.45 a.m. and 7.30 a.m. respectively. Pressmen observed that large numbers of voters, including the elderly, arrived early for accreditation.
Security operatives advised younger voters to queue up, while the elderly were provided seats and were first attended to by electoral officers. However, as at 9.05a.m, INEC officials and materials had yet to arrive at Polling Units located at the Grammar School, Ota Ona, Ireshe,  Oriwu Road, all in Ikorodu.
There was orderliness at the polling units as voters were taking numbers and forming queues, waiting for the arrival of electoral officers and materials.  Many polling units in Badagry Local Government Area of the state started accreditation of voters at 8.00a.m. as smart cards readers and other election materials arrived at about 7.45a.m.
In Units 15, 16, 17 and 20 of Ward A, there were already queues as at 8.00a.m. Card readers were functioning well. Accreditation began at 8.05a.m at the Unit 9 of Ward F with voters enthusiastic to

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