Author: niyidaram

Niyi is a senior data editor at NiyiDaram

Olympic legend, Mo Farah, a practicing Muslim who was knighted by the queen in recognition of his sporting heroics has hit out Donald Trump’s Muslim ban. The British long distance runner has lived in the US for six years but was born in Somalia, one of the countries whose residents are now prohibited from entering the States.

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Former Big Brother Africa winner, Wendall Parson is facing two lawsuits after he failed to pay back money owed to his mother and another relative amounting to $83, 000. According to the court papers, Wendall’s mother, Gillian Jackson claimed that her son failed to pay back the money she advanced him on several occasions. While another complainant, William Lorenzo Parson is also demanding his share of the money they realised from a sale of property belonging to The Red Dragon Discretionary Trust.

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The Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG) took place on Sunday evening with some of Hollywood’s biggest stars stunning on the red-carpet in blings and gorgeous dresses at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. There were lots of glitz and glamour to proceedings with actresses like Giuliana Rancic, Nicole Kidman and her husband Keith Urban, Emily Blunt, Kerry Washington and Ariel Winter, Chrissie Teigen and her husband, John Legend, Viola Davis and a host of other celebs. More photos after the cut..

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Miss France Iris Mittenaere, Miss Haiti Raquel Pelissier and Miss Colombia Andrea Tovar were the top three contestants at the Miss Universe 2017. Miss France, Iris Mittenaere won the crown, while Pelissier was the first runner-up and Tovar the second-runner-up

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US President Donald Trump has defended his executive order ban on seven Islamic countries, saying it isn’t a ‘Muslim ban’, rather an ‘extreme vetting’ . In a White House statement on Saturday afternoon, he said: ‘My policy is similar to what President Obama did in 2011 when he banned visas for refugees from Iraq for six months,’ Trump said of his own order, which is slated to expire in 90 days. Obama’s directive, carried out in response to a specific terror threat, affected only refugees.

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Chris Brown has put a halt to his friends driving his cars after one of them totaled his insanely expensive Lamborghini Aventador. According to TMZ the star was furious after the crash.the driver left the scene, so cops don’t know who was behind the wheel. The “friend” told Chris he was not under the influence … he just lost control. Unclear if Chris is buyin’ that.

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Donald Trump’s staunch supporter and journalist, Piers Morgan isn’t behind the president’s latest ban on immigrants from select Muslim countries..He wrote This is wrong. Whichever way President Trump tries to justify his executive order on banning immigrants and refugees from seven war-ravaged countries, it makes no sense.The facts, alternate or otherwise, speak for themselves:

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