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A New York City megachurch pastor,A.R. Bernard became the first religious leader to step down from President Trump's evangelical advisory board.  
He made the announcement on Twitter saying "it became obvious that there was a deepening conflict in values between myself and the administration."

Ghanaian music star, Rocky Dawuni, recently played a string of US & Canada Summer dates which started in mid July at Detroit’s “Concert of Colors” which was a beautiful slice of diversity in these troubled times.

Rocky was also seen at the brand new Levitt Pavilion Denver in Colorado and continued on to Dartmouth, New Hampshire for their “Summer Concert Series” at the beautiful Hopkins Center for the Arts.

The wife of the Zimbabwean leader, Robert Mugabe, has failed to appear at the start of a regional leaders summit in South Africa. 
Grace Mugabe, 52, is claiming diplomatic immunity after she was accused of assaulting a model last week. 
She had been due to take part in the first ladies' programme at the summit.

British Nigerian singer, songwriter and composer, and MOBO Award nominee Olaedo Ibe is back with two brand new singles ‘Fill Us’ and ‘Nobody Knows’, which are taken from her forthcoming sophomore EP Grow To Glow.

Both singles come on the back of her critically acclaimed 2016 single ‘Lead Me’ which was supported by the likes of Premier Gospel, AStepFWD, ABN TV and TBN, among others.

Zylofon Music signed Award Winning artiste, Becca churns out this tune titled “Number 1” featuring Mr Eazi for all to enjoy.

Facebook‘s founder Mark Zuckerberg has said that he’ll be going on a 2-month paternity leave once is second daughter with wifePriscilla Chan is born.
Zuckerberg made this known in an Instagram and Facebook post on Friday.

The death toll from Wednesday's landslide in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is expected to rise above 200, officials say. 
Most of the dead are from a fishing community on Lake Albert.
Officials say the figure is based on the number of households buried after heavy rains caused parts of a nearby mountain to collapse.

Jay Z and Kanye West used to be close pals and business partners but have since stopped collaborating.
In a recent chat with Rap Radar podcast to discuss his song “Kill Jay Z.”, the rapper opened up about his beef with Kanye.

A South African minister has resigned amid accusations he assaulted a woman in a nightclub earlier this month.
Deputy Education Minister Mduduzi Manana appeared in court last week to face the assault charge.
He is accused of hitting the woman during an argument at the venue.

There was a part in the journey where the cars overtaking us had to abort and come back to their original lane, just because other cars were approaching on their rightful lane. Therefore, in order to prevent accidents from occurring, they had to give up by coming back to the lane they were in. That’s when I got to know that in this journey called life, there are times, you need to relax for a while if the effort you are making can cause damage to yourself and the people around.

Following his exit from the West Wing on Friday, ex-White House chief strategist Steve Bannon declared that the Donald Trump presidency that his brand of populist, right-wing conservatives helped make a reality is "over."
In an interview with Weekly Standard, he said

A 17-year old boy has been found guilty of manslaughter after stabbing another 17-year old Irfan Wahid to death on Harehills Lane in Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK on February 10.
BBC reports that the defendant was earlier cleared of the murder charge levelled against him by Leeds Crown Court.

The Kpando Municipal Assembly in the Volta Region has banned the sale of the puffer fish, locally known as gede, after five deaths were blamed for its consumption.
It also resulted in 26 admissions to the hospital, and according to the Assembly, a recent meeting of the Kpando Municipal Public Health Emergency Committee established that the cases were associated with the consumption of the poisonous fish.

A statement by Presidential media aide, Femi Adesina, says President Buhari will be returning to Nigeria today. Read the statement below

Madonna turned 59 on Wednesday, August 16th and she marked it by enjoying quality time with friends and family in Leece, Italy.
One day after her birthday, the queen of pop was seen walking with her son David, 11, and twin daughters Stelle and Estere, 4, to the famous church in the historic city. For most of the walk, Madonna had her arm around David who towered over his mother as they walked while she held the hand of one of the twins.

Enjoy this holiday period with Woodin’s latest collection, Connexion de Woodin, a collection coming in harmonious blends of African colors, suitable for men and women.
With trendy and chic designs, Connexion will surely make heads turn when worn.

Undefeated and previously retired boxing champion. Floyd Mayweather, has come out to criticize Irish UFC champion, Conor McGregor, claiming the boxer is extremely dirty and performs illegal boxing techniques ahead of their megafight in Las Vegas on August 26th.

Idris Elba isn’t letting his injured leg get in the way of his social life.
TheDark Tower star, 44, was spotted hobbling out of a swanky London restaurant Thursday night on crutches after suffering a mysterious injury.

Somali Islamist militant group, Al-Shabaab reportedly beheaded three people and burnt several houses in fresh overnight attacks in Kenya’s coastal region of Lamu.
The Kenyan Coast Regional Police Commander Larry Kieng confirmed the attack today saying security officers are pursuing the attackers saying 'we have launched investigation into the attack at Maleli village by suspected Al-Shabaab militants, who also torched several houses'.