Ciara and husband Russell Wilson are still celebrating their love after a romantic getaway. The married couple recently took a vacation to Fiji for their third wedding anniversary.
Now back in Los Angeles, they were spotted last night walking into Craig's for a celebratory dinner.
Ciara locked arms with her NFL hubby as they arrived at the trendy West Hollywood eatery.
The Level Up artist wore a red Oriental-printed kimono robe over a white top with fitted black pants.
Wilson kept it casual but cool in a white t-shirt under a navy blue bomber jacket with some dark denim jeans. Happy couple!
John Mikel Obi has vowed to make his last Africa Cup of Nations one to remember for Nigeria and believes his presence in the squad could be a crucial factor in their bid for success.
The midfielder, 32, concedes this will certainly be his last appearance on the continental showpiece event and possibly for his country.
"It's been an amazing ride for me in the national team," Mikel told BBC Sport.
"Thirteen years I think is enough. I've won trophies, I've had a lot of amazing time. I think it's time for these young guys to carry on.
"I'm mostly here in Egypt to support the young guys and make sure they're on the right track.
"I think my presence is always important for them, hopefully I can finish with the trophy."
Mikel has won a total of 89 caps for Nigeria, playing for them in the past two World Cups and helping the Super Eagles win the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.
He also helped Nigeria finish third at the 2006 and 2010 Nations Cups.
Everything was nice and fun with her 27-year-old ex-felon boyfriend but Wendy Williams decided to move on to somebody that can provide for her in every way she needs. When she was just trying to mess around, she opted for a younger gentleman but now that she's ready to build a meaningful connection with a man again, she found somebody closer to her age to grow with, which she revealed during her comeback talk show episode yesterday.
The famed television host has been dealing with a lot of personal drama this year, which began when her husband of over twenty years, Kevin Hunter, was revealed to have fathered a child with his mistress.
Since then, Wendy has been open about their pending divorce, spending time with her son and also seeing many men as she looks for "the one." It turns out that she may have actually found somebody to spend her days with, telling her studio audience recently that she's got a new boyfriend.
The former radio personality is dating a doctor in his fifties, and she's head-over-heels for him right now.
Hear her; "I’m not on the market anymore. I’m not in love. I don’t know how I’m doing. I’m not in love but there’s somebody that I’m crazy about," said Wendy.
"It’s not who you think. OK? Mother doesn’t deal with children, but it just so happens that I guess with my charm and wit, I attract people of all ages. 27-year-old boys, quite frankly, find me attractive.
I get it, but when it comes time for the comfort of a man, I need someone in his 50s, too, and he’s gotta work. It helps that he’s a doctor. He’s been married. His kids are in their 20s, and yes, he’s black. He’s brown-black."
Williams shared further details about her new man, saying that he's from Los Angeles and only visited New York for the first time recently to see her. Good for Wendy. Hopefully, she's able to make it work!!!
Meghan Markle is in talks with Vogue to have a regular column in both the magazine's US and UK editions focusing on her charity work, after Amal Clooney 'encouraged Duchess to promote her philanthropy projects'
Sources close to the talks say the monthly feature would be similar to the article being put together to accompany her upcoming photoshoot for the publication's September issue in the UK.
But Meghan will not appear on the cover of the magazine due to her reported desire for the story to focus on women’s empowerment instead of her.
And, in a further sign that the new mother favors media based in her native US, both the imminent photoshoot and her putative columns are slated to run in American as well as British Vogue.
The actress has shared news photos of herself showing off her massive cleavage. She however admits her man might still ask her to take it down. But for now, its still up, enjoy!
Nigerian-born Lesley Nneka Arimah has won the 20th edition of the Caine Prize for African Writing for her short story ‘Skinned’. She emerged from a shortlist of five writers, that also included another Nigerian, Tochukwu Emmanuel Okafor, who wrote ”All Our Lives”.
Others on the shortlist were Meron Hadero (Ethiopia) for ‘The Wall’, Cherrie Kandie (Kenya) for ‘Sew My Mouth’, Ngwah-Mbo Nana Nkweti (Cameroon) for ‘It Takes A Village Some Say’.
The Caine Prize for African Writing is a literature prize awarded to an African writer of a short story published in English. The prize was launched in 2000 to encourage and highlight the richness and diversity of African writing by bringing it to a wider audience internationally. The focus on the short story reflects the contemporary development of the African story-telling tradition.
A judge on Monday, July 8th, allegedly threw out a divorce suit involvingNollywood actress Lilian Esoro and music executive Ubi Franklin.
