Barbadian singer and work hitmaker, Rihanna’s empire is expanding to include a complete makeup collection.
The line, called ‘Fenty Beauty by Rihanna,’ comes in collaboration with the Kendo division of LVMH and is set to arrive Fall 2017.
It’s estimated that LVMH paid as much as $10 million to make the deal.
via WWD:
Kendo, which functions as an incubator producing products that end up being retailed by LVMH’s Sephora perfumery chain and other outposts, will launch a Rihanna makeup range, called Fenty Beauty by Rihanna, in the fall of 2017.
While the company provided no other details, David Suliteanu, chief executive officer of Kendo, was in a celebratory mood. “Fenty Beauty by Rihanna is a beauty rocket ship that will appeal to a huge and diverse global audience,” he said. “We are aiming for the stars.”
That is exactly where the Rihanna brand tends to orbit. As an entertainer, the 28-year-old singer is the youngest solo artist to have 14 number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and she has spent 58 weeks on the top of the chart. So far, Rihanna has sold more than 54 million albums and 215 million singles worldwide. Her tally of awards includes eight Grammys, 12 Billboard Music Awards and nine American Music Awards. Her latest album, “Anti,” was released in January to strong sales.
As far as image goes, Rihanna received a Fashion Icon Award from CFDA in 2014.
“Kendo is honored to work with Rihanna,” Suliteanu concluded.
She previously has collaborated in 2013 with MAC Cosmetics on a four-part, limited-edition RiRi Hearts MAC color cosmetics collection, and she also represented Viva Glam lipstick in 2014 to raise funds for AIDS research.
She has produced seven fragrances for Parlux Ltd. and the relationship continues. The latest one, RiRi, was launched in fall 2015. During a promotional appearance at Macy’s in Brooklyn, the star raised $46,000 in an afternoon. Although the celebrity fragrance category is decidedly on the wane, Rihanna’s star seems to burn brighter than ever. Industry sources estimate that Rihanna’s Parlux fragrances, as a group, generate about $75 million in wholesale net shipments. In addition to the U.S., her fragrance business is said to be particularly strong in the U.K. and Europe.
“Our Rihanna business continues to flourish,” said Diana Espino, global vice president of marketing and brand development. Adding that Rihanna remains on top of the celebrity heap, Espino said the reason is because “what she produces has the authenticity of a fashion icon and an entertainment trendsetter. She is really a developer,” she noted, that in an era of social media transparency, “the consumer knows it.”
The Rihanna makeup brand will be the third major color cosmetics project that Kendo has undertaken, following those by Kat Von D Beauty and Marc Jacobs Beauty.
Kendo has given Rihanna the opportunity to play a key role in the development of her brand and the longevity of a long-term relationship. The company also offers a deep bench of development talent and a global reach in distribution. In markets where there are no Sephora stores, other, suitable retailers will be found.
Today marks 2 years since the kidnap of the over 200 girls kidnapped from the Chibok Secondary School in Borno State. Yesterday, CNN published a video sent to the government by the terrorist group, Boko Haram, as ‘proof of life’. The 2-minute clip was reportedly recorded on December 25, 2015, and had about 15 girls respond to questions about their school, where they were taken and the date of recording, before they made a plea.
Much has been written about the kidnap of the girls, the reign of the group and the victims displaced from their communities, but the horror of having over 200 girls at the mercy of the terrors, whose reign has led to the death of over 1,500 people, leaves the mind numb.
And that’s the horror today expressed on social media by Nigerians and other people of the world who have refused to forget the young students; the girls’ only crime was that they wanted to attend school.
The somberness on social media can almost be felt, and we have collated some of the reactions here.
Here’s how people have chosen to remember the missing girls:
Niyola posted this harmless picture of herself at a wedding on her Instagram page. A rude fan commented on the pic, throwing the ‘always a bridesmaid, never a bride’ line at her, using Adekunle Gold’s ‘oluwa provide a boo’ lyric.
The singer graciously replied the funny comment using same lyrics.
Kim Kardashian’s booty stopped traffic as she poured her curves into a very tight black pencil skirt while filming scenes for her KUWTK reality tv series in Los Angeles.
She even managed to upstage her younger sister Kylie Jenner, who seems to be more famous than Kimmy these days with her pouting selfies, beauty empire and ridiculous Snapchat videos.
Mum-of-two Kim, 35, looked stunning in the outfit and HUGE Kanye West-style sunglasses.
A man was arrested at an airport after being spotted trying to smuggle endangered live songbirds through customs stuffed in his trousers.
