• They expressed gratitude for their shared journey on Instagram.

Nigerian actor Daniel Etim Effiong and his wife, Toyosi, are commemorating seven years of a joyful marriage.

In a collaborative post on Instagram, they expressed their gratitude to God for their shared journey.

Sharing new photos, they wrote;

”This is Seven Years 😭🥳🥳🥳

Seven years of an Odukpani king and an Isale-Eko queen saying YES to life together!!!

What a mystery – this covenant called marriage; and what a GOD-ORDAINED UNION – this permanent, exclusive and complete union of all that we individually are…

It was you before time began and I’m thankful that it’s you in time!

3StrandCord – Toyosi in Daniel, Daniel in CHRIST ♥️

Happy Anniversary to us 🎉🎉🎊”

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In other news, Nigerian actress Ufoma McDermott has candidly shared her struggle with kidney disease, which has resulted from years of unintentional painkiller misuse.

In a heartfelt discussion with media figure Chude Jideownwo, the Nollywood star recounted her journey with kidney disease over the past 12 years and emphasized the importance of health awareness among others.

She said to Chude, “I really wish everyone would understand how important health is. My brother was diagnosed late on stage four and he had to go straight into dialysis and had complications. I was diagnosed a lot earlier so I’ve lived on medication for almost 12 years now.”

Reflecting on the repercussions of substance abuse within her family, the actress noted that her late brother was diagnosed with kidney disease at a critical stage and encountered serious issues during his dialysis treatment.

She explained, “When my brother passed away I ran to my cardiologist. I was scared and my parents were scared, is this genetic? We had to trace the kidney disease and we learned it was from drug abuse.”

“I’d always grown up with migraines, headaches and eyeaches, and I never wore my glasses because they made me look like a geek. I wouldn’t wear them and then I’d take painkillers for my migraine. I never took ordinary painkillers, I took strong painkillers because I wanted the pain to go away. At a point, I had painkillers in my wallet and I could give people,” she added.

McDermott ultimately discovered that her condition was not hereditary but rather a consequence of prolonged painkiller use.

“The doctor told me I was exposed to certain behaviours and my brother was exposed to the same thing, doesn’t mean it’s genetics. I didn’t know I was abusing drugs and I was first I was diagnosed with high blood pressure was at 26, and I didn’t even know what that was.”