29-year-old Bilal Fawaz faces been deported out of the UK to Nigeria from where his parents emigrated when he was just 14, Daily Mail reports.

Fawaz, who refers to himself as Kevin, was taken to the UK by his cousin who promised his father would be arriving soon.

Fawaz said he was treated “like a slave” and ran away, and after a life involving bad gangs and getting shot once and stabbed 25 times, he became a boxer.

He has since represented the UK 6 times in boxing, he is currently ranked the 3rd best middleweight in England, and was the 2012 ABA light-middleweight champion.



The Home Office rejected his application to remain in the UK, and declared his marriage to a British citizen void.

Accordng to Daily Mail, he was arrested and taken to the Tinsley House Immigration Removal Centre in Gatwick on November 29.

Fawaz says his mother is dead and he has no idea where his father is.

He also says he’s stateless, as his parents were Lebanese immigrants to Nigeria, and did not have Nigerian citizenship themselves. He said:
I have no other family to go back to, I don’t know anyone in Nigeria or anything about it – all I know is here.


Imagine how it feels to represent a country and then to have that country turn around and put you in what feels like a prison.

Olufunke Abimbola-Akindolie has been awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, for her contribution to the diversification of the legal profession.

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According to www.financal-style, Funke is a senior lawyer and leader for the world’s largest biotech. She is currently the most senior black lawyer working within the UK pharmaceutical industry and one of the most senior globally.

A multi-award winning solicitor and diversity campaigner, she has received national and European recognition for her legal and diversity work. In 2015 alone, she won the Gender Role Model award (National Diversity Awards), Career Woman of the Year award (Women4Africa), Outstanding Woman in Professional Services award (Precious Awards) and Inspiring Member of the Year award (Inclusive Networks Awards). More recently she was awarded the 2016 Outstanding Diva and International Diva of Colour awards held in London.

Having risen to the top of her field, Funke is active in giving back and she shares how she is working to for Aspiring Solicitors from BAME communities. She was also recently admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, recognizing the positive impact and outstanding contributions that she has made to British society as a whole.

Comedian Kevin Hart and wife Eniko Parrish have welcomed their son, Kenzo Kash Hart.

Kevin Hart made this known on his twitter, early this morning.

The couple announced they were expecting a baby back in May and had the baby shower last month.

See his post:

Another woman, Aurelie Wynn, has alleged that she was raped by “Gossip Girl” actor Ed Westwick.

This is coming 2 days after actress Kristina Cohen accused him of the same thing.

Cohen had on Monday said she was raped by Westwick after she and her boyfriend visited the actor in his home.

In the new allegation, Wynn said the incident took place in July 2014, with the surrounding events similar to that of Cohen’s.

She said she had visited Westwick in the company of a friend, and they had decided to get some shut eye when the actor forced himself on her.

She had said no, she said, but the actor pushed her face down and ripped her bathing suit.

She said she had told her boyfriend at the time, Mark Salling, who recently pleaded guilty to child pornography charges.

Salling had pretended not to know who Westwick was, then had blamed Wynn and broken up with her, she said.

Wynn added that she’s coming out with the story to support Cohen’s claim, saying she believed her.

Read her full post below:

In July 2014, I went through a very similar ordeal with Ed Westwick, I was ubered by Ed to the Glendower Estates where he was renting following an invite from a girl friend of mine who was dating his roommate a cast member on Glee, we all hung out until 5am, sun was starting to rise since it was summer so we all decided to get a few hours of shut eye since we all had events and things to do the next day and there are plenty of bedrooms.


And like Kristina, I said no and he pushed me face down and was powerless under his weight.


I was wearing a one piece bathing suit that he ripped, I was in complete shock, I am also very tiny.




When it was over I got my cellphone and found that the girl that had invited me had left or got kicked out. I had terrible service in the estate without access to the wifi and had to get another friend to get me an Uber out of there while Ed was passed out. The house is so big I took a video of my experience getting out of the house since it’s literally a maze.


I told the guy I was seeing that I got raped, Mark Salling, and when he found out by who he pretended not to know him, then blamed me for it and broke it off with me. My other friends and people around me told me it was best not to say anything, to not be “that girl” and that no one would believe me and think I was just out trying to get my 10 seconds of fame.


