Bride of the century

In this digital era of the 21st Century, it's no longer news that social media has been the medium for many to find their soulmates.

Argentine media called it the "wedding of the century" for Rosario, the gritty northern port city where Messi, 30, and his bride, 29, met when the player was nine years old.

The work of early missionaries in the nineteenth century led to the conversion of the Ibibio to Christianity. Samuel Bill began working for Ibeno. He founded the Qua Iboe Church, which later extended over Nigeria's central belt.

One of his offspring, Raji Lagunju, was born to an Ile-Ife bride and raised to become the second Chief Imam of Ile-Ife.