The Tiv and Fulani speaking tribes of the Bali local government area of Taraba State have a dialogue being held by the 6 Brigade Nigerian Army.
The meeting aims to resolve the lingering conflict between the Tiv tribe’s farming communities and the herders.
The engagement is a continuation of its non-kinetic efforts to promote stability and peace in Taraba State, address persistent communal tensions, and foster trust between residents.
Brigadier General Kingsley Chidiebere Uwa, commander of the 6 Brigade Nigerian Army/Sect 3 Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), directed the engagement to take place in the Brigade Conference Room in Jalingo.
Brigadier General Uwa emphasized the crucial role of dialogue in resolving disputes and urged all parties to embrace tolerance, forgiveness, and peaceful coexistence. He also cautioned community leaders against starting up a conflict and said that maintaining peace is a shared responsibility.
He further reaffirmed the Nigerian Army’s commitment to supporting civil servants through non-violent means, arguing that community participation and ownership of the peace process are the only prerequisites for lasting peace.
Political figures, traditional rulers, youth leaders, and other important Tiv and Fulani tribes participants were present at the meeting.
The dialogue provided a forum for discussion about the Bali LGA’s ongoing security issues, which were to be addressed in a practical and long-term manner.
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Dauda Aboki, the executive chairman of the Bali Local Government Area, praised Brigadier General Uwa for his decisive leadership and reaffirmed the willingness of the local government and community leaders to collaborate closely with security forces to bring about peace in the area.
The signing of a peace pact by all participants was the engagement’s highlight.
Important resolutions were included in the agreement, including commitment to resolve disputes peacefully and legally, respect for the rule of law, and promotion of community cohesion.
On the night of the US Darts Masters’ opening night in New York, reigning champion Rob Cross and top-seeded Stephen Bunting both suffered shocking defeats.
Danny Lauby, an American who had previously lost three times in the first round of the competition, defeated England’s Cross 6-0.
Bunting was able to get 170 checkouts, but Jason Brandon, an Australian qualifier, won 6-4 to advance to face Damon Heta, an Australian qualifier.
Luke Humphries, England’s world number one, defeated American Stowe Buntz 4-3 to win the final three legs, setting up a meeting with Lauby.
Nathan Aspinall, a fellow Englishman, will take his place in the title matchup in Las Vegas in 2019, who defeated Canadian No. 1 Matt Campbell 6-2.
Michael van Gerwen, the two-time champion, made his return to action after declaring last month that he and his wife Daphne had broken up with Leonard Gates.
Two months after becoming famous with her new girlfriend Andrea Dalton, Tammy Slaton has revealed her engagement to the public.
The 1000-lb Sisters star, 38, made the announcement during a very casual interview with Creative Chaos. Tammy made it known that she and Andrea Dalton are engaged to be married. The host was enraged that Tammy had mentioned Andrea as her fiancée during the conversation, which prompted her to inquire about Tammy’s latest news.
Host Hunter Ezell posed the question, “Hold on, you said fiancée,” after mentioning the word “fiancée.” Tammy said, “We kind of just chill out at home, and me and my fiance.” She continued, “We go to Walmart and just walk around or Roses, or something like that, just to walk around, get some exercise, or do something.”
Two months ago, Tammy and Andrea’s romance became public.
The host then continued to press her about her relationship status, claiming that Tammy was “lighting up” when Andrea was mentioned. Then, mockingly, Tammy showed off her wedding ring. She also wore the name Adrea emblazoned on a necklace.
The host of the podcast yelled, “Have mercy, that is so cute!”
Two years after her husband, Caleb Willingham, passed away, it was revealed that Tammy had found love with Andrea. In the seventh season of the show, Tammy, who has lost a whopping 500 pounds as a result of her weight loss journey, stars alongside her sister Amy, who also has Amy as her partner, she revealed her love in live.
Tammy stated in the episode that she wasn’t the only one seeing someone new and that she hadn’t told her family about it. Not just Amy, who has been seeing someone new, is her. So have I… I’ve been seeing someone for a while, and things are going pretty well.
