CHECK OUT 27-YEAR-OLD BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER OF VENESSA WILLIAMS....COVERS ESSENCE MAGAZINE WITH HER MUM (PHOTOS)

Good genes definitely run in this family.

The stunning Vanessa Williams and her equally gorgeous daughter Jillian Hervey cover the January 2017 issue of Essence magazine together, making one picture-perfect mother-daughter duo.
Hervey is the actress' 27-year-old offspring with ex-husband Ramon Hervey II. She's also one half of the soul band Lion Babe.

The two sport matching pink dresses on the cover, with Jillian showing some skin with some sexy cutouts as her wild mane fills the frame.
"I never saw myself as always having that hair. Ever. That wasn't the plan," the musician told the mag about her fierce curls. "That was the label. They were like, 'You need the hair, you need the hair, you need the hair!'"

"My hair was supposed to represent this freedom, and then it almost became a trap. You can't even see my face sometimes because the wig is so big," she added.

Williams, 53, also opens up to the publication about her some of her career setbacks, which include infamously losing her Miss America crown in 1983.
"You have to go through the fire," she said. "Avoiding the pain is why most people never resolve it. You have to dig deep, sit in it and ugly-cry. Pretending it's not there and keeping busy are a way of avoiding it."

As for her key to a successful career, Williams adds, "When they yell, 'Cameras ready!' I am the first one there. The director and producer notice. I take whatever I'm doing seriously."
According to Essence, the "Ugly Betty" alum was quite the proud mama on set during the photo shoot, snapping photos with her phone as Jillian posed for her solo shots.
The new issue of Essence hits newsstands Friday
 

Source: TMZ

WE ARE COMING TO PERFORM OUR DUTIES... "IF YOU COOPERATE, WE WILL NOT KILL" - ROBBERS WRITE LAGOS RESIDENTS

 

Some suspected armed robbers have written some Lagos residents,  telling them to prepare to pay them for Christmas on a date not mentioned.

Residents of Joseph Harrison Estate in the Yaba area of Lagos State got the letter on Wednesday, notifying them of the impending attack on them.

 

The News Agency of Nigeria gathered that the letter was placed on the vehicle of one of the residents and was discovered when he was about to wash his car.

“We are coming this week to collect our dues and to visit tenants and landlords of Joseph Harrison Street. If you like, go and bring police or soldiers; we are coming to perform our duties.

“If you cooperate, we will not kill, but if you fail to cooperate, blood will flow,” the letter read.

NAN noted on Thursday that sterner security measures had been put in place to protect lives and property on the estate.

 

The Chairman of the dommunity development association of the area, Mr. Bolanle  Akinyemi, said the estate had enjoyed some peace for long, as it was protected by guards and the police from the Sabo Police Post.

 

“We are also mindful of the slum that surrounds us and we have been conscious of suspected criminals.

“No one has received such  a letter before, but there was a case in 2013 when a company in the estate was robbed,” he said.

 

The chairman said they had reported the threat to the Sabo Police Division and more guards had been engaged on the estate.

Concerned residents urged the Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, to increase police presence on the estate.

BLAC CHYNA DISPLAYS HER HUGE CLEAVAGE IN NEW PHOTOS

Mother of two and Rob Kardashian's fiancé, reality star, Blac Chyna shared huge cleavage in new photoshoot shared on her social media page. More pics below:

ONE MILLION BOYS STORMS COMMUNITY, CUTS OFF VICTIM'S HAND IN IBADAN

• Aerial view of Ibadan Photo: Alchetron.com

Some hooligans, popularly called One million boys, on Tuesday invaded the Kudeti area of Ibadan, attacking youths in the area.

It was gathered that they also cut off the hand of one of their victims.

A resident of the area, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told PUNCH Metro that the hooligans invaded the area because youths in the communities refused to join the group after several attempts to woo them.

 

“More than 300 One million boys stormed the community with weapons, including guns. They shot at youths in the area. They also attacked them with knives and cutlasses. A victim, Sikiru Muftau, also known as Alase, had the lower part of one of his hands severed completely and they made away with the part.

 

“There was commotion in the communities and people fled the area for fear of further attack. I am also moving out because the police refused to come throughout the attack that lasted for more than five hours,” he said.

Our correspondent learned that relatives of the victim had been calling on the suspected hooligans to return the severed part of the hand.

 

Another resident, however, said Muftau was a factional leader of the group, adding that the fight was between two rival factions.

When contacted, the Oyo State Police Public Relations Officer, Adekunle Ajisebutu, said the command was aware of the incident, adding that the severed hand had been returned.

 

“We are aware of the visit of some hooligans to the community and we are investigating the attack.

“I have the information that the hand has been returned. The truth is that no official complaint was lodged at any of the command’s police stations until on Wednesday morning. We have yet to apprehend any of the attackers. However,  investigation is ongoing,” he said.

HOW I GOT ENGAGED TO DELE GIWA JUST THREE WEEKS AFTER WE MET- FLORENCE ITA-GIWA

                                                      

A former presidential special adviser, Senator Florence Ita-Giwa, on Wednesday disclosed that she fell in love and married Dele Giwa because of his Press Snaps column.