And so I kept quiet and soon got to see and hear how prevalent sexual assault and intimidation goes on in this industry…to the point where I questioned how much I really wanted to be in entertainment as I didn’t see it getting better.


And at what cost? I’ve since moved on from acting and wanted just to reenforce Kristin Cohen’s claim as I believe them to be true. #alllivesmatter.


I am so incredibly thankful all of this is finally coming to light and that there is justice in the world.


I believe you Kristina Cohen and thank you for speaking up so eloquently and really encompassing what young female actresses have to go through at the hands of men like Ed Westwick. Without you I would not have had the strength to speak up publicly about my ordeal. #metoo

Hip-Hop mogul, Jay Z is definitely not happy with the U.S justice system right after Meek Mill was sentenced to 2-4 years in prison yesterday when a Philadelphia judge ruled that he violated his probation.

Jay-Z took to his official Facebook page decrying the sentence.



    “The sentence handed down by the Judge—against the recommendation of the Assistant District Attorney and Probation Officer—is unjust and heavy handed,” he wrote. “We will always stand by and support Meek Mill, both as he attempts to right this wrongful sentence and then in returning to his musical career.” he wrote.

American rapper Robert Rihmeek Williams popularly known as Meek Mill has been sentenced to 2-4 years in state prison by a Philadelphia judge for violating the terms of his probation.

According to the Washington Post, Common Pleas judge Genece Brinkley cited a failed drugs test and failure to comply with restrictions on his travel as reasons for his sentencing.



The sentence came as a surprise even as prosecutors recommended that he should not be punished as he has been off drugs since January and complied with most terms of his probation.

Brinkley however is reported to be fed up of Meek Mill, insisted that she has tried to help him out for a decade and he just does what he wants.

His lawyer has said the decision will be appealed.

American actor/singer Tyrese Gibson who is currently involved in a messy child custody battle with his ex-wife Norma Gibsom has revealed that his friend and co-actor Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith have helped him with $5Million dollars to help him stay “afloat“.

Tyrese had earlier revealed that he was down on his luck in a social media meltdown last week. He says that the money will help him stay up while also settling his legal fees for the child custody battle against his ex-wife.

He wrote:


When we show UP for each-other there’s nothing that can’t be done I️ repeat nothing…… My wife kept the news away from me cause I’ve been on with lawyers all day but our family and our sister Jada Pinkett Smith and my brother Will Smith just sent us 5 million dollars to help keep us afloat- You’ve guys asked me to get off and stay off the Internet now that my daughter’s legal fees will be paid. (I) will listen….. The Smiths and their whole family has always shown up for (us). The Gibson’s Uncle Will you’re an uncle for real….. And I’m saying again if you guys are out there in the Atlanta area please vote for @keishabottoms someone my daughter looks up to a LOT!!!! #ShaylaRocks.

American actor Kevin Spacey earlier today addressed allegations made by younger actor Anthony Rapp that the former sexually harassed him when he was 14 years old.

Rapp had alleged that Spacey who was then 26 had invited him over after they both performed together on Broadway and tried to have his way with him after everyone had left. He also stated that Spacey might have been under the influence of alcohol.

In his statement, Spacey admits that he has no recollection of the incident while apologizing to Rapp for whatever feelings he had bottled up all those years. He also came out as gay. He wrote:

I’m beyond horrified to hear this story. I honestly do not remember the encounter, it would have been 30 years ago. But if I did behave then as he describes, I owe him the sincerest apology for what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken behavior and I am sorry for the feelings he describes having carried with him all these years.


However, a lot of people are not impressed with Spacey’s behavior and want him off Netflix‘s hit show “House of Cards” where he has played the character Frank Underwood since the show’s premiere in 2013, for which he even earned a Golden Globe award.

See some reactions below:

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Businessman James Packer to The Australian described his relationship with pop legend Mariah Carey, as a mistake

“It was a mistake for her and a mistake for me,” he said of the relationship which ended in October 16, after 18 months, 9 of which they were engaged for.

Although he did have nice words for her, describing her as “kind, exciting and fun, very bright” and “a woman of substance,” he added that he “was at a low point in my personal life,” when he entered into a relationship with her.



