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From the National Helm: Ekiti state governor Ayo Fayose got emotional as he prayed for Nigeria with Apostle Johnson Suleman of The Omega Fire Ministries World wide at his 2-day crusade in Ekiti state. The governor Ekiti State governor who foiled an attempt by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) to arrest the pastor over “inciting” comments -went down on his knees as he prayed fiercely and seriously for the country with the congregates at the event…

From Vibe via Vanity Fair: In 1955, Carolyn Bryant Donham claimed that a 14-year-old black Chicago teen named Emmett Till whistled at her, which lead to the vicious killing of Till by J.W. Milam and his half-brother Roy Bryant, who was married to Carolyn. Vanity Fair reports that when interviewed by Tyson for his book in 2007, the then-72-year-old woman, who divorced Roy and has been married twice since, told the author that Till did not make any verbal or physical advances at her. She also did not remember what else happened that night at that country store in Mississippi. Donham is…

From the BBC – Sunderland defender Papy Djilobodji will miss the next four matches after being found guilty of violent conduct. The 28-year-old had denied a Football Association charge following an incident in which his arm struck the face of West Brom’s Darren Fletcher in his side’s 2-0 defeat on Saturday. But the Senegalese was found guilty by an Independent Regulatory Commission hearing on Friday.

We’re here for the new Missy Elliott vid for her new single “I’m Better.” The trap-infused track was produced by Lamb (who’s appears in the vid), and was directed by Missy and her partner, Dave Meyers.  It has everything you would expect from a Missy project – magic, eye tricks, multiple wigs, sneakers and choreography for days.  Watch it below:

LIB is reporting that music artist, Harrysong (who had the big hit – Reggae Blues in 2015) has been arrested by the police, at the instruction of his label, Five Star Music, for breach of contract & other allegations. Sigh. Legal Blues for real.

Enrique Pena Nieto, the President of Mexico, just sent out a tweet saying: “This morning we informed the White House that I will not attend the meeting scheduled next Tuesday with POTUS.” And yesterday, he put out a video saying that Mexico wasn’t paying for any wall: Your move, Trump.

In an interview with Billboard, singer, Chrisette Michele noted: Were you able to meet President Trump? Originally I was supposed to perform directly after his first speech, and I had done that with Barack Obama before, so I was used to that kind of experience. And the woman who organized the event came and told me, “Now you’re going to go first and he’s going to go after you.” I looked her in the eye and said, “My family has disowned me. If you decide to Google me, you’ll see that America is writing about me in their newspapers. I’m the black…

From the Punch – The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, in the early hours of Wednesday, prevented the operatives of the Department of State Services from arresting the Founder of The Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, Apostle Johnson Suleiman, in Ado Ekiti. Suleiman, who is in Ekiti for a two-day crusade that began on Tuesday, was alleged to have condemned alleged attempt to Islamise Nigeria and asked members of his church in Auchi, Edo State, to resist the killings by suspected Fulani herdsmen. He was reported to have argued that the killings were targeted at decimating the Christian population. Fayose, who…

From Complex – The connection between NBA players and rappers is a special one. Since Day One. The old adage that rappers want to be ballers and ballers want to be rappers still holds true—maybe even more so today—and we don’t see that changing anytime soon. And while the rap game has its natural hierarchy, just as the NBA does, it got us thinking that it’s always fun to take the connection to the new level. So we decided it was high time to try and settle the age-old debate, or at least one we’ve had in the Complex office…

From SH: Following the handing over of evidence by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to the United Kingdom Crimes Agency, Saharareporters obtained exclusive photos of two Dubai mansions linked to former Nigerian Oil Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke. The real estate properties located in Dubai’s high brow Emirates Hills marked as J5 Emirates Hills and E146 Emirates Hills are both valued at 74million Dirham ($20 million) according real estate agents in the UAE.