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Fans have been fascinated with the stars of Welcome to Plathville since the show’s 2019 debut — and the family’s love lives have become an integral part of the series. The TLC series follows the lives of Kim Plath and estranged husband Barry Plath and eight of their nine children: Ethan, Micah, Moriah, Lydia, Isaac, Amber, Cassia and Mercy. Their eldest daughter, Hosanna Plath, has not been featured. As the kids started to grow up, their romantic entanglements became more prominent, including Ethan’s marriage to and divorce from Olivia Plath. When Olivia and Ethan called it quits in 2023, she…

Ibom Air, the Akwa Ibom State-owned airline, has denied allegations that it controls access to Victor Attah International Airport, Uyo, or prevents other airlines from operating from the airport. The airline’s spokesperson, Anietie Essienette, stated this in a statement posted on Facebook on Sunday. But while the airline’s statement addressed its alleged monopoly over the airport, it did not directly address a key concern raised by some passengers: whether the limited availability of alternative carriers contributes to the high fares they pay on the Uyo route. The debate was renewed after a passenger, George Essien, in a post on Facebook,…

First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu …government must build the environment in which…businesses have a fighting chance. This is why those words — “we’ve encouraged Nigerians as best as we could” — stayed with me. Encouragement is good. Grants are good. Giving is good. But none of them can be the end of the conversation. The bigger task for leadership is enabling people to succeed. Give Nigerians the infrastructure. Give businesses a better environment. Make trade easier. Help SMEs scale. And above all, don’t limit our imagination. Some weeks ago, Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, was in the news after talking…

Welcome to Plathville‘s Isaac Plath is officially back with his ex Kaylynn Brinkley. “Always been you,” the reality TV star, 20, captioned a Sunday, August 30, joint Instagram carousel that shared romantic glimpses from a couples’ shoot with Brinkley. The photos, captured in an idyllic field at sunset, showed the exes embracing each other in a series of poses including Isaac spinning his girlfriend around by the hand. Isaac, whose breakup with Brinkley was documented in the April 14 episode of the TLC reality series, also tagged her in the post. Welcome to Plathville, which follows rural Georgia couple Kim…

The Nigerian government has expressed deep concern over the political and security situation in neighbouring Niger following a foiled coup attempt, urging all parties to work towards restoring constitutional order through peaceful means. In a statement issued on Sunday by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the government said it was closely monitoring developments in the neighbouring country, stressing that stability in Niger was critical to Nigeria and the wider Sahel region. PREMIUM TIMES reported that a mutiny erupted in Niamey, the capital of Niger, with heavy gunfights and explosions heard in several parts of the city, including the Diori Hamani…

First, two uncomfortable truths. Rising domestic prices sit at the heart of the argument over the extent to which the Tinubu government’s reforms have worsened the living conditions of the average Nigerian. The naira’s loss of its main function as a store of value is why the currency has lost out against the US dollar. Then, the main story. Both these facts describe the wide and swinging negative gap between the return on naira-denominated assets and the consumer price index. Seven years ago, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) sought to fix this problem by restricting local investors’ participation in…

Decentralized finance (DeFi) vault infrastructure protocol More Markets had a lending reserve drained of about $9.3 million in digital assets on Flow EVM, according to Web3 security platform Blockaid.The attacker drained about 15.5 million Wrapped Flow (WFLOW) tokens, valued by Blockaid at approximately $9.3 million, from the mFlowWFLOW lending reserve, according to blockchain data shared by Blockaid in a Monday X post.Blockaid said the attacker used Ankr Staked FLOW (ankrFLOW), a liquid staking token, alongside E-mode to overborrow from the reserve.E-mode, short for efficiency mode, is an Aave V3 feature that increases borrowing power for assets whose prices are expected…

President Donald Trump has claimed that NBC journalist Kristen Welker “will be reported” to the Federal Communications Commission over comments made during a promotional segment for Meet the Press. “Kristen Welker, the unpopular “hostess” of the once great Meet the Press, now considered Meet the Fake Press, just stated that Donald Trump has “mixed results” on his endorsements of candidates, when the recent WINS of Darline Graham and Mike Mazzei, stand at 100% for the U.S. Senate, and 98% for the U.S. House, recently and over the long term,” the president, 80, wrote via his Truth Social account on Sunday,…

Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang has declared the activities of a group reportedly operating under the name Hisba in parts of Jos North Local Government Area illegal and ordered security agencies to immediately halt its operations. The directive was contained in a statement issued on Sunday by Mr Mutfwang’s Director of Press and Public Affairs, Gyang Bere. The governor also directed the agencies to identify and investigate persons allegedly involved in the activities and prosecute those found culpable. According to the statement, the directive followed reports that the group had allegedly been involved in intimidation, harassment, extortion and the imposition…

The ballot will carry the name of one person. The choice, though, can carry much more: what football do we want in ten or twenty years? What role should national associations have in the game’s big decisions? What mechanisms should hold those who run football accountable for how they exercise that responsibility?… Every association will have its own answer. And that’s exactly as it should be. Formally, this will be a presidential election. In the end, FIFA’s member associations will choose a name: that of a man or a woman entrusted with leading the organisation. But behind that name lies…