The man, who was travelling to Taiwan from Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, was found with a total of 18 creatures hidden in special pouches and in a cage in his luggage.
Pictures showed the man rolling up his trouser legs to expose the little birds in bags strapped to his shins with only their heads and tails sticking out.
Others were kept in specially made cages with screens inside his bags.
The Institute of Tropical Biology confirmed that 11 of the birds belonged to protected species like the white-rumped shamas (Copsychus malabaricus), oriental shamas (Copsychus saularis) and melodious laughing thrush (Garrulax canorus).
Customs officials are now investigating the man, who is believed to be a Vietnamese national.
Future is fighting back against Ciara’s defamation lawsuit and he’s using some pretty heavy language.
If you recall, weeks ago, Ciara slammed ex Future with a $15million defamation lawsuit after he wouldn’t stop shading her on social media and calling her a bad mother, and she also placed a gag order on him, to stop him talking about her on social media platforms. That seemed to work, but new reports have just confirmed that the ‘Purple Rain’ rapper has counter-sued her, with claims that he never did defame her as she has no reputation that could be ruined.
He says she doesn’t even have a career right now!
via TMZ:
In his counter lawsuit … Future flat out says his ex-fiancee’s career has been expired for a few years. He does call her fan base “reasonably large” — but also refers to her last album as a “flop” … and says she hasn’t won many awards since 2013.
You’ll remember, Ciara sued Future over a series of rants — on Twitter and in his music — where he bitched about her and their child custody battle. She also claimed he was just trying to hype up his music career.
Future wants the court to force Ciara to stop bad mouthing him, and he wants her to cover the legal fees he’s incurred fighting her lawsuit.
Popular female Nigerian singer, Asa appears to be ecstatic about her first ever concert in Nigeria.
The soul singer announced recently that she will be having her first ever “Asa Live In Lagos” concert, which is scheduled to hold in May at the Eko Hotels, Victoria Island, Lagos. This morning, the conservative Bibanke crooner took to her Instagram page to share a rare video of herself showing off her dance skills with the hashtag #AsaLiveinLagos.
In the video, the 34-year-old singer could be seen doing the ‘shoki’ and ‘etigi’ to Tiwa Savage’s African Waist. At some point, she tried to do the famous Beyoncé booty pop but ended up falling down. LOL!
She also showed off her playful side in another video, doing the dab while singing into a banana. Oh, Asa!
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Asa’s fans had to react to the never-before-seen side of the singer, with some teasing to stick to what she does best –singing.
With this, we can say, the current economic recession Nigerians are facing isn’t affecting Emeka Okonkwo aka E-Money aka singer KCee‘s older brother who is the owner of their record label – Five Star Music.
E Money is describes as an oil & gas investor/record label executive but the falling global oil prices did not stop him from making it rain (spraying is what us Nigerians call it) over 1 million Naira last weekend at Mike Ezuronye’s younger sister’s wedding.
E Money even sprayed with a unique spraying machine when his hands could no longer do the job!
A 36-year-old man, Imeh Akpan accused of raping his wife’s 15-year-old step-sister for 10 years has been arrested by the police in Lagos.
The suspect, who was paraded before reporters on Wednesday afternoon, however denied the allegation, insisting that he only did it once.
Akpan, according to the Police Commissioner, Fatai Owoseni, started defiling the teenager since she was five-year-old.
“The teenager has been living with him since she was small. He started raping her when
she was five-year-old.
“She lives with him and his wife, who’s her step-sister and he has been defiling her since then.
“But he was eventually caught at the weekend after the girl ran out of the house and was rescued by some policemen,” said Owoseni.
However, the victim (names withheld) disclosed that the man has taken advantage of her twice and her sister was not around.
She stated that she has complained to her sister once and when the older woman confronted her husband, he denied raping her.
She said:
“My daddy (suspect) raped me because my mummy travelled to Akwa Ibom last Wednesday. I was sleeping on Sunday, around 10pm, my daddy came and removed my clothes and slept with me.
“He used the towel to cover my eye and my mouth but I was still shouting and crying. He said nobody will come and help me. So, I ran out of the house when i got chance. After I ran out, I begged my neighbour to give me phone to talk to my mummy (half sister) and he said there is no credit in his phone.
“So, I ran towards the police station at the roundabout. On my way there, I saw one man who asked me where I was going. I told him everything and the man said he will take me to police station and to human right.
“So, he now took me to hotel that I should come and sleep in hotel till morning before he will take me to the station. I followed the man and I now said I cannot sleep with him inside the hotel.
