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In a response to President Barack Obama's expulsion of Russian diplomats for 'malicious' meddling in US election via cyber hacking. Russia has declared 35 American diplomats persona non grata,  The TASS news agency said the American diplomats expelled include 31 personnel of the embassy in Moscow and four of the consulate general in St. Petersburg. Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, made the declaration on Friday, TASS reported. "We, of course, cannot leave unanswered the insults of the kind, reciprocity is the law of diplomacy and foreign relations," Lavrov said. "Thus, the Russian Foreign Ministry and officials of other authorities have presented to the Russian president suggestions regarding announcing persona non grata 31 personnel of the US Embassy in Moscow and four diplomats from the Consulate General in St. Petersburg." Washington's accusations that the Russian state was behind attempts to meddle in the US presidential election are

A 30 years old suspect, Olajide Olatunde, was on Thursday remanded in Ilesa prison custody by an Osogbo Chief Magistrates' Court for alleged burglary. Olatunde is facing a three- count charge of conspiracy, burglary and theft. The Magistrate, Mrs Sodamade Fatimoh, ordered that the accused be kept behind bars due to the magnitude of the crime committed. The prosecutor, Insp.Fagboyinbo Abiodun, told the court that the accused person committed the offence on Sept.27 at about 1.a.m. at Ofatedo Area, Osogbo. Abiodun said the accused conspired with others now at large to break into the house of one Faleke Kayode and carted away some household items. The items include HP elite book core 15 , Blackberry phone , Samsung S2 , Dell inspirion, Blackberry touch 1, Blackberry touch 2, and a blackberry cure all valued N 141,000. The prosecutor said that it took the tireless effort of the detective police officers to apprehend the culprit. He said the offence committed by the suspect contravened s

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has launched a major crusade on drug abuse in Lagos State following the worried about the rising cases of drug abuse among Nigerian youths. The campaign, which is part of the agency's Anti- Drug Abuse Campaign, is aimed at sensitising and enlightening the people on the dangers of inappropriate drug use, codeine in particular. Speaking at the launch of the campaign to youths, market women and drivers in Surulere Local Council Development Area, LCDA, the Acting Director General of the agency, Mrs Yetunde Oni, lamented that the abuse of codeine among youths has become worrisome. Oni, who was represented by the agency's Chief Public Relation Officer, Mrs. Christiana Obiazikwor, urged youths to desist from inappropriate use of drugs.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THIS SWEET BEAUTIFUL PEPPERMINTO... hope you have a wonderful day and that the year ahead is filled with much love, many wonderful surprises and gives you lasting memories that you will cherish in all the days ahead.  Happy Birthday.

Doctors at Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State last week protested over unpaid four months salaries owed them by the Federal Government, threatening to withdraw medical services to patients on November 15. The protesting doctors, under the Association of Resident Doctors said though they have met the management of the Federal Medical Centre over the issue, the responses were not encouraging. The aggrieved resident doctors led by their Chairman, Dr. Nonso Okoye, and armed with placards some of which reads "Our Families are hungry", FG pay our salaries" and "we are hungry, MMM is becoming an option", called on Nigerians to prevail on the Federal Government to pay up salaries owed them. According to the protesters, they were paid 52 per cent salary from February to May, 2016 and owed September and October. "We want the Federal Government to pay us our monies. We have not withdrawn services. All we are saying is for the government to pay us for work

AD: 126,889 Votes APC: 244,842 votes PDP: 150,380 votes. "And with this... We hereby declare OLUWAROTIMI AKEREDOLU AKETI of All Progressive Congress as the newest tenant of the Alagbaka Government House, Akure. Ondo State."  -Prof. Abdul Ganiyu.  The Returning Officer          INEC

