Nicki Minaj Talks About Wanting To Be A Mother After Watching Beyonce With Blue Ivy

A few days ago, rapper Nicki Minaj showed off some looks from a menswear-inspired photoshoot with L’Uomo Vogue, here. The top rapper also sat down with the magazine for a quick chat, and opened up about wanting to have a family of her own, how her father's abuse of her mother has influenced her and how she is a control freak.

She also spoke about performing with Beyonce and then seeing her being all motherly with Blue Ivy and how that was an eye-opener for her about combining motherhood with a high-profile career in entetainment.

Pregnant Kelly Rowland Goes Nude For Elle Magazine Photoshoot

Kelly Rowland is counting down to the delivery date for her first child with husband Tim Witherspoon, but she's still looking fabulous with her bump. The singer just did a photoshoot with Lance Gross  and goes completely nude for one shot while looking totally yummy with her flawless skin.

Usher Talks About Marrying Again And Being A Wedding Singer

Usher has been dating his manager and Def Jam label executive Grace Miguel, 47, since after his divorce from Tameka Raymond in 2009 and it looks like the 35 year old singer is thinking about settling down again.

Some weeks ago, Usher had mentioned in an interview that he hoped his ex-wife would stop using his last name if he ever married again.

Now, Usher admits he's getting closer to tying the knot again. In an interview on Extra with Angie Martinez Usher said;

“I’ve been even more excited about the idea of it. It could be the fact that I’ve spent the last year at everybody’s damn wedding, like I’ve become damn near the wedding singer, know what I mean?”

He sure loves his older women. Check out another picture of the cute couple below...

Adaeze Yobo on How She Met And Married Her Husband And Being A Mother

Adaeze Yobo, former Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria (2008) and wife of Joseph Yobo, former player of Fenerbache F.C and Nigeria’s national football team captain has opened up about her life as a mother and wife in a new interview with DailySun.

When exactly did you leave Nige­ria?

As soon as I met my husband, I left the shores of Nigeria for further studies. I went to New York. I got married in 2009 and in 2010, I had my son.

What’s it like being a mother?

It’s been a wonderful experience being mother to this wonderful son of mine. When the little boy came out from my body, I dis­covered that he’s my first real love. I thought I was in love with my husband not until I saw my son. I have never loved somebody that much in my life.

Jennifer Aniston Says Birthing A Child Does Not Define Her Value As A Woman

Many questions have followed Jennifer Aniston throughout her career, especially during her marriage to Brad Pitt, one of the most desirable men in Hollywood, their eventual divorce, and Brad going to have several biological and adopted children with Angelina Jolie.

Now that Jennifer Aniston is engaged again to fiance Justin Theroux, some of these questions have started up again including; "When is she getting married? Will she have children? Is she pregnant now?"

In an interview with TODAY's Carson Daly, Jennifer Aniston shared her take on the expectations that come with the questions.

“I don’t have this sort of checklist of things that have to be done, and…if they’re not checked, then I’ve failed some part of my feminism or my being a woman or my worth and my value as a woman because I haven’t birthed a child. I’ve birthed a lot of things, and I feel like I’ve mothered many things. And I don’t feel like it’s fair to put that pressure on people.”

Below is the video of their conversation and more of what she spoke about in the interiew;

Comedian Princess Speaks On Her Failed Marriage, Depression And Career

Damilola Adekoya, popularly known as Princess, tells Punch in a new interview about her career and life after her marriage which lasted less than one month.

As a Theatre Art student, was it your desire to go into comedy?
No. I never knew I would be a stand-up comedian. I thank God any way. We went for a show at MUSON Centre (Lagos). We had a stage play performance. I used to make my friends laugh during rehearsals. So that day, we were waiting for the comedians that were supposed to perform at that event. So somebody suggested that I should go on the stage and perform. That was how it started. But the likes of Wale Adenuga encouraged me to go into it full time.

Are there times you wish you weren’t a celebrity especially when you are linked with controversies?
The only time I felt bad about my fame was when my marriage ended. I felt if I weren’t this popular; people wouldn’t have talked about it. So many marriages crash on a daily basis but you will not hear about them. Some people have been married five times but you will not hear their gist because they are not in the eye of the public. People didn’t know that the marriage had broken up until December when I felt I was strong enough to handle the publicity that it generated.

Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde On The Meaning of Success, Her Childhood And Staying Scandal Free

Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde has revealed that she had a humble background and still feels passionate about the divide between poverty and wealth, Makoko and Island. The actress, activist and philanthropist also talks about what success means to her, her fears, achievements and being scandal-free. Excerpts from the interview, with Sunday Sun, follow...

