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Popular South Korean actor, Song Joong-ki has tied the nuptial knot with British actress, Katy Louise Saunders, and the couple are expecting their first child together.

Song, who is famous for his roles in Vicenzo and Arthdal Chronicles, shared the good news in a statement released by his agency, HighZium Studio, on Monday, January 30 in an online site for his fans.

His statement reads,

“Hello. This is Joong Ki.

Today, I am greeting you because I want to share a promise that is more happy and valuable to me than anything.

I have promised to continue life together with Katy Louise Saunders, who has been by my side supporting me and who I have spent valuable time with while cherishing each other.

She has a kind heart, and she has lived her life passionately. She is a sensible and amazing person to the point that I revere her.

Thanks to her, I am becoming a better person.

We naturally dreamed of creating a happy family together. We have put in much effort to keep each other’s promises, and we are sincerely thankful as a new life has come to us.

And today, based on our deep trust and love for each other, we are on our way back from registering our marriage to begin life as a married couple.

As we are now, the two of us will walk our days ahead beautifully while facing the same direction.

I sincerely thank all the fans who always cherish me no matter what.

Especially following the wishes and support of Ki Aile (Song Joong Ki’s fan club) who provide the greatest strength to me throughout my acting career, I will work to fly higher as an actor and individual with the wings of greater responsibility and passion.

I hope everyone will be happy and healthy until the day I can greet you in person.”

Song was previously married to his Korean colleague, Song Hye-kyo, for two years but the duo took their fans by surprise when they announced their split in 2019.

Congratulations to him and his new wife!

The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has vowed to end insecurity and insurgency if elected president.

The PDP flagbearer spoke on Monday while speaking to Party supporters in Zamfara state capital, Gusau.

Atiku expressed his condolences to the people of the state who have been victims of bandit assaults in recent years, which have resulted in hundreds of deaths.

In his words;

“We have been looking forward to come to Zamfara because of what we are reading on social media, now we have seen that it is true. Firstly I want use this opportunity to condole and sympathise with you I know that apart from the people of Borno and Yobe there is state that suffered the loss of people apart from you as a result of banditry, armed bandits among others, we pray that God will bring this to an end, but the end of it all is if God wills it is to vote for PDP, because APC brought this evil in the last seven to eight years of its administration.
They brought insecurity, poverty, and disunity; our youth are not going to school because teachers are not paid in secondary and tertiary institution. With your vote you will expunge them. I promised to restore peace and security in Nigeria I have done it in the past I, so, see no reason why with your support and backing by the grace of God there wont be peace in Nigeria.
Secondly the people of Zamfara are known for trading, farming, rearing today none of these exist, therefore with your support we will restore all businesses, ensure that all our youth are schooling without hitches.”

Atiku further added;

“When you elect your governor we will collaborate with him to ensure that all things Zamfara needed is done. As Federal government we will ensure the construction of railway that brought wealth to Kaura. We will work with the state government to revitalise the closed down textile company.
We will give businessmen capital to open these textiles for job generation. We will open borders because it is not in line with the law. Our borders are closed while others are open.
They brought us abject poverty there is no justice in this. I promised under the Federal Government we will reconstruct Bakalori Dam for those farmers that were prevented from farming. Two governors in the past made a pledge to me to construct airport but failed to do it the Federal Government will assist the state to build the airport in Zamfara.”

There was pandemonium in a female hostel at the University of Abuja recently after a student tried to burn down the entire hostel.

It was gathered that the student intentionally set her mattress on fire inside her room and watched as the fire spread to the entire room.

A video shared online shows the moment the room was up in flames, and her colleagues watched in disbelief.

The student was also seen brandishing a knife to presumably scare people away and prevent them from tackling the fire.

However, when the fire started burning uncontrollably with thick black smoke coming out of the room, her fellow students were forced to intervene before it got out of hand.

While some students wrestled the culprit to the ground, others swung into action and put out the fire.

The management of the university are yet to comment on the bizarre incident.

Watch a video of the incident below,

In other news, a young man and his sister have been banished from their community in Lude, Mbaise, Imo state, for allegedly committing incest.

A video shared online shows community members leading the disgraced siblings out of the community with what little properties they owned.

According to the narration from the video, “The young man took his sister as a wife.”

They were asked to go wherever they want to but must not return to Lude under any circumstance.

