Rihanna On The Cover Of Elle UK Magazine

Elle UK have unveiled the two Rihanna covers for the April issue of their magazine. The shoot was done in Paris by Mariano Vivanco and has RiRi showing off pieces from her spring/summer 2013 collection for River Island.

Exclusive photos: Shade Okoya gets Chieftancy Title

Shade Okoya, the youngest wife of billionaire business man, Chief Rasaq Okoya, added another feather to her numerouse titles last week tuesday19th february 2013 in Abeokuta during the 75th birthday of HRM Oba Adedapo Tejuoso.

The title of Ajisewa of Oke-Ona Egba land was confered on her by HRM Oba Adedapo Tejuoso.

Two killed as gunmen attack foreigners’ housing in Taraba

KANO – Gunmen have stormed a residence in central Nigeria that housed foreign workers, killing two police guards in an attack a company source said Thursday was a failed kidnapping.

Police in Taraba state confirmed the raid in the village of Tella at the site owned by the Triacta engineering firm, but declined to provide details, including whether the three Lebanese engineers working there were the target.

But an official from Triacta, who requested anonymity, told AFP that “based on what has been happening (recently in Nigeria) we have every reason to believe that our expatriates were the target.”

“It was a clear case of a failed kidnap,” he added.

“Last night, there were shootings around the house where the expatriate construction workers are living,” said resident Yonana Dauda. “Two policemen guarding the house were shot dead.”

The company official and other residents confirmed those details, adding that the Lebanese engineers ran when the gunfire broke out and escaped the incident unharmed.

Police spokesman Amos Olaoye said only that there “there was an incident in Tella last night… details are sketchy.”

On February 16 gunmen raided a construction site in northern Bauchi state. abducting seven foreigners.

The attack was claimed by Islamist group Ansaru, seen as an offshoot of Boko Haram, a more prominent group of Islamist extremists that have killed hundreds in Nigeria since 2009.

Separately, seven members of a French family, including four children, were abducted near the Nigerian border in Cameroon on February 19.

In a video posted on YouTube, the kidnappers claimed to be members of the Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram, but their affiliation remains unclear.

Taraba has a long, porous border with Cameroon, but the targeted village, where Triacta has a bridge project, is deep inside Nigerian territory.

Kidnappings have for years been common in Nigeria’s oil-rich south, with the abducted foreigners often released following a ransom payment.

Such incidents in the north and centre of the country were once considered rare, but a recent spate of attacks has raised concerns of changing tactics among the Islamist and criminal groups operating in the region.

Taraba lies in Nigeria’s middle belt region dividing the mainly Muslim north and predominately Christian south of Africa’s most populous nation. The region is regularly hit by outbreaks of violence between Christian and Muslim ethnic groups.

Sectarian riots sparked over a disagreement about a football pitch left at least one dead over the weekend.

SOURCE: Vanguard Nigeria

Zuma horrified at death of man dragged by police van

JOHANNESBURG – South African President Jacob Zuma on Thursday condemned the “horrific” death of a Mozambican taxi driver who was filmed being dragged by a police van through the streets.

Video footage taken by a bystander shows 27-year-old Mido Macia tussling with half a dozen police officers before being handcuffed to the back of a police van and dragged to the local police station near Johannesburg.

He later died in custody, according to investigators.

“The visuals of the incident are horrific, disturbing and unacceptable,” Zuma said in a statement. “No human being should be treated in that manner.”

Zuma ordered the police minister to probe the case, which has sparked widespread outrage and once again shone a negative light on South Africa’s police force, already pilloried for the shooting deaths of 34 miners last August and for the recent handling of the Oscar Pistorius case. (AFP)

Chris Brown And Rihanna Planning Summer Wedding?

According to Star magazine, Chris Brown and Rihanna are planning to wed at the end of July.
From Star Magazine:
"Chris Brown and Rihanna are planning the wildest nuptials in showbiz
history. The want tattoo artists, fire breathers and near naked waitstaff,” says a source.
“They’re even talking about having pre-rolled joints at the reception!” The wedding, which is rumored to be happening in Barbados at the end of July, will be all about swagger, bling and sin,” says the source.
“They want to celebrate their relationship with people who believe Chris has changed.”