Pro-Russian Rebels Probably Shot Down Malaysian Airlines MH17 Thinking It Was Military AN-26

Separatist leader Igor Strelkov reportedly posted a statement on Russia's largest social network that referred to an surface to air missile action that lead to a downed plane in Eastern Ukraine. The same area where the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down on Thursday morning.

 Business Insider reports that the Ukrainian Crisis Media Center shared and translated a screenshot of Strelkov's comment, shown below, on Facebook.

Strelkov, also known as Girkin, posted Thursday at 9:50 a.m. EST on VKontakte, Russia's version of Facebook. Most notably, he wrote, "We have warned them — not to fly in 'our sky.'"

Beyonce Leads With 8 Nominations For 3 Different Videos At The MTV Video Music Awards

Do you remember those videos that Beyonce released on the same day last December as part of her self-titled surprise album? Well, 3 of the videos have earned Beyoncé eight nominations at this year's MTV Video Music Awards.

Her videos for "Pretty" Hurts," "Partition" and "Drunk in Love" (featuring Jay Z) all snagged nominations, with Drunk in Love nominated for Video of the Year.

See the full list of nominees below...

Waje Celebrates As Daughter Graduates From Secondary School

Waje is a single mother and has often blessed God for her daughter Emerald, who she says has made the whole journey of being a teen mom worth it. 

This time, she is celebrating her daughter for graduating secondary school with honors. The proud mom captioned the pictures thus;

"These kids take no permission from you to grow. I still remember like yesterday the first cry from her and how confused i was lol, now she's a young woman and graduating today. #onyenkem #alobam #nwam #omalichababy. Congrats darling"

Congrats to mum and daughter!

Malaysia Airlines MH17 Passenger Plane Crashes Over Ukraine With All 295 Aboard Dead

A Malaysia Airlines jet carrying 295 people has crashed in east Ukraine on a flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur.

There are no signs of survivors at the scene of the crash near the village of Grabovo, in rebel-held territory close to the border with Russia. Both sides in Ukraine's civil conflict accused each other of shooting down the plane with a missile. It is still not clear why the plane came down.

It is the second disaster suffered by Malaysia Airlines this year after Flight MH370 disappeared en route from Malaysia to China in April and still has not been found.

First Photos From Sisi Yemmie and Bobo Yomi's Traditional Wedding in Lagos

Today is also the wedding of blogger Sisi Yemmie and her Bobo Yomi. There are just the first pictures of her first and second outfits that the buzzed bride shared on her Insatgram.

Congrats Sisi Yemmie, and go and sleep for the big day tomorrow o :)

Peter Okoye and Lola Omotayo Stir Controversy For Shunning Jude's Wedding

No one is sure yet that Peter Okoye and his wife Lola were not present at his elder brother Jude's wedding to Ify Umeokeke. We may just later find out he was, and this is another PR stunt.

But Peter has been sharing pictures of himself travelling and chilling in a hotel with friends. And that has caused some falling out among his fans, some calling him to order and others defending him.

Without responding to the rude fans, he shared another photo. See the comments below...

Paul Okoye and Wife, Anita Isama At Jude Okoye and Ifeoma Umeokeke Traditional Wedding

Paul Okoye and his wife Anita Isama were present and looking so cute together at his elder brother's wedding today.

See their pictures with the bride and groom below...

Chris Attoh And Damilola Adegbite Now Married?

Chris Attoh and his fiancée Damilola Adegbite seem to have secretly got married. Yesterday Ghanaian actor changed his relationship status on Facebook to 'married'. 

The couple had announced earlier on that they were going to get married April 12, 2014 but Damilola was expecting and they announced that they would postpone the event till she has her baby.

It is possible that Chris and Dami just had a registry signing and will still have their big white wedding event later.

Congrats to them.

Apollo Nida To Pay Almost $2 Million in Restitution for Check Fraud And Money Laundering

When Apollo and Phaedra Parks were showing off their lavish lifestyle on The Real Housewives of Atlanta reality show, we all thought she was so lucky.

I wonder if she is regretting those expenses now? Some say she is considering divorce [read].

Apollo Nida was convicted of stealing close to $2.3 million in a bank fraud & identity theft ring, and sentenced to 8 years in prison. According to court documents he’ll also have to pay $1.9 million of the stolen funds as restitution.

TMZ reports that Apollo has to pay back several business and state governments which he stole from, including:

Maternity Style - Kelly Rowland Is Radiant In Black Alongside Tina Knowles at a Private Dinner

Kelly Rowland's baby bump is growing  bigger and bigger by the day, but every time we see Kelly, she keeps glowing! 

Kelly stepped out to attend a private dinner honoring Carmelo Anthony recently, and her stretchy black dress looked amazing on her. She paired with ankle boots and her man-sized watch.

See another photo with Beyonce's mom, Tina Knowles, below...