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Forbes world’s highest-paid TV show hosts earned hundreds of millions of dollars between June 1, 2016 and June 1, 2017, before management fees and taxes. With crowd-pleasing shows that attract large audiences, these hosts garner high rates from advertisers who covet the targetable viewers, and favorable deals from media companies who consider their personalities irreplaceable. See the list below. 1. Dr. Phil - $79 million 2. Ellen DeGeneres - $77 million 3. Ryan Seacrest - $58 million 4. Judy Sheindlin - $47 million 5. Steve Harvey - $42.5 million 6. Bill O’Reilly - $37 million 7. Sean Hannity - $36 million 9. Michael Strahan -  $21.5 million

The rapper is seen in a yellow jumpsuit, staring wide eyed at the camera as the mugshot was taken at the state prison in Graterford, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

The development came exactly a week after the two top government officials engaged in an altercation at the same venue. Oyo-Ita, on arrival at the Council Chambers, venue of the meeting went straight to Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and greeted him. She was still discussing with Osinbajo when Kyari arrived. All smiles, Kyari and Oyo-Ita embraced publicly as cameramen struggled to get good shots of the public display of affection. Other members of the council clapped for them as the drama unfolded. More pictures after the cut. Edited from Punch

Sources close to the Hitch star revealed   that he and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith did not give him any money despite the singer and actor's claims on Sunday that the duo dished out to contribute to his legal plight.  The 38-year-old rapper and actor has been engaged in a bitter courtroom feud with ex-wife Norma Mitchell Gibson over their 10-year-old daughter Shayla. Insiders claim Will and Jada have hit back at Tyrese's claims as they insist they did not give him any money, despite his outburst. Daily Mail

Bobrisky has spoken out for the first time since he was arrested in Lekki, Lagos on November 7th, 2017. Speaking to LIB exclusively, Bobrisky revealed that serial entrepreneur Toyin Lawani was the one who called for his arrest stating that she accused him of stealing his customers. He revealed that the case was reported in Abuja and that he is currently on his way to Abuja to resolve the issue. He said; Toyin Lawani asked her lawyer to write petitions against me that I worked for her and I'm selling cream to all her customers. Which was a fat lie. I never worked for Toyin. She was my friend. I can't remember ever working for Toyin or learning how to make cream from her. Then she also said I threatened her. So we are going to Abuja cos that was where the case was reported. Before she wrote petitions against me, she had already threatened me that she is giving me 7 days to go to the internet and apologize to her which I said no way because she off...

Workers in Kaduna state today staged a protest over the planned sack of 21, 000 teachers by the state government. Recall that the governor Nasir El-Rufai-led government conducted a competency test of school teachers in the state last month and as much as 21, 000 of them failed the primary-four questions set in the competency test. The protesting workers led by the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba, stormed the state Assembly in Zaria, the state capital where they destroyed cars and sliding doors. The workers are demanding that the government should rescind its decision or have the entire labor force to contend with. They argue that the state government has no constitutional powers to organize such examination for teachers, saying only the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria has the mandate to do so. The workers have therefore given the state government two weeks to cancel the planned dismissal of teachers, or they will embark on an in...

According to her, nothing has changed in the show of empathy when compared to that of the Goodluck Jonathan administration. See her tweets below...

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed said Nigerians will soon begin to feel the impact of the country’s improved economy in their daily lives. Speaking in Lagos, Mohammed highlighted how the Federal Government has being making efforts towards ensuring that the country’s economy continues to improve. Mohammed said with programmes like Economic Recovery and Growth Plan, ERGP, Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council, PEBEC, Buhari is determined to put the country’s economy on a winning path. The Minister insisted that the current administration will not “relent in its determined effort to usher in a new dawn for Nigeria. We are winning the battle to revive the economy.” Mohammed in a statement said, “Good afternoon gentlemen and thank you for, once again, honouring our invitation. This is the second time we are meeting in about one and a half months. Recall that when we met on Sept. 17th 2017, at this same venue, we promised that the next meeting...