Tammy’s husband, Caleb, died in 2023 (TLC)
The woman I’m dating is Tammy’s next step, she later said. I haven’t told my family because they will have a piece of the story. Because of how fared they are, I believe my family probably has more opinions than anyone else.
The reality TV star, who claimed to have been gay a few years ago, revealed that she had not dated anyone since her husband Caleb’s passing in 2023. In November of this year, he passed away. The pair wed.
She claims that while she was a pansexual before losing her partner, she now doesn’t want to be with men anymore.
The sad news was confirmed by Caleb’s younger brother on Facebook at the time. He wrote, “I can’t believe I’m even writing this post, but GOD called my big brother home today.”
“R. I. P. Caleb Willingham, also known as Killla K. Double K., is one of the dynamic tag team members of the World Wide Web, and I am a big supporter of all of my decisions. You will forever be missed and loved. until we come back together,” he said.
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A British Got Talent contestant who made an appearance on the ITV talent show in 2014 has revealed that his wife is expecting their first child.
In an adorable Instagram post, Michael Auger revealed that his wife Nicole is expecting their first child. The 35-year-old singer, who is a member of the Collabro singing group, won the 2014 competition.
The singer and Nicole posed outside the Eiffel Tower on Instagram to share the happy news with the audience. Nicole’s bump was captured on camera by Michael on the knee as he eked out, “In the city of love celebrating our new lil love (love heart emoji) #paris #eurostar.”
Michael Auger’s wife, Nicole, gave the news via a sweet post outside the Eiffel Tower (michaelcollabro).
The pair’s sweet picture was flooded with messages as they posted it. Jamie Lambert, Michael’s bandmate, simply wrote, “Lovely, Lovely, Lovely,” along with a red heart emoji.
“Oh wow!! penned by singer Lauren Samuels!” Congratulations!!!! One person yelled, “Wow! ” while another yelled, “Wow! Omg omg omg!! The best news of all time. I’m happy. What gorgeous bambino will you produce, guys.
Michael and his bandmates Collabro won Britain’s Got Talent in 2014. In 2014, Michael rose to fame. The band was made up of Michael Auger, Jamie Lambert, Matthew Pagan, Thomas J. Redgrave, and Richard Hadfield as members at the time. After the show, the band had success selling more than two million records. However, Richard abruptly left the band in 2016 due to a disagreement over YouTube’s excessive posting of cover songs.
Collabro won ITV’s eighth season of the talent show.
The band continued to perform as a four-piece, growing to the point where Cliff Richard was supported on his Just Fabulous Rock ‘n’Roll Tour of the UK in 2017.
It was obvious that the band would continue to do significant things after their first audition. A standing ovation was given to them as they performed a stirring song from the musical Les Misérables before the judges.
The British praised their efforts when Simon Cowell declared, “Britain has really got talent.” The band made it to the semis after receiving four yeses from the panel.
They signed to Simon Cowell’s record label Syco later that year and won the contest with 26.5% of the vote.
Their debut album, Stars, debuted the following month and immediately soared to the top of the charts.
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The Queen of Burlesque exclusively shares her incredible career, her turbulent romantic past, and her sincere thoughts on why she never established a family.
Dita admits she never imagined she’d be a worldwide success(Image: Getty Images for David Jones)
As the undisputed queen of burlesque, Dita Von Teese has been entertaining audiences in little more than a corset for three decades. Now she’s bringing a new show, Diamonds And Dust, to London. But despite her remarkable career, the humble 52-year-old, who has performed for international royalty, A-list celebrities and billionaire entrepreneurs, says she never anticipated global fame at the beginning of her journey.
“I carved out a space for myself when I first started performing burlesque shows in the 90s when it wasn’t really a thing,” she says. “Then I was headlining shows in Vegas and the Crazy Horse in Paris and London and travelling all over the world and I’m very proud of that.
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The star counts Taylor Swift as one of her biggest fans(Image: AFP/Getty Images)
I never imagined my global success would be possible. Never, ever, ever. Not once, either. Although it’s been a crazy experience, watching it keeps me inspired to keep evolving and changing people’s perceptions of what a burlesque show is and expanding the burlesque movement.
