Serena Williams' bikini body cover Essence magazine

  the tennis champion tells Essence:

“It can be a bit weird. Before it was, ‘Serena has a big butt,’ and that was all. Now there are way more people who feel comfortable with themselves and they’re saying, ‘I’m a woman, and this is what I look like.’ I always say, ‘We’re popular now! We’re finally in style!’”

"Don't talk like you know her' - Peter Okoye defends Lola Omotayo

 

Sweet!

Kris Humphries' ex Myla Sinanaj accuses Kim Kardashian of infidelity in Twitter:

 Kim Kardashian has been accused of cheating with Kanye West while she was still dating NFL star Reggie Bush.
The allegations were launched via Twitter by Myla Sinanaj, a key witness in Kim’s divorce proceedings from ex-husband Kris Humphries.

Sinanaj claims that she had aided the 32-year-old reality star in her undercover affair by secretly making Kanye keys at the hotel she worked at for a late night rendezvous, while Kim was still in a relationship with Reggie.
The former hotel manager wrote: 'I was the one making kanye keys to her suit at 2am!!! Back when she was supposed to be with the love of her life Reggie Bush right??’
Adding: ‘She should thank me for my discretion for not mentioning the fact when I was the Overnight Manager at the W Hotel.

SPORTS: Mourinho signs four-year deal to return to Stamford Bridge

Jose Mourinho described Chelsea as his 'passion' after he signed a four-year deal to become manager of the west London club again. 
Having held meetings to finalize the deal with Blues officials on Monday, just hours after his departure from Real Madrid, Mourinho spoke of his happiness at embarking upon his second spell as Chelsea manager.
When asked by a Chelsea TV journalist if he promised to deliver the same quality to Stamford Bridge, Mourinho replied: 'It is exactly the same message but now I can say I am one of you and that is the difference.
'I never had in football my career two great passions. Inter and Chelsea. And Chelsea is more than important for me. 
'It was very, very hard to play against Chelsea and I did it only twice which was not so bad. I promise exactly the same things as I promised in 2004 with the difference that I am one of you.' 
Mourinho will be officially unveiled in a press conference on Monday June 10.
Mourinho brings coaching staff Rui Faria, Silvino Louro and Jose Morais with him from Real, and will already be plotting how he will claim Chelsea's first Premier League title since 2010 next season.
A statement on the club website read: 'Chelsea Football Club is delighted to announce the appointment of Jose Mourinho as first team manager.
'Mourinho has signed a four-year contract and will return to the club where he won two Premier League titles, an FA Cup and two League Cups between 2004 and 2007.
'He brings three coaching staff with him in Rui Faria, Silvino Louro and Jose Morais. Each carries the title of assistant first team coach and will work alongside current first team staff Steve Holland, Christophe Lollichon and Chris Jones.
'The new manager will be officially presented in a press conference at Stamford Bridge on Monday 10 June, further details of which will follow in due course.'
Ron Gourlay, Chelsea's chief executive, added: 'I am delighted to welcome Jose back to Chelsea. His continued success, drive and ambition made him the outstanding candidate.
'It is our aim to keep the club moving forward to achieve greater success in the future and Jose is our number one choice as we believe he is the right manager to do just that.
'He was and remains a hugely popular figure at the club and everyone here looks forward to working with him again.'

Aliko Dangote Is Africa's First $20 Billion Man

Nigerian billionaire and Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, is now Africa's first $20 billion man and one of the top 25 richest men in the world.

The President/Chief Executive of the pan-African conglomerate, the Dangote Group, has become the first African entrepreneur to lay claim to a $20 billion fortune as the stock value of his flagship holding, Dangote Cement, leaped just about three-fourths since March when Forbes last released its yearly ranking of the world's richest people.


With a current market cap of $20.5 billion, Dangote Cement becomes the first Nigerian company to achieve a market capitalisation of over $20 billion. The global business and financial intelligence news magazine, Forbes, reported that Dangote's 93 per cent stake in the cement company is now worth $19.5 billion.

Added to this are his controlling stakes in other public-listed companies like Dangote Sugar and National Salt Company of Nigeria, and his significant shareholdings in other blue chips like Zenith Bank, UBA Group and Dangote Flour.

He equally has extensive real estate portfolio, jets, yachts and current cash position, which includes over $300 million in recently-awarded Dangote Cement, which puts his current worth at over $20 billion.