“When I wanted to close my eyes, I was now seeing the man as if his hand was touching me in my dream. I could not close my eyes. Around 3am, I told the man I want to go and ease myself and he allowed me.
“The man now said since I want to go and report everything at police station that he will use his own money and that the money will be N50, 000, that I should do him a favour and enter the room. I did but the man wanted to rape me also and I shouted before the owner of the hotel came and opened the door.
“That was how I ran outside. As I was walking on the road, policemen saw me and I told them everything and they called one Okada man to take me to Lion Building.
“He has slept with me two times. The first time was last year. I told my mummy everything when she came back from church because my daddy told her that I ran out of the house. When I told her, she believed me but when my uncle now denied, he claimed that I left the door open and someone entered the house. That was why he kicked my left and I ran out,” she narrated.
But the victim who claimed he was drunk said he did not know what he did or how he did it.
“She is like my daughter and it is an abomination for me to sleep with her. I have been the one training her since she was a baby. I was drunk and I did not know anything. It was the police that invited me and told me I raped her. I did not even know. It is only this once I have done it. I do not know what came over me,” he said.
Yesterday, Davido, who recently inked a deal as a brand ambassador for Pepsi, took to his Snapchat to share new photos/clip of the 11-month-old daughter, Imade and to fans’ surprise, the little miss is already walking.
Yesterday, the proud dad spent all day with her, playing and recording her clips, until it was time to go to bed. “Sleep time,” he told her as they tried to make a conversation in bed, and in the following clips, the child had fallen asleep on his chest.
In the next clip, Davido was seen smoking with a friend.
According to the report, Binta Diamond has returned to the United States after spending time in Nigeria with her son, Ayodeji Ibrahim Jr. “Waiting for this cold to go away,” the new mum wrote on Instagram yesterday, adding that they can’t “wait for summer.”
Recall that in the exclusive report by LIB, Binta moved to Lagos, where she stayed with her son. And in her interview with The Shade Room, the Guinean-American said all she wanted is for Wizkid to take responsibility as a father, to quit being a deadbeat dad, but he never publicly did.
Now, in the United States, where she was previously based, the new mum proves she has started a new life and she shares snaps of the boy to confirm this.
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The beautiful Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton and her prince husband, Prince Williams, who are on a 7 day royal visit to India continued today with an early morning visit to the Kaziranga National Park, where they enjoyed a safari, before learning about the work of the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation.
The Duchess bottle fed some baby elephants and Rhinos before taking a ride around the park.
Nollywood Actor, Nosa Rex and three of his friends survived a ghastly car accident while traveling to Benin city on Sunday April 10th. He shared these photos on his Instagram page and wrote:
“5:30 pm Sunday evening …we got to agbor on our way to benin … Dis accident happened … Long story but God kept us all … My X-ray result is out no broken bones so I can walk … Thank God …. Shaggy has no brain injuries .. Thank God. Omalicha had no strong chest issues thank Jesus … Roy is getting better …. God is great … Am a living proof. …. We doing great now …”
A quite love stricken, passionate couple were so engrossed in their public display of affection that they did not even have the slightest clue a robbery was going on.
The couple were canoodling at a Montana bar when a pair of masked men pointed a gun at the bartender and demanded an undisclosed amount of cash early.
The couple continued to lock lips as the robbers circled the bar, but eventually the love birds came up for air and watched the suspects flee with cash-on-hand.
Two suspected traffic robbers, identified as Oyakhilome Okonkwo, 22 and Oche Joseph, 25 who allegedly stole N23,500 from a passenger in the Agbado area.
The suspects that were nabbed by the RRS men at the U-Turn area on Tuesday after they had allegedly disguised as bus passengers and stolen N23,500 from a passenger.
It was learnt that when the yet-to-be-identified passenger alighted at the U-Turn junction, he observed that his money was missing and alerted the police on patrol.
The passengers in the bus were said to have been searched during which the duo were found with the money. Joseph, who confessed to the crime, said he had done several vocations, but none had fetched him money like stealing.
Joseph, a resident of Mosalasi Street in the Ojo area, added that he had worked with Joseph for three months.
He said:
“The Agbado area is the most lucrative route for this business. There are too many pickpockets on the Oshodi-Mile 2 route. I decided to choose Agbado because pickpockets are not many there.
“We usually monitored our victims coming out of banks and we would follow them into buses. Today, we were at the bus stop where the victim was, but we could not remove the money at the bus stop.
