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Update::   Facts have emerged on how a middle aged man, simply known as Davy, died in a popular hotel in ikotun area of Lagos during a sex competition with a lady identified as Loveth for the competitive romp. It was gathered that the late Davy had argued with Loveth on who among the duo can last longer during a sex romp. Both claimed that they were stronger and refused to admit defeat. During the argument, Davy staked N50,000 between him and Loveth on the condition that if Loveth will defeat him during the romp, she will take the money. Loveth agreed knowing fully that such money was staked. She then got prepared, moved into the hotel and booked for a chalet. It was gathered that while it lasted Davy went through to the sixth round but Loveth was unshaken till the seventh round when Davy collapsed and died on top of her. She then raised alarm and contacted the hotel management who handed her over to the Ikotun Police Division while the corpse of the decease...

Update:: The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), on Wednesday condemned the killing of the immediate past Air Chief Marshal, Alex Badeh, retired Chief of Defence Staff. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the former Chief of Defence Staff, Badeh, a four-star General of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), was shot dead on Tuesday along Abuja-Keffi Road. The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, confirmed Badeh’s assassination in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. He said that that the former defence chief died from gunshot injuries sustained when his vehicle was attacked on Abuja-Keffi Road while returning from his farm. NANS’ National Public Relations Officer, Mr Bestman Okereafor, in a statement in Enugu, urged security agents to ensure that the perpetrators of “this evil are brought to book without delay.” “The attention of the apex students governing body, NANS, has been drawn to the gruesome assassination o...

Update:: A march has been held in the capital of Nigeria's southern