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Iriebe Hosts Evo Unity Wrestling Festival, 22 Years After
The paramount ruler of Iriebe Community in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, HRH Eze Jeremiah Worenwu has attributed the successful hosting of the 2020 Evo Unity Wrestling Festival 22 years after to the prevailing peaceful atmosphere in the area.
Eze Worenwu said this in an interview with newsmen during the festival in the area.
He also blamed the situation on the untiring effort of Governor Ezenwo Nyesom Wike to ensure peace in Iriebe community.
The monarch reassured the community maximum support to Governor Nyesom Wike.
He also lauded the Evo Youth Council led by Prince Wopara for organising one of the best wrestling festivals in the annals of Evo Kingdom.
He thanked the youths for rejuvenating one of the unity festivals in the kingdom.
Eze Iriebe said the community would not hesitate to support ideas capable of bringing the people together as one indivisible entity, saying the peaceful and growth of the land should remain paramount to all and sundry.
Chairman Iriebe council of chiefs, Chief Godspower Eleto expressed satisfaction on the successful hosting of the festival attributing the success to the paramount ruler, Eze Worenwu.
Chief Eleto called on the youths to embrace peace and work towards the development of the land, saying the community would remain peaceful if youths would emulate good things.
In his speech, Evo youth council president, Prince Wopara recoginsed the effort of Iriebe paramount ruler towards the success of 2020 Evo wrestling festival.
Prince Wopara said the aim of the youth is to actualise peace, unity and love among Evo communities.
R&B star, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has recounted the early-career challenges she faced, revealing that she was once booed out of the stage while performing at a school event.
Speaking in an interview with Newsmen, the Crazy Tings crooner shared that she wasn’t only booed but was also harassed with plastic bottles.
“I remember one time I was going to perform at my school as an up-and-coming singer and I thought I was going to receiving a standing ovation.
“But I got booed. They even threw plastic bottles at me,” she recalled.
Tems explained that despite the embarrassing incident and other such rejections, she remained determined to pursue a career in music.
The Tide Entertainment reports that Tems admitted that some of the initial rejections she faced could be due to her conviction to stick to her originality instead of doing covers or familiar sounds like most of her peers.
The Grammy-winning singer said looking back now, she is glad that she didn’t compromise her style despite the initial pressures.
A close associate of late singer Mohbad, Primeboy, has appealed for the artiste’s burial nearly three years after his death.
According to him, Mohbad’s body remains in the mortuary since September 12, 2023, pending burial arrangements.
The Tide Entertainment reports that in a statement Primeboy urged the family, public, and government to permit the burial, stating, “It’s been almost three years since Mohbad left us. His body is still in the mortuary. I’m begging the family, I’m begging the public, I’m begging the government, please let’s bury our brother. He deserves a befitting burial.”
It would be recalled that Mohbad’s death sparked public outrage, protests, and investigations. Ongoing autopsy examinations, police inquiries, and legal proceedings have delayed burial arrangements amid family disagreements and public scrutiny.