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Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The representative of the Lagos-Central Senatorial District in the Senate, Oluremi Tinubu, says as a Christian she has forgiven her Kogi-West counterpart, Dino Melaye, for abusing and threatening her. Tinubu, however, said would not be intimidated by anybody and that she would continue to fight for her right. She said this on Wednesday […]

John Alechenu, Abuja Senator Ajayi Boroffice (APC, Ondo North), has said the ongoing trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki and his Deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, will be pursued to its logical conclusion. Boroffice said he and his colleagues who initiated the process which led to the arraignment of the two principal officers of the Senate remain […]

Organised labour on Wednesday gave the Kogi State Government a 30-day ultimatum to pay the seven-month salary owed workers or face a strike action. The presidents of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) issued the ultimatum at a rally organised by their respective state chapters at the NLC office in Lokoja. […]

Sam Allardyce is expected to be named the new England manager on Thursday. Here are five things to know about the 61-year-old former Bolton, Newcastle and West Ham manager, who will take over from Roy Hodgson, who stepped down after England’s humiliating last-16 exit to Iceland at the European championships in June. Big Sam Blunt […]

Ramon Oladimeji The Registrar, Nigerian Turkish Nile University, Ismail Asan, has said 11 Nigerians bagged first class honours at the institution in the 2015/2016 academic year. Asan said this at the fourth convocation ceremony of the institution held recently on its campus in Abuja. According to him, Udeme Eno-Nta, who studied Computer Science, made a […]

Friday Olokor, Abuja Workers of the Abuja Urban Mass Transport Company on Wednesday protested the non-payment of five months in salary arrears, preventing the management from gaining access to their offices. The workers, a 100 strong, under the aegis of Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees – an affiliate […]

A German woman was on Wednesday sentenced to 14 years in jail for manslaughter of four of her new-born children, months after the remains of eight babies were discovered in her home. The father of the 45-year-old woman’s children was released without charges as a result of insufficient evidence, the court in the southern German […]

John Alechenu, Abuja Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Wednesday besieged the National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress, to protest against Senator Dino Melaye. The group of peaceful protesters, who were led by the Deputy Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mr. Wasiu Sani, said they were at the party […]

Mrs Taiwo Oluwanisola, 42, on Wednesday told an Igando Customary Court in Lagos State how she stumbled on a message where her friend was begging her husband, Olajide Oluwanisola,45, to return her pant. Taiwo said this in an application she filed before the court seeking the dissolution of her 18-year-old marriage to her clearing-agent husband […]

OVIE OKPARE, WARRI A new date for the funeral rites of the late former Super Eagles Coach, Stephen Keshi, has been fixed for July 29, 2016. The burial will hold at his country-home of Illah town in Delta State. The Delta State Commissioner for Information, Mr Patrick Ukah, revealed that the ceremonies will hold between […]

Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Federal Government on Wednesday admitted that it is aware of “serious shortage of foods”  in many families in the country. The Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Chief Audu Ogbeh, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of a meeting of the Federal Executive Council presided over by […]

Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja Former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Tony Anenih, has warned members of the party in the National Assembly not to contemplate removing President Muhammadu Buhari from office. He also asked the Chairman of the party’s National Caretaker Committee, Sen. Ahmed Makarfi, to dissuade the PDP […]

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Seme Command, said it impounded 1,457tons of ‘Cannabis Sativa,’ also known as Indian Hemp between January to June, 2016. The NDLEA Commander, Mr Odotong Essien, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Badagry that a total of 21 suspects were arrested under the period. “From January to […]

John Ameh The Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has removed the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriation, Mr. Abdulmumin Jibrin. Jibrin, an APC member from Kano State, hard serious disagreements with his colleagues over the handling of the controversial 2016 budget. Details later…

An Ogudu Magistrates’ Court has remanded a 48-year-old nurse in Kirikiri Prisons for allegedly failing to pay a commercial bus owned by the Lagos State Government the correct fare. The nurse, Oduwole Taiwo, who lives at Lucky Fiber Road, Ikorodu, was said to have boarded the bus from Ikorodu to Ojota at about 4.15 p.m. […]

Friday Olokor, Abuja A law firm representing the embattled Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Tuesday, said the Code of Conduct Bureau had cleared the Army chief of any wrongdoing in the $1.5m properties he (COAS) bought in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. In a statement, Buratai’s lawyer, Ugochukwu Osuagwu, advised critics […]

The Minister of Communications, Mr Adebayo Shittu, says Nigeria is losing about N127bn which is 0.8 per cent of the country’s Gross Domestic Products, to cybercrime yearly. Shittu said this in Abuja on Tuesday at the opening of the 26th National Conference and Exhibition of the Nigeria Computer Society. According to him, “our growing dependence […]

Alexander Okere, Benin The Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, on Tuesday warned voters in the state to be wary of politicians, whom he described as self-confessed treasury looters seeking control of the state in the September 10 governorship election. Oshiomhole, who said this during a courtesy visit of his Lagos State counterpart, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, […]

Olalekan Adetayo with agency report The Nigeria Labour Congress has called for the abolition of security vote for the president and governors in the country. The NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Abuja that security vote had become an avenue for siphoning public funds. “The issue of security […]

Mudiaga Affe, Calabar Some hoodlums on Friday robbed and killed a 35-year-old ‘suya’ seller, Habibu Maude, after robbing the deceased. The late Maude, a father of four, was shot dead at his suya spot along White House Street in Calabar, Cross River State. Shops and other businesses in Bogobiri, an Hausa settlement in Calabar, were […]

CAUSES OF SEXUAL PAIN II Another factor that causes sexual pain (dyspareunia)during penetration is a number of genital infections—most commonly, genital herpes, trichomoniasis, and yeast infections—can make intercourse uncomfortable. Even women who are asymptomatic or unaware of their infections can have small changes in their vulva or vagina that can contribute to pain.Inflammation, infection or […]

Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has described the allegations in some quarters that the anti-corruption war of the present administration is selective as absurd. He said such allegations were without foundation or basis. According to a statement on Tuesday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, the Vice-President spoke […]

Afeez Hanafi Neighbours of a woman, who died last Friday in a hotel in Ikotun, Lagos State, have opened up on what transpired shortly before her death. They said the deceased, who was identified only as Iya Ginika, had left home around 9pm on the day, telling her husband that she wanted to visit a […]

Eniola Akinkuotu and Ramon Oladimeji The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has detained the Resident Electoral Commissioner of Abia State, Mr. Sylvester Ezeani, for his alleged role in the N23bn ($115m) that was disbursed by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, during the build-up to the 2015 presidential election. According to the EFCC, […]

Olalekan Adetayo, Adelani Adepegba There are strong indications that the police will re-arraign suspects who were earlier arrested and detained in connection with the murder of a former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Bola Ige. It was learnt on Tuesday that all the suspects that were arrested in 2002 who […]