Rihanna Channels Aaliyah In Box Braids And Baggy Jeans For ID Photoshoot Cover

Rihanna is promoting her upcoming eighth album, for which the first single, FourFiveSeconds with Kanye West and Paul McCartney dropped a few days ago. Now, the pop singer is on the cover of British magazine i-D rocking box braids for the Music Issue, which was shot by photographer Paolo Roversi in Paris.

In more photos, the box braids are put in Bantu Knots and badgalriri goes topless with dark makeup and baggy pants a'la Aaliyah. Check them out below!

Shout Out To My Real Africans Out There - Marshawn Lynch Continues To Rebuff Media

Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch has refused, for the third day in a row, to give meaningful answers to the reporters who ask him questions during press briefings for the on-coming Super Bowl. A few of the journalists had yesterday talked about boycotting Skittles which the NFL player endorses, but that does not seem to have affected Marshawn Lynch in any way.

On the first day, the player said about 29 times that he was only at the press conference to avoid being fined, read here. Today, and to the delight of his African fans, the football star showed them some love as he rebuffed the press, saying, "Shout out to my real Africans out there."

AIT Blames APC For Rigging Online Presidential Poll Causing It To Be Cancelled

AIT started an online Presidential Opinion Poll a few days ago, but it was shut down on Wednesday, January 28, 2015. Since then, they have received a lot of backlash by APC party supporters who called them out for being biased and cancelling the poll because Buhari was leading.

This widespread criticism on social media platforms and online news media has now prompted the management of DAAR Communications to release a statement stating the reasons for the poll being shut down. And according to them, supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) massively rigged the polls in favour of their candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari. Read the official statement below:

Ibinabo Fiberesima Shows Daughter With No Make up After Outrage on Madeup Birthday Photos

Ibinabo's daughter with Fred Amata, Ewomazino Amata turned 7 years old today and her mother had a photoshoot for her while allowing her to wear full makeup. So many fans were not happy about the red lips and penciled brows and let the mom know. Ibinabo had shared the photos on Facebook with the caption;

My Adorable daughter is 7 today. join me to Thank God for her. she is a true jewel. a blessing to her generation. happy birthday Zino. mummy loves you scarra, she decided she wanted make up today,,,,why not. its your day sweerrry.

Could Antibiotics Cure Cancer? 8-Year-Old's Suggestion Turns Out To Be True

Camilla Lisanti was asked how she would cure cancer, and the eight-year-old suggested using antibiotics, an idea which has turned out to have a lot of merit. Camilla was asked the question by her parents, a husband-wife cancer research team.

They were sceptical at first but went ahead to test out her theory in their Manchester University lab. To their surprise, several cheap and widely-used antibiotics killed the most dangerous cancer cells, including seven of the most common cancers – including breast, prostate, lung and hard-to-treat brain tumours.

Woman Falls to her Death After Boyfriend Proposed on top of Scenic Ibiza Cliff

Men want to do the best to excite their girlfriends when they propose, but news like this remind us there are limits, and caution about health and safety is paramount. A lady has reportedly died in Ibiza after she fell off a cliff while celebrating the marriage proposal from her boyfriend. The couple, from Bulgaria, were at a beauty spot famed for its sunset views.

Police say Dimitrina Dimitrova lost her balance as she jumped up and down in excitement after her partner popped the question on a cliff at Cala Tarida, Ibiza. She suffered a heart attack brought on by injuries caused by the 65ft fall from the cliff. She was alive but unconscious when paramedics arrived but died at the scene minutes later.

#ThrowbackThursday - Beyonce Shares Oprah's Old Picture For Her 61st Birthday

Oprah turns 61 today and in combination of #TBT or #ThrowbackThursday and to wish her mentor a happy birthday, Beyonce shared the picture above of the megarich TV and media personality. See more recent pictures of Oprah in recent years below. She certainly aged gracefully.

Sam Smith's Stay With Me Was Plagiarized From Tom Petty?

Sam Smith’s “Stay With Me” has been proved to be a rip-off of Tom Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down” released to great acclaim back in 1989. The British singer basically acknowledged this when he agreed an out of court settlement a few days ago to pay royalties to Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne for writing credit on Stay With Me. Tom Petty says of the agreement by both musicians to settle out of court;

"About the Sam Smith thing. Let me say I have never had any hard feelings toward Sam.  All my years of songwriting have shown me these things can happen.  Most times you catch it before it gets out the studio door but in this case it got by.  Sam’s people were very understanding of our predicament and we easily came to an agreement.

Kanye West Premieres Only One With North West On Ellen, Talks About Trying For More Kids

Kanye West has premiered the new video for his “Only One” single with Paul McCartney and it features himself and his one-and-a-half-year-old daughter with Kim Kardashian, North West. The rapper shared an exclusive first look at the video on Ellen, and the talk show host lavished praise on Kanye, calling him “amazing.”

Directed by Spike Jonze, the video shows him and North wandering and gazing at each other in a field. After the video, Kanye also talked with Ellen Degeneres about wanting more kids.

Amazing 200-Year-Old Meditating Mummy Found In Mongolia

Mummified remains of what appears to be a lama teacher or monk meditating in the lotus position has been found in Mongolia. Amazingly, the mummy is believed to have been like that for about two hundred years! A forensic examination is underway on the mummy, said to have been preserved in animal skin which could be the skin of a cow, horse, or camel.

'The mummified body sits in a lotus position, as if still meditating,' said a report in The Siberian Times - citing Mongolian accounts of the discovery.