With his fortune, Dangote is richer than Russia's richest man, Alisher Usmanov, India's Lakshmi Mittal and running neck and neck with India's Mukesh Ambani. He is also catching up on such Americans as Google's billionaire founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

Dangote Cement had recorded an unprecedented surge in share price largely due to market response to its impressive results in the first quarter of this year. Its unaudited results for the three months ending March 31 showed that the company's pre-tax profit rose to $339 million, representing an 80.6 per cent increase from last year and a strong indicator of the company's future earning potential.

The results also indicate a 79.5 per cent rise in its earnings per share over the corresponding period last year. While Forbes reasoned that other companies might eventually achieve this, it noted but it would take a bit of time. Dangote Cement currently accounts for over a quarter of the total market capitalization of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE).

The second largest company on the NSE is currently West Africa's largest manufacturer of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, Nigerian Breweries, with a market cap of $8.5 billion.

Dangote debuted on Forbes' billionaires list in 2008 with a fortune at $3.3 billion, which dropped to $2.5 billion in 2009 and plunged further to $2.1 billion in 2010.

This, however, surged 557 per cent in 2011 to $13.8 billion after he took Dangote Cement public. He dropped to $11.2 billion in last year's rankings, but rebounded at $16.1 billion this year. Since March, his fortune has jumped another 30 per cent.
Forbes believes that Dangote still has bigger ambitions, as he reportedly told the magazine's Wealth Editor, Luisa Kroll, at Davos in 2011 that he expected his firm to have a market cap of $60 billion within five years.

Posing like Usain Bolt and kissing the Koran, Woolwich suspect now known as 'Abu Hamza'

Raising his arm into a Usain Bolt pose, Michael Adebolajo (pictured) kisses a copy of the Koran. The terror suspect went through this routine as he appeared in court yesterday accused of murdering Drummer Lee Rigby. Stooping in the dock with a large bandage on his left arm, the 28-year-old demanded to be called 'Abu Hamza'. Clutching a copy of the Koran in his right hand, Adebolajo repeatedly interrupted the hearing. An artist's impression of Adebolajo clutching the Koran and striking the Bolt pose is pictured and (inset) he is seen blowing kisses with a relative.

Peter Okoye's baby mama Lola Omotayo

The mother of two tells PM News:

Having a relationship with a musician is one of the most challenging situations to be in. There are things you have to deal with; a lot of women, intruders, fans. You have to appreciate and respect the fans, but you also have some of them who are thinking of other things. I think it’s one of the most challenging relationships one can have.

You won’t even spend much time with your partner because he’s on the road most of the time doing shows and concerts; even during holidays like Christmas, Easter and New Year, they are not around. So I’m not really enjoying that part. But I thank God that we are managing it very well.

On what attracted her to Peter Okoye...find her answer after the cut:

Peter has drive, He has vision and pursues it. He doesn’t let anybody distract him from that vision and that I saw in him, which a lot of people didn’t see. Some people were like, ‘what are you doing with a musician? Are you crazy?’ but I saw something very different and unique about Peter.I saw the goals he set for himself and how he accomplished those goals step by step, and I was very impressed with that. I also saw that he wasn’t a selfish person. He was a generous person from the outset, even though he didn’t have much then, he was always generous. I like a man who is generous, not for the financial reason, but also to see how he can add value to other people’s lives; that is very important to me. He is also a good listener; he listens to people, listens to me…those are the things that attracted me to Peter. He’s an amazing guy.

US places $23m reward for Boko Haram leader, Shekau

The US today Monday June 3rd posted up to $23 million in rewards to help track down five leaders of militant groups accused of spreading terror in west Africa. The highest reward of $7 million is offered for the Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, who last week called on Islamists in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq to join the bloody fight to create an Islamic state in Nigeria.
The US State Department’s Rewards for Justice program also targeted Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), offering its first ever bounties for wanted militants in west Africa.
Up to $5 million was posted for Al-Qaeda veteran Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the one-eyed Islamist behind the devastating attack on an Algerian gas plant in January in which 37 foreigners, including three Americans, were killed.
A further $5 million was offered for top AQIM leader Yahya Abou Al-Hammam, reportedly involved in the 2010 murder of an elderly French hostage in Niger.Malik Abou Abdelkarim, a senior fighter with AQIM, and Oumar Ould Hamaha, the spokesman for Mali’s Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO), were also targeted by the rewards program, which will give up to $3 million each for information leading to their arrests.