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Women workers of the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN), Ibadan, Oyo State, yesterday protested half naked against the institute’s Executive Director, Prof. Malachy Akoroda. Most of the women stripped to their underwear joined their male colleagues in occupying the main gate of the institution at Idi-Ayunre to force the Federal Government to remove Akoroda. The protesters shocked residents and motorists as they sang for over one hour, against the director, who they accused of maladministration. They barricaded the gate with logs of wood and loads of sand while a team of armed policemen kept close watch nearby. The protesting workers were also supported by the some community leaders and youths. The protest marked the peak of the labour crisis rocking the institute since 2013, when Akoroda introduced some measures to reposition the organisation. A paper jointly signed by the Baale of Odo-Ona Nla, Chief Yekeen Ogunyode and a representative of the workers, Solomon Adebiyo, reads: ...

The Abia Police Command, on Tuesday confirmed the arrest of a woman, who allegedly sold her three-year-old grandson to a ritualist. The Command’s spokesman, DSP Udeviotu Onyeke told newsmen that the woman was in the custody of the police in Umuobiakwa, as investigation continues. He said that part of the investigation being carried out was to determine the sanity of the woman. The woman, who hailed from Onitsha Ngwa in Obingwa Local Government of the state, had left the village with the child and returned a week later to report that he was missing. Sources in the village said that when the suspect was questioned about the missing boy, her response triggered suspiscion, thereby prompting the villagers to invite the police. The suspect, allegedly told the police that she sold the boy for N100, 000 to a native doctor in Akwa Ibom and wanted to use the money to buy a motorcycle before end of the year. The police spokesman, however, said that the woman had since changed her statement, claim...

A New Hampshire woman, Kristina Ruehli, on Monday sued Bill Cosby for defamation, saying he falsely accused her of lying last year when she publicly said he raped her in 1965. The suit follows similar legal actions in federal court in Massachusetts, where Cosby lives, and in California. The 78-year-old actor, best known for his role in the 1980s “The Cosby Show,” wrongly claimed that women he had allegedly assaulted sexually lied about him. More than 50 women have come forward to accuse Cosby of sexually assaulting them after plying them with drugs or alcohol, allegations Cosby had denied. The comedian has never been criminally charged and many of the alleged incidents date back decades that the statute of limitations for prosecution had long run out. In papers filed in U.S. District Court in Springfield, Massachusetts, Ruehli repeated claims she made in an interview with Philadelphia Magazine, last year. She claimed that Cosby drugged her and sexually assaulted her in his California ...

Below is the full list of the Under-23 players for the Nations Cup. 1. Emmanuel Daniel 2. Yusuf Mohammed 3. Emmanuel Iwu 4. Segun Oduduwa 5. Sincere Seth 6. Erhun Obanor 7. Daniel Etor 8. Oghenekaro Etebo 9. Godwin Aguda 10. Usman Mohammed 11. Ndifreke Effiong 12. Chukwuebuka Iroha 13. Stanley Dimgba 14. Kingsley Sokari 15. Godspower Effiong 16. Prince Aggrey 17. Bature Yaro‎ 18. Zaharadeen Bello 19. Amaefule Chizoba 20. Seun Olulayo 21. Tiongoli Tonbara 22. Kufre Ebong 23. Abubakar Aliyu 24. Anaezemba Nzube ‎ 25. Daniel Emmanson 26. Adebayo Ajadi

Caution was thrown into the wind on Tuesday as supporters of the Speaker of House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara and the Majority leader, Femi Gbajabiamila engaged in physical combat over the constitution of the 96 Standing Committees of the House. It can be recalled that  Gbajabiamila shunned the inauguration of the headships of the committees during the special plenary and some of his supporters who had participated in the inauguration but latter went to the All Progressives Congress, APC, Secretariat to berate the Speaker for allegedly working against President Muhammadu Buhari and the APC. The issue which led to the starting of plenary late caused the APC caucus in the House to convene an impromptu meeting which lasted about thirty minutes. It was gathered that trouble started when the newly inaugurated Chairman of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Rep Herman Hembe, representing Konshisha/Vandekiya Federal Constituency of Benue State on the platform of the APC, who is the...

You could imagine the title some pastors give the title of the program they are holding in the church.....this days wonder will never cease to end....comments pls

This is so funny I can't keep it to my self imagine what a parent is telling a school teacher to do just to keep her child busy....hmmmm some parents sha

A high-ranking Polish Catholic priest who was sacked after he came out as gay has accused the Vatican of making the lives of homosexuals “a hell”, in a letter sent to the pope seen Wednesday by AFP. Krzysztof Charamsa thanked Pope Francis for his positive words and gestures but criticised what he called the Vatican’s hypocrisy in banning gay priests even though he said the clergy was “full” of homosexuals. “Have a minimum of mercy. At least leave us alone, allow civil societies to make our lives more human, while you, with your church, have managed to make the lives of us homosexuals a hell,” he wrote in the letter dated October 3. Charamsa sparked outrage at the Vatican that day by publicly declaring his homosexuality — and presenting his Spanish boyfriend Eduardo Planas — on the eve of a bishops’ synod which touched on the divisive issue of the Church’s relationship to gay believers. A Polish bishop last week defrocked the 43-year-old priest, who now lives in Barc...

