Gambia crisis: Barrow inauguration in Senegal as Jammeh stays put

The man who won The Gambia's disputed election says he will be sworn in as president at the country's embassy in neighbouring Senegal.

The message, posted on Adama Barrow's social media accounts, invited the general public to attend the ceremony.

Last-ditch efforts by regional leaders to convince Yahya Jammeh to step down as president failed overnight.

He lost elections last month, but wants the results annulled citing errors in the electoral process.

Twitter user who insulted Michelle Obama suspended from work

A Nigerian man who could not mind his own business by attacking outgoing American First Lady, Michelle Obama, has been suspended from his workplace.

According to news reports, the man, Ladi Delano who goes by the moniker #WeCare4IDPs, had reacted with denigration to the photo of the delectable Michelle posing with dogs on her birthday on the steps of her house by writing on his Twitter handle:

"Your mates are holding their male children, you are holding dogs."

That outburst did not go down well with Nigerians and women groups who attacked him severally for coming out as a sexist who does not see anything good in female children going by the fact that Michelle has two daughters.

See the first tweet and reactions here:

The new 'Star Trek' series has been delayed again

“Star Trek: Discovery” will likely miss its previously announced May premiere target, Variety has learned. The series has also cast James Frain as Spock’s father.

CBS released a statement regarding the potential delay:

“Production on ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ begins next week. We love the cast, the scripts and are excited about the world the producers have created.  This is an ambitious project; we will be flexible on a launch date if it’s best for the show.  We’ve said from the beginning it’s more important to do this right than to do it fast. There is also added flexibility presenting on CBS All Access, which isn’t beholden to seasonal premieres or launch windows.”

Vigil held for kidnapped photojournalist Shiraaz Mohamed

As the sun set on Wednesday evening, the sound of sirens and car hooters filled the air as a motorcade snaked its way through the streets of Ennerdale until it reached the Civic Centre in Lenasia South.

The Ennerdale Joint Reaction unit and other community members headed towards a vigil that was organised in support of the release of South African photojournalist Shiraaz Mohamed who was kidnapped on Tuesday last week while on assignment in Syria.

His trip was facilitated by relief organisation Gift of the Givers.

Many of the cars, driven by members of the Ennerdale Joint Reaction group, had flashing lights on their roofs and posters with Mohamed's face glued to their windows.

Members of the SA Block Neighbourhood Watch in their high visibility vests walked in front of the cars chanting "Free Shiraz Mohamed".

Inside the civic centre the mood was sombre and more chairs had to be brought inside as over 200 friends, family, community members and journalists gathered.

My Coach Demanded To Sleep With Me Before I Can Represent Nigeria – Moses

Moses claimed that after she refused the coach’s sexual overtures, she was framed up for drugs usage and was dropped from national camp in 2013, while preparing for a championship in Malaysia.

“They said I tested positive (for drugs) in 2013. If they didn’t throw me out of camp and tried to frustrate me, I would have been an Olympian today. Why did they do all these? Because Gloria Moses is a stubborn lifter who won’t sleep with her coach,” the athlete, who won three gold at the Rivers 2011 National Sports Festival, said.

“They said I tested positive. But after the dope test I had, a letter should have been sent to my state (Bayelsa) and another to me. But I didn’t get a copy of the result of the dope test and I requested for but nobody gave me any till now. The frustration was too much; that’s why I had to leave for America.

US-based Nigerian weightlifter Gloria Moses says she relocated to the United States late last year after a national coach tried severally to sleep with her before she could be allowed to represent the country.

“In Nigeria, the coaches drop better female weightlifters for those that give them what they want. I’m okay with what they made me pass through; it was a challenge and it made me stronger. ”

Moses, an orphan, added that the frustration that came with her expulsion from national camp almost made her commit suicide in Lagos.

The 2009 NSF triple silver medallist added, “I was targeting gold (in Malaysia) in the snatch and jack events because I was in-form but the coach frustrated me, denied me the opportunity. I would have made some money if I won. Thereafter, I couldn’t pay my rent; and there was nobody to help me. If I had parents, they would have fought for me, but I had no one.

'I feel that justice has been served': Obama defends commuting Chelsea Manning's sentence in final press conference

President Barack Obama defended his decision to commute Chelsea Manning's remaining prison sentence during his final press conference from the White House on Wednesday.

Manning, a transgender woman, was convicted in 2013 of violating the Espionage Act after she leaked documents detailing US diplomatic and military activities to WikiLeaks in 2010. Manning had been serving as an army intelligence officer in Iraq at the time. She was sentenced to 35 years in prison, but is due to be released in May.

"Let's be clear: Chelsea Manning has served a tough prison sentence," Obama told reporters, noting that Manning's sentence had been "disproportionate" to what other leakers had received.

T.I. warns black celebrities about being 'bamboozled' by Trump

T.I. penned an open letter to Donald Trump this week asking questions of the president-elect while trying to help him realize the consequences of his words.

Now, the Atlanta rapper has decided to take a step forward and ask others who may potentially meet with Trump to reconsider. He took to Instagram to deliver his message.

“I’m going to tell all you celebrities – black, minority, all of you man, athletes. Let me tell you something: there’s a strategic plan that people are trying to make you a part of,” he told his fans in a video. “Do not accept any invitation or have any meeting no matter how positive you think the outcome may be, without understanding. People have a very Willie Lynch agenda.”In a second video posted to his Instagram account, T.I. explained how Trump is luring in people supposedly representing different minority communities (including Kanye West and Steve Harvey) in order to neutralize potential backlash against him or his policies.