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Rihanna has dished out some dating tips in an interview with British Vogue. The Barbados-born American singer says people in relationships have to be content with their partners the way they are. She said most people are interested in the idea of what their partners could become, and not in the present state they met them. “I get a lot of boy-advice questions,” Rihanna said in the new issue of the fashion magazine. The ‘Wild Thoughts’ singer went on to explain how people eventually get “mad disappointed” when reality fails to match up to their expectation. “I think a lot of people meet people and then they’re dating the idea of what the person could become, and that person never shows up and then they’re just mad disappointed,” the singer said. “A person can always get better, they can always get worse, but you’ve got to be fine with what you met them as.” The 30-year-old singer is reported to be curr...

Kebbi State House of Assembly has said it will not confirm the appointment of the State Acting Chief Judge, Justice Asabe Karatu, over alleged falsification of her primary school certificate. The refusal to confirm her appointment followed a motion by the Majority Leader, Alhaji Bello Yakubu, representing Birnin Kebbi South, during plenary on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the motion was seconded by Alhaji Hamza Bello (Danko/Wasagu West) and was unanimously supported by the lawmakers. The Speaker, Alhaji Abdulmumeen Kamba, said the House would not clear any nominee with falsified certificates. “This honorable house will not clear any nominee who comes before it with `altered’ credentials. “It is now for the government to decide on who to send as a nominee to the house,” Kamba said. The Acting Chief Judge was appointed by Gov. Atiku Bagudu on Oct. 30, 2017 following the retirement of Justice Bala.

Serena Williams is usually the one who inflicts heavy defeats on others, but the former world No.1's first-round match against Johanna Konta in the Silicon Valley Classic turned out to be the worst defeat of her career. The 23-time Grand Slam champion lost 6-1 6-0, making it the first time since the start of her professional career in 1995 that she’s failed to win at least 2 games in a match. Williams, who only returned to the tour from maternity leave earlier this year, served seven double faults and made 25 unforced errors in, according to the WTA, the most one-sided loss of her career.   According to CNN , Serena, speaking after the match, said: "I think she played well in the second set and I think I wasn’t sharp at all in the first set and she got confident and she clearly ran away with it." Johanna, British No.1 and ranked 48th in the world, acknowledged that Serena wasn’t playing at her best level, saying: "I tried to put aside the incre...

Alicia keys and Swizz beatz are celebrating their 8th wedding anniversary with beautiful messages on social media. The 15-time Grammy-winning singer and songwriter real name Alicia Augello Cook tied the knot with music producer and rapper whose real name is Kasseem Dean, in 2010 and the pair have two sons, Egypt Daoud Ibarr, seven and three-year-old Genesis Ali.  Alicia Keys took to  social media  to celebrate her husband with emotional post and photos. She wrote: "Cheers to 8 year my love!!!! WOW! US! This LOVE!!! So amazing!! So infinite! So powerful! So electric!! It’s been the best 8 years of my LIFE!! I can only imagine the greatness the future holds!! Thank you for showing me what life is, what love is, what dreams are 🌟 🌟 🌟 in infinite and endless awe and love!!!" Swizz Beatz on his own part celebrated with a series of posts and a throw back photo to their first wedding anniversary with the caption: "This was our 1st...

United States of America has condemned the violence and impunity in Plateau State and other parts of the country, calling on the law enforcement agencies to arrest and prosecute those behind the acts. The Charge d’Affaires, U.S. Embassy in Nigeria, David Young, made the condemnation yesterday at a three-day peace and security conference with the theme ‘A Resurgence of Violence in Plateau State: Forging a Multi-Stakeholder Partnership for Peace and Security’ in Jos, the state capital. Young also denounced the violence in the Middle Belt, adding that the destruction of innocent souls was not acceptable anywhere. “We, the people of faith, are saying we submit ourselves to God, but some people don’t submit themselves to God. They submit themselves to hate; they don’t live by the word of God. We must condemn those behind these terrible acts; they must be caught and prosecuted. We must break the cycle of impunity that breeds violence and leads to attac...