INEC results 1-Ondo West AD. 7154 APC. 10672 PDP. 17382 2-Irele AD. 6,710. APC. 11,138. PDP. 5,907 3-Ifedore AD. 4,629. APC. 10,958. PDP. 6,747 4-Akoko North East AD. 5,367 APC 13,645 PDP. 6,496 5-Ileoluji/Okeigbo AD 4525 APC 10681 PDP 8306 SDP 144 6-Ondo East. AD 2,742 APC. 4,253. PDP 7,317 7-Ose AD. 4272 APC. 13454 PDP. 6520 8-Akure North AD. 4123 APC. 10710 PDP. 6498 9-Akoko South East AD. 2270 APC. 6384 PDP. 4239 10-Akoko South West AD. 9359 APC. 19892 PDP. 7691 11- Akoko North West AD. 4831 APC. 13048 PDP. 6049 12-Okitipupa AD. 16294 APC. 14930 PDP. 8031 13-Owo AD. 2469 APC. 32988 PDP. 4241 14-Odigbo AD. 8187 APC. 17581 PDP. 8668 15-Idanre AD. 4836 APC. 10981 PDP. 7575 16-Akure South- AD12,270, APC. 25,797, PDP 25,005 17- Ese-Odo AD. 3562 APC. 10700 PDP. 8071 17 LGs results APC 244,457, PDP 146,784, AD 107,124. 18-Ilaje AD. 22789 APC. 7030 PDP. 5007 SDP. 159

(1) IRELE LGA 2. Total Reg. Voters : 60,264 3. Accred. Voters: 26,2.5 4. @APCNigeria : 11,138 5. @OfficialPDPNig : 5,907 6. AD : 6,710 7. APC wins 8. (2)ONDO East LGA 9. Total Reg. Voters : 45050 10. Accred Voters: 15987 11. @ APCNigeria : 4253 12. @ OfficialPDPNig : 7317 13. AD: 2742 14. PDP wins 1. (3)Ile-Oluji/Okeigbo LGA 2. Reg Voters: 66090 3. Accred Voters: 26281 4. @ OfficialPDPNig : 8,306 5. AD: 4525 6. SDP: 144 7. @ APCNigeria : 10681 8. APC Wins 1. (4)AKOKO North/East LGA 2. Reg Voters: 72911 3. Accred Voters: 31129 4. @ APCNigeria : 13,645 5. @ OfficialPDPNig : 6496 6. AD: 5867 7. APC Wins 1. (5)IFEDORE LGA 2. Reg. Voters: 70359 3. Accred. Voters: 24501 4. @ APCNigeria :10958 5. @ OfficialPDPNig : 6747 6. AD: 4629 7. APC Wins 8. (6)OSE LGA 9. Reg. Voters : 63,397 10. Accred. Voters : 26,548 11. @ APCNigeria : 13,454 12. @ OfficialPDPNig : 6,520 13. AD: 4, 272 14. APC Wins 15. (7)ONDO WEST LGA 16. Reg. Voters: 155,346 17. Accred. Voters : 40,028 18. @ APCNigeria : 10, 672 19.

Results have begun to trickle in from the various wards where voting have ended in the Governorship election in Ondo state.      The RESULT from Akure South ward 3, polling unit 024A— (1) Elegiri/Ifedore LGA PDP- 37 APC-23 AD- 6 ADC- 2 PPA- 1 (2)FUTA GATE, AKINDEKO HALL. . ACCORD-2 AD-15 APC-35 PDP-20 SDP-2 (3) Ward 9 unit 22, Akure south APC 46 Pdp 43 Ad 16 (4) Fagun Ondo Ward 11,Unit 1. Ad: 26 APC: 30 PDP: 104 (5)Akungba LGA Ward 10, Pu 14 Apc 192. PDP 115, AD 76 SDP 41 (6)Unit 15b, Ward 7, ONDO WEST. APC-29, AD-16 PDP-47 (7)LAGBOJA UNIT 010 ODE AYE WARD2 APC 77, AD 68, PDP 91 (8)Ward 6 unit 1, Akure South, Ilekun Oda Road. AD 44, PDP 50, APC 53. (9)Unit 3, Ward 11, ONDO WEST (LA 2): PDP 86, APC 44, AD 26 (11)Igboroko II, Ward 3, Unit 11 APC: 113 PDP: 9 AD: 3 SDP: NCP: 1 PPA: 1 LP: 1 (12) Results in… Unit 17 Igboroko (Ahmadiya grammar school) 2 ward 3 Owo LG. AD…. 01 PDP…..05 APC….. 262. (13)Unit 15, Ward 7, ONDO WEST (St. Paul).. APC-32, AD-19, PDP-59 (14)Unit 15a, Ward 7, ONDO WEST

