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Child star  Zendaya  is the cover star for the August 2016 issue of  Essence magazine. For the cover shoot the 19-year old actress jetted off to Rio de Janeiro to strike a pose. Zendaya is not one to hide from voicing her thoughts and in the magazine she explains why she has made it her mission to use her voice to speak out against any and all racial injustices. She says “When I talk to people about [standing up for myself], it’s not new. It’s not something I just started doing. I Just did it in public, and more people saw it than usual.” Talking about her willingness to speak her mind Zendaya credits her patents, who both taught in the Oakland school district and made it a point to teach her respectability politics. More photos from her editorial spread after the cut...

Designer  Toju Foyeh  has a brand new bridal collection called  “Beguile” . Beguile means to charm or entice someone.

Taylor Swift is the world's highest paid celebrity of 2016 with a staggering income of $170 million in the past year. The earnings mostly came from her 1989 World Tour, in which she smashed the Rolling Stones’ North American touring record, grossing $250 million. Other income sources included promotions for Diet Coke, Keds and Apple. One Direction comes in second place with $110million, while Author James Patterson pulled in $95 million to snag the No. 3 spot. Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo and TV personality Dr. Phil round out the top five with $88 million apiece. Kevin Hart came in at No. 6 with 87.5million while Lionel Messi comes in at No. 8 with $81.5m.  See the full 2016 Forbes Richest Celeb 100 list after the cut...

Pastor Anita Ebhodaghe, ex-wife of founder of Christ Embassy Church, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome has set tongues wagging with her recent post on Soul Winning. Below is what she wrote;  "When people talk about winning souls these days, I feel absolutely concerned for the so-called souls. It looks to me like a lion on a breakfast mission, in search for his hunt; he hides behind the grass for an unwise lamb that would wander away from the herd in search of fresh grass. This will be an easy catch and good feast for the lion’s plate,"

President Buhari's children, Zahra and Yusuf Buhari, graduated from the University of Surrey, United Kingdom on July 12th.  More photos after the cut...

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘C’, Owerri has continued to beam its search light on smugglers of contraband goods in the country resulting in the seizure of a total of one hundred and sixty-nine (169) items with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of one billion, three hundred and seventy-nine million, seven hundred and seventy-two thousand, five hundred and seventeen naira (N1,379,772,517.00) and a total of three hundred and ninety-four million, eight hundred and fifteen thousand, and thirty eight naira (N 394,815,038.00) as an underpayment recovered within the period in question; forty-two (42) suspects were arrested in connection with the seizures made, while twenty-five (25) cases are now pending in court for possible prosecution of the culprits between January and June this year. This is in contrast with a total of N39,644,813.00 underpayment recovered and a DPV of N1,013,833,362.00 which the unit recorded in the year 2015. 

Actress, Mercy Aigbe Gentry celebrated her daughter's birthday, Michelle G entry  with friends and family members.  More photos after the cut....

Seyi Tinubu, one of the sons of APC chieftain, Bola Tinubu, will be marrying his fiancée Layal J. Holm in a destination wedding in Italy soon. Layal who is of Lebanese and Nigerian descent, is a consultant at an auditing firm. Congratulations to them! More photos after the cut...

Photographer and Musician  TY Bello  went on a 6-day trip to Borno State and she was opportuned to spend time with those at the IDP camps there. She shared some of their stories on Instagram and they are really,really touching Here’s how she captioned one of the the photos she shared:

Tyra Banks has sold her Beverly Hills home for $6.5m. The mansion which she initially bought for $3m has 4 bedrooms, 7 baths, a pool, a garage, a gym, plus a swimming pool with fountains for entertaining. According to TMZ she's now sold the 'monster' property after hooking up with Real Estate agent Heidi Lake.  More photos after the cut...