According to a report, the Judge held that the reason for their divorce is not valid since the woman involved confirmed her husband provides for their child and both have remained friends.
Lilian Esoro and Ubi Franklin got married in November 2015 in a star-studded wedding. They later welcomed a son in 2016 named Jayden. Shortly after, news of their troubled marriage hit social media before the two went their separate ways.
Ubi who has moved on recently announced the birth of a child from another woman. It is also believed he will be welcoming another child from another woman in few weeks.
No nonsense, veteran rapper Eedris Abdulkareem has slammed Apostle Suleman who condermed their efforts of marching to RCCG camp on Lagos-Ibadan expressway yesterday to meet Pastor E.A Adeboye over the current state of the nation. The protesters led by Abdulkareem are asking the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God to speak up concerning RUGA settlements and also lend a voice concerning the release of Leah Sharibu. While slamming Suleman and also aksing him why he went to the police when Otobo accused him of having steaming sex severally, Eedris wrote;
“Dear Apostle Suleiman, are you aware that Leah Sharibu has been under captivity for FIVE HUNDRED AND ONE DAYS? 501 DAYS….YES
Let me ask you why you did not pray to God when Stephanie Otobo accused you. Instead, you went to the police. Why did you speak up against her and now ask us to be silent while our people are killed daily?
“I remember Pa Adeboye praying for Buhari. Why did he not also refuse to pray for him then? What is this hypocrisy that we like to dey embrace for Nigeria?
“All I am saying is this: Keep praying but also speak up? It costs all of you nothing. The Bible says Faith without works is dead. I am not a pastor yes I know this.
“If you as a man of God cannot join me to condemn the atrocities that are currently going on. If you as a man of God cannot condemn with your mouth (I no talk say make you carry gun or make you fight). Then the God that you serve and the one that hates injustice are not the same. Na me Eedris Abdulkareem talk am! Peace and Love always”
Kourtney Kardashian's daughter Penelope Disick celebrated her seventh birthday with pals, including cousin North West at her local IHOP on Monday.
The girls were treated to a Mercedes G-Wagon stretch limo and were all excitedly seen piling out of the vehicle wearing matching pyjamas and big fluffy slippers as they headed into the low-key restaurant.
North, six, jumped out first, with her hair in two buns, wearing pink satin pyjamas and matching slippers.
An excited Penelope was seen in her light pink two-piece, worn with Louis Vuitton sliders, which may belong to her mother, following behind her also cousin as they scampered from the gigantic white ride. Happy children!
A 33-year old Nigerian, Obasanjo Adeola Owoyale who is a student of Cyprus International University has been found dead. Owoyale’s body was found in the boot of his car.
He was said to have left home on July 1st, but never returned. He was declared missing, until his car was found parked in Nicosia schools road, Northern Cyprus and his body right inside of it.
The first examination at the scene showed that Owayale had a large wound on his body.
His body has been taken to Nicosia Burhan Nalbantoglu State Hospital and the cause of his death will be made known after an autopsy is carried out. An intensive investigation has also been launched to find out who is responsible for his death. RIP!
Over the past few months, bricks of cocaine with a street value of millions have been washing up in eastern coastal provinces in the Philippines.
In the latest incident, seven suspected cocaine bricks were found floating near a beach in Quezon province on Sunday.
And in May, 39 bricks with an estimated value of more than $4m were found by fishermen.
Police have said it's possible the drugs were bound for Australia, where there's strong demand for cocaine.
But as yet there's no definitive answer as to why these tightly bound drug packets are appearing along the coast.
On Sunday, a family having a picnic by the sea in Mauban municipality in Quezon spotted seven objects floating near the shore.
They collected them and after realising what they might be, fish vendor Ruel Perez immediately called the police.
Quezon Police director Police Col Ramil Montilla told the Manila Bulletin the packages contained a white substance, were wrapped with tape and bore an energy drink logo.
The contents is still being tested, but Col Montilla said if it were found to be cocaine it would have a street value of about 35m pesos ($682,000).
Serena Williams has been fined $10,000 by the All England Club for damaging a court during practice before the Wimbledon tournament started.
Fabio Fognini was also fined $3,000. The Italian said during his third-round loss that he wished a bomb would hit Wimbledon.
Nick Kyrgios was handed two fines, one for $3,000 from the first round and another for $5,000 from the second round -- both for unsportsmanlike conduct. The Australian lost to Rafael Nadal in four sets in the second round.
Primark's founder Arthur Ryan has died at the age of 83, the company has confirmed.
