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A man, Kolade Atanda, has told an Oja Oba/Mapo Customary Court, Mapo, Ibadan, Oyo State that his wife, Dupe Atanda always declares night vigil whenever he demands for sex. He said she also told him that their kids were not his. The frustrated man, who approached the court seeking divorce, narrated his ordeal before the President of the court, Ademola Odunade. Kolade told the court, “My wife denied me of two things which are important to me. These are sex and access to my two children. “Her mother indirectly runs our home because she takes orders from her, but flouts every instruction I give her. “As a result of this I feel inadequate as a man. “I can’t tolerate this anymore. Please, separate us and give me custody of the children. “I got married to my wife eight years ago and for those years, she refused to work. “I got her a job through the help of my boss, but she refused to resume work on the stipulated day, ”he said. “S...

Wife of the Vice President of Nigeria, Pastor Dolapo Osinbajo, has recounted how she spent about 10 years with street urchins under several notorious Lagos bridges in a bid to reshape their lives. The VP’s wife spoke at a “Teens Career Conference” put together by The Everlasting Arms Parish TEAP of the Redeemed Christian Church of God RCCG, Garki, Abuja. She said, “When I became a worker in the church, the first place I worked was the Teenage Church and for 10 years I was in the Children’s Church. “For 10 years, I was under the bridge; under the bridge in Lagos with ‘Area Boys’. So, every kind of drug that there is, I know about it. I have seen it before and I have seen the effects as well and I will like you to know that the ones that use it are not different from you. “Some of them too have parents in the church. Some of them have parents with very big names. There are some streets in Lagos that the names of the streets are nam...

President Muhammadu Buhari has said his Vice, Yemi Osinbajo remains his closest adviser since he resumed office a week ago. The President has denied allegations that he has sidelined his Vice, Yemi Osinbajo from participating in critical affairs of governance Buhari was reacting to a newspaper report on Sunday that following his return after a 103-day medical vacation in London, the ‘cabal’ had staged a comeback, which culminated in the purported sidelining of Osinbajo. Buhari in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu said he has not sidelined his Vice from participating in critical affairs of governance. Shehu said it was “absolutely nonsensical and absurd” to write that in one week of the president’s return, the vice president had become “irrelevant”. He described a report that a cabal has staged a comeback since Buhari’s return as recycled hate campaign aimed at pulling down the Chief of Sta...

Spanish giants, FC Barcelona want Manchester United's 19-year-old forward, Marcus Rashford to replace Luis Suarez. Here are the latest news and transfer rumours in the European world football. 1. Spain Barcelona will tempt Manchester United with an audacious attempt to sign Marcus Rashford next summer. Coach Ernesto Valverde is keen to sign a long-term replacement for Luis Suarez, who is now 30, and views the 19-year-old United striker as a potential candidate. (Sport) Juventus are interested in signing Andre Gomes and Aleix Vidal from Barcelona. The duo are low down the pecking order at the Camp Nou and the Serie A champions will make an ambitious late bid to sign Gomes, while they have also enquired about Vidal. (Mundo Deportivo) Meanwhile, Barcelona are continuing to pursue Philippe Coutinho despite having signed Ousmane Dembele from Borussia Dortmund. The Catalans believe they will complete the deal before the window shuts. Liverpool have also reportedly given B...

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has stated that the recovery of President Muhammadu Buhari from ill health deserved to be celebrated. Okowa said those ‎who have been wishing the president dead were only heartless because God had put them to shame by bringing the president back alive. The governor also called on Nigerians to promote what would unite the country rather than vices that would rather tear the nation apart. Okowa stated this on Sunday during an inter-denominational anniversary thanksgiving service to mark the 26th years of the creation of the state at the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Asaba, the state capital. Okowa said, “We must be cautious of the statement we make because, the unity of this country is what all of us must work to sustain; we must learn to partner ourselves and engage in actions that will deepen our love for one another. “We thank God for the return of Mr. President to the country, death is not a thing that one can wish any...

