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2022

MBGN 2022: Ohafia-born Ada Eme Crowned Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria [PHOTOS]

Abia State, Entertainment, Lifestyle, MetroAbia State, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Metro, Nigeria

Ada Eme, a 24-year-old model and event planner representing Abia, was proclaimed the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria (MBGN) 2022 in a glittering national competition held on Friday, October 21 at Eko Hotel & Suites in Lagos. Ada Joy Agwu Eme is from Amaogudu Abiriba in Ohafia Local Government Area. She beat 36 other contestants to win the 34th MBGN edition and clinches the title of Miss World Nigeria 2022. She will succeed last year’s winner Oluchi Madubuike and will now prepare to represent her country at the 71st Miss World pageant on a date yet to be announced. Miss…

Oct

22

2022

By Chimamanda

US Wife Tenders Certificate To Prove Marriage to Jim Iyke, Wants Divorce from Actor.

Amos Oge Kalu, Entertainment, Lifestyle, MetroAmerica, Carllie Taggett, Comr Amos Kalu, Entertainment, Jim Iyke, Lifestyle, Metro, Nigeria

The embattled, pained, and abandoned wife of the popular Nigerian actor and fashionista, James Ikechukwu Okolue Esomughua, popularly known as Jim Iyke, who allegedly wedded her about 5 years back in the US before he abandoned the marriage and disappeared, is insisting that she needs to be free from him through a legal divorce with the attendant spouse benefits. Recall, OHAFIATV News reported that Carllie Taggett, a medical student, business entrepreneur, and US citizen narrated that they were legally wedded in 2017 after they met in Norcross, Georgia. In her testimony, Carllie revealed that Jim Iyke who she said was…

Oct

21

2022

By Chimamanda

EndSARS memorial: Lekki Tollgate is a cemetery – BBNaija star, Tega Dominic

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Metro#EndSARS, BBNaija, Entertainment, Metro, Opinion, RIP, Tega Dominic

Former Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) housemate, Tega Dominic, has tagged the Lekki Tollgate as a cemetery. According to her, the memories of 2020 Lekki Tollgate victims will remain in the hearts of Nigerians, especially the families whose loved ones have become “heroes.” Tega, who noted that October 20 would be remembered for so many things, further assured that the raising of the Nigerian flag high and still being killed would be relayed to generations unborn. Reacting to the attack on EndSARS protesters on Thursday while taking a drive and walk through the tollgate with caskets to commemorate the second anniversary,…

Oct

21

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Soludo announces arrest of Gunmen who attacked, killed Ifeanyi Ubah’s aides

Lifestyle, Metro, News, PoliticsAnambra State, Charles Soludo, Crime, Gunmen, Kidnappers, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics, Security, UGM

Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has revealed that some of the gunmen who participated in an assassination attempt on Senator Ifeanyi Ubah have been arrested. Soludo revealed this on Friday when he visited Enugwu-Ukwu in Njikoka Local Government Area of the state, the same community where the attack happened about a month ago. Ubah had lost four security aides and two personal assistants during the attack, but he was able to escape in his bullet proof car. But during the burial of Pa Boniface Nwankwo, father of Hon. Dozie Nwankwo who represents Dunukofia, Njikoka, Anaocha federal constituency in the…

Oct

21

2022

By Kalu Odinakachi

Afenifere defends endorsement of Peter Obi, insists Presidency not Yoruba property

News, Opinion, Politics2023, Afenifere, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Peter Obi, Politics

The apex Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, has said the Presidency is not the personal property of the Yorubas. Afenifere was responding to allegations of picking the Labour Party, LP, Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, ahead of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Sola Ebiseni, the Afenifere’s Secretary-General, said the body’s support for Obi was based on principle and the interest of the Nigerian State. Ebiseni made the clarification during an interview on Arise TV. The South-East has been agitating for a run at the presidency and the popularity of Peter Obi, especially amongst the youth demography might upset the…