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he battle to stop the Imo Governor Rochas Okorocha from going to the Senate took another dimension on Saturday as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was ordered not to issue a Certificate of Return to him as a senator-elect for Imo West.   The order was made by a High Court sitting in Owerri. The court, in a suit filed by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senatorial candidate for Imo West Hon Jones Onyeriri against the INEC, ordered that the status quo be maintained until the hearing and determination of the Motion on Notice.   The presiding judge, Justice E.F. Njemanze, adjourned the case till June 5 2019, for hearing.

A  Muslim man from northern Nigeria wished his wife a happy birthday with words that were beautiful and unique, and a number of people have things to say about it. Sharing photos of him and his wife, Aby Rayyan wrote: "Today I celebrate the woman who took me as a boy from my mother and made me a man. The mother of my child and yet the best decision I've taken as an adult. Happy Birthday to my Hajiya. I bend the knee my queen...yesterday, today and the day after forever!" His birthday message was one of gratitude and worship for his wife but some egoistic men had a problem with it, especially with the words, "I bend the knee my queen." Some accused him of overdoing it but, to them, he replied: "There nothing like "over doing the thing" when it comes celebrating your loved ones....especially for once in a year events. Over do and do do do! let those who have a problem with it climb mount Kufena and break a neck!" However,...

The National Film and Video Censors Board has set up three panels to analyse a new movie starring popular Nigerian crossdresser, Bobrisky. The movie titled, "Bobrisky in Love" features Idris Okunneye, popularly known as Bobrisky. In the movie, Bobrisky plays the role of a transgender who travelled out of the country as a man named Cherechi but returned to the village as a woman named Cherry B, to the shock of his fiancee and relatives. A top official of the NFVCB told The Punch that three separate panels have been set up at the zonal levels to analyse and classify the movie and it could be banned seeing as Nigeria has laws that prohibit homosexuality, therefore work of arts that promote it cannot be endorsed by the government. He said, according to the publication: "We have set up three different panels to view the movie which was given to us by the producers for classification and review. "For the purpose of ...

Overweight Police officers in Thailand are currently undergoing a weight-loss training at a camp as part of a nation-wide program aptly called “Belly Destruction”.   After the success of a two-week pilot program, police stations in Thailand have begun sending their fattest officers to the Central Police Training Center in the city of Pak Chong, to take part in an intense physical activity designed to adjust the size of their bellies. Each station will periodically send two to three overweight policemen to the centre, where they will work out, ride bicycles and adopt a healthy, protein-rich diet to shed as much extra weight as possible. The Belly Destruction program started gaining attention after photos of overweight police officers taking part in the daily exercise routine went viral online. “There are so many problems if you’re a fat cop,” Senior Sgt. Maj. Sornpetch Chantarak, a dietary enforcer in the new program, said. “You work slow and move slow as you go tum...

A 45-Year-Old Man has been arrested for allegedly raping his 13-year-old stepdaughter in Akwa Ibom state. Joseph Sunday Essien, is accused of sexually abusing Patience Edet Edem on 4 different occasions. The girl reported to her mother but the woman didn’t believe the child. She only believed when she caught him in the act. The mother, who has two children for the suspect, reported her husband to the police after making the shocking discovery. The State Police Commissioner, Musa Kimo, while parading the suspect said that the father carried out the last heinous act on January 13, 2019. The mother of the victim, who married the suspect after the death of her former husband – the father of the victim – said that her recent husband left her in their bedroom on the day of the final abuse and snuck into the girl’s room to rape her. She described her husband as wicked and vowed never to return to their home. However, the suspect denied the allegations. While speaking to newsmen...

A Plateau State couple has decided to settle for a divorce after the wife insisted on voting for  President Muhammadu Buhari  in the 2019 elections. Premium Times  reports that the couple,  Abdullahi Yada’u  and  Hafsat Suleiman , had an argument where the husband insisted his wife must not vote for the president. Yada’u, who shared his story with the BBC Hausa Service, said he asked his wife to choose between staying with him and voting Buhari. I told her that she must not vote for him but she insisted which led to a quarrel which attracted the attention of our neighbours, I slapped her and told her to choose between voting for Buhari and staying with me. She ran away. Later her parents called me and I narrated to them what transpired between us. But still my wife insisted on voting for Mr Buhari, that’s how I divorced her in the presence of her parents.

A new Oxfam report has highlighted the growing gulf between the rich and poor as it revealed that the world's top 26 billionaires are richer than half of the world's poorest people or 3.8billion people. According to the report, Billionaires, who now number a record 2,208, have more wealth than ever before and are growing $2.8billion richer everyday. Most of these mega-wealthy are American, according to the Forbes list of billionaires used by Oxfam. The names include Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Microsoft's Bill Gates, Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffett and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, who collectively are worth $357 billion, according to Forbes. Oxfam recommends that nations tax wealth at fairer levels, raise rates on personal income and corporate taxes and eliminate tax avoidance by companies and the super-rich. It also advocates providing universal free health care, education and other public services — and ensuring that women and girls also benefit. And it suggests...