There is a tension in Ondo state as residents of the state prepare to elect a governor that would take over from Olusegun Mimiko, whose tenure expires in February 2017. As four main candidates, and 24 others prepare to battle for the top job in the state, there are fears that the polls may turn bloody. It was gathered that there were violent clashes among rival political party supporters in Akure and Owo on Thursday night and Friday. A total of 1,280,580 voters with Permanent Voter Cards are preparing to choose the next governor of the state among the 28 contestants in today's governorship election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had earlier stated that 1,659,186 voters were registered for the election but 378,606 persons did not turn up to collect their PVCs. Among the major contestants are Mr. Eyitayo Jegede of the Peoples Democratic Party; Chief Rotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress; Dr. Olu Agunloye of the Social Democratic Party and Olusola Ok

A Philadelphia couple are facing criminal charges after their 4-year-old shot his 2-year-old cousin with a .40 caliber handgun leaving the toddler in critical condition. The two children were playing in the living room at the family's house in North Philadelphia when the unfortunate accident happened shortly before Thanksgiving dinner. The four-year-old boy was playing with a the semi-automatic handgun he had found in the house when he accidentally fired it. "The mother was preparing Thanksgiving dinner when the two kids were playing with the gun," Police Chief Inspector Scott Small told reporters. The two-year-old boy was taken to the St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, where he was listed as being in a critical but stable condition. Both parents were charged with endangering the welfare of a child, while the father is also facing charges of illegal possession of a weapon as two guns were retrieved from the house. According to Gun Violence Archive, a website tha

People checking for their names at polling unit 010 ward 2, Sacred Heart RC Primary School II.Akure

According to source who prefers anonymity, Mimiko made the disclosure at the domestic wing of Akure Airport after he landed from a flight coming from Abuja. Mimiko, was said to have promised to pay all the 7 months backlogs of unpaid salaries being owed Ondo State workers immediately after the election on Monday, 28th November, 2016, once Eyitayo Jegede is returned elected as Ondo State governor.

Super Eagles captain, John Obi Mikel has been offered $212,000 a week (about N66m official rate) by Chinese club Shanghai SIPG. The offer according to owngoalnigeria.com was made to the player's agent after the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Algeria. Mikel has been frozen out by Chelsea coach Antonio Conte despite being in a rich physical form. He has been linked to a move in January to French club Marseille. Mikel is now faced with the choice of taking the huge pay or settle for the former UEFA Champions League champions, where he faces a pay cut. Shanghai SIPG is rated third in terms of wealth and revenue in the Chinese league and the club is currently managed by former Chelsea coach Andre Villas-Boas. It also has Sven Goran Erikson former England coach in the management team. Last season Mikel turned down a move to Shanghai Shenhua, which currently have in its squad, former Super Eagles striker Obafemi Martins who is living large in China.

It's high time we call a spade a spade. The earlier the better for FG, House of Rep, CBN, all Banks and Bloggers to be careful and takeoff their dirty, stinky mouth from the rate at which they mouth-spoil MMM.  As a matter of fact, the only reason why Nigerians most especially youths are not on the street demanding for Buhari's head is because of God sent schemes like MMM.  If they don't know, let us tell them that WE (participant of MMM) can decide to stop patronizing banks (switching to bitcoin) if they (FG, CBN and local banks) will not see reasons to stop given us issues .  Are they blind to see or deaf to hear the news of how a particular president in Africa encourages Youths to take up the opportunities. I believe they know MMM is the CHANGE we've been praying for long ago.  If they don't backout, the banks and Nigeria economy will end up regretting because they will end up forcing us to create and promote a platform where we buy and sell in Bitcoin (The Hard

The EFCC has traced N7,453,799 to the bank account of a 26-year-old Nigerian undergraduate posing as United States (US) Army officer on a dating site. The suspect, Obohor Damilola, a student of Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, was arrested by the Ibadan Zonal Office of the EFCC. He was accused of internet fraud. The commission said Damilola specialised in fleecing unsuspecting victims on military dating sites while posing as Nigeria- based US Army officer by the name Sergeant Frank Mcghee. It was gathered that after he was arrested, the EFCC operatives recovered one voter's card and a debit card bearing Obohor Damilola from him. The EFCC's Head, Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, said the Commission got wind of his fraudulent activities through a series of intelligence reports on his suspicious transactions in one of the branches of an old generation bank in Ado-Ekiti, through which he received about N7,453,799 from victims. He said: "The victims include L. D. Marte w

