Disney will in the 2019 summer launch its Cruise Line, the first-ever round trip cruise route starting from the port of Civitavecchia, a town near Rome, Italy.

Disney fans will be able to see Italy and Southern Europe in a more magical way than ever before.

The first voyage begins on June 14 with stops in Italy, France and Spain.

Guests will be able to visit Salerno, on Italys Amalfi Coast; La Spezia, a common launch point for visiting the picturesque towns of Cinque Terre; Villefranche-sur-Mer and Marseilles, on the French Riviera; and Spains vibrant beach city of Barcelona.

The Rome-based cruise is just one of seven new cruise routes that Disney has to offer in Europe.

The others are Cartagena, Spain; Toulon (Provence) and Brest, France; Belfast, Northern Ireland; Gothenburg and Nynashamn (Stockholm), Sweden; and Fredericia, Denmark, according to the Disney Parks Blog.

We dare you not to sing Its A Small World After All.

And closer to home for Americans, Disney Cruise Line is also returning to their popular ports in Alaska, the Bahamas and the Caribbean.

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Billionaire oil mogul, Femi Otedola has set the social media on fire, in a video he posted last night, dancing with his daughters, to Davidos hit song,

Otedola, who joined Instagram on 9 February this year, to stem fake accounts, now has close to 90,000 followers and his latest video has attracted 104,000 views and over 1200 comments.

The billionaire did not state the reason for the dance, but the atmospherics of the video, with balloons and a cake on the table, shows the family was celebrating an event, possibly a birthday.

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BBNaija Double Wahala housemates Leo and Ifu Ennada (Lifu)have been evicted from the reality show.

The paired housemates are the fourth set of housemates to be evicted from the BBNaija Double Wahala house and fifth pair to depart the house.

Previously, fellow housemates Bitto and Princess (Pritto), Deeone and Vandora (Vandee), Angel and Ahneeka(Gelah) were evicted from the show alongside Khloe and K-Brule (Ksquared) who were disqualified.

Lifu saw their chances of winning the grand prize of 25 million Naira and an SUV cut short during the last nomination process on Monday.

The Head of House(HoH) Bambam and her partner Rico(Bamco) who were immune from nominations decided to save Teddy A and Nena(Tena) and replaced them with Cee c and Lolu (Ceelo), leaving Lifu and the rest of the housemates up for eviction.

Lifu narrowly escaped nominations last week.

However this week, BBNaija host Ebuka Uchendu announced Lifu had received the lowest percent of votes from fans across the world compared to fellow housemates who were up for eviction this week.

Earlier in the game, Lifu came out on top during the Roc Da Mat challenge.

The pair won a prize of 5 million Naira, one year supply of Pepsi, Pepsi chillers and VVIP trip for One Africa Festival in London, England.

Similarly, the two housemates were on the blue team that won the Heritage Bank task presentation that guaranteed them a lunch in Big Brothers (Biggies) house on Saturday.

Ifu Ennada revealed she stayed out of building any emotional relationship in the house because she is making a conscious effort to remain single this year for personal reasons

The outgoing housemate admitted to feeling the urge to share a kiss with fellow housemate Rico Swarvey during their weekly Saturday night party last week.

Fellow evicted housemate Leo seemed calm and more worried about a wailing Alex. He told Ebuka that spending most of his time sleeping in the house was a result of being bored most of the time.

He said he was glad to go back to his business outside Biggies house.

The powers of the Head of House(HoH) were slightly altered during the eviction show.

Perennial BBNaija host Ebuka announced that the HoH would no longer be immune from nominations.

Ten housemates now left in the game will continue to vie for the grand prize as individuals rather than in pairs.(

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Zambia is waging a fierce campaign against sex dolls, threatening offenders with heavy jail terms over the dolls which, it says, are very unnatural.

No one sells them openly, no one admits to owning one, and no one has been arrested, report said.

The government launched the crackdown on the sex toys last month.

The action has propelled the issue of sex dolls to the top of the news agenda and made them a hot topic of conversation and debate on social media, dividing opinion in the largely conservative southern African country.

Being a Christian nation, obviously we are anchored in Christian principles and one of the values is morality and ethics, Minister of National Guidance and Religious Affairs Godfridah Sumaili , said.

Selling or using a sex doll is against Zambian law, she said, vowing to ensure they are not bought on the internet and imported.

The use of sex dolls is definitely in contradiction to our natural heritage and our principles, Sumaili added.

The law actually forbids anybody to trade (in) and to use such objects and so this is why we are saying for Zambians that this is a very unnatural thing.

The minister said the ban was necessary after media reports emerged of sex dolls being imported into Zambia, apparently from Asia. Police are investigating, she added.

In recent months, Zambias independent and semi-official press have devoted many column inches to reports of sex shops popping up around the capital Lusaka selling sex dolls, as well as chronicling the backlash.

