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18 year old Gary and 71 year old Almeda Hardwick of Tennessee are ready to celebrate their one year wedding anniversary and say they have so much chemistry despite the massive 53 years age difference between the pair. According to USA Today, the relationship began in June 2015 when they met at the funeral of Almeda's son Robert. "It was like an instant connection. (There was) so much chemistry there," Gary told USA Today. We both loved music. I had prayed about my soul mate for like two years, so, you know.  ''I was lonely," said Almeda. I had no one, so God sent him to me." ''When I looked into her eyes I knew it," Gary continued. "Her eyes were a dead giveaway."  "His were too ... I knew," she said.

31 year old Chinese man, Zhang Yue has been stuck with a bizarre addiction, he can’t stop drinking liquid detergent. Originally from southwest China’s Chongqing city, Zhang said his addiction started in 2012. He said what initially began with a few sips later turned into an uncontrollable appetite for anything from dishwashing liquids to shampoos. Zhang’s obsession with consuming detergents has gained him an unusual fame but that has come with a cost. His habit, he said, has turned away women, making his love life unstable.

Jamaica's Usain Bolt became the first athlete to win three Olympic 100m titles by beating American Justin Gatlin to gold at Rio 2016 Games. The 29-year-old ran 9.81 seconds in his final Olympics to replicate his success at Beijing 2008 and London 2012. His mom, Jennifer Bolt, thinks that’s cool and all, but what she’s really interested in is having grandchildren. Really Soon. Lol "I would hope he’ll settle down, get married and start his family," Jennifer Bolt told  CNN’s Don Riddell  in a segment that aired  Saturday  about what she hopes Bolt will do after the Olympics end.

A Nigerian suspected of being in charge of a network of internet scammers, stealing around $60m (£45m), has been arrested in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. According to the international police organisation, the 40-year-old Nigerian known as 'Mike', the head of an international criminal network behind thousands of online frauds was arrested in a joint operation by INTERPOL and the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC). The Nigerian national is believed to be behind scams totalling more than USD 60 million involving hundreds of victims worldwide. In one case a target was conned into paying out USD 15.4 million.

Sacked chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, will today meet with security and anti-corruption agencies to personally provide insight on his petition against Speaker Yakubu Dogara and three other principal officers of the House. According to a statement he shared on his Facebook wall this morning, himself and his lawyers will be at ICPC by 10am, DSS 12noon, EFCC 2pm and Police HQ 4pm. In the post, he wrote;

Olisa Nwakoby, a bank Manager at a second generation bank, First City Monument Bank (FCMB) Plc, on Friday evening shot himself dead in the presence of his Priest at the Lekki area of Lagos Island, Lagos State. The father of a 10-year- old daughter was said to have taken his own life because of an incriminating huge loan transaction he approved in his bank.

Retired super rich boxer Floyd Mayweather recently paid $50,000 to service his $1.5m Bugatti Veyron. TMZ reports that the repair was done by Nigerian Obi Okeke, who revealed how much it cost to service the luxury sports car. "The breakdown: Four (4) 2015 Bugatti tires cost $33k, Basic service (oil & fluid changes) cost $23k and then to top it off, a $3k detailing service."

A Nigerian Gay man David Ukre, who hails from Warri, Delta state, got married to his white partner Eric T. Shoen in New York,  on Saturday July 30th .

Telecommunications giant, MTN Nigeria, has said it will list its shares on the Nigerian Stock Exchange in 2017. The company said in a statement on Thursday that the listing was part of a settlement arrangement with the Federal Government. “The Board of Directors has resolved to proceed with preparations for a listing of MTN Nigeria on the NSE as soon as commercially and legally possible, and has established a management task team with the responsibility to guide the company towards a listing,” it said in the statement. “ At present, MTN Nigeria is targeting that the listing takes place during 2017, subject to suitable market conditions.” The statement was signed by MTN Nigeria’s Public Relations and Protocol Manager, Mr. Funso Aina. ‎The telecoms firm said it had appointed Stanbic IBTC Capital Limited (together with its affiliates, The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited and Standard Advisory London Limited) (collectively “Stanbic”) and Citigroup Global Markets Limi

Sacked chairman of the House of Representatives committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has released a new statement indicting speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara. According to Jibrin, Dogara fraudulently diverted  a Federal government water project to his farm in Nasarawa state. Read his statement below  Good morning fellow Nigerians, Everyday I will give additional allegation against Mr Speaker and the 3 others until the law catches up with them. Allegation no21 to MrSpeaker: why did you fraudulently divert a Fed Govt water project to your farm in Nasarawa and how are you funding the farm?  When a new Speaker emerges and the other principal officers replaced, I will write to the presiding officers of both chambers to commence a radical internal reform in the entire NASS beyond budget to cover performance assessment, running cost and allowances, investigations etc  If the reform so done on NASS is not made public latest by December, I shall take it up a