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                                Yesterday friday Rihanna's former publicist apologized for making up rumors that Rihanna was having an affair with Jay Z.He said that he only spread the false rumors to boost Rihanna's 2005 debut single ''Pon De Replay'' back then when she was 17 year old.He said he was forced to issue a public apology yesterday after an explosive new book claimed that due to his false rumor,Beyonce and Jay z,who started dating in 2000,had separated for a year.He said he had already apologized to Jay Z but he had to issue an official statement.''I'm currently releasing projects with my label Urban Hitchcock through Tidal,a company that is owned by Jay z and Beyonce .....Hopefully this news hasn't ruined that relationship for me.The pre stunt that i did was out of desperation to help break Pon de Replay.It was reckless and i didn't think it was going to work.I was just throwing spaghetti at the wall to see what would stick.I did

                                                       The  Mangbetu people live in Central Africa,in northeastern Congo.The Mangbetu people stood out to European explorers because of their elongated heads.When a child is born,the child's head is wrapped tightly with cloth in order to give them this distinctive appearance.The practice of the head elongation is called ''Lipombo'' and the culture started dying out in the 1950s with the arrival of more Europeans and Westernization.Because of this distinctive elongated look,it is easy to recognize Mangbetu figures in African art.By the early 18th century the Mangbetu had consisted of s number of small clans who form southward migrations,had come in contact with a number of northward migrating Bantu speaking tribes among whom they lived interspersed.The head elongation looks was a status symbol among the Mangbetu ruling classes,it denoted majesty,beauty,power and higher intelligence.Deformation usually begin just a month

                                                                     According to some pressmen,today saturday,the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal for Rivers State nullified the election of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers for non-compliance with the provisions of the Electoral Act.The Tribunal sitting in Abuja ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission {INEC] to conduct fresh governorship election in the state within 90 days.The three member tribunal,presided over by Justice Suleiman Ambursa,gave the orders in its judgment in a petition filed against the election of Wike by the All Progressives Congress {APC} and its candidate in the April 11 election in the state,Dr Dakuku Peterside.In the Judgment,which was read by Ambursa for about three hours,the tribunal held that the petitioners successfully proved their case that the election was conducted in total disregard to electoral guidelines.The process of accreditation for the election was compromised with the use of i

                         Today saturday,three people died after a female suicide bomber blew up herself in Dala Yazaram Maiduguri,living several people injured.A local resident said he saw two female suicide bombers enter the neighbourhood but one of them was stopped by people nearby while the other blew herself up.''Three people have been killed and many injured.One of the terrorists was arrested before she could detonate''A spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency {NEMA,said one person,a member of the civilian vigilante group assisting the military in the fight against Boko Haram,was killed and 10 injured in the blast.Four female suicide bombers at about 7:45 am today in the morning attempted to enter a Dala Ajeri area of Maiduguri but were intercepted by the civilian JTF {Joint Military Task Force}.Three of the female suicide bombers detonated the explosions in their bodies immediately and the fourth one was intercepted but later died''.He said