President Muhammadu Buhari, who assumed office on May 29, 2015, had earlier embarked on a six-day vacation in the United Kingdom between February 5 and 10, 2016. On June 6, 2016, he embarked on another 10-day vacation to attend to what the Presidency described as “persistent ear infection.” It had said although Buhari was examined and treated by his personal physician and a specialist in Abuja, the doctors advised him to go for further evaluation as a precaution. He said the President would therefore use the 10-day break to see an Ear, Nose and Throat specialist in London. Buhari returned to Nigeria on June 19, 2016 after spending 14 days in London. In a short interaction at the airport, Buhari challenged one of the State House correspondents who asked him about his state of health to a wrestling contest. “You know I am taller than you. Do you want to wrestle me?” the President had said in Hausa language. The 74-year-old Nigerian leader again left the coun...

Nasarawa State Deputy Governor ,Silas Agara says the state has never received any ecological fund from the federal government since it was created, adding that the devastating effects of flood which has claimed lives and property is threatening the existence of the people. He said that the state government had committed huge funds and ever willing to do more in tackling the impact of the torrential rains that cause flooding in the state but noted that it has limited resources. Agara said the state government was concerned with the agony of its people and had constructed drainages, culverts and canal, to ameliorate the sufferings of the people. The deputy governor who stated this when he received the federal government committee on the survey of ecological sites in Nasarawa state, appealed to the team to carefully take records of the areas with a view to making recommendations that could fast track the federal government’ interventions. He said the state had a number of erosion...

A fresh crisis may be brewing in the Edo State House of Assembly as the impeached Deputy Speaker, Mrs. Elizabeth Ativie, has held on to the cars, which the House directed her to return to new principal officers, claiming that the cars were given to her as gifts by a former governor, Adams Oshiomhole. The member representing Igueben constituency, Dr. Justin Okonoboh, and Ativie were on Monday impeached by 19 out of the 24 members of the House. The former Majority Leader, Mr. Foly Ogedengbe, was also removed. He was accused of gross misconduct, incompetence and greed. After taking over, the new Speaker, Mr. Kabiru Adjoto, directed the Clerk of the House, Mr. James Omoataman, to retrieve the vehicles and other official items with the impeached principal officers before the close of work on Tuesday. The clerk in a letter of reminder to Ativie, dated August 16, 2017, directed Ativie to return the official vehicles and hand over the keys to him. But Ativie, who represents Uhunmwonde Cons...

Alhaji Shettima Yerima, leader, of the Coalition of Northern Group (CNG), has claimed that the October 1 quit notice issued by Arewa youths to Igbos residing in the north had the backing of prominent leaders of the region. He made this disclosure in Lafia, during the zonal meeting of the Coalition in Nasarawa. He explained that in June 2017, a group of prominent northern leaders met with members of Arewa youths to take the position. “On June 6, 2017, a group of leaders from the north came together to deliberate on the situation in the country. “After their deliberation, we realised the need to make a statement on the activities of the Biafra agitators in the country”‎, he said. As the deadline draws closer, he said the group would soon meet to take a stand on the next line of action. He said the Kaduna declaration was in response to the Biafra agitation.   “We cannot fold our hands to watch an individual hold this country to ransom.   “We can’t allow an indiv...

The Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance (APDA), yesterday, setup a disciplinary committee that would look into alleged infractions by High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, Dan Nwanyanwu and Mainasara Illo. The decision was taken during the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting held in Abuja. The NEC had also passed a vote of confidence on the Malam Mohammed Shitu- led National Working Committee (NWC) of the party. Dokpesi had last week held a parallel NEC meeting in Abuja, where Illo purportedly emerged as new national chairman of the party while Nwanyanwu emerged as the BoT chairman. Malam Shitu, who read the communiqué after the NEC’s meeting, said the disciplinary committee was to be headed by Barrister Mohammed Sani Takori, a former Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice in Zamfara State. He said  the NEC had also empowered the NWC to setup structures in states, LGAs and wards across the country; and that the party would also field a candidate fo...