Helping her with that goal is none other than Taylor Swift, the one person who Dita would love to join her on stage this summer at the West End’s newest theatre, The Emerald. The unlikely duo joined forces in 2022 – in giant Martini glasses – when the 14-times Grammy Award winning singer songwriter invited Dita to appear with her in the video for her single Bejeweled. “If I needed a stand-in one night and she was in London, I’d definitely give Taylor a call,” says Dita. “She could definitely pull it off.”
“Taylor is a super-smart girl,” says Dita, whose ability to seductively blend golden era Hollywood glamour and attention-grabbing stunts – like appearing in a giant powder compact or on a bucking bronco refashioned as an oversized lipstick – catapulted her to international stardom and the covers of magazines including Playboy and Vogue.
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She first called me and said she was aware of my background and that I was a fantastic performer. After that, she explained the idea for the video, which was a burlesque reinterpretation of Cinderella, where we both end up alternating in chest-high Martini glasses while wearing only diamanté-studded bustiers.
Dita’s show Diamonds and Dust is at London’s West End(Image: Chris Jackson Collection)
She said, “I want you to be in this video because I want people to know what you do.” She merely spearheaded the entire video shoot, which was extremely smart and savvy. Watching her was amazing. On that set, I really enjoyed getting to know her and talking to her.
In her personal life, Dita has been with her partner, designer Adam Rajcevich since 2014 – seven years after her tumultuous divorce from goth rocker Marilyn Manson. The controversial musician faced sexual assault and domestic violence allegations until California prosecutors dropped all charges in January this year. Dita is delighted that her life today is a million miles away from the media circus it had become when she and Manson, real name Brian Warner, were together.
Dita, who was born in West Branch, Michigan, recalls her divorce and makes fun of it. “I can be like, Whoa,” I thought. When did you divorce the rock star, exactly? You can learn from every circumstance, though it was crazy. I’ve grown weary of dating in the public eye, and I’m not interested in dating any of those famous couples who “sling s**t at each other on X.”
Dita lives in her Tudor revival mansion at the foot of the Hollywood Hills, where she rarely gets to spend time with her other half. While Adam is working on her new show in London, she is content to take some domestic chores.
“The most romantic thing in my life right now is just that I can go off and do my thing, and I have someone who will take care of my kitties and call me every morning and send me video updates. That’s super romantic to me. It’s not like, ‘Oh, you’re gonna have to just take care of yourself,’ or, ‘Why aren’t you here?’ It really means a lot.”
The star – who also appeared on screen in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and on The Masked Dancer – looks at least a decade younger. A passionate advocate of clean living, minimal alcohol and even more minimal exposure to the UVA rays of the sun, she was disappointed to have to answer accusations from ITV viewers that her beauty is anything but natural, when she appeared as a guest on Lorraine in January.
The performer says she can look back on her messy divorce from Marilyn Manson and ‘laugh at it now’(Image: Getty Images)
“I was like, ‘I have had no work done. I haven’t even had Botox,’ then I started going, ‘Does my face look weird? Does my face look puffy? Do I look like I’ve had some injections?’ Because honest to God I’ve not had any work done. I was like, ‘I haven’t even got started on any of that yet,’ and I thought, ‘Wow, it’s weird to have people accusing you of having plastic surgery when you just haven’t.’”
But she avoided making any comments about her critics. It was just left alone, I thought. Someone else said to me, “Just look at it as a compliment.” Nobody will ever be happy. They’ll be upset if you tell them what you did. They believe you to be lying if you claim that you didn’t do anything. I’m at a loss for words. It’s challenging.
Dita has also grown tired of decades of questions asking her to justify her decision not to have children. “Looking back at my life, I think, ‘When would I have done that?’” says Dita, who has two sisters, Sarah and Jena. “I do remember one time about 20 years ago Madonna telling me not to let motherhood pass me by and I remember thinking, ‘Oh, well, I guess it has though.’ Do I feel like she was right? I don’t know. I’d just got divorced and then life happens and then suddenly you’re like, ‘Oh, here we are.’”
The future for Dita may not involve motherhood, but it may well involve a new continent. “After the fires, I’m definitely considering saying goodbye to LA,” says Dita. “Do you think the UK will take me?” she asks. “I can totally see myself in the British countryside. Maybe not London, but perhaps Ireland or Scotland.”