Dele Giwa, a former the Editor-in-Chief of Newswatch magazine, was killed by a letter bomb on October 19, 1986.

 

Ita-Giwa, who spoke on a radio programme (Hit FM) in Calabar on Wednesday, explained that she became interested in the journalistic write-ups as a result of the works of her mother, Beatrice Bassey-Ita and the likes of Peter Enahoro and Sam Amuka.

 

She said that she got married to Dele Giwa just barely three weeks after their first contact as a result of his intellectual prowess.

 

The former presidential adviser, who was responding to a question on her relationship with Dele Giwa, said that she followed him to his house on request on the first day that they met to know how he wrote his column.

 

She said, “I became attracted to journalism because of my mother and the likes of Peter Enahoro, Sam Amuka and others. My mother worked for the West African Pilot and later The Guardian before she joined Sketch where she retired.

 

“I stumbled into Dele Giwa because I liked his column. I did marry him eventually not because he was handsome, but what he had upstairs. When I met him coincidentally, I just told him that I had been reading his columns which I found entertaining and intellectually challenging.

“On that particular day, he looked at his time and said he was going home to write his column, he requested that follow him to his house to see how he prepared the column, I agreed. We drove from Surulere to Ikeja because I was curious.

“When we got to his house, he went to his study and brought out one old typewriter and sat on the table with a glass of water and cognac and started typing straight from his head without looking at any material.

 

“He did this up till about 3am the next morning, I was so amazed. I called my mum that early morning through his telephone (landline) to inform her that I was with Dele Giwa and that he was typing his column from his head.

 

“From that day, we never parted until we got engaged three weeks after. He was a beautiful and intellectually rich human being that had so much in his head. He was very fearless. He was a prolific writer and I was always scared for his life.”

PHOTOS FROM THE ONE YEAR CORONATION ANNIVERSARY OF OONI OF IFE

 

The Ooni of Ife on Wednesday celebrated his first year on the throne. Some of the guest at the coronation anniversary were former president Olusegun Obasanjo, Professor Wole Soyinka, and  others. More photos below: 

BLAC CHYNA TO TRADEMARK HER NAME TO BLAC KARDASHIAN......SEEMS THE KARDASHIAN SISTERS ARE NOT HAPPY WITH IT

                                                                                

There's some drama going on involving the Kardashians and Blac Chyna!

This past May, Rob Kardashian's fiancée filed an application to trademark the name Angela Renée Kardashian, which will become her name when she marries Rob.

But it appears that Kim Kadashian, Kloe Kardashian and  Kourtney Kardashian's companies aren't OK with this because just last week attorneys for their companies, Kimsaprincess Inc., Khloemoney Inc. and 2Die4Kourt filed papers to formally oppose Chyna's trademark registration.

Seems the Kardashians are in a feud with Chyna.

A family source tells E! News, "Their trademark attorneys automatically oppose anyone trying to trademark 'Kardashian.' I doubt the girls were even aware."

                                                                                       
 Yesterday news broke that Chyna was looking to TRADEMARK her new name Angela Renee Kardashian – so that she can begin marketing products under her new “Kardashian” name.
Well MediaTakeOut.com learned that Angela Kardashian isn’t the only name she’s looking to trademark. According to a person CLOSE to Chyna, Rob’s wife is also interested in marketing products under the name “Blac Katrdashian”.

Blac Kardashian – we like the ring to it. We’re pretty sure that the Kardashian sisters are gonna try and block her from doing that too.

PICTURES: AISHA BUHARI, DOLAPO OSINBAJO AT THE FLAG OFF OF 'NIGERIAN WOMEN AGAINST CORRUPTION PROJECT' HELD IN ABUJA

                                                                                     

President Buhari's wife, Aisha Buhari in collaboration with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, December 7th,  flagged off the Nigerian Women Against Corruption, WAC, project, at the International Conference Center, ICC, Abuja.
The project is aimed at engaging women across the country in a nationwide sustainable fight against corruption.

According to the Acting Chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu,

"The choice of women is strategic, because we believe that they are torch-bearers in the anti-corruption crusade, and it is because of the important role they play in making the society a better place," He further added that:

"The WAC project is aimed at galvanizing Nigerian women to buy into the corruption fight and also to raise the consciousness of the consequences of corruption in the minds of their households.

TV PRESENTER STEPHANIE COKER AND DANIEL ADERINOKUN'S PRE-WEDDING PHOTOS

 

The TV presenter and Daniel Aderinokun had their introduction ceremony earlier in November 2016, after Daniel had proposed in August.

Stephanie Coker and Daniel Aderinokun are bosses in this photo from their pre-wedding shoot
The stunning pre-wedding pictures appeared on her Instagram accompanied by the apt caption; "Boss x Boss = Empire"

The couple indeed looked like kingpins, striking a pose in their suits, seated on a black power ride which had its light shining into camera.

                                                                                         

Congrats to them.