He added that he was trying to be closer to his children was why he was in Los Angeles. He said:
I was attempting to build a business in North America to be closer to my kids. The travel was unsustainable. It hurts me a lot to be away from them. But I don’t want to be in LA at the moment.

Frank Ocean was on the receiving end of a lawsuit earlier in the year. The lawsuit didn’t have to do with his music but a much more personal issue. The singer got sued by his father, Calvin Cooksey, after Frank posted something on Tumblr which recalled his father’s alleged use of homophobic language when he was a child. His father later sued him in a defamation lawsuit for $14.5 million in damages which he claimed lost him “future financial opportunities in film and music.” Today, news broke that the singer has beat the case.

Frank Ocean reportedly beat a libel lawsuit Cooksey filed against him, according to Law360. The judge sided with Ocean on the case during a daylong bench trial. The judge said Cooksey failed to prove that his son defamed him in the 2016 Tumblr post where he allegedly used a homophobic slur against a transgender waitress. U.S. District Judge, Stephen V. Wilson, said the ruling wasn’t based on whether the statement was truthful but rather on Cooksey’s failure to bring the required proof to make his defamation claim. Frank’s lawyer, Keith Bremner, confirmed the ruling to Pitchfork.

“It was a super sad case” Bremner told them, “I am sorry that my client had to go through this and am glad that we could bring closure.”

The quote that Ocean was being sued over, recalled the last time he saw his father.

He said, “I was six years old when I heard my dad call our transgender waitress a faggot as he dragged me out a neighborhood diner saying we wouldn’t be served because she was dirty. That was the last afternoon I saw my father and the first time I heard that word, I think, although it wouldn’t shock me if it wasn’t.”

The statement followed the Orlando nightclub shooting in 2016 that left 50 people dead. Ocean’s response wasn’t focused on targeting his father but rather to provide context to his own experience with homophobia, even at that age.

The judge is reportedly set to deliver a full written statement on the case later this week.

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Shonda Rhimes, the creator of some our favorite TV shows; Scandal, How to Get Away to Murder and Grey’s Anatomy recently joined a league of inspiring women; Oprah Winfrey and singer Diahann Carroll, on Thursday by being the third black woman to be inducted into the TV Hall of Fame.

According to Vanity Fair, Shonda will be inducted formally at a ceremony on the 15th of November at the Academy’s Saban Media Center. Along with Shonda, the original cast of Saturday Night Live, writer and producer John Wells and comedian Joan Rivers will also be inducted.

When speaking about the latest inductees, TV Academy Chairman and CEO Hayma Washington, said:


These individuals are innovators who have shaped television and left an indelible mark on the medium and our culture. We are honored to welcome the latest group of distinguished individuals and look forward to showcasing their impacts for future generations.

Congrats Shonda!

Travis Scott’s girlfriend has reportedly dropped close to $70,000 in merchandise for their rumoured baby.  

The news comes from TMZ, who reports that Kylie Jenner, 20, has been making high-end baby purchases on accessories and clothes, with her number one go-to being online shopping as her source of retail therapy. Online shopping is a safe place for any celebrity trying to dodge paparazzi or any unwanted photographs and attention from the media.  

There has been no official news that confirms the couple are in fact having a little one, especially with no hints on either of Travis’ or Kylie’s social media pages.

In what one may refer to as a rear outing, Rihanna was spotted with her boyfriend Hassan Jameel were spotted at Park Chinois.

The couple were out on a romantic dinner sate at Park Chinois, Chinese restaurant in Mayfair in the late hours of Friday morning.

The pair turned heads after not being seen in public together for weeks.
The couple left the restaurant separately choosing not to be pictured together with Rihanna, 29, exiting out the back door at around 2am.

She then sat in her car for half hour before Hassan left out of the front door of the restaurant a 2.35am.
Rihanna wore an all black, spilling her curves into a sweater and a mini-skirt, showcasing her pins.

The billionaire kept a low profile with a baseball cap pulled lowly over his eyes. He looked casual in a T-shirt and jacket, jeans and converse in mud green.

-dailymail

We reported this week that the “Work” singer, Rihanna, was tweeting directly at Donald Trump to get his efforts in helping with the devastating Hurricane Maria that’s hit Puerto Rico.

