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There is no downside to looking exactly like Rihanna – her fans approach you, freebies and some companies will even pay you thousands of Pounds to endorse their products. That is the life that Andele Lara is living. Andele says she has landed over £13, 000 worth of clothing contracts in the past year alone. There may be some downsides however as 22-year-old Andele Lara says that sometimes she gets followed by people who are convinced that she is Bajan singer, Rihanna. Continue...

                  Nigerian media personality Elizabeth Awoliyi, popularly known as Liz Yemoja, has announced that she will also be joining the political race come 2015. She made this announcement a few minutes ago on her Instagram page with a picture of her campaign poster, and she captioned ‘Whatever is good for the goose is good for the gander! After so much deliberation and plenty consultations I have decided to accept this calling and serve the great people of Lagos State! I hereby use this opportunity to announce my intention to run for The house of REPS political office. I humbly appreciate all the support and the confidence that the great people of Eti Osa have placed in me! I am READY!! TRANSFORMATION 2015! Here we go!!!’

President Barack Obama pleaded quietly for calm in Ferguson, Missouri on Monday night, speaking from the White House as rioters overtook streets in the St. Louis suburb and cable TV broadcasts showed them setting fires and attacking police cars. After members of a grand jury determined that police officer Darren Wilson will not face criminal charges related to the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown on August 9, peaceful protests spiraled out of control. Obama spoke to the nation a half-hour later. Continue...

It acted as a backing track for the second official trailer for the much anticipated Fifty Shades Of Grey film earlier this month. So it comes as no surprise that Beyonce's music video for Haunted, which was posted on her VEVO channel on Monday, became a contender for her raciest yet. The 33-year-old could be seen shaking her Bootylicious curves in little more than black underwear as she writhed around on a bed. Watch the video below! Continue...

Burial workers in the Sierra Leonean city of Kenema have dumped bodies in public in protest at non-payment of allowances for handling Ebola victims. The workers, who went on strike over the issue, left 15 bodies abandoned at the city's main hospital. One of the bodies was reportedly left by the hospital manager's office and two others by the hospital entrance. The workers have now been sacked for treating the corpses in a "very, very inhumane" way, an official said. Sierra Leone is one of the countries worst affected by this year's Ebola outbreak, with more than 1,200 deaths. Continue...

                                Two female suicide bombers have blown themselves up at a crowded market in northern Nigeria's Maiduguri city, killing at least 30 people, witnesses say. One teenage girl blew herself up first and as people gathered to help victims, the second girl detonated herself, the witnesses added. It was based in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, after its formation in 2002, but it has since been driven out of the city by the military and vigilante groups.'Bomber screamed' It now controls a large number of towns and villages in Borno, amid fears that it is preparing to launch an assault to capture Maiduguri.

Nollywood diva Ebube Nwagbo was one of the stars at the ‘Husband Shopping’ movie premiere over the weekend and a lot of people have been buzzing about her outfit. She wore a lovely pastel pink crop top and midi skirt matching set and rocked matching makeup with pink lipstick as well as pink accents on her eyes. See one more photo below!. Continue...