Can you give us tips on how to be a success­ful woman?
It actually starts with character, personality and what beliefs. Everything wrong today actually started from the content of a character. Are you immoral or are you straight forward enough to actually say something and carry through with it. Is the content of your character strong enough? I believe that for you to be great in anything, you have to be someone anyone can trust.you believe in. It stems from your moral.

Can you define what success means to you?
I think success is when God is happy with you. When the closest people around you are happy with you and when your soul is at peace with you.

Mercy Johnson On How She Handles Criticism and What Success Means To Her

Mercy Johnson-Okojie has opened up about criticism in both her personal and work life as well as what success means to her. In the interview with City People Magazine, the actress looked back to her humble beginnings as the biggest part of what drives her to keep achieving despite all odds.

On if she is distracted by criticism: “Haaa! I couldn’t have been distracted. For several reasons. One, because I grew up knowing what Tears and Hunger mean. One of my biggest phobias was failure.

Because people will keep criticising when they want exactly what you have. They hate and they talk, but they want what you have. They crave to have what you have. So when they talk, the only way to shut them up is to even do better and up your game. The criticisms you get mostly are not constructive.

They are just bitter. When you see the one that is just bitter you know.”

President Jonathan's Daughter Faith Sakwe and Edward Osim Share Their Love Story

Elizabeth Faith Sakwe, President Jonathan's adopted daughter, and her husband, Godswill Osim Edward, have opened up for the first time on how they met, fell in love and got married. The couple got married in April 12th in Abuja amidst pomp and pageantry of the president and his aides and political colleagues. See pictures here and here.

Speaking with Ovation magazine, Edward said;

"What struck me was the humility of her parents, especially her dad. Both of them do not despise people and do not judge you based on your background. When I got to know her background, then I realized that indeed she was from a good home for her to have kept a low profile in school. I could see that she was indeed a replica of her parents. That is rare these days."

Gbenga Adeyinka The First On His Marriage of 19 Years, Children, Career And Inspiration

In his interview with LoveOasis Magazine, a digital magazine, Gbenga Adeyinka talks about  his career, marriage and inspiration. He revealed how he and his wife had to ’run cashless economy’ in his home when he switched from the Corporate world to entertainment.

Read the full interview on www.theloveoasis.com Issue 9. The magazine is accessible, and FREE, on any Smartphone device, mobile Tablets and PCs. A downloadable app will be released in the coming months.

Below are excerpts from the interview:

What’s your philosophy about marriage?

It’s always about family, whatever you do; it must always be about family. Even when you think of misbehaving, always have your family at the back of your mind. Because if you lose everything in the world and you still have your family, there are chances you will find some form of happiness and rebuild. But if you gain everything in the world and lose your family, the chances that you will be able to rebuild may be practically impossible.

Sammie Okposo on How He Met His Wife And Overcoming His Womanising Past

Gospel singer Sammie Okposo has explained how he met his wife Ozioma Mkparu, and how making himself accountable to respectable men is what keeps them together irrespective of his ladies-loving past.

In a new interview with YES Magazine, Sammie says he met his wife when he got tired of the many fruitless relationships he had with women in entertainment, and his decision to look outside.

Read excerpts below...

Beyonce’s Dancer Talks About Beyonce And Jay On Tour And Rumors They Will Divorce Soon

Some of those closest to Beyonce are her backup dancers, and as the rumors swirl about the  couple, these are the insiders that may see part of what is real and what is pure speculation.

Ashley Everett, Beyoncé’s lead dancer of six-years spoke about how the couple behave while On The Run tour and how Beyonce is bearing up under the constant rumors in the tabloids about her marriage breakup.

The interviewer asks “She’s real good at posting the instagram…She’s trying to send a message saying
‘shut up everyone’. DO YOU THINK THE REPORTS GET HER DOWN?”

Ashley replied;

“I think after a certain amount of time there’s only so much a person can take, but she’s expressed it through her art and through her music and so I guess that’s her outlet.”

Magazine Covers - Kanye West On Marrying Kim, And Jay Z & Beyonce Missing Their Wedding For GQ

Kanye West graces the cover of stylish GQ magazine, and in the inside story, he talks/rants about God and love,  his relationship and marriage to Kim Kardashian, respect, fashion, music, and the idea of celebrity. On his decision to marry Kim K, he said;

“Saying ‘Hey, I like Kim’ isn’t as inspiring to people as us getting married. And anyone that’s in a relationship knows that in order to get to the point to get married and then to be married and to then carry on, it needs that work put into it. Right now, people look at it and it’s like, ‘Wow, that’s inspiring.’

