Photos: Rwanda to participate in Miss World Pageant for the first time in history

For the first time in history, Rwanda is set to participate in Miss World Beauty Pageant. The country will be represented at the international beauty pageant by Miss Rwanda, Jolly Mutesi.

The 19-year-old beauty queen was crowned Miss Rwanda 2016 on February 27. She will participate in the 66th edition of Miss World scheduled for December 2016, in the United States.

"This is an excellent platform to further improve the country's image outside the country because most people out there have absolutely no idea about the progress Rwanda has made in the recent years," Dieudonne Kagame Ishimwe, the CEO of Rwanda Inspiration Back Up Ltd, a local company that organised Miss Rwanda beauty pageant.

Shocking footage shows youths hurling racial abuse at a man on a tram in Manchester

Shocking video which emerged on Tuesday morning shows three apparently drunk youths shouting hurling racial abuse and shouting at a man to "Get back to Africa' on a tram in Manchester.

According to Manchester Evening News, the man, who spoke with a foreign accent had asked the young men to stop using bad language as they were frightening other passengers.

The youths responded by hurling abuses at the man, telling his to "get back to Africa," Get off the tram now. Bro, I 'll waste you. I 'll waste anyone and Dont chat sh*t when you are not even from England, you little f***king immigrant"

The man, whose nationality was not mentioned, asked how old the youth is, "18,19? I 've been here longer than you".

The youths at one point flick the drink at the man, splashing him and several passengers. They were later chased off the tram, with passengers yelling at them, "You're a disgrace to England".

A woman who was on the tram, who wished to remain anonymous, said: "When I was there I knew it was going to get serious. This kind of incident is really happening. It needs to be noticed we don’t want these kind of incidents happening. The three men got off the tram at Market Street and it stopped there.The women on the tram started crying. It was really horrible. When I was walking back to my work I was crying all the way. I couldn’t control myself. I was feeling sad, I now feel scared coming to work. They were three boys, they weren’t very old. I am scared of travelling on my own, I feel scared for my children that it is not safe, I will not take them on the tram."

Chief Inspector Gareth Parkin of Greater Manchester Police City said: "This is a disgusting display of abuse which quite frankly has no place in society. All hate incidents are treated with the utmost severity and this behaviour will not be tolerated in Greater Manchester."

Photos:Toke Makinwa slays for Glam Africa magazine

Toke Makinwa is featured on the cover of the Summer 2016 edition of Glam Africa Magazin,the Power edition. The magazine speaks to Toke about her recent challenges and how she overcame them to maintain her crown as Nigeria’s top social media personality. 

Apple opens talks to acquire Tidal of Jay Z

Apple is allegedly in talks to acquire Tidal, a streaming-music service run by rapper and business mogul Jay Z. Buying Tidal would give Apple Music one less competitor in the streaming music space.
According to The Wall Street Journal, the news came after various reports that Tidal has been shopping for potential buyers, including holding talks last year with Napster, the company formally called Rhapsody. According to unnamed sources, Apple is exploring the idea of bringing on Tidal to bolster its Apple Music service because of Tidal’s strong ties to popular artists such as Kanye West, Rihanna and Madonna.

Terms of the potential deal aren’t known.

Jay-Z bought the service in March 2015 for $56 million from Swedish company Aspiro. He launched the service under the brand Tidal a month later. He has given 19 famous artists and bands small stakes in Tidal and promised each millions of dollars worth of marketing, according to people familiar with the matter.

A Tidal spokesman said Tidal executives had not held talks with Apple.

Spotify still remains the largest service with 30 million subscribers.

Tidal, meanwhile, doubled its subscriber base in the last six months, from 1 million to just over 3 million, according to CEO Jeff Toig, largely on the strength of its artist exclusives with the likes of West and Beyonce

An Apple spokesman declined to comment. Tidal representatives have also kept mum about the supposedly on going talks.

Source: The Wall Street Journal.

Almost there! Blac Chyna puts her growing baby bump on display

Rob Kardashian's fiancée and Mother-of-one, Blac Chyna shared a video of her growing Kardashian baby bump via Snapchat with her 3 year old son caressing her tummy...

Huddah Monroe Opens Up About Her Boyfriend Who Is An Athlete Living In UK

No old sponsors! Huddah Monroe has finally settled on a sportsman as her boyfriend!