God created man and woman for sexual satisfaction but for a man or woman to use a lifeless object is immoral, Sumaili said.

Lets not import foreign beliefs and experiences. Let us just believe in what we are.

The manufacture of sex dolls has become increasingly sophisticated, with China developing custom-made smart dolls that can talk, play music and turn on dishwashers.

Sex dolls inventors say they can cure loneliness and help elderly men who lack female companionship.

In Zambia, the dolls made of silicone were reportedly in a variety of shapes and shades, but could not be found in any shops.

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Coach Hamza Abara of Niger Tornadoes Football Club of Minna on Sunday praised his players after upsetting visiting Plateau United FC of Jos with a 1-0 defeat.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the victory was in a Match Day 12 fixture of the 2017/2018 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL).

Tornadoes scored the only goal of the match via a penalty kick in the 31st minute, after goal-bound Babawo was brought down by Golbe for Plateau United. Hussaini Isah slotted the the ball into the net.

What we planned from the pre-match analysis was to defeat Plateau United no matter our pattern of play today.

And to God be the glory. We have succeeded in picking the maximum three points. So, I am happy, Abara told NAN after the match played at the Bako Kontagora Memorial Stadium in Minna.

He added that the victory would help to move the club away from their 14th position on the league table.

Plateau United are the defending champions, but are now fourth on the league table, five points adrift from leaders Lobi Stars.

Abel Iliya, the Team Manager of Plateau United, said the match was a good game.

Iliya said Plateau United would go back to the drawing board to work out plans for subsequent matches.

It was a good game. In sports, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.

This will make us to work hard, he said.

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Two-time Wimbledon champ Petra Kvitova had her 14 match winning streak snapped on Sunday at Indian Wells as she lost in straight sets 6-2, 6-4 to world No. 149 Amanda Anisimova.

Kvitova had been playing some of the best tennis of her career.

So it wasnt the kind of third round statement the ninth seed was looking for as she lost in straight sets to the youngest player in the draw.

The 14 straight victories tied her previous career best which she set in 2011-2012. The 28-year-old Czech came into Indian Wells having won the last two tournaments she played in.

This was her first time back at Indian Wells after missing last year while recovering from a stabbing incident during a robbery at her home in December 2016.

Kvitova committed four double faults and had her serve broken five times in the 69 minute match.

The 16-year-old Anisimova, who needed a wildcard to get into the draw, is making her Indian Wells debut.

She moves to the fourth round where she will face either fifth seed Karolina Pliskova or Chinas Zhang Shuai.

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Novak Djokovic is still trying to find his old form as he crashed out of Indian Wells tournament in his first match on Sunday.

He lost to 25 year-old qualifier American-born Japanese Taro Daniel in three sets, 7-6 4-6 6-1. Djokovic had won the tournament five times and came to win the sixth.

For me it felt like (the) first match I ever played on the tour. Very weird. I mean, I just completely lost rhythm, Djokovic said after the Daniel upset.

I had some inexplicable, uncharacteristic errors, Djokovic told reporters.

But thats, I guess, its all part of those particular circumstances that Im in at the moment, he added.

In contrast, Roger Federer is still having ball on the court, as the the 36 year-old defeated ArgentineFederico Delbonis in two sets, 6-3 7-6, in a rain delayed match.

Rain on Saturday had delayed the match, with Federer leading 6-3 2-2. Play resumed Sunday evening, with the second set going into tie brake.

Delbonis had defeated Federer at an ATP meeting in Hamburg in 2013, He won 7-6, 7-6.

Federer, whoregained the world No 1 ranking last month, is on a quest to make history in the California desert by winning an unprecedented sixth Indian Wells title. The 36-year-old Swiss marvel continues to defy the ageing process, claiming his 20th grand slam title and sixth Australian Open crown in January.

He has enjoyed a perfect start to 2018 by winning both events he has competed in and taking his career singles title tally to 97. Federer said on Thursday that he wont be taking anyone for granted in this draw.

I didnt come here to lose in the first round or two, he said. I care about the moment. I care about the results.

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The Express newspaper has reported that AC Milan are plotting a move forArsenaland England midfielder Jack Wilshere.

Wilsherescontract runs out in the summer, and is no closer to agreeing a new deal, with both parties refusing to budge on a suggested 25 per cent pay cut.

Arsenal want to reduce Wilsheres current salary of 120,000, but Wilshere is not prepared to accept the 90,000 on offer.

That has put Milan on red alert, as well as fellow Serie A sides Juventus and Sampdoria who are also keen on the England international.

The 26-year-old impressed in the Europa League first leg tie between Arsenal and Milan.

Wilshere made a glittering start in Arsenal jersey before going a run of chronic injuries that nearly ruined his football career. After having recovered from the injuries, the English international has been finding his feet again at the Emirates and has since featured frequently for Arsene Wenger including 2-2 Chelsea draw where he scored an opener.

