This is an open letter from the recently divorced actress, Chika Ike to her fans on how she was battered and abused by her ex-husband in their 5 year marriage...read the letter below:
The past three years has been a very emotional period for me. I focused my energy on work and to build back my self esteem. its been really hard for me to come out straight and talk about this because sometimes I pinch myself to wake up and not believe that I was a victim of domestic violence. I've been through a lot in my life, faced a lot of challenges but this is one topic I've tried so hard to avoid and have been waiting for the right time but I have come to a resolve that there's really no right time because every second of the day,lives are being lost due to domestic violence. I was a victim of domestic violence in my marriage and that was the singular reason I left my marriage, aside other reasons.
Aevin Dugas a 38-year-old social worker from Louisiana, holds the Guinness Record for the largest natural afro hairstyle in the world, with a circumference measuring an incredible 4 feet 4 inches (1.32 m).
The hairdo has taken over 14 years to grow to its current proportions, and although Aevin is really proud of it, she admits sometimes it can be pretty problematic.
RIVERS State University of Science and Technology (RSUST) is unfazed by the current nationwide strike by Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over differences with Federal Government.
Prof. Barineme Fakae, Vice Chancellor (VC) of the University who confirmed this however did not explain why the varsity has defied the nationwide strike by public owned universities.
According to Don Jazzy, he and brother Jay used to walk from Awodiora through Mba, through Orege to Boundary market to sell akara, agidi, akamu, fried yam and plantain.
And he thanks God more when people hear his 'Back when' stories and don't believe him.
Such is life.
A 29-year-old French nurse has created an online advert offering to rent out her breast to feed newborn babies. She describes herself as “a young mother in good health” targeting gay men in particular. Gay men in couples are not able to breastfeed their babies and breastfeeding allows babies to grow in good health, giving them complete nutrition.
Benita Nzeribe is a popular Nollywood actress, when asked why she is yet to get married, the Nollywood actress said:
“If I have to say the truth, marriage is not all about money or the little things of life. We should marry for real love. That is why I see myself as being able to marry whoever I am in love with, no matter his status in life.
“That is to say, even if the guy is a wheelbarrow pusher, I would marry him so long as my heart is with him.”