Huddah Monroe’s trips abroad have always been deemed as sponsor funded mission. But things are not as they seem.

Huddah doesn’t necessarily fly abroad to see sponsors, the socialite has finally found her prince charming who’s young and energetic.

Actually Huddah has settled for an athlete as a boyfriend. She’s dating a footballer playing in English Premier League.

Speaking on Kiss FM, Huddah revealed her boyfriend was a footballer who plays for a big club in EPL, but she said he wasn’t Wanyama.

“I have a boyfriend, he’s playing soccer” Huddah disclosed.

Watch the interview below:

Concern as higher banking fees come into effect today

Commercial banks have announced an increase in transaction fees of 18 per cent effective today.

Stakeholders say the increase threatens to reverse gains made in financial inclusion in the country.

Banks have announced that fees charged on services such as withdrawals would increase following the government’s decision to impose 18 per cent value added tax (VAT) on the charges.

The government is targeting the billions of shillings banks have been earning in transaction fees, but, as expected, the additional cost has simply been passed on to customers.

This, in turn, would increase the tax burden on low income earners, making banking a costly undertaking, according to stakeholders.

Records show that the five biggest banks raked in Sh58 billion in fees and commissions in the first three months of this year, making the earnings a significant part of their profits.

The government has also introduced a 10 per cent excise duty tax on mobile money transfers, leaving people with no viable alternatives.  Previously, only mobile withdrawals were charged.

Mobile money helped to bring the majority of the unbanked population into the financial network, thus increasing financial inclusion to 40 per cent from 17 per cent in 2011, according to the Bank of Tanzania (BoT).

Transaction fees are charged on various banking services such as the depositing or withdrawal of cash, balance inquiry, ATM use, ATM card issuance and the transfer of money among banks or to mobile platforms.

The charges usually range from Sh250 to Sh20,000, or slightly more, depending on the type of services and bank policies.

The Internet has identified the stylish Grand-pa whose photos went viral

Given the nickname 'Mr. Steal Your Grandma' when his photos went viral, he has now been identified. Irvin Randle is a grey haired educator based in Houston, Texas. Oh and his Facebook profile has no relationship status. Lol. See more photos 

Amazing! Jose Mourinho shares photos of his family

Coach of Man U Jose Mourinho last nightshared a photo of his family on his Instagram page showing his wife Matilde Faria and their two children Matilde Mourinho and Jose Mario Mourinho Jr. Cute family. See Another photo;

Huddah Monroe Reveals Why She Would Never Work With Wahu

Nameless and Wahu are Kenyan sweethearts loved by all...well almost all as Miss Huddah Monroe is just not feeling the showbiz power couple due to the 'madharau' they did to her back in the day.

During an interview with Kiss TV’s Jeff Mote and Chipukeezy, Huddah revealed that Wahu used to look down upon her when she started out in the industry as a dancer.

“So many celebrities in Kenya looked up down upon me, sana sana Nameless and Wahu. Kwanza Wahu sana sana.” Huddah said as she divulged how Wahu rejected her as a dancer an called her 'unqualified' .

If Wahu approached her for a video, Huddah says that she would never accept it , since things have changed and the Huddah they knew back then is not the Huddah the know now.

A Throw Back, Millard Ayo has put on display the Room where he lived before being popular

Famous Tanzanian blogger, Millard Ayo has shared his TBT. On his Instagram account, Millard Ayo has put down his short story about his past and concerning a pic he shared, he has explained about where he lived since 2005 to 2008 at that place the pic was taken.

See what he wrote;

Kenyan Star Marjolein Blokland Unleashes Her Boyfriend

Before we knew her as a Nairobi Diaries star, Marjolein Blokland started off as a fashion and catwalk model for Bellami Africa.

She later branched off to the fitness industry where she specializes in Muaythai, Pole Dance for Fitness, Resistance Training and High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT).

During a recent episode on Nairobi Diaries, Marjolein showed up with one Edmund Mujumba, the Co-Founder of 254 Ultimate Fitness & Group Fitness Instructor.

Who also turns out to be her boyfriend. Check the cute couple out:

Meet the woman with 8 foot hips making a fortune flaunting her curves online

A 35-stone woman with hips measuring a whopping 8ft wide is raking in a fortune from an adoring legion of online fans.