A man who has spent his whole life around dogs was forced to have all four of his limbs amputated after he likely contracted an infection from dog saliva. According to Fox 6 Now, 48-year-old Greg Manteufel ended up in the emergency room with what he thought was the flu. “It hit him with a vengeance,” Dawn Manteufel, his wife, told the station. “Just bruising all over him. Looked like somebody beat him up with a baseball bat.” However, after doctors conducted several tests, they discovered Manteufel had actually picked up a infection from the bacteria capnocytophaga, which is commonly found in dog and cat saliva. One study published in the National Institutes of Health found the bacteria present in 69 percent of dogs and 54 percent of cats. Doctors believe he most likely contracted the bacteria by a lick from his own dog. “This type of bacteria comes from the saliva of dogs. This infection in his blood triggered a very severe response on his body,...

  Nigerian ambassador to South Africa, Ahmed Ibeto, has reportedly resigned his appointment and defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC)  to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). According to Punch, Ibeto has submitted his letter of resignation at the ministry of external affairs in Abuja. Ibeto, who was deputy governor of Niger state for eight years during ex- governor Babangida Aliyu's tenure,  was said to have arrived Nigeria from Pretoria on Sunday, to commence preparations for the 2019 election. The newspaper quoted sources as saying he would formalise his return to the PDP at Ibeto, his village, and then join the governorship race in Niger immediately. The former ambassador was a member of the PDP until the primary election of the party in November 2014, where he lost the governorship ticket to Umar Nasko, former chief of staff to Babangida Aliyu. He resigned his membership of the PDP along with thousands of his supporters after com...

Madonna has spoken about her decision to move her family from America to Lisbon, Portugal for the first time in a new World Exclusive interview for Vogue Italia. The 59-year-old posed for a series of shots for photographer Mert & Marcus as did her daily chores and portrayed her in the company of her four children. She said: 'My son David, who is going to be 13 on September 24, has wanted to play soccer professionally for years. 'I’ve been desperate to get him into the best academies with the best coaches, but the level of football in America is much lower than the rest of the world. 'I saw his frustration, and I also felt it was a good time. I felt like we needed a change, and I wanted to get out of America for a minute – as you know, this is not America’s finest hour. Madonna, who turns 60 on August 16, has been living in Lisbon for the past year with four of her six children – David Banda, 12, Mercy James, 12, and the twins Stella and Esther, 5. ...

The 49 years old Hollywood star seems to be aging backward The Booty singer will be performing live at the show and is up for two VMAs herself. The award, which has gone to icons like David Bowie, Madonna and Kanye West will be going to the singer who has, according to Billboard sold over 80 million records. The Booty singer will be performing live at the show in August 20 where she is also nominated for two awards for her single “Dinero.    

Gay Couple Told To Leave Alaska Airlines Flight So Straight Couple Could Sit Together A gay man has accused Alaska Airlines of giving a straight couple A gay man has accused Alaska Airlines of giving a straight couple “preferential treatment” during a Sunday flight from New York to Los Angeles.  David Cooley, the founder of famous LA gay bar the Abbey, published a post on Facebook on Sunday afternoon saying an Alaska Airlines flight attendant asked his partner to move so a straight couple could sit together. According to Cooley, he and his partner were sitting in premium seats and the flight attendant asked his partner to give up his seat and sit in coach.  Cooley said he explained to the flight attendant that his travel companion was his romantic partner and that they would like to sit together.   “He was given a choice to either give up the premium seat and move to coach or get off the plane,” Cooley wrote of his partner. “We could not ...

It's been six days since Demi Lovato suffered an overdose. TMZ reported that the 25-year-old singer is still under care at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles due to her being "very, very sick."  Sources say that she's suffering from extreme nausea, a high fever and other complications related to her overdose.  While it still hasn't been confirmed what drugs Lovato took prior to her overdose, paramedics who were on the scene reportedly had to revive her with Narcan; which is an antidote to an opioid overdose.  Even though Lovato survived the overdose, the complications from it could cause permanent damage. According to DrugAbuse.org, the most significant risk of an overdose is a lack of oxygen to the brain, called hypoxic brain damage. Without oxygen, the brain can become permanently damaged very quickly.  The extensiveness of the brain damage depends on how long the brain was without adequate amounts of oxygen. Even ju...