No fewer than 8,850 youths in Ekiti state will soon start receiving monthly stipends and other forms of empowerment from the state government. A total of another batch of 10,000 residents, mostly teachers are also to benefit from the free-eye test and free eye glasses programme set to take off in a couple of weeks. According to him, the ages of the benefiting youths shall be between 17-20 years, while 50 of them will be randomly selected from each of the 177 wards in the state without political consideration. He explained that his decision to introduce the said empowerment for that category of youths was to alleviate the burden of sponsorship placed by the current economic recession on their parents, most of who he said are teachers.  The governor declared that more support programmes such as provision of conducive environment in schools, employment of more teachers, provision of needed instructional materials as well as training and retraining were in the offing. Mr Ayo Fayose, t he s

A 20-year-old teacher, Lekan Eniolobo, was yesterday arraigned before Magistrate B. O. Osunsanmi of an Ikeja Magistrate's Court for allegedly assaulting an 11-year-old girl (names withheld). The accused was alleged to have inserted his penis into the mouth of the girl. Eniolobo was alleged to have committed the offence on October 21 at Ayodele Shitta Street, Isheri Osun, Lagos. The suspect, who pleaded not guilty, is standing a count charge of assault. According to the prosecutor, Inspector S. Imhonwa, the offence committed was punishable under Section 261 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011. The magistrate granted him N500,000 bail with two sureties in like sum and adjourned the case until January 12, 2017 for DPP's advice.

Pastor Tolu Ijisrsan the reknown Pastor of Christ Redeption Haven  hit on about the the faith of the church today. He said; "These are the days it was written for, that they will not want to endure sound doctrine but after their lust will raise to themselves teachers having itching ears. They will turn away from the truth and turn to fables. Many today are following the wisdom of men. There is an impending danger to worship men and not God. Peter gave the striking warning to the upcoming church in Acts 4. The leadership of the church need to beware so that men of God will now act as god of men or of the temple. The kingdom principle is whoever is willing to be the first among the leaders must be willing to serve God's people. You can as well inquire from God and worship at Christ Redemption Haven, Liberty Hospital Qtr, Oluwatuyi, Akure. 08069102619. 

Barcelona have reported La Liga president Javier Tebas to Spain's highest sports court after he questioned their players' conduct during a heated 3-2 win at Valencia. The hosts were fined 1,500 euros (£1,340) after a water bottle was thrown from the stands at players. But the disciplinary committee also criticised the "reproachable behaviour" of the celebrating Barcelona players. The Catalan club said these declarations were "irresponsible". "The most serious thing is the thrown bottle, but some players acted in a way we don't like," Tebas said after the incident, also suggesting Barcelona players provoked Valencia fans. Barcelona said they have requested the Administrative Court of Sport open disciplinary proceedings against Tebas and members of the federation's competition committee. The club's president, Josep Maria Bartomeu, added: "Making statements regarding the actions of the players adds even more tension to a situation tha

Davido, has officially announced his European Tour for December. The 'Son Of Mercy' artiste, also revealed that he will be on tour with his DMW artistes to include Mayorkun, Dremo and Lola Rae. The likes of Danagog and Dammy Krane, who also happen to be signed to the label, were excluded from the list. Recall, Davido, recently signed Dammy Krane , to the label, so it comes as a surprise that the ' My Dear' crooner's name, was omitted on the list. On the signing of Dammy Krane, Davido, who spoke to ThisDay Style then said:- ThisDay Style then said:- "I signed a couple of artistes to my new record label, DMW (Davido Music Worldwide). We have Dremo, Mayorkun, Danagog, Ichaba and recently, Dammy Krane. These guys all look up to me as their mentor. "Dremo and Mayorkun have top charting songs and are currently making waves in the music industry. Danagog also has been on for a while and he has some good music out there. We are currently working on new materials f