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his main target for fighting corruption was to stop corrupt individuals from seeking to occupy public offices for selfish gains. This is even as he stated that his government would not relent in the current anti-corruption war, stressing it would continue to many years. According to him, the prosecution of alleged criminals would serve as a deterrent to others, stating that he was committed to curbing corruption, plugging all loopholes in public sector accounting and deploying available resources for the good of all Nigerians. The president spoke, Wednesday, during a meeting with members of the Nigerian community in New Delhi, India where he is attending the 3rd Summit of the India and African Nations. President Buhari also prioritized the recovery of looted funds, saying he was conscious of the devastating consequences of the illegal diversion of public resources meant for national development into private bank accounts. ...

The cure of the deadly disease, according to the Professor of Medicine, Victor Gordeuk, who is the Director, Sickle Cell Centre, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA and his colleagues, Prof. Damiano Rondelli, also from the same university and Prof. Bamidele Tayo, University of Loyola, Chicago this new treatment is done through bone marrow transplant and that it is less risky. This was revealed yesterday at the University College Hospital, Ibadan after a three-day brainstorming session with other experts in the teaching hospital. Unlike the other conventional method of stem cell transplant which exposes patients to radiation which could cause cancer, first blood and marrow stem cell transplant, BMT, is much more effective. The experts who were flanked by the Chief Medical Director, UCH, Prof. Temitope Alonge, Dr. Titilola Akingbola, an haematologist and Dr. Foluke Fasola, said this stem cell transplant is a standard procedure for the treatment of many blood cancers...

France will lift a ban on gay men donating blood, introduced in the 1980s to prevent the spread of AIDS but criticised by rights groups, the health minister said Wednesday. “Giving blood is an act of generosity, of civic responsibility, and the donor’s sexual orientation cannot be a condition,” Marisol Touraine announced in Paris. “While respecting patient safety, today we are lifting a taboo,” she said. Touraine said the lifting of the ban, promised by Francois Hollande in his presidential campaign, will happen in stages, starting next year. At first, donation of “whole blood” — the red cells, plasma and platelets — will be open to gay men who have not been sexually active for the preceding 12 months, she specified. For donations of only plasma, the liquid component of blood, donors will be considered if they have not had sex with another man for four months, or were in a monogamous relationship. Experts will then analyse whether the change had brought about any addi...

Several persons including policemen were killed during a bank robbery at Igarra, headquarters of Akoko-Edo local government area of Edo State, on Wednesday. A security guard at the bank was killed at the operation which eyewitnesses said lasted one hour. The robbery operation was said to have begun at about 6:00am shortly after the state’s Police Commissioner, Chris Ezike, left Auchi which is about 30 minutes drive from Igarra. An eyewitness told our correspondent on phone that the robbers killed a guard and started shooting people after ransacking the bank and attacking policemen at the police station. He said many persons are receiving treatment at an undisclosed hospital in the area. Another witness said the robbers were heavily armed and engaged the police in a shoot-out. The Nation gathered that policemen who took cover in the bush came out when an armoured personnel carrier was brought to the robbery scene. Local vigilante groups reportedly joined in the s...

An Ejigbo Magistrate’s court in Lagos has remanded a 44-year-old man, Oluokun Olarewaju, in prison for allegedly slapping his wife’s friend, Miss Christiana Duntoye, who told his wife that she saw him with another woman. According to the charge, the incident happened at 84, Rasaki Tijani Street, Ikotun, where Olarewaju resides with his family, while his wife’s friend (Duntoye) resides at 75 of same street. It was gathered that peace fled Olarewaju’s family when the gossip started. Olarewaju’s wife confronted him and accused him of engaging in extra-marital affairs and for suddenly changing his attitude at home. After much pressure as to the source of the information, Olanrewaju’s wife allegedly told him that her friend, Duntoye, told her. During one of their now constant quarrels, Duntoye came visiting and was confronted by the accused, who allegedly slapped her and asked her to leave his house since she tried to break up his marriage. When the charge was read t...