She has no desire to hang up her corset any time soon, whether in California or Cowdenbeath.
Diamonds And Dust is at London’s Emerald Theatre. For tickets, visit diamondsxdust.com.
According to a source, Billi Mucklow has “moved on” from her split with Andy Carroll and is feeling better than ever. Recent holiday snaps have revealed that Billi Mucklow is also looking sensational.
A smiling Billi showed off her stunning figure in recent holiday snaps(Image: Instagram)
Billi Mucklow showed her ex Andy Carroll exactly what he was missing when the 37-year-old former TOWIE star shared some sizzling snaps from her latest sunshine getaway. Rocking a striking blue bikini, bronzed skin and a carefree smile, Billi was flooded with praise for the photos, following her very public split from the former England footballer last September, after an 11-year relationship.
A source close to Billi claims to OK!, “She’s had a really tough time since the split – there was a lot of pain – but she’s moving on with her life and is definitely in her revenge body era. “Billi has put a lot into her fitness, lately. She’s lost weight – probably through a touch of the heartache diet – but she’s looking and feeling really good, more like her old self. Family and friends are saying she’s never looked better – that they’ve got ‘the old Billi’ back.”
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The former TOWIE star looked sensational as she posed in a blue bikini(Image: Instagram)
In the stunning photos, Billi was seen stumbling over a luxury villa as a dedicated mother to the former couple’s three children, Arlo, 10, Wolf, 7, and Marvel, 4, Emilie Rose, 15, Lucas, 14, and Andy’s children from a previous relationship.
And enthralled fans rushed to applaud her, one even saying, “Let’s show him what he’s missing, darling. What on earth did you think, Andy? “Another admirer added,” Andy? Best revenge is a good body, according to a third person. You are essentially winning.
While Billi was living her best life on her Spanish break, Andy, 36, was back in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Police were reportedly called twice to what were described as “heated” arguments with his new girlfriend, make-up artist Lou Teasdale, during their own holiday in Mykonos – though no arrests were made.
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Billi is aware of the reports, but she wants nothing to do with them, the source claims. They claimed that she has well and truly moved on because all she cares about is the happiness of her kids. She claims that Andy is no longer her issue.
After a rollercoaster 2024, Billi has, to be honest, found peace. After only two years of marriage, Andy and their relationship ended last July.
The couple had seen their fair share of controversy during their 11 years together. They almost didn’t make it down the aisle after Andy’s alleged antics on his stag do in Dubai, before it was revealed that he was innocent of the accusations on social media. Their split may have left Billi heartbroken and forced to face life as a single mum, but rather than crumble, she is clearly picking herself up, pouring her energy into her kids and, crucially, herself, too.
Andy and his new girlfriend Lou had a ‘heated’ argument on holiday in Mykonos(Image: andytcarroll/Instagram)
Former Newcastle striker Andy has been having a less idyllic time of late, after being questioned about the bust-up he’d had with Lou, 41, at a packed beachside restaurant and then at their hotel. Responding to the reports, Andy and Lou – who have been dating since last October – admitted that the police were called following their “heated discussion”, however both insisted things had been “blown out of proportion”.
They jointly stated in a statement that we had a heated discussion of the kind that most couples have occasionally had while having a private dinner in a restaurant in Mykonos. The police quickly realized that there was no justification for their presence. We left the restaurant with them together because they both vowed to “look after” us.
“An interested member of the public has blown the situation out of control,” he said. No one was detained or charged with anything. We are delighted, in love, and optimistic about our future together, but we are disappointed that a private disagreement has become a topic of public discussion.
Billi obviously has an army of fans hoping to extend her newfound luster, with some pleading for her to return to reality TV or even launch her own fitness range. She was praised as a “superwoman” for juggling motherhood, heartache, and getting a fabulous new figure all at once. Many people even thanked her for showing them that heartache can be overcome when things don’t go according to plan.
What will Billi do next, then? We’d like to see more sunny days, more time with her adorable kids, and more swimsuit slays, perhaps even a new romance? Her message to fans is undoubtedly that heartache shouldn’t have to happen.