-------- Original message -------- From: williamsbello22 <williamsbello22@gmail.com> Date: 27/10/2016 16:34 (GMT+01:00) To: williamsbello22.williams1@blogger.com Subject: Ondo PDP dismisses judgment declaring Jimoh Ibrahim its governorship candidate Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ondo Chapter Press Statement October 14, 2016 Jimoh Ibrahim's victory at court; Democracy is winning, Judiciary is working, Ondo begins a new dawn. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State has asked its members and supporters to disregard the High Court judgement declaring Mr Jimoh Ibrahim as the party's candidate for the state's governorship election. In a statement by the Publicity Secretary of the PDP in Ondo State, Mr Banji Okunomo, the PDP states that its governorship candidate can only emerge through a due process in consonance with the constitution of the Peoples Democratic Party. "The party believes that its governorship candidate can never be produced through the bac

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ondo Chapter Press Statement October 14, 2016 Jimoh Ibrahim's victory at court; Democracy is winning, Judiciary is working, Ondo begins a new dawn. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State has asked its members and supporters to disregard the High Court judgement declaring Mr Jimoh Ibrahim as the party's candidate for the state's governorship election. In a statement by the Publicity Secretary of the PDP in Ondo State, Mr Banji Okunomo, the PDP states that its governorship candidate can only emerge through a due process in consonance with the constitution of the Peoples Democratic Party. "The party believes that its governorship candidate can never be produced through the back door or some unconstitutional procedures. "The Supreme Court of Nigeria has made it clear that only the National Executive Committee (NEC) of a party could nominate the governorship candidate. "This was done in the nomination of Mr Eyitayo Jegede

Davido spoke to Planet Radio TV about Kaffy's Instagram video vent. The dancer and choreographer told the world how Davido canceled last minute, disappointing many backup dancers who had spent hours rehearsing and getting ready to perform with him at the 3 Thrones concert on Sunday. Davido said he was "shocked" and if he sees her he will say "hi, hello what's up" and add, "I hope there's no problem".

About 6,000 different languages are spoken around the world. The Foundation for Endangered Languages estimates that between 500 and 1,000 of those languages which are spoken by only a handful of people. Thus every year, the world loses around 25 mother tongues. That equates to losing 250 languages over a decade. Pakistan has been and is still rich in lingual diversity. Even today, it has more than six major and 70 small languages. This language heritage provides the country a reliable source of cultural strength and diversity.  However, Pakistan as a federation did not treat the diversity to increase the social capital but tried to enact national integration through religio-ideological hegemonic designs. Some 28 regional languages including Hindko, Kashmiri, Torwali, Khowar, Shina, Burushaski, Balti, Wakhi, Pahari, Hazaragi, etc., are in extreme danger of extinction. Some may refer to these as minor or small languages. Whatever you name it, whatever status or respect you give it. It do

Some interesting developments have begun to take place as the day of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf showdown in capital Islamabad draws near. The old-ally, Pakistan Awami Tehrik of Dr Tahirul Qadri, has announced joining the November 2 sit-in while the mistrusted ally, Pakistan People's Party, has also begun to send signals it too could join the anti-government protest eventually. A rather ominous development however came from within the capital, where the Shuhada Foundation of Lal Masjid cleric Maulana Aziz said it could extend support to PTI for Islamabad lockdown as "the government has crossed its limits in its enmity with Islam and the country". If all these forces somehow come together eventually, it would be a rather strange and uneasy assortment. Whereas the PPP is secular in character, the PAT is basically a religious party with a moderate orientation, while Shuhda Foundation of Pakistan is exclusively a religious pressure group having an extremist outlook and character

Former Super Eagles midfielder, Emmanuel Amuneke has warned the Super Eagles defenders to be watchful of the duo of Riyad Mehrez and Islam Slimani ahead of next month's 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier in Uyo. Both players have been enjoying rave reviews with Leicester City for their goals, assists and cunning style of play in both the Premier League and Champions League, where they have won all of their three matches in the group. Nigeria are top of group C with three points, having won their opening match 2-1 against Zambia in Ndola while the Desert Foxes of Algeria managed a 1-1 draw against the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon in Algiers. The November 12 encounter could go a long way in determining the fate of both teams considering the fact that a win for the Super Eagles could put them five points ahead of the Desert Foxes. "It's not yet celebration time for the team considering the fact that our next month opponent (Algeria) are a better team compared to Zambia. I am not