Arsenal have struggled in midfield till they signed Granit Xhaka who has adapted to the English league, offering the physical presence in the centre of the park. This perhaps makes Wilsheres fate with the Gunners quite unclear.

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Mr. Daniel Arap Moi, Kenyas former President, has been flown to Israel for a medical check-up.

Moi has been booked at a hospital in Tel Aviv for a check-up on his knee which has been giving him discomfort.

Mzee (old man) Moi is accompanied by his physician Dr David Silverstein and his son Senator Gideon Moi, the brief statement read.

The former head of state has not been in active in politics in the recent past and has been out of the limelight.

In brief statement Senator Moi said: The old man is not feeling well. He will go for medical check-up. So, he needs your prayers as he leaves the country.

He said that the 93-year-old former president would visit historical sites in Jerusalem.

Mr Mois last public appearance was on October 26, 2017 where he cast his vote at the Kabarak University polling station during the repeat presidential election.

However, unlike other voters, the former head of state cast his ballot from his car with a polling clerk assisting him.

Moi has been meeting delegations at his Kabarak home.

Notable among the visitors was President Uhuru Kenyatta and his mother Mama Ngina Kenyatta.

On January 27, 2017 the former president underwent a minor surgery on his knee at the Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi.

The problem begun on July 30, 2006 after a crash while riding his Range Rover vehicle which collided with a pick-up vehicle at the Rukuma view point in Limuru, west of Nairobi.

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The National Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone on Sunday released 75 per cent of the result of the presidential election held in the country on Wednesday, showing the opposition candidate, Julius Maada Bio is now ahead, with a narrow lead over the candidate of the ruling party, Samura Wilson Kamara.

Chairman of NEC, Mr Mohammed Conteh, declared the progressive result at the commissions headquarters in Freetown.

Conteh said that result representing 75 per cent of the polling stations in each of the 16 districts in the country had been cleared by NEC Tally Centre Information Technology Systems.

He said that the detail result are partial and does not represent the complete outcome of the election.

According to him, Maada Bio the candidate of the opposition, Sierra Leone People Party (SLPP), has taken the lead with 848,438 (43.33 per cent) votes, followed by candidate of the ruling All Peoples Congress (APC), with 833,519 (representing 42.7 per cent).

Kamaraimba Mansaray, candidate of the Alliance Democratic Party (ADP) has secured 20,234 votes; Musa Tarawally of Citizens Democratic Party (CDP) 8,740 votes and Samuel Sam-Sumana of Coalition for Change (C4C), 67, 132 votes.

Chernoh Bah of National Democratic Alliance (NDA), 6, 532 votes; Kolle Yemkulla of National Grand Coalition (NGC) 136,009 votes, John ODwyer of National Progressives Democrats (NPD) 3,307 votes.

Patrick Sandy, National Unity and Reconciliation Party (NURP), 1,816 votes and Baba Conteh of Peace and Liberation Party (PLP), 3, 373; Francis Margai, Peoples Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC)7, 521 votes and Victor Williams of Republic National Independent Party (RNIP) 1,976 votes.

Jemba Ngobeh of Revolution United Front Party (RUFP) got 9,866 votes ; Mohamed Sowa-Turay, United Democratic Movement, 4,477; Henry Kabuta, United National Peoples Party (UNPP), 2, 369 votes.

Olufemi Claudius-Cole of Unity Party (UP), scored 2,891 votes.

Conteh assured that the full certified result would be announced as soon as possible, under the one week timeframe stipulated by the countrys electoral law

Conteh also reading a statement issued by the commission said that the commission has continued to tally result at its five regional centres.

He said that while the majority of the results have now been entered into presidential election result sheet, NEC had identified some forms that require examination before they could be accepted as a genuine results.

He added that the processes were built into the system to ensure integrity and accuracy of the final results.

The Public Electoral Act 2012 allows NEC to take any necessary steps in examining these results. These can include the recount of these ballot papers in affected polling stations.

He disclosed that recount were underway now in relevant districts offices.

NEC will take any necessary step to ensure accuracy of results and to safeguard votes legitimately cast by Sierra Leoneans on 7 march

NEC commissioners are also aware of allegations against our own staff and we take these allegations very seriously.

In addition to the numerous safeguards that are already in place, we will continue to monitor the tally process at every stage.

Conteh said that the commission believes that trust is paramount. It also understands the danger of speculations and that false allegations have the potential to damage public confidence in the electoral process

We appeal to all citizens to respect the integrity of the electoral process, to refrain from speculations, to remain patient and uphold peaceful environment that has come to characterise Sierra Leone.

He said that the commission in carrying out its functions would continue to honour the choice of the electorate, which was the votes that they cast on election day.

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