Bobbi-Jo Westley ,43, from Pennsylvania, is known in the Super Size Big Beautiful Women modelling community for extreme figure.

And her hips and bum have made her a hit with men around the world – with fans splashing out on steamy webcam sessions.

She said: “I’m very confident and it’s my body so if I want to show the world me naked or in bra and panties that’s what I choose to do.

“I’m famous for my hips and for my butt. It’s the first thing that people notice.”

Bobbi got into modelling three years ago after being approached online.

The mother-of-five had always been slightly bigger but then began to pile weight around her hips and butt after each of her pregnancies and with the development of an under-active thyroid.

Now Bobbi makes $2,000 a month from her webcam sessions and modelling work under her stage-name - the Ultimate Pear.

She receives 40-50 Facebook messages a day from men requesting explicit pictures and webcam sessions - which can last from anything from a few minutes to an hour.

Bobbi said: “People often think it is fake and that I have had surgeries. But I’m definitely 100 per cent real. There is nothing fake about these curves.

“I get 40-50 messages a day from men asking if they can marry me or have a baby with me. They really like my confidence.

“I’ve had men who I never thought would want me but have tried to pull me.

“They come from all over the world - the UK, Australia, India, Unites States - it’s hard to keep 

She said: “Some people mock me and my size but I don’t pay any attention to negativity.

“Most people hate people because they have taken their low self esteem. So they have to make fun of somebody else to take it off them.

“I don’t care what others think about me or what others say about me. I am confident in my skin - it’s who I am.

“My hips and my butt is what makes me.”

Despite her defiance, Bobbi admits her weight does cause her some problems.

She said: “I do think about it - obviously it’s not healthy for me to have this body frame. But I just take it one day at a time and I live life.

“It scares me sometimes because I do have asthma and when I walk, I do gasp for air. I am still able to walk – it just takes longer than the average person.”

Daily Mirror 

Corazon Kwamboka Sheds Her Shady Ways To Become Motivational Speaker To High School Girls

Corazon Kwamboka the learned socialite has been cutting quite a different niche from her world touring counterparts.

As the others are busy globetrotting, she has been more or less grounded in the capital busy with her fashion store. Occasionally she has engaged in the rare venture like penning an article in a leading daily commenting on a legal subject. Now she seems to have been bit by the motivation bug. She is currently doing rounds motivating young girls in secondary.

She started in Highway High School and will now be heading to her alumnus according to her posts. You may wonder who dares invite her but if there is anything we have learnt with the current high school youths is they have their own role models.

You can ask Matiangi and the MPs who did a harambee at a school only for it to be burnt moments after they left. Here is Corazon celebrating her new ‘job’.

I was requested by Highway High school to give these beautiful young women some words of encouragement ahead of their forthcoming mock exams( which is a mirror of KCSE) as the A student that I am. Tomorrow I head to my former high school Lwak Girls' High School for the Golden Jubilee! I love my town Kisumu

Photos: Michelle Obama,her mother and daughters struggle with the wind as they arrive Spain

Michelle Obama, her two daughters Sasha and Malia, and her mother Marian Shields Robinson touched down in Spain on June 29, 2016. They were spotted struggling with the strong wind as they descended their aircraft. 

'Prezzo Wants Me Despite Being Engaged.'Pendo Reveals

About a weekend ago, Michelle Yola, Prezzo’s fiancé plastered clotheless photos of Pendo all over her Instagram at the same time taking shots at her. Further fuelling their ongoing feud which involved verbal abuse and two physical fights during the last season of ‘Nairobi Diaries’.

Adelle Onyango called up Pendo to get the tea on the ongoing feud and find out what where it brewed from.

Speaking to Kiss 100, Pendo said “I have seen the photos on Instagram that were posted over the weekend. It was not even one photo; they were like 5 of them. It’s so sad that someone has the time to put my photos all over her Instagram, I would never put any picture of anyone over my Instagram.” Pendo said.

She then revealed that Michelle’s posts have been free marketing as her Instagram page is growing in leaps and bounds.

Pendo

So what is the cause of this beef? Adelle asked.

“Beef ni juu ya Prezzo. Mimi sijui Prezzo anataka aje na mimi. I’m actually lost” Pendo said before giggling.

"Is Prezzo hitting on you?" Adelle asked to which Pendio reveled with "Kind Of.

  Listento the convo below