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday, promised Nigerians that the Federal Government has set machinery in motion to ensure 7,000 megawatts at the first quarter of 2017 . Osinbajo, who acknowledged that the country was battling with 3,000 megawatts, assured that the 7,000mw is achievable. The vice-President said the Federal Government is currently working on nine transmission stations across the country towards achieving that set target of 7, 000 megawatts electricity generation for the country. He however, attributed the crisis in the power sector to the vandalisation of the folcado terminal and four other export terminals is responsible to the reduction in the megawatts to as low as almost 2500mw of power . The VP who said this in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital while declaring open, the 8th Session of the National Council on Industry, Trade and Investment, adding that the work on the critical transmittions would be completed by the first quarter of the year 2017. Meantime, former

Nollywood actor, John Okafor has said that he gives President Muhammadu Buhari 100 per cent of his support on his actions against the Nigerian judiciary in respect to the allegations of judicial misconduct and corruption leveled against some judges Recall that the Department of State Services, DSS, has in the past weeks conducted a 'sting operation' on Nigerian top judges whom they arrested, alleging judicial misconduct and corruption. The judges, whose homes were raided and arrested by operatives of the DSS during separate operations carried out on October 7 and 8, include two Justices of the Supreme Court, Sylvester Ngwuta and Iyang Okoro. Other judges are Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court Abuja, Kabir Auta of the Kano High Court, Muazu Pindiga of Gombe High Court, Mohammed Tsamiya of the Court of Appeal, Ilorin, and the Chief Judge of Enugu State, I. A. Umezulike. Mr. Okafor who took to the social media to state his opinion rather based his support on the point that

A mentally handicapped man and woman have been seen displaying affection for each other in the streets of Lagos while on-looker watched in amazement. The woman is seen with pregnancy alleged to be the work of her mad lover.

ROYAL Dutch Shell, weekend, confirmed plans to sell over 16 assets each worth more than $500 million. Though the report had no mention of what location or country which its assets is up for sale, but explained that the move is part of its vast $30 billion three-year asset sales programme. According to Reuters, its head of upstream Andy Brown, who made this disclosure at the Oil and Money conference in London said, "There are 16 assets currently in the market that are above $500 million in value." It will be recalled that the Anglo-Dutch Company, had earlier this year, launched the programme to reduce its debt following the acquisition of BG Group. Uncertainty over future oil price has led to a sharp slowdown in deal making in the sector in recent years. The company which had announced that it planned to end operations in some countries however affirmed its commitment to remain in Nigeria. Shell Chief Executive Officer, Ben van Beurden said that the company would not leave the

Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, comprising Fulani cattle herders is spoiling for a show down with Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State. They are angry with him over the introduction of the Ekiti Grazing Enforcement Marshals, EGEM, a vigilance group tasked with 'arresting' cows found invading and damaging farms in the state. The association branded Fayose's action as unscrupulous and targeted at "our members who are bonafide Nigerians." Baba Othman Ngelzarma, spokesman for the group in a statement, yesterday said, "the anti-malu vigilante group shot five cows and carted away the meat but the herdsman was able to flee with the rest of his cattle." Continuing, MACBAN said; "As far as we know, Ekiti State is not an island of its own , but a state within the Federal Republic of Nigeria and while the governor is permitted to carry out actions geared towards protecting the interest of Ekiti State, such actions should follow

Mr Dan Bature, an Assistant Inspector-General (AIG) of Police in Charge of Zone 11 comprising Oyo, Osun and Ondo states, says any policeman checking vehicle particulars on the highways is on illegal duty. Bature said this on Wednesday in Ibadan during a two-day familiarisation visit to Oyo State. He said that the duty of the police was not to check vehicle particulars but to ensure safer roads. Bature warned policemen against blocking high ways, saying police patrol vehicles were not supposed to be toll gates. He said the Inspector General of Police (IGP) was committed to changing the negative image of the police and supporting the anticorruption war of the Federal Government. Bature advised officers unable to key into the laudable initiatives of the IGP to resign from the force. He said that a lot was expected by the public from the police, adding that this informed the monitoring of officers. "The Inspector General of Police is determined to improve on your welfare and pursue th