Ryan opened his first shop, Penneys, in Dublin more than 50 years ago after he was given the task of creating a discount clothing store by his boss.
Just over 10 years later he opened up in Britain, calling the shop Primark to avoid a legal battle with US brand JC Penney.
Primark went on to become a household name, bringing 'cheap chic' to the UK High Street with a total of 370 stores across 12 different countries.
Ryan, often described as a workaholic, was chief executive until 2009, stepping into the chairman's seat where he remained until his death. He oversaw a huge expansion of the business, which took annual sales to £2billion a year.
The Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, on Monday paraded one Chukwuemeka Eze for allegedly killing an ex-member of the National Youth Service Corps in Imo State, Lillian Mgbanwu, after raping her.
Mba also paraded two siblings, Chinaza Nwogu and Emeka Ejike, for conniving with one Emmanuel Sunday to kidnap their 88-year-old father, Louis Njoku.
The police spokesperson said the arrest of the alleged killer of the ex-corps member was part of the success of the Operation Puff Adder launched nationwide recently by the Inspector-General of Police.
Mba said, “I am at the Imo State Police Command at the instance of the Inspector-General of Police. Here is Chukwuemeka Eze, who murdered an ex-corps member, Lillian Mgbanwu, after raping her.
“On July 7, 2019, Eze, who pretended to be insane, took an android phone to the shop of one Ahamefule Onyeka for charging. Onyeka reported the development to the police in Oru West. This suspect was arrested and he confessed that he took away the ex-corps member’s phone after raping her to death.
“This development is pathetic and worrisome, but we promise that justice will be served.
“Another pathetic development is that of two siblings, who teamed up with the would-be husband of one of them to abduct their 88-year-old father.
“Chinaza, who wants to get married to Emmanuel, teamed up with her brother, Emeka, to kidnap their father, who is an octogenarian, in what I call a triangular crime arrangement.”
According to Mba, Emmanuel wanted to use the money he would realise from the abduction of his would-be father-in-law to pay the daughter’s bride price.
Mba added, “The suspects were arrested by the operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the command on June 29 following a tip-off in connection with the kidnap of the victim.
Jeffrey Epstein, a U.S. hedge fund billionaire with links to top politicians and celebrities, was charged Monday with running a sex trafficking ring that allegedly exploited dozens of underage girls.
In an indictment, Geoffrey Berman, a federal prosecutor in New York, accused Epstein of allegedly paying the girls hundreds of dollars for nude or partially nude massages that "increasingly were sexual in nature" at his mansion on New York's Upper East Side and at his estate in Palm Beach, Florida.
The prosecutor said Epstein often paid some of the victims, some as young as 14, to recruit other underage girls that he then also abused from 2002 to 2005.
"The alleged behavior shocks the conscience," Berman said of Epstein, who was arrested over the weekend when he flew back to the U.S. from Paris on his private jet. The prosecutor said that after Epstein's arrest, investigators searched his New York home and found photos "of what appeared to be underage girls."
Despite the fact that the allegations against Epstein stem from incidents that occurred more than a decade ago, Berman said, "We want to make sure [the accusers] have their day in court by bringing these charges."
The 66-year-old Epstein faces two charges, conspiracy to commit sex trafficking and sex trafficking. If convicted, Epstein faces up to 45 years in prison, which Berman said, because of Epstein's age, amounts to a life sentence. In a court appearance, Epstein pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Epstein is a well-connected financier whose friends have included two U.S. presidents, Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, and Britain's Prince Andrew.
Still reeling over the Hijab controversy, the International School, University of Ibadan, UI, is embroiled in a new scandal.
According to a trending report, an Agricultural Science teacher of the school, Mrs J. Z Abu, was alleged to have forced a student of JSS 2c, to drink his urine. The student identified as Fayo was said to have sought permission from the teacher to go and urinate which the teacher refused about three times.
When the student could no longer hold himself, he was said to have urinated in a container in the class. When the teacher was informed by some students in the class, she ordered the student to drink the urine which he did when all his pleas fell on deaf ears.
This allegation, which is making the rounds on social media platforms, has led to outrage among parents of the school as well as the general public.
All efforts to speak with the school authorities proved abortive. However, a source revealed that the teacher has been queried and reported to the school’s Board of Governors for necessary action.
A suspected male thief who dressed up in hijab attempting to disguise and steal inside the female hostel of the Federal College of Education, Kano state, was apprehended on Sunday.
According to the security officers at the entrance of the hostel, he was intercepted when they suspected the unusual way he was walking and also feigning his voice.
He was discovered to be man after he was stripped of his clothing.