Now the singer is back again with a reality-hitting tweet to hopefully shake the President of the United States in stepping up even more to help those in need.

Today she tweeted a reminder to Donald with a photo that depicts the state of Puerto Rico with a magazine cover that reads, “no food, no water, no power, no medical care for the dying. Puerto Rico needs more help, Mr. President!”

The 29-year-old captioned her tweet saying, “Dear @realDonaldTrumpI know you’ve probably already seen this, but I just wanted to make sure! Don’t let your people die like this.”

Hurricane Maria, a powerful Category 4 hurricane with 150 mph winds, hit Puerto Rico on Wednesday, September 20th leaving the country with no power, running water to bathe, drink or flush toilets and little to no food to go around.

Kevin Hart’s alleged sex scandal has been messy and confusing, to say the least. The partner in the alleged sex tape, Montia Sabbag, has already stated that she isn’t the one extorting Hart and is merely a victim in the midst of the scandal. While Montia Sabbag is in the middle of some newfound attention, she went to DailyMail to tell her side of the story.

In a new interview with DailyMailTV, Montia Sabbag paid a visit to give her side of the story. During the interview, she detailed what actually went on during the weekend that both her and Kevin Hart hooked up. Sabbag says that both her and Hart met on a private flight from Los Angeles to Las Vegas where the two were surrounded by mutual friends.

“I met him (Kevin) on the plane, I was with a friend and we had no idea he was gonna be there.” she said, “He was with his friends. I thought he was cute, he’s an attractive man, but I wasn’t star struck or anything like that, it was super casual, he was a gentleman, a nice guy.”


She mentions she didn’t go to see Hart but he began giving her a lot of attention. She later revealed that she was unaware of his marital status as well and the two had a natural chemistry with each other.

“I did not know he was married but I found out later, I was a little bit upset, confused about it because the way he was acting it didn’t seem like he was married.” Sabbag said.

Over the weekend they spent together, they allegedly had sex three times. However, an interesting part about the whole scandal is that many thought that Kevin was drunk during the filming of the sex tape. However, Sabbag is now claiming that the two fornicated during the day, when he was stone cold sober.

“Everybody believed that the video was the night of the nightclub and that we were only intimate once, but it was a completely different day, the second time (we had sex),”  she said, “If you really look at the tape it was during the day, it wasn’t a night thing, he (Kevin) was sober, there was obviously a connection, I’m not just someone he was with at night when he was intoxicated or something, it was more than that.” she told the publication.

After Sabbag gave her side of the story, it’s clearly a two sided coin. She’s denounced being the one behind the extortion plot but says that she has an idea of who is. While the investigation is still ongoing, she didn’t reveal much information but she speculates it was someone that was on the trip with them.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has revealed he uses an Android-powered smartphone, rather than a Windows one.
“Recently, I actually did switch to an Android phone,” he said, speaking on Fox News Sunday.

Microsoft’s own Windows-powered phones have failed to make a significant impact on the smartphone market, which is dominated by devices running Google’s Android operating system.

However, Mr Gates said he had installed lots of Microsoft apps on his phone.
When asked whether he also had an iPhone, perhaps as a secondary device, he replied: “No, no iPhone.”
He did not reveal which particular smartphone he currently uses.

Microsoft struggled to make a success of its own mobile operating system, Windows Phone.
In 2014, the software giant paid $7.2bn (£5.5bn) for Nokia’s handset business, but Windows-powered phones accounted for fewer than 1% of global smartphone sales in 2016.


Microsoft’s latest operating system, Windows 10, can power smartphones in addition to laptops, tablets and desktop computers. However, few Windows 10 smartphones have been released.

In April, Microsoft started selling a customised version of Samsung’s Galaxy 8 smartphone in its US stores.
“Microsoft’s strategy under its current chief executive Satya Nadella is to make Microsoft apps and services widely available on Android and iPhone,” said Ian Fogg, an analyst at the tech consultancy IHS Markit.
“That’s where their customers are these days.”

The “Microsoft Edition” phone comes with the firm’s apps such as Office, Outlook email and its voice assistant Cortana included.
“It used to be putting the Windows operating system on everyone’s phone was a priority, but now it’s about selling services such as Office and Outlook email,” said Mr Fogg.
“To do that, you have to make those services available on every device.”

