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Nollywood actress, Rita Uchenna Nkem Dominic fondly known as Rita Dominic, got married to Fidelis Anosike on April 19, 2022, in Imo state. The duo made their relationship public in December 2020 after sharing lovely photos of themselves during the Christmas period. Fidelis is a 56-year-old who hails from Umueri in Anambra state, Nigeria and beautiful Rita Dominic was seen in the video below enjoying the triumphant entry as Umueri women welcomes her into her husband's compound.  One video below and one more photo below.   

Gov Umahi Endorses Ebonyi Speaker, Francis Nwifuru As His Successor As next month’s gubernatorial primary of the ruling All Progressives Congress in Ebonyi State approaches, Governor David Umahi has thrown his weight behind the governorship ambition of the embattled Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Francis Nwifuru, as his preferred successor come 2023. This is coming on the heels of reported opposition by stakeholders of the party from Izzi, Ebonyi, and Abakaliki Local Government Areas of the state. The Association of Ebonyi State Indigenes in Diaspora led by Amb. Paschal Oluchukwu, had, on Friday, also kicked against the purported endorsement of the embattled speaker by a group known as Ezza Ezekuna youths and traditional rulers of the Izzi Clan. Umahi, while introducing Nwifuru at the occasion, described him as the next Governor of Ebonyi State.  

A 13-year-old boy from Minnesota will soon earn his bachelor's degree from college - with a major in physics and a minor in math - and has been accepted into the University of Minnesota's Physics PhD program.  Now his parents are trying to figure out how to pay for it. Elliott Tanner, known as a profoundly gifted child, is maintaining a 3.78 grade point average at the University of Minnesota and is participating in undergraduate research while also tutoring classmates. He wants to be a high-energy theoretical physicist and eventually a professor of physics at the university, however, tuition costs for the graduate program have been an obstacle, his mother, Michelle Tanner, said. Even as an in-state resident, Elliott's family will have to pay a total of about $40,600 for the fall and spring semesters, or roughly $20,300 per semester, according to the OneStop university website. 'We're just trying to explore all our options, and coming up with dead ends,' Michelle...

"Nkechiblessingsunday You came on my set, Turned off my Generator and disrupted my shoot without asking for anything and you expect me to still give you money after that? The jobless Twat said his useless wife came to wake him up from sleep that Nkechi blessing is filming in Abeokuta,so he came on purpose. Your body go tell you sha e sure!!! My car I can fix easily but your body go tell you. If you had asked for anything before turning off my gen is a diff thing entirelyl resemble Butty for you eye? Abi dem no tell you say I be Garage girl few weeks ago?". More videos and photos below.  

Happy 4th Birthday Prince Louis! The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are pleased to share four new photographs of Prince Louis, which were taken earlier this month in Norfolk by The Duchess. More photos below.   

BE.ATEN BY MY WIFE 😩  I am a 33 year old man and my wife is 24 years old we are 5 years of marriage.  My father-in-law is a very wealthy businessman. He paid us for a well-constructed plot and we lived peacefully until our first daughter was born.  When I come home from work, my wife forces me to take care of the child. Each time it's me who cleans the child, changes his diapers, gives him the bottle, I also have to prepare food, tidy up the house, I can't even watch the game on TV or go out to see my friends. She makes me watch novelas with her all night yet she won't go to work like me.  She is the one who decides everything in the house, even when we have to eat, when we have to make love. I accept all this without resentment, because I love her with all my heart and I don't want to lose her but what I can't bear 😭, since her father gave her a car, my life has become l hell, she makes me wash her car, she blames me, she hits me regularly, she once sent me ...

Unknown Gunmen Kidnap 10 Fulani Herdsmen in Anambra, Demand N4m, AK-47 Rifle Suspected gunmen have allegedly kidnapped 10 persons, suspected to be herders in Anambra State, with a demand for N4 million and an AK-47 rifle as ransom.  The Chairman of South East Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Alhaji Gidado Siddiki revealed the demands at a session with journalists yesterday. At the session, Siddiki explained that the incident happened at Obene community in Ogbaru Local Government Area, and that those kidnapped were his members.  Siddiki said the incident took place at Fulani settlement at exactly 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, while the herders and their cattle were asleep.  “The cattle herders were attacked at their settlement while asleep, and their herds numbering about 300 forcefully taken away by the gunmen numbering about 40. “The men invaded the area with sophisticated weapons, including guns, cutlasses, sticks and charms. The kidnappers have ...

HEARTLAND FC EJECTED FROM HOTEL FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO PAY BILLS INCURRED BY MANAGEMENT OF HEARTLAND FOOTBALL CLUB.  Heartland FC of Owerri players under lock and key in a hotel around MCC Uratta road Owerri North.  The management of the hotel refuse to open gate for the players until the government pay them for the players food and hotel rooms fees. The players were seen inside the hotel premises stranded under lock and keys.  The hotel management said Heartland FC is owing them approximately N700,000 thousand Naira for the player's food and hotel room charges. The hotel management also said that Heartland FC is also owing them another money for food and hotel rooms fees incurred by Heartland FC Queens of Owerri, over one million Naira few months ago. The incident happened on Saturday morning 23 April, 2022 as the players were about leaving for their match against Wikki Tourist FC. Destiny Jacobs. More photos below. 