“So, Oche (Joseph) and I followed him into a bus and we began to pick the money from his pocket. The money was in N500 denomination, so it was difficult to remove the entire money at once. I started removing the money in tranches, but unfortunately for us, the passenger alighted not far from the bank.
“On most occasions, we alight before the victim and we would run away. But the man alighted before us, noticed that his money had been taken and he raised the alarm.”
One of the very important things women want in their men… Compliments and appraisal!!! They fancy that stuff with all of their heart.
Peter Okoye took to his Instagram today to gush over the mother of his kids, Lola Omotayo, calling her his “Lollipop“… his woman crush Wednesday anytime…
Lol… the creativity in this though… In a way, I kinda like it… Instead of the grieved ex destroying the car, she just had it wrapped around and sealed.
If the time and calculation involved in doing this is put into consideration, the lady is more dangerous than a lady who just acts crazily and actually damages the car in the spur of the moment…
The Police have apprehended the woman suspected of stealing a ring from a corpse at a Texas funeral home in an incident captured on surveillance video.
The Odessa police force on Tuesday arrested 41-year-old, Kalynn Homfeld on a charge of theft from a human corpse.Police have said the ring stolen Friday was worth about $10. It is not known if she was aware of the value of the ring.
Investigators didn’t immediately say what led them to Homfeld or whether the ring was recovered.
Dating a typical Nigerian lady can be a topsy-turvy experience especially for a man who is just wetting his feet in the dating game.
Normally, women are complicated beings let alone a Nigerian woman who has so many challenges to deal with like an unstable economy, family, tradition, ethnicity, religion, peer pressure, biology and much more. All these factors conspire to influence whoever she will date.
The average man with his chauvinistic African mindset or perception does not understand this and expect this type of woman to accept him hook, line and sinker.
Little does he know that the days of parents marrying wives for their kids is old skool and that most women know what they want. If you want your relationship to blossom with a typical Nigerian woman.
Give her money to make her hair
Didi, Shooku, and Patewo are traditional hairstyles in Nigeria but young women prefer the Brazilian hair, the deft Ghana weaving, and attachment because it makes them appear sophisticated.
They rarely wear their natural hair, adorning these foreign hairstyles cost money and time and she expects her man to foot the bill for her hair.
If not always but once in awhile. In other cases, if you notice she is wearing a new hairstyle, it will not kill you to compliment her and perhaps pay for it. Afterwards, it is because of you, she spends that much time at the salon anyways.
LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARM FORCES OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA GEN. MUHAMMADU BUHARI
Dear Mr President,
My Name is DUNCAN MIGHTY a successful musician who has always exported the good massages, RYTHME and vibes of Nigerian IKWERRE PORT HARCOURT content to the global world. I am also a successful entrepreneur /businessman with remarkable achievements in Niger Delta Today I am the current youth/ Brand ambassador for FORUM OF COALITION OF SOUTH-SOUTH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INDUSTRY MINES AND AGRICULTURE.
And also the Niger Delta Entertainment Youth President. My office existence is to channel the minds of the youth in Niger Delta and South- South in Diaspora to embrace there Gods given talents for a greater Nigeria!
Your Excellency Mr President,
Please I want you to give me the opportunity to assist your Government in carrying out youth empowerment project in Niger Delta as to enable some of our eligible youths shun social vices, cultism and face there Gods given talent for a greeter Nigeria of Tomorrow.
Mr President you spoke so much about youth empowerment but I think one of the best ways to achieve that is through sports, and talent capacity building then we have a long way to go.
These are not good times for Nigerian sports at all. With the Super Eagles failing to qualify for the 2017 African Cup of Nations and the lack of stability in the team – constant change of coach and captain as well as the not too impressive performance of different sporting teams representing the country at different global events in recent times, it is obvious that the year 2016 has not started well for Nigerian sports at all.
The situation has been compounded by the refusal or inability of the National Sports Commission to make funds available to the country’s sporting contingents to different competitions in recent times. This may well be a sign of austere times.
It is no longer news that the Federal Government has been finding it difficult to navigate through the country’s economic woes which have been fueled by the free fall in the global price of oil and worsening exchange rate. What may be news is that the effect of these challenges on sports is huge.
Recently, the Nigerian Table Tennis team had to sponsor itself to a major tournament in Malaysia because the Nigerian Tables Tennis Federation and the NSC said there was no money to sponsor the team. While Segun Toriola, Haruna Quadri and others paid from their pickets, Funke Oshonaike angrily withdrew from the tournament. There is no better evidence to prove that the country has been on auto pilot for some months now.