Prince Eheneden Erediauwa was on Thursday crowned the 39th Oba of Benin Kingdom at a colourful ceremony, but his new name is still kept secret. Prince Erediauwa was crowned at about 2 am by the Usama N' Ihiron also known as the Edion led by Chief Oliha. Other members of the Edion are Edohen, Ezomo, Ero, Eholo N' Ire, Oloton and Edaiken. The crowning was done at a private ceremony inside the Usama Palace, a temporary building erected for the coronation ceremony. The ceremony was attended by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and man state governors. The traditional chiefs present are Chief Omohor of Benin Kingdom, bearer of the ancient sword carried by the Oba; the Ikpakohen group ( royal drummers) from Ikpema responsible for beating the royal drum; and Ekassa dance group, Isienmwenro guild amongst others. The new name of the Oba will be unveiled to the public at Urhokpota hall. Security has been beefed up as activities heightened for the coronation of the new Oba of Benin. The Edo st

Lagos State Government may soon join the growing number of states including Edo, Ogun and Anambra that have imposed death sentence on kidnappers.According to a private member bill sponsored by the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr. Mudashiru Obasa, "any person, who kidnaps, abducts, detains or captures or takes another person by any means or tricks with intent to demand ransom or do anything against his/her, will commit an offence, and liable to a conviction of death sentence. The bill, which is titled: 'A bill for a law to provide for the prohibition of the act of kidnapping and for other connected purposes,' went through a public hearing in the State House of Assembly, yesterday. Attempt to kidnap was also criminalized under the bill and it was suggested that such a person would be committed to life imprisonment. Also, the bill is against false representation to release a kidnapped or abducted person under Section 4, and this attracts seven years imprisonm

The Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd), has ordered the immediate lifting of the ban on rice importation from import restriction list and the re-introduction of import duty payment at land borders on Wednesday. The Public Relations Officer of customs, Mr Wale Adeniyi, said this in an interview with newsmen in Abuja. He said the restriction was only applied at land border stations before now, adding that the customs boss had lifted restriction on rice at border stations. Adeniyi said that all rice imports through land borders by rice traders would attract the prevailing import duty of 10 per cent with 60 per cent levy. He also said rice millers (preferential levy) with valid quota allocation would also attract duty rate of 10 per cent with 20 per cent levy on rice importation. "Over the years importation has been restricted to the seaports because border authorities have found it difficult to effectively monitor and control importation of rice. "When the dec

Following the arrival of 22yrs old Samuel Sunday into Living Faith Church, also known as 'Winners Chapel,' located at Sango-Otta, Ogun State, last week Sunday, many thought he came to worship God. Nobody knew he came into the worship centre to steal a car. Thus, while others were singing and praising God, Samuel was frantically searching for the perfect vehicle to steal. The perfect vehicle would be one, whose owner forgot the gate pass inside the car. Whenever church members were driving into the church premises, security guards at the gate would give them a gate pass. Nobody is allowed to drive in or out of the church premises without the gate pass. Samuel was almost giving up hope of ever finding the perfect car, when he chanced on a Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV). The owner, apparently in a hurry, left the gate pass in the car. He successfully broken into the car and was struggling to undo the security device of the car, in order to turn on the ignition, when a woman sighted a

An FCT High Court in Abuja has fixed Oct. 4 to sentence a Polish woman, Dora Gilmaska, convicted of N9 million fraud. He stated that the Polish woman would be sentenced alongside her company, Icon Media and Marketing Agency Limited. He added that Justice Umar reserved the sentence after the convict was found guilty of a one-count charge of fraud brought against her by the EFCC. Gilmaska was found guilty of forging and issuing a dud cheque of N9 million to one Tayo Olugbemi sometime in 2012. She was arraigned on Nov. 7, 2012, and upon arraignment, Gilmaska pleaded not guilty to the charge. Mr Wilson Uwujaren, the Spokesman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, said the convict was arraigned before Justice Abubakar Umar.