BABA KEKERE OF OYO KINGDOM. Baba Kekere has served 3 Alaafins. His duty is to run errands for the king. He served : 1. Oba Adeniran Adeyemi II, Lamidis father between 1945 & 1956. 2. Oba Gbadegesin Ladigbolu II between 1956 & 1968 and 3. Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, between 1970 & 2022. He walks briskly in and around the Alaafin of Oyo palace. He is very popular not only because of his diminutive figure but because of his humility and he does not get angry. Some call him a man with repository of knowledge of the Palace for he has the history off hand and some call him the Palace library or an archive.  He is called Baba Kekere possibly because of his height. His age is unknown because his birth was not recorded but it is assumed that he should be over 100 years now. His real name is Morenikeji Lasisi  

NDLEA seizes Cocaine in teabags, arrests 4 traffickers at Lagos, Abuja airports . Mops up 88,734 Tramadol caps, Cracks, others in Kano, Kaduna, Benue, Akwa Ibom, FCT raids Fresh attempts by Brazil based drug cartels to smuggle substantial quantities of Cocaine into Nigeria through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos by concealing the Class-A illicit substance in teabags have again been thwarted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. At least, four traffickers involved in the attempts to import and export illicit drugs through the country in the last week are now in the custody of the Agency. One of them is 33-year-old Pascal Ekene Okolo, an indigene of Ihe in Ogwu Local Government Area of Enugu state, who was arrested during an inward clearance of Qatar Airways flight from Sao Paulo via Doha at the arrival hall of the NAIA on Sunday 17th April. Okolo who claimed to be into wine business in Brazil w...

I received, with rude shock, the unfortunate loss of lives at the pipeline explosion in Ohaji/Egbema as a result of illegal bunkering activities around the region. This is one of the unexpected occurrences that has informed our campaign and fight against criminality and banditry in our society. I have been consistent in preaching against any practice that could lead to national economic sabotage and jeopardy. While it remains pathetic that lives have been lost, this unfortunate incident calls for a redress by all who are in that illicit practice, to turn a new leaf and save lives. At my instance, the Imo State Commissioner for Petroleum, Rt. Hon. Goodluck Nanah Opiah visited the affected area and we shall review the breached protocols and implement necessary procedures to avert a reoccurrence. - Hope Uzodimma  

WHAT A WICKED WORLD😭😭😭 Housemaid tortured to death, hanged to fake a suicide. A housewife, Mrs Nene Fortune Stephens of number 18 Ogundola street, Bariga Lagos is cooling her heels at the Police station for murder. She was said to have tortured her maid, Miss Joy Akom Adole from Benue state to death over a dispute about salary arrears and stealing of Indomie noodles. After realising the girl had given up the ghost, she with the help of her husband hung the poor girl and went to the police with claims that she had committed suicide. The girls relatives who were aware of the acrimony between madam and maid raised an alarm and police investigations showed it was murder. The girl had numerous bodily wounds, her feet were on the ground.  The Autopsy report later showed she was hung after she had given up the ghost. Mrs Stephens will soon be in court. Some people are simply heartless  

IMO “REFINERY” DEATHS, A NATIONAL DISASTER President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the nation’s armed forces, security and intelligence agencies to intensify the clampdown on illegal refineries following the reported deaths of tens of people Friday night after an illegal refinery exploded at Abaezi forest in the Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State. Reacting to what he described as a “catastrophe and a national disaster,” President Buhari said responsibility for the loss of lives and property must squarely lie with the sponsors of the illegal refinery, “who must all be caught and made to face justice.” In conveying “the condolences and the full depth and range of the nation’s shock and trauma” to the families of the victims, the Ohaji Egbema community and the government and people of Imo State, the President urged community leaders, the police, and the secret service to never allow the occurrence of the heart-breaking incident in any part of the country again.  

OTUKPO: MAN BURNT TO DEATH OVER THEFT OF MOTORCYCLE, KILLING OF IT'S OWNER A man, alleged to have stolen a commercial motorcycle, also known as Okada, was on Saturday burnt to death in Otukpo, Benue State. The suspect, it was gathered also killed the victim after snatching his okada. The man was arrested and taken to the police station. However, some of the deceased colleagues stormed the station on Saturday morning and demanded that the suspect be released to them. They blocked the Otukpo township road. When the police realized the protesters were not ready to back down, they released the suspect. The suspect was beaten mercilessly and eventually set ablaze on the road. Credit: switchnigeria

PRESS RELEASE The Creative Industry Group, CIG, organizers of the Creative Industry Festival, CIFEST announces the postponement of her CIFEST 2022 which was meant to hold between the 1st and 7th of May 2022 at designated locations across Lagos State with a continual behive of activities at the Tafawa Balewa Square Lagos daily for the duration of the seven days festival. This call was made by our intending sponsors, who we are in talks with, to have a date that suits all parties. After due deliberation, members of the CIG executives concurred.  A later date will be announced in the nearest future. All foreign participants in the continent and beyond as well as States in Nigeria have been duly informed. The Group apologizes to all our expected and intending participants and guests for any inconveniency caused by the postponement. Yours Sincerely, Amb. Felix Duke    CIG President