A 44-year-old man from Ini Local government area of Akwa Ibom state who has been allegedly defiling his daughter has revealed that he sees nothing wrong with having carnal knowledge with his biological daughter. According to the Emmanuel Udoh who was arrested after defiling his daughter in their residence, at 2 Ajasa Command Road, Meiran, Lagos state, “I have had sexual intercourse with her severally. It is a normal thing and I don’t see anything bad in sleeping with my daughter because I know she will not get pregnant because I don’t ejaculate inside her”. It was gathered that Udoh ex-wife took custody of their two children after they separated seven years ago when the victim was ten years old. The victim who lived with her mother reunited with her father when her mother brought her back after she completed her secondary education in the month of September to enable her further her education. Trouble, however, started, in the evening, on September 13, when Udoh asked...

One of the most challenging things about marriage is developing the ability to successfully manage the unexpected. Your marriage can be going wonderfully and out of nowhere something happens that throws things off balance. And it usually isn’t some major incident or event that leaves your marriage in a weird place. Often times, the simplest day-to-day aspects of our lives can amount to something big over time, and that’s what ends up threatening your relationship. We can take for granted the impact that everyday events and situations can have on our marriages, but we have to understand that marriage is the joining of two lives, so anything that impacts us as individuals can potentially impact our relationships. Sure, you can try to push through, acting like whatever is going on is just your problem to manage, but ultimately you will realize that what you thought was your problem is causing a marital problem. If you are wondering what type of unexpected things can b...

The truth might hurt but it ultimately sets you free! Men tend to know exactly what they want when they get involved with you. They also know what they can get away with and how much of their crap you’re willing to tolerate. It may take longer for him to fall in love for find the one he wants to marry, but a man know who he can sleep with and who he is going to make the extra effort for. If the degree in which you feel “in love” with him is greater than his interest in making the effort, he will take advantage of that (and you). Here are 5 signs that let you know clearly, he’s just using you for s*x: His Conversation Are All About What He Wants To Do With You S.exually He shows no interest in getting to know you or your interest. All conversations quickly veer towards what he wants to do with you (or to you) when he gets you in bed. He always talks in a s*xual manner: “I love your b**bs” or asking questions about what pleases you in bed or, of course, telling you ...

After being with your mate for a while it may become easy to overlook the positive things he does or even take them for granted. As wives we can make an effort to not take our husbands for granted but to receive the things he does with gratitude. Receiving with gratitude is always better than taking for granted. Many times a wife may think, I sure am glad he did XYZ or I really like it when he does ABC. That’s all well and good, however, a praise never spoken is simply a thought in your mind. We have all been there before. Receiving with gratitude is always better than taking for granted. Try these five phrases with your mate and see the results. I appreciate you:  It’s a good feeling to know that you’re appreciated. Letting your spouse know that you appreciate what they do, appreciate their patience, or appreciate their words of encouragement, says to your mate, “I see and acknowledge you.” You’re a good dad (You will be a great dad): Fatherhood is not ...

Responding to allegations by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that he was demarketing the country and dissuading foreign investments, the President vowed that the relentless tackles of the opposition party would not in any way dissuade him from his obligations to the citizenry and the international community. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh had, yesterday, attacked the President’s claim in India that Nigeria was broke, saying that such claims at international fora tended to worsen the country’s investment climate. Metuh had, in his statement, alleged that such claims by the President were essentially because of his lack of a viable economic plan. Responding to PDP yesterday, presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, said that Metuh’s attempts to distract the President from focusing on his job would fail, maintaining that he was a broken record. The statement read in part: “Our attention has been drawn to the latest statement by the PDP spokesm...

Fuel scarcity, which had disappeared since April, resurfaced yesterday in Lagos and some parts of Ogun State with long queues at several retail outlets. It was learnt that there was a huge supply deficit because some oil marketers refused to import the product, leaving only the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) as the sole importer of premium motor spirit (petrol). A marketer told our correspondent in confidence that demand far outstripped supply, adding there were over 200 retail outlet owners who had paid for petrol in the last three months but could not get supply. The marketer said his colleagues told the NNPC that they did not have money, besides being owed over N200 billion in verified subsidy claims. He said this was why many marketers could no longer import fuel. “It is only the NNPC that currently imports, and its focus is on Abuja and Lagos. Other states have been experiencing scarcity in the last three months. Fuel trucks from such states ha...

Although talks about high divorce rates and infidelity can make people think happy marriages are only on TV, that just isn’t true. Happy marriages are everywhere. Your definition of happiness may be different from another couple’s, but as long as both people in a marriage are happy, that’s all that matters.All over the world couples are growing together, working through challenges, and doing what it takes to make their marriages happier and stronger with each passing year. Love is a beautiful thing, but it’s not enough to keep a marriage happy or make it last. For that, you need more. So what’s the secret behind the happily married couples out there? How do they make things work? Here are 9 things that happily married couples don’t do. I’m not sure how much of a secret they are, but staying clear of these things definitely seems like a great step towards happily ever after. 1. Fight Dirty When couples fight dirty, no one ever wins. If you get into an argument with your spous...