The bodies of the women were brought to the southern Italian port of Salerno by the Spanish ship Cantabria on Sunday, and prosecutors opened an investigation over suspicions that the women, some as young as 14, may have been abused and killed. The bodies were recovered by Cantabria, which works as part of the EU’s Sophia anti-trafficking operation, from two separate shipwrecks – 23 from one and three from the other. 53 people are believed to be missing. The men arrested have been named as Al Mabrouc Wisam Harar, from Libya, and Egyptian Mohamed Ali Al Bouzid. The pair are believed to have skippered one of the boats. They were identified by survivors who were among the 375 brought to Salerno by Cantabria. An autopsy on the bodies should be completed over the next week. Salerno prefect Salvatore Malfi told the Italian press that the women had been traveling alongside men and when the vessels sank, “unfortunately, the women suffered the worst of it.” But in response...

Olumuyiwa told NAN on Wednesday in Lagos that irrespective of individual’s religion, culture should be promoted and practiced. She described culture as a means of identity. “Our culture is termed barbaric by the western world, though they admire it. It is painful, your culture is your DNA and cowries have been seen as fetish. “I am in tune with a lot of traditionalists. I see many Americans and Europeans coming to Osogbo to learn Ifa. “Nigerians are fast losing their identities. We need to be more aware of our culture and ancestors, because culture and tourism are money spinners for us, if we realise it,’’ the female drummer said. Olumuyiwa urged government to create the enabling environment for private investors in the arts in order to create employment opportunities for the masses. “Thinking low of our culture is poverty of the mind and inability of people to think deep,” she said. Olumuyiwa urged parents to encourage their wards to speak their indigenous languages. ...

The 45-year-old Grammy winner filed for divorce on September 15 from her 49-year-old ex-Mike Dobson. According to her divorce petition, the actress cited “irreconcilable differences” and “inappropriate marital conduct that such further cohabitation would be unsafe and improper,” However, Scott’s estranged husband Dobson told BOSSIP that the actress was being untruthful about the “inappropriate marital conduct” saying he was “blindsided” by Scott’s divorce filing. He said: “She’s an evil woman. I’m telling you. It’s like what Jill Scott wants, Jill Scott gets. People are in her ear, and if someone comes in to challenge the dumb s**t, they made me be the bad guy and that got me outta there. “She’s got issues. There’s no men in that family, there’s only women. And when a man comes in, it’s like a challenge. “She’s made other men look bad, but I’m not the one. I said (to her) ‘you’ve met your match. She likes to have men that she can control. You’re not gonna control me. W...

Chilling footage obtained by Al Arabiya TV shows the passengers boarding the aircraft shortly before it went down and disappeared from radar. Everyone on board - including senior government officials and a mayor - died in the crash reported by local media . They were reportedly taking a helicopter tour of development projects near the coast. The cause of the crash has not been revealed. It occurred a day after 11 princes, four ministers and tens of former ministers were arrested in an anti-corruption purge launched by Saudi Arabia's future king, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. And the crash also came a day after Saudi Arabia's defence forces shot down a long-range ballistic missile fired towards the capital Riyadh by Yemen's Houthi rebels. From Mirror.co.uk

After missing three months of games due to a knee injury, the former Chelsea midfielder is among the candidates for the player of the year for the club, as his return from injury helped their cause to beat the drop to the second division. Mikel has so far made 12 appearances for Tianjin Teda in the Chinese Super League with a goal to his name, but his performance has endeared him to the fans and technical crew of the club.

