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Shawn Mendes shared pictures on Instagram from his latest #MYCALVINS shoot. It included a shot that shows Shawn oiled up, sitting in a pair of white Calvin Klein briefs. View this post on Instagram Thank you @calvinklein #MYTRUTH #MYCALVINS x A post shared by Shawn Mendes (@shawnmendes) on May 8, 2019 at 4:40pm PDT Shawn’s underwear photos are a part of Calvin Klein’s #MyTruth campaign. Which has attracted a roster of ambassadors: Bella Hadid, Kendall Jenner, Billie Eilish, A$AP Rocky, Noah Centineo, Indya Moore, Troye Sivan, Kevin Abstract, CHIKA and Yoo Ah-in. One of the pics is of him sitting…

Tyra Banks has landed another cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue, more than 20 years after she made history as the first black woman to appear on the cover alone in 1997. Her latest cover comes more than a decade after she retired from modeling in 2005. Banks reflected on her first solo cover in a video shared to the Instagram page for the issue. “Being the first black woman on the cover, I didn’t dream it, because I never thought it was possible, almost like this. I never thought it’d be possible. I’m 45 years old on the…

Life has it’s way of ‘dealing’ with us and we usually don’t know when to accept that. Put together below, are some truths about life that are ugly, but we should be aware of. 1 You will run down the guilt-valley more often than before. You will do things which you know is not good for you but will anyways end up doing it. You will invariably be distracted by foul things. This is your mind conquering your weak spot and discipline can save you. 2 As a child you have the time and the energy but not the money.…

Getting the motivation to show up at work every day is a common problem. It doesn’t matter if you love or hate your job. Even as someone who loves their job, there are mornings where you’re struggling hard to get out of bed. Below, are 4 ways you can motivate yourself to have a productive day at work. Focus. There is an interesting story about Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, and Gates’s father at a dinner party. A guest asked them what the most important quality for success was today and all three responded “Focus” at the same exact time. They…

Netflix has announced its first original African animated series – Mama K’s Team 4, As part of its growing acquisition of content from Africa. The series is Created by Zambian writer Malenga Mulendema and produced by Cape Town-based Triggerfish Animation Studios and London-based kids’ entertainment house CAKE. VP of original animation at Netflix, Melissa Cobb said. “In addition to giving African writers a global platform on which to be heard, we are excited to present this powerful and entertaining new animated series that brings Malenga’s incredible and unique vision to life on Netflix. Mama K’s Team 4 has the potential…

Sri Lanka has banned face coverings in public. This is in light of the suicide attacks on Easter Sunday that killed at least 250 people and injured hundreds. President Maithripala Sirisena used emergency powers in the wake of the Easter Sunday bombings. “The ban is to ensure national security… No one should obscure their faces to make identification difficult.” He took steps under the emergency regulation to prohibit the use of face coverings of all sorts. Which is an obstacle to ensure the identity of the people and a threat to national and public security. The order clarifies that the…

The Game of Thrones, Battle of Winterfell episode has exceeded expectations. The final clash was full of tension, release, goosebumps, heartbreak and intimacy. It mixed genres, shots and planes of action as it shifted from the chaos of the fighting in and around Winterfell to the claustrophobic terror of the crypts to the dragon fighting in the winter sky. But that’s why we watch the show, right? The dragon action, in particular, was often hard to track. But in the end, despite the scale of the clash and the endless hype we’ve been hearing about the 55 nights of shoots…

“Chase your passions & money will come. Chase money & you may never find your passions.” I’m sure a lot of us have seen this quote, but is it true? A lot of people are working in jobs which they hate or are not good at. So they want to leave it and do something they love. But the problem is that when you ask them, “What is your passion?” they either don’t know what their passion is or their passion is something they can’t make money from. You need to clearly define what your passion is and see the…

In synchrony with the release of Avengers: Endgame, Google (and Thanos) have a special Easter egg for fans of the franchise. I’ll advice that you do it with the sound on. It’s more exciting that way. Search the term ‘Thanos’ on Google and click on the Infinity Gauntlet icon the right. The icon will animate into Thanos’ infamous finger-snap that wiped out half the universe’s population in the previous Avengers: Infinity War film. Fortunately for fans, the finger-snap on the Google browser will only eliminate half of the search results. So sit back and watch the results disappear into dust.…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, is being expected to announce the release of results for the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination soon. While candidates anxiously await the release of their results, here is a compilation of top stories on JAMB results. More than 1.2 million candidates sat for the examination, which commenced nationwide on Thursday, April 11. JAMB has said that the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination results would be released next week. Concise News learned that spokesman for the examination body, Fabian Benjamin, made this known on Sunday. He said JAMB would reach out to candidates through…