Ali Bongo was sworn in Tuesday as Gabon's president after the country's constitutional court controversially validated his fiercely contested election victory. the 57-year-old said. "I pledge to devote all my efforts for the good of the Gabonese people and to ensure their well-being… and respect and defend the constitution and the rule of law," 

The senate today rejected the sale of some National assets to reflate the economy which is currently in recession. Many Nigerians including the Senate President Bukola Saraki and members of the National Economic Council NEC have all favored the sale of some national assets like NLNG ltd as measures to revive the ailing economy.

This question is often time posed, and met with varying answers. The truth is sex should last as long as you and your partner want it to. The other reason why this is asked frequently is because of something called " premature ejaculation "... Premature ejaculation is when the male ejaculates quickly during sexual intercourse. (Absolutely nothing wrong with a woman who orgasms too quickly, double standards no?) Sometimes this occurs before penetration or soon afterwards. Some facts about intercourse A landmark study published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine in 2008 found that the median length of intercourse was 5.4 minutes. Other studies have found medians of 7.5mins (these studies ignored foreplay) A poll carried out found that women believed that 11- 13minutes of foreplay with 7-8 minutes of intercourse was considered adequate. According to a study of United states and Canadian sex therapists, sex that is too short lasts 1-2 minutes, adequate lasts 3-7 minutes and desira

Free agent Stephane Sessegnon has completed a move to French club Montpellier after parting ways with West Brom earlier this year. Sessegnon, 32, had been linked to a move to Burnley, but instead returns to Ligue 1 for the first time since he left Paris Saint-Germain in 2011. The Benin international played with PSG for three seasons before joining Sunderland, and after two years moved on to West Brom until his contract expired this past summer. Sessegnon will be reunited with Montpellier coach Frederic Hantz, who was in charge of Le Mans in 2006 when Sessegnon joined them as his first club in the top flight.​

President Buhari has approved new appointments in 13 Federal Government agencies as follows: 1. Industrial Training Fund (ITF) - Director-General - Mr. Joseph Ari 2. National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) - Director-General - Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami) 3. Nigerian Content Monitoring Board - Executive Secretary - Engineer Simbi Kesiye Wabote 4. Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON) - Director-General - Aboloma Osita Anthony 5. Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) - Director-General - Mamman Amadu 6. Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) - Executive Secretary - Barrister Sharon Ikeazor 7. New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) - National Coordinator/CEO - Princess Akodundo Gloria 8. Petroleum Equalization Fund (PEF) - Executive Secretary - Alhaji Ahmed Bobboi 9. Oil & Gas Free Zone Authority - Managing Director - Umana Okon Umana 10. National Commission for Refugees, Migrant and Internally Displaced Persons - Federal Commissioner - Sa

Played Saturday Arsenal 3 (Sanchez 11, Walcott 14, Ozil 40) Chelsea 0 Bournemouth 1 (Stanislas 23) Everton 0 Liverpool 5 (Lallana 17, Milner 30-pen, 71-pen, Mane 36, Coutinho 52) Hull 1 (Meyler 51) Manchester United 4 (Smalling 22,  Mata 37, Rashford 40, Pogba 42)  Leicester 1 (Gray 59)  Middlesbrough 1 (Gibson 65) Tottenham 2 (Son 7, 23) Stoke 1 (Allen 73) West Brom 1 (Rondon 90+1) Sunderland 2 (Defoe 39, 60) Crystal Palace 3 (Ledley 61, McArthur 76, Benteke 90+4) Swansea 1 (Llorente 13) Manchester City 3 (Aguero 9, 65-pen, Sterling 77)

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has been under pressure to drop the probe of Patience Jonathan, wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, for money laundering, according to sources within the agency. The anti-graft agency as part of investigations into a former Special Adviser to the President on Domestic Affairs, Waripamowei Dudafa, traced four company accounts containing $15.6m to him all domiciled at Skye Bank. Mrs. Jonathan had, however, deposed an affidavit insisting the monies belonged to her before the EFCC could arraign the suspects. The move led the anti-graft agency to probe the claim and eventually freeze her personal account, which had $5m in it. It was gathered that the agency had established a case of money laundering against her and was set to invite her for questioning. But sources within the agency said it had been under pressure to drop the case as there are plans by Patience's supporters to embark on a series of protests this week. On Friday, score