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Amber Rose slammed with lawsuit by strip club for lying

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Coming after Amber Rose boasted about buying Ace of Diamond strip club, as she received the Vanguard Award at the All Def Movie Awards, for her “work on social justice projects like the SlutWalk" , the owners of the popular strip club have slammed her with a $1m lawsuit. Amber, who asked the audience if they knew Ace of Diamonds and replied “I bought it”, is accused by the strip club of lying that she bought them, when she's not even the club's shareholder. SKWS Enterprises- owners of the Los Angeles club, have described her comment as “unequivocally false”, and are suing for over $1m in damages.

CBN reintroduces charges on cash deposits, withdrawals

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The Central Bank of Nigeria on Thursday announced that they have reintroduced bank charges on certain categories of cash deposits and withdrawals. This came about three years after the apex bank stopped the charges. In a circular to all Deposit Money Banks posted on its website, the regulator said the decision to reintroduce the charges on cash deposits was part of the review of charges on deposits and withdrawals under the cashless policy. It said the decision was taken at the Bankers’ Committee meeting, which held in Abuja two weeks ago. The circular, signed by the Director, Banking and Payments System Department, CBN, Mr. Dipo Fatokun, stated that the committee decided that the cashless policy should be extended to the remaining 30 states of the federation. It also directed that with effect from April 1, 2017 : Banks in the states where the cashless policy was already operating, Lagos, Ogun, Anambra, Abia, Kano, Rivers and the Federal Capital Territory, would begin to impose

Oprah Winfrey says she doesn't regret not having children- 'I wouldn't have been a good mom'

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Oprah Winfrey forged a career as an incredible successful media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist. In a new interview, the 63 year old media mogul said she has no regrets over not having children with her partner of thirty years Stedman Graham, because she doesn't have the 'patience'. Rather, her famous Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls, a boarding school in South Africa which opened in 2007 and houses 172 girls, makes her feel as though she has children of her own. Oprah told Good Housekeeping magazine: It is more rewarding than I would ever have imagined. I was doing this to help them, but it has brought a light to my life that I can’t explain... 'When people were pressuring me to get married and have children, I knew I was not going to be a person that ever regretted not having them, because I feel like I am a mother to the world’s children. Love knows no boundaries. It doesn’t matter if a child came from your womb or if

Drake moves to Winnie Harlow after dating JLo?

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It seems Drake is now dating vitiligo queen, Winnie Harlow, after the pair were spotted getting cosy and dancing intimately at a London club. Drake who has been in London for a couple of shows, was partying with Winnie till 5a.m, at a private party he was hosting at Libertine nightclub. According to The Sun source; "Winnie's night started at West End club Cirque Le Soir but she quickly left the club to meet up with Drake at Libertine, which is nearby." - - - Before now,, Drake and the Canadian model have been friends, with Drake even rapping about Winnie on his track Know Yourself, but they looked particularly close on Saturday night.

Donald Trump fires his senior National Security Council adviser for disagreeing with him

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The White House has confirmed that US president Donald Trump has fired his senior US National Security Council adviser, Craig Deare. Reason - Craig dared to criticise Donald Trump administration's Latin American policies. He has been reassigned to his old job at the National Defense University, an appointed position he's held since January 2001. Sarah Sanders, a White House spokeswoman said Craig Deare was removed from his role as a senior adviser at the National Security Council's Western Hemisphere division Friday and "sent back to his original position'.

Cristiano Ronaldo to act alongside Angelina Jolie in a TV series

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Real Madrid forward, Cristiano Ronaldo has been lined up to feature in a TV drama alongside American actress and filmmaker, Angelina Jolie. Ronaldo is expected to appear in a TV drama series about Syrian refugees, “Hayat Koprusu” trying to escape war. Director of the series, Eyup Dirlik said Ronaldo will make a cameo appearance. He further added that it will feature actors and actresses from all over the world. The TV series will be released in April of this year. He said: “ The series is about the plight of a Syrian refugee family who flees the war-torn country, and what they go through .”

Kanye West begs Kim to stop plastic surgery so he can forget about his late mum

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This is coming after Kim took to her snapchat handle, to reveal that she went to a plastic surgeon to remove the stretch marks she has been battling with for some time . Here's RadarOnline full report; - - - "Kim Kardashian, is still in pursuit of plastic perfection ! After the 36-year-old beauty was spotted leaving Epione Beverly Hills, her go-to aesthetic specialist, a source close to the beauty told RadarOnline.com exclusively that her rapper hubby, Kanye West, has begged her to stop before it is too late. - - - “Kim has undergone cool sculpting because she said that she needs to look super-hot for New Year’s,” the RadarOnline source said. “Kim would totally get liposuction, but Kanye would lose it because he is very against that specific procedure for his wife especially after his mum's own went wrong in 2007”

Instagram queen dragged to police for risking her life on skyscrapper to take perfect shots

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Viki Odintcova, a Russian model, who is also popular on Instagram, was dragged to the local police, for risking her life on Dubai's Caylan tower, to take perfect shots for Instagram. The 23-year-old, who was assisted on the 1,004-foot tall Cayan Tower, by the hand of a male assistant as she leaned out to get the perfect Instagram shot, was forced to sign an undertaken of "I will never do it again". - - - She was dragged to the city's police after her photos and videos, dangling in the air went viral.

Karrueche gets restraining order on Chris Brown, says he threatened to kill her

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According to TMZ, Tran told a judge in a sworn statement that earlier this month Chris “told a few people that he was going to kill me.” She says that Chris also told them that if he can’t have her, no one can, and that he was going to “take me out” and “threatened to shoot me.” Karrueche claims that Chris has also made threats towards her friends, even going as far as throwing a drink at one of them recently. Karrueche tells the judge that there have been previous instances of abuse from Brown. According to her statement, several years ago, Chris “punched me in my stomach twice,” and “pushed me down the stairs.” - - -  The restraining order requires Chris to stay 100 yards away from Karrueche, her brother and her mom. No word on whether there are any stipulations regarding social media usage.

"It's better to be atheist than a hypocritical Catholic" – Pope Francis

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Pope Francis has delivered another criticism of some members of his own church , suggesting it was better to be an atheist than one of many Catholics who he said lead a hypocritical double life. In improvised comments in the sermon of his private morning mass in his residence, he said: “It is a scandal to say one thing and do another. That is a double life. “There are those who say, ‘I am very Catholic, I always go to mass, I belong to this and that association’,” the head of the 1.2 billion-member Roman Catholic church said, according to a Vatican Radio transcript. He said some of these people should also say “‘my life is not Christian, I don’t pay my employees proper salaries, I exploit people, I do dirty business, I launder money, [I lead] a double life’.” - - - “There are many Catholics who are like this and they cause scandal,” he said. “How many times have we all heard people say ‘if that person is a Catholic, it is better to be an atheist’.” Since his election in 2013, Fran

Angelina Jolie gets emotional as she talks about her divorce for the first time

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Angelina Jolie has opened up for the first time in public about the 'difficult' breakup of her marriage to Brad Pitt and the effect it has had on their six children. The Hollywood star is in Cambodia with the kids promoting her new film and appeared to tear up when asked about her personal life during an interview with BBC News. DailyMail reports 41 year old actress Jolie, visibly emotional, said: - - - 'I don’t want to say very much about that, except to say it was a very difficult time and we are a family, and we will always be a family. 'It was very difficult. Many people find themselves in this situation. My whole family have all been through a difficult time.' 'My focus is my children, our children,' she explained to the BBC. - - - 'We are and forever will be a family and so that is how I am coping. I am coping with finding a way through to make sure that this somehow makes us stronger and closer,' she said.