Speaking with Sunday Scoop, Nwagbo stated, “I believe that everything happens at the right time, which is the time that God ordains. I don’t like abandoning things halfway; I prefer to stick with it till the end. That’s why I have to be very careful about marriage. I don’t think divorced couples go into their marriages with the intention to split. It is because issues came up that they couldn’t handle or that they did not know one another well enough before getting married. Anyway, I have learnt from the mistakes of other people and whenever I make my decision, it just has to be the right way.” On her experience with some male fans, she said, “Some of them can be quite extreme and I always put such people in their place. I try to relate with people equally, irrespective of class or status. However, most of my fans are pleasant and I love them all very much. I appreciate all the females too. But I also want fans of celebrities to know that as humans, their favourite actor or artiste ...

My first born, Olamide, was four years old when I left my marriage. I had to put them all in boarding schools. That is one of the most painful things I have had to do. Whenever I talk about this, it always brings me close to tears. My children paid the price for something they knew nothing about.  Children don’t beg parents to have them; we ask them to come to the world, so we should be able to take good care of them. It is not all about money, but I had no choice. I had to work; I had to be a mother and a father to them. I had to make sure that they had all they needed to have. While they were in school, they didn’t lack anything. I got them all the things rich children had. I understand all I did was not enough, but I thank God for the children He blessed me with. I think God knew I had nobody but Him. In a way, he saw us through and I thank Him for that. The factor (her late husband married another woman) that led to the end of my marriage made me determined to prove to h...

A police commissioner at the scene confirmed that at least 27 people had died. Several others are reported to be injured. The San Antonio FBI branch said its agents had been deployed, and there was no indication of the gunman's motive. The FBI also said that while only one shooter was reported, it was looking into other possibilities. Local ABC affiliate KSAT 12 reported the gunman entered the church at around 11:30 local time (17:30 GMT). It also said he had been killed in the aftermath.

A 53-year-old dad Wendell Melton shot and killed his 14-year-old son Giovanni over his  sexual orientation. "Giovanni was abused physically and mentally and spiritually for many, many years," said Sonja Jones, Giovanni's former foster mom. Over the phone, Jones spoke of the teen she loved as one of her own. . Jones says she was told by another family member that part of the argument that led to the deadly shooting was over Giovanni's sexual orientation. Jones says Wendell Melton had problems with it. . "He hated the fact that his son was gay," said Jones. "I'm sure that inside of his mind, he would rather have a dead son than a gay son." Court records show Wendell Melton worked for United Airlines. He once was a pilot. . Jones says Wendell threatened his son before. "I'm hearing his dad had caught him with his boyfriend before and pulled out a gun on him," said Jones. Giovanni was a student at Coronado High School. Jo...

The presidency had announced that Buhari directed that the ailing former vice-president be flown abroad for medical treatment, but Omokri took an exception to the publicity, accusing the president of attempting to score “cheap political point”. Omokri said the overseas treatment was Ekwueme’s right and went on to say former President Goodluck Jonathan during his time in office purchased bullet-proof cars for Buhari without announcing it. Reno in a Facebook post wrote  “treatment abroad is a right of an ex-vice president. President Muhammadu Buhari didn’t do Ekwueme a favour. President Goodluck Jonathan purchased bulletproof vehicles for Buhari without announcing it. It is only a petty and shallow administration eager to score cheap political points with a sick man’s health that announces that the President has given the man his due!".

The mother of twins recently had a chat with Saturday Beats where she spoke about the scandal surrounding herself, her husband and his other woman. She also spoke of her acting roles and how her husband reacts to them. Speaking on the scandal surrounding her and Damola's relationship, she said: "People do not know the true story of an event but they just conclude and pass judgment. It was not easy for me back then because it was my most challenging moment in life. I am a very quiet person and it was a very gloomy period of my life but I thank God it is over. It was just the grace of God that kept me through that period and I would not want to comment further on that issue." She went on to reveal that her husband has no qualms with her kissing men on set, instead he encourages her to do better. She said: "I am a professional so I don’t feel anyhow when I see him kiss another woman but as for me, I really don’t like doing things like that in a movie. But when I don’t...