Reports by “Rolling Stone” reveal that Davido’s song, Fall is taking over radio stations in the United States of America. The American monthly magazine that focuses on popular culture described the song as one of the biggest to ever come out of Africa. Check out the full report here; The Nigerian style of music known as Afrobeats has quietly entranced a large swathe of the world’s population. “Pretty much every song on pop radio [in the U.K. now] is sort of a Mr. Eazi-style, chill, afrobeats [track],” the producer Riton told Rolling Stone last year. But Nigerian singers have not yet established a foothold Stateside, despite well-received, afrobeats-dusted singles from established stars like Drake and Janet Jackson. So it’s unusual that “Fall,” a springy, 19-month-old track from the Nigerian singer DaVido, is currently gaining traction on the airwaves. The growth has been gradual: 482 plays to date, spread across 36 stations, according to Nielsen BDS, which tracks radio acti...

A Nigerian lady identified as Might Adaugo Green‎ has got herself trending on social media after she claimed that an original vagina must have an odour. According to the young lady, every p***sy must have an odour oozing out if it’s the original. See her post below; “Any p***y without a little bit odour,is not original p***y ”

  A middle-aged man who claimed to be a pastor, was today nabbed with a bag full of female pants and bra in Auchi, Edo state. According to reports, the pastor who is known for going about to preach in the mornings, was accosted by members of the state vigilante and asked what was the content of a Ghana Must Go bag he was always going about with. A search carried out showed the bag contained different types of female pants and bra. He was taken to his church where more pants and bra were discovered.

A 39-year-old man named Farida Banti, of Hungu village in the Mariga Local Government Area of the state,  has been arrested for allegedly murdering his wife, Maijari, with a cutlass during one of their frequent fights.  Speaking to newsmen, Banti said his wife lacked manners and that he was forced to send her back to her parents house to learn some manners. He said they engaged in a fight recently and he used a cutlass on her. Banti said he regrets his action but that women should learn how to respect their spouses. “I inflicted deep cuts on my wife, which resulted in her death, because she refused to obey me. In fact, it was extreme provocation that made me kill my wife. Women must learn to obey their husbands so that what happened to my wife will not happen to them.” he said Banti will be charged to court as soon as investigations into the case is completed

n this piece by Guardian UK, the newspaper delves into the lives of Zahra and Amina - not their real names - former wives of Boko Haram fighters who find themselves disillusioned with life in IDP camps. They say life with the militants was harsh and uncertain, but they had enough to eat and were protected from sexual abuse unlike in the IDP camps where they suffer hunger and are sexually exploited by the security forces who guard them. According to Amina, most Boko Haram women regret coming to the camp because life is just so hard. Read the piece below.   Zahra and Amina seem like lucky survivors of the scourge of northeastern Nigeria, the jihadist movement known as Boko Haram. Both were wives of fighters. Zahra escaped by agreeing to detonate an explosive vest that the militants strapped to her. After walking miles to her intended target, a government checkpoint, she turned herself over to soldiers. Amina fled with her three children after her hus...

Yup! The most liked picture, ever, on Instagram, is of … an egg. That’s it. The @world_record_egg account was created on January 4, encouraging everyone to “set a world record together and get the most liked post on Instagram.” https://www.instagram.com/p/BsOGulcndj-/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_medium=loading The account posted the photo of an unimpressive, perfectly normal egg (do impressive eggs exist?), and asked that people like it to make sure it beat out  Kylie Jenner ‘s photo with then-newborn  Stormi  which has 18 million likes. The egg currently has over 26 million likes and is still raking up more. Its creator is so excited, sharing on the stories, a thank you note to everyone.

Most countries in continental Europe are ranked as some of the world's richest nations. Europe's history features many innovations and civilizations, and it continues to dominate in areas such as technology, exports, industrialization, engineering, and services. The inhabitants of the rich European nations can afford a high standard of living thanks to the high GDP per capita. 10. Austria - $48,005  Austria has the 10th largest GDP per capita based on PPP in Europe standing at 48,005 international dollars. Austria's service sector is the major contributor to its GDP. Austria has highly developed consulting and finance sectors where its banks and law firms are some of the top corporations in Europe. Tourism is another major pillar of the country's economy and winter ski resorts including Kitzbühel have been attracting guests from the US, Eastern Europe, and Russia. Austria trades heavily with EU states, and its exports range from metal goods, paper, and paperboard...

A 27-year old graduate named Abubakar Abdul Mumin, a student of the Tamale Technical University has made news headlines due to his sheer will and desire to survive. According to reports, the young man’s story inspires the majority of the youth today as he does several menial jobs as well as sell coconuts to make money. Narrating his story, he said he started the coconut business at the age of 19. “My name is Abubakar Abdul Mumin, from Yepeli in the Northern Region of Ghana. I am 27 years and a final year student of Tamale Technical University. I am studying Statistics. I am also the Organiser of the Statistics Department. I won the position in a very hot election. I didn’t know I could win because I didn’t put any money in that but those who voted for me explained that they like my diligence and ability to unite people. I appreciate. Statistics is a very a very difficult course so I have little time to spare. A lot of my friends think I have left them but my education takes...

  Khalifa, the son of Gombe state governor had his wedding this weekend and as expected, it was quite a glamorous event which had elites in attendance. The event is said to have seen the likes of President Buhari, amongst other top dignitaries in the country, grace it. See photos below,