-bbc

Game of Thrones” co-stars Kit Harington and Rose Leslie, who star as Jon Snow and Ygritte are reportedly engaged.

Harington reportedly popped the question to Leslie, who was also his love interest in the show.

The 2 have reportedly been dating for 5 years, and have told friends and family that they’re engaged.

Sources who spoke to The Sun said: They’re yet to set a date, but told friends and family last week that they’ve gotten engaged.


Kit’s known for ages he’s wanted to marry Rose but he wanted them to get a house and settle down a bit first.

The 2 moved in together back in January, and Harington reportedly felt that was the next step, so he popped the question.

Congratulations to the couple!

Chancellor Angela Merkel clinched a fourth term in Germany’s general election on Sunday, but her victory was clouded by the hard-right AfD party winning its first seats in parliament.

Merkel, who after 12 years in power held a double-digit lead for most of the campaign, scored around 33 percent of the vote with her conservative Christian Union (CDU/CSU) bloc, according to exit polls.

Its nearest rivals, the Social Democrats and their candidate Martin Schulz, came in a distant second, with about 20-21 percent.

But in a bombshell for the German establishment, the anti-Islam, anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) captured around 13 percent, making it the country’s third biggest political force.

The four-year-old party with links to the far-right French National Front and Britain’s UKIP has been shunned by Germany’s mainstream.


It is now headed for the opposition benches of the Bundestag lower house, dramatically boosting its visibility and state financing.

Alarmed by the prospect of what Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel branded “real Nazis” entering the Bundestag for the first time since World War II, the candidates had used their final days of campaigning to implore voters to reject the populists.

“This Alternative for Germany is no alternative. They are a shame for our nation,” former European Parliament chief Schulz told a rally in Berlin on Friday.

Germans elected a highly splintered parliament reflecting an electorate torn between a high degree of satisfaction with Merkel and a desire for change after more than a decade of her leadership.

Another three parties cleared the five-percent hurdle to representations: the liberal Free Democrats (around 10 percent), anti-capitalist Left and ecologist Greens (both at about nine percent).

As Merkel failed to secure a ruling majority on her own, the process of coalition building was shaping up to be a thorny, potentially months-long process.

AFP

Tanzanian singer, Diamond Platnumz, and his babymama, Zari Hassan have been in bitter mode right after the singer revealed he’d cheated on her and welcomed a son with another lady.

Tanzanian singer, Diamond Platnumz, and his babymama, Zari Hassan have been in bitter mode right after the singer revealed he’d cheated on her and welcomed a son with another lady.

Zari Hassan has revealed she has put behind her the cheating scandal involving the father of her 2 kids, Tanzanian singer Diamond Platnumz. Diamond also shared a video of his newborn baby with Hamisa and revealed he had already met his baby, without Zari’s knowledge, even after denying that he was dating the socialite.

He blamed the devil for his misfortunes claiming that he will do anything even if it means crawling on his knees to South Africa where Zari is based now with her 5 children just to apologise to her.

Well, in a new post on her Instagram page this morning, Zari let him and the world know she’s picked herself up, put all the negative energy behind her and moved on.

    Am such an early morning person as some can see on my snap, usually up by 5am. Let’s start this day on a different note, shall we🤗
Ladies and gentlemen I’ve heard you loud and clear, the advises, the consolation, the pity, the hurt you feeling on my behalf most of all the betrayal. But let’s look at this on the positive side.

When a person chooses to cheat on you it’s not YOU actually its THEM which usually turns out that they played themselves while they thought they are playing you. You should never look down on yourself, don’t ever think you are worthless because of another person’s mistake & never blame yourself. But always look at how to pick yourself up and get going.

That said, with my birthday approaching let’s put all this negative energy behind us and appreciate, LIFE! 🌹
 

Rihanna’s love for her family is always so evident when she’s with them. The singer was supported by her family for her 3rd annual Diamond Ball benefitting The Clara Lionel foundation. This year’s event held at Cipriani Wall Street on September 14, 2017 in New York City.

Rihanna posed on the red carpet with her beloved grandfather Lionel Braithwaite, her mother Monica Braithwaithe, her niece Majesty and other members of her family.

Checkout their photos below:

Rihanna herself looked gorgeous!