This sort of challenge reminds one of our recent past where sports was given maximum attention by a serious government which was committed to youth empowerment and national integration. The London Olympics of 2012 was this disgraceful outing for Team Nigeria. After a few days of the event, the then Minister of Sports, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi had to fly to to London where he gave touching speech at the camp of the athletes.
The athletes were inspired by his moving speech and they promised to up their game. Unfortunately, the entire Team Nigeria still came home without a single medal. That was a major scandal the country could not stomach at all. Angered by this outcome, the Federal Government summoned a major conference of all sports stakeholders from across the country and beyond. Government wanted to hear from everyone who mattered.
Hundreds of stakeholders gathered at the State House Banquet Hall (now Conference Centre) to dialogue with the President. Unlike other leaders who will just attend the opening ceremony of such event, make a fantastic speech and leave, The Federal Government dedicated a whole day to the summit and dialogued with the stakeholders for over 7 hours. Asked questions, sought clarifications and demonstrated to everyone present on that day the willingness and political will to implement all the decisions and recommendations put forward.
The Federal government was told to take all sporting issues personal and grant administrators and coaches direct access to the Presidency. The Federal Government was told to release funds to beef up infrastructure for training and ensure early preparation for all sporting tournaments as well as provision of world class training camps and facilities.
Most importantly, the Government was told to re-introduce the reward system and ensure athletes are rewarded, celebrated and recognized for any achievements recorded in sports in order to encourage others and give them the motivation that Nigeria is worth dying for. The discussants agreed that the Presidential handshake policy introduced by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2000 with the Super Falcons team which impressed at the World Cup in that year, had gone a long way to dampen the morale of athletes across all sports in the country.
The Federal Government implemented all these recommendations religiously and within months, our athletes started bringing home trophies and medals from across Africa and beyond.
Blessing Okagbare was among the athletes that made the country proud. She won silver and bronze medals World Athletic Championships in Moscow. She won silver medal in the long jump and came third in the women’s 200 metres race. The Federal Government rewarded Blessing Okagbare and her coach with cash gifts and national honor.
The Government also held a special dinner for both Falconets and U-17 male football sides which both conquered the continent in their respective categories. That same U-17 side also conquered the world in far away Dubai.
Nigeria won the African Cup of Nations for the first time in 19 years in South Africa in February, 2013. Nigeria ended up with 11 gold, 11 silver and 14 bronze medals at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, finishing 8th in the overall ranking.
Federal government did not fail to extend the same gesture to all the individuals and teams who made the country proud in different sporting competitions. Former England international, Ambassador John Fashanu did not mince words when he granted an interview to newsmen and praised extraordinary feat in sports.
It is on record that the Super Eagles won Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in South Africa under this administration. The Super Eagles equaled the best record Nigeria ever had at the World Cup in Brazil.
The Nations U-17 team won FIFA U-17 World Cup in UAE. The female U-20 team won silver in their own World Cup. Nigeria had the best performance at the Commonwealth Games and the World Athletics Championship. I cannot mention the whole achievements because they are many.
All these happened because the Federal Government created an enabling atmosphere for sports men and women to strive because of the way he normally appreciates them when they return, I want to use this references to ask your office to empower me to carry out youth Empowerment projects in Sports, Music Comedy, Dance, Movies, photography And Fashion with this we have a proudly Nigerian youth of tomorrow.
Thank you Mr President, Yours faithfully DUNCAN MIGHTY SOUTH-SOUTH YOUTH /BRAND AMBASSADOR AND NIGER DELTA ENTERTAINMENT YOUTH PRESIDENT.
Toke Makinwa is done with the drama that surrounded her marriage to fitness expert Maje Ayida (cheating and impregnating his mistress) and is ready for love. The on-air personality who cleared the air regarding her relationship status by confirming she is single has a marriage proposal already!
Recall that the on-air-personality took to twitter to finally address the numerous questions about when she was getting married flung at her by fans who believed she belongs in a man’s house, Maje’s house to be precise saying “They don’t care if you found the cure to a deadly disease, if you have 4 degrees, if you are saved spiritually, all that matters is marriage”. Well it seems she has had a rethink and is looking forward to marriage.
In Toke Fashion, the vlogger who posted a raunchy message a few days back went about her normal posts of inspirational messages when a fan tweeted a marriage proposal at her although stating that he had to wait 10 years to be worthy of her. Tokstarr however responded to the tweet saying “I’ll wait.”