Social media adviser, Daniel Regha has criticized Nigerian singer, Asake for his new song which he described as pointless.

Taking to his Twitter account, Daniel chastised Asake for creating a song with a nice beat and catchy chorus that had no lyrical value just like Omah Lay’s Soso.

According to him, the music video was not any better as it glorified evil spirits and created an avenue for listeners to get possessed.

In his words;

“Asake’s new music “Yoga” have a nice beat & a catchy chorus, but lyrically speaking the song is po!ntless, just rhymes. The music video is also discourag!ng cos it glorifies evi! sp!r!ts; Omah Lay did the same with
“Soso”. This is how people get passessed, it’s nat entertaining.”

A while back, Asake paid tribute to those who died during his concert in London, United Kingdom.

Following the tragic incident, the “Joha” crooner who returned on stage in Lagos last night, December 22, paused his performance to pay tribute to the deceased.

A video currently making the rounds captures the emotional moment Asake asks the crowd to observe silence in honour of the two lives that were lost during the stampede.

Watch video here.

Popular Nollywood actress, Anita Joseph, has taken to social media to issue a stern warning to her colleagues and fans as she makes it clear that she’ll not tolerate any disrespect towards her husband.

The screen diva, who’s married to celebrity hypeman MC Fish, gave this warning on Monday, January 30, via her Instagram page.

She shared a photo of herself and her husband and promised to not spare anyone who disrespects her husband.

According to the self-styled Queen Mother, she will come for anyone who attempts to treat her man disrespectfully in any way.

“If you Disrespect my husband I will come for you Shallom !! Nkwucha aburo kwa Ujo shalllom.” She wrote.

A while ago, MC Fish, the husband of popular Nollywood actress, Anita Joseph, lauded his wife, especially for her submissiveness.

In an interview with Saturday Beats, MC Fish described his wife as a homemaker and noted that most female celebrities cannot submit to their husbands the way his wife does.

According to him, his wife, Anita, is a good companion who understands her responsibilities as a wife in their home.

“I can’t just mention one but a few things. My wife is a homemaker. She respects me in the home, and I can categorically say most celebs cannot even do what she does for me in the house. They can’t be as submissive as Anita Joseph is to me. To top it up, she’s a friend and a good companion. She understands her responsibilities as a wife. The most beautiful quality is that she makes me laugh, even when I am angry.” He said.

A video has surfaced online, showing Nigerians struggling to enter the banking halls to swap the old naira notes for new ones.

Recall that the Central Bank of Nigeria initially stood its ground on the initial date of expiration for the old notes causing there to be extreme tension and struggle to arrive at banks before the due date but it has now announced that the President approved a 10-day extension to encourage more Nigerians to quickly deposit the old notes.

Citizens could be seen in the videos fighting and trying to enter the already crowded compounds while security officers failed to control the crowd.

See video below;

In other news, Reality TV star, Princess Onyejekwe has revealed what she would do if the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, emerges winner of the presidential election slated for February 25.

In a comment she reportedly made on Instagram, the Big Brother Naija star said she would display the Nigerian flag on her balcony and car like Americans do. According to her, the idea behind it is to depict the return of Nigeria.

She was quoted as saying,

“No lies!! Once Peter Obi wins I will put the Nigerian flag on my balcony like oyibo people then one on my dashboard and side mirror aka the return of Nigeria!”

Nigerian Fashion entrepreneur, Tolu Bally has taken to social media to declare her chef wanted and offer a million naira reward to find him.

Taking to her Instagram page, she shared a picture of the guy, his real name, and details of the theft.

According to Tolu, the chef identified as Rene broke into her room while she was at church and carted away with all her valuables.

She wrote;

“WANTED!!!
A MILLION NAIRA (1m naira) REWARD TO WHOEVER FINDS HIM!!!!
The Devil struck yesterday but unfortunately with the wrong person .
The guy in the picture is my chef . Gave us his name as Franck George Dalmieda from Cotonou but his real name is RENE ADOMAZE . Got back from church yesterday to an empty room. He broke into my room and closet and carted away with all my jewelries and some other valuables .
He is on the run at the moment and all his numbers are switched off .
Pls if anyone has any information about him kindly send to my dm or call this number 09080777758. Pls kindly share 🙏🙏🙏
Thanks 🙏”

See her post below,