NBA Player Matt Barnes and Wife, Gloria Govan Say Reality TV Almost Destroyed Their Marriage

Reality TV isn’t for everyone. According to some former reality stars, it’s the culprit to destroying healthy families and relationships. And now NBA baller Matt Barnes and his wife, Gloria Govan have spoken out about their own marriage suffered on Reality TV.

For 4 seasons, Gloria was a cast member on Basketball Wives Miami and the LA spin-off. The couple have now said their farewells to the VH1 show.

During his appearance on ‘Just Keke‘, Matt says that the show negatively affected his family.

Fela Kuti's Ex-Wife Reveals Shocking Details About Kalakuta and Their Mass Marriage [Video]

Laide Anikulapo-Kuti, Nee Babayale, was one of the 27 wives that the late Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, married in a mass ceremony.

The woman has been talking to the press and reveals new details, some of them very shocking about the late Abami-Eda, and life in Kalakuta between the seventies and eighties.

Supposedly, Dr. Keti Ransome Kuti was procuring abortions for the many woman of Fela when he got tired of having children, and the African mediticine he took to render him sterile failed. I wonder if there were no condoms then, or maybe Fela is not the type to use condoms.

See excerpts below:

Christy Essien Igbokwe’s Husband Opens Up On Their Life and His Remarriage 3 Years After Her Death

Chief Edwin Igbokwe, the husband of legendary actress and musician, Christy Essien Igbokwe, gave his wife a fitting burial following her death on June 30th 2011 and set up a memorial foundation for her [read]. He has now opened up on how they met when she was still a teenager, and were together for almost 32 years before her death.

He also revealed that she predicted the manner and time of her death and expressly asked not to be kept in the mortuary. So the family kept her in their home for 3 months before the burial, during which time he alsways hoped she would wake up.

Below is narration of their life together and her death, as well as his grief, denial and acceptance following his loss, and how he recently remarried.

Millen Magese Speaks On Living with Endometriosis and Retrieving Her Eggs Against Infertility

Millen Magese lives with endometriosis and she is no more afraid to say it out loud. Diagnosed 10 years ago, the 34-year-old Tanzanian model finally went public with her condition last March on the World Endometriosis Month.

She tells Radiant Health in their latest edition about living with endometriosis, being silenced by the taboo and stigma that comes with difficult health challenges, and finally finding her voice with the example of actress Rita Dominic.

Millen has had several miscarriages, had her ovary pack up, lost some of her fallopian tube, and in February, she faced her fears and underwent an IVF cycle so that some of her still surviving eggs could be retrieved and saved, a chance for her to have biological children in the future.

Though she knows the magnitude of speaking out about health conditions to do with sex or infertility, Millen Magese is adamant about the need to raise awareness, even if it is just to help one other woman.

Read excerpts from the interview, and pictures from her hospital stay below...

Magazine Covers - Zoe Saldana is Feisty and Fearless in Denim For Marie Claire

Zoe Saldana was last featured on RML Couple Love with her husband Marco Perego, and she's talking about him as she covers the August 2014 issue of Marie Claire.

Zoe describes herself as an "iron-fisted lady," a woman who "will not take any bullshit," and someone who was known during her teenage years in the Dominican Republic as a "bad seed." "You cross me as a lady, it's over."

Looking at her petite frame, it's hard to believe that right? But every woman needs that little edge of steel. Check out Zoe's thought on relationships, and her love story with hubby below...

Dan Foster On Being Married to a Nigerian Woman and Missing His American Family

American Dan Foster discusses his professional life as an OAP in a new interview, having moved to Nigeria in 2000 and working as a radio presenter and talent judge among others since then. 

He also talks about his personal life as well, the split with the wife he left behind in America that means he's living without the son they had together. Today, Dan is married to a Nigerian woman who has three children with him. Enjoy...

Where did you meet your wife, Lovina? 

In the theatre, at the Silverbird Galleria, about six years ago (2008), at about 11.00am. We were the only ones who came early on a Saturday morning to watch a movie. She was taking some kids to the theatre then she went to see her own movie and I was at the movies too. I was single at the time.

[RML Women] Udo Okonjo of WOW DIVAS and Fine and Country Real Estate

Udo Okonjo is the C.E.O of Fine and Country West Africa, a renowned real estate company, and also the founder of W.O.W. D.I.V.A.S Network, an NGO that works to motivate women. Udo says empowering women is one of the most rewarding things in her life.

There is nothing more empowering than empowering than the thought that in sharing my own experience, solutions would be triggered in those that will be reading this. It is a joy to empower, strengthen and change someone’s previously disempowering perspective or lack of enlightenment about a situation.

Being diagnosed with cancer some 8 years ago  and ending up a few years later with the healthiest, cutest, most heartbreakingly handsome second son is something for which I am thankful to God.

Read the rest of our exclusive interview with Udo Okonjo below...