At least 51 people have been killed in flooding in South Africa. A local official said today, as President Cyril Ramaphosa flew into the eastern region of the country. Southern and eastern parts of the country have been badly hit by torrential rain in the last few days. More than 1,000 people have been displaced. According to President Cyril Ramaphosa, who has flown into the region to visit the affected areas. More flooding and strong winds are expected in coastal areas and a severe weather warning is still in place. Pictures from the region show that parts of some roads…

Jason Momoa shared a video of himself shaving on YouTube. “Goodbye Drogo, Aquaman, Declan, Baba! I’m shaving this beast off, it’s time to make a change,” he wrote in the caption to the video, bidding farewell to the look of several of his most famous characters. “A change for the better…for my kids, for your kids, the world.” Momoa also took this opportunity to officially endorse aluminum, which he explains, mid-shave, is 100% recyclable and also the key to saving our planet. He’s also promoting a new product: Canned water. Watch the video below.

Olivier Giroud has demanded a more important role in order to stay at Chelsea next season. He is one of a number of players whose futures remain uncertain. Chelsea has the option to extend the 32 year old’s deal by another year, but the striker has now revealed he has been approached by other clubs though the priority is Chelsea. The France international believes he deserves a bigger role at Stamford Bridge if he is to stay at the club beyond this season Olivier Giroud is not shying away from feeling “very frustrated” about playing back-up at Chelsea and demanded…

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the bill approving N30,000 as the new national minimum wage into law. The Act makes it compulsory for all employers across the country to pay workers a minimum of N30,000. It was assented to by the President on Thursday in Abuja, the nation’s capital. State governors had opposed the N30,000 minimum wage. Many of them saying they will be unable to pay their workers N30,000. Mr Buhari’s aide on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Ita Enang, told journalists that the president has signed the minimum wage bill into law. Mr Enang, who briefed State House correspondents…

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked all ministers to submit comprehensive “status reports on policies, programs and projects” under their watch by April 24. A Presidency statement just released in Abuja by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, said the president asked his appointees to come up with a comprehensive status reports on policies, programmes and projects of their respective ministries, departments and agencies. “These reports have Wednesas the deadline for submission to the Presidential Audit Committee in the office of the Viday, April 24, 2019 ce-President”. Based on the president’s directive, ministries…

Taylor Swift and Sandra Oh have been named as two of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people of 2019 and appear on the covers. The stars are joined by a list of other pioneers, leaders, titans, artists and icons’, including TV star Gayle King, actor Dwayne Johnson, and former First Lady, Michelle Obama. Each year, the honorees have an article written about them in the magazine by a fellow celebrity and this year, Grey’s Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes said it was a career highlight to write about Sandra. She starred on the show for two years and has been hailed…

After approving the motion to fast track the Police reform bill yesterday, the Nigerian senate has finally approved the bill. The motion was sponsored by Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi West. This motion became necessary against the backdrop of the tragic incidents. Wherein policemen in separate occasions killed three innocent citizens in Lagos. The fiery lawmaker under order 42 moved the motion of urgent importance. He urged the Senate to intervene in the mindless killings almost becoming the order of the day to forestall and curb the menace. “Mr. President and distinguished colleagues, I draw the attention of the Senate…

Anthony Joshua’s next fight is now in doubt after opponent Jarrell Miller failed a drug test. It was announced that the American tested positive for a metabolic modulator. Which is also known as cardarine and endurobol in a VADA test taken March 20. The fight is scheduled to take place on June 1 at Madison Square Garden in New York and to serve as the American debut for England’s Joshua. But it is now in jeopardy because of Miller’s positive test. Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn, who represents Joshua, also acknowledged the positive test. “We have been informed by VADA…

Former President of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir has been moved to Kobar maximum security prison. Reports say the he has until now, been detained at the presidential residence under heavy guard. He is reportedly being held in solitary confinement and is surrounded by tight security. Months of protests in Sudan led to the arrest of the long-time ruler on Thursday. Uganda’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Henry Oryem Okello told Reuters news agency the country would consider offering the deposed leader asylum if he applied, despite an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court. So, as an ICC member, Uganda would…

Kevin Hunter has been fired as an executive producer on his estranged wife Wendy Williams’ show. Wenhdy decided she finally had enough of her husband of nearly 22 years and served him divorce papers at her TV studio in Manhattan last Thursday. The 47 year old was also fired from the show and as Wendy’s manager, a source on the show confirmed. The source also said Hunter had been given 48 hours to remove his belongings from their marital home in Livingston, New Jersey as she was seen apartment hunting in New York City on Tuesday. Wendy reached…

TikTok, the popular social networking app that lets users post videos of themselves set to music, has been banned in India. Both Google and Apple pulled TikTok from the Play Store and the App Store in the country following orders from an Indian High Court, which said that the app exposed Indians to pornography and could expose children to sexual predators. The Chinese company that owns TikTok, challenged the High Court’s decision in India’s Supreme Court, saying it went against free speech rights, but the Supreme Court sent the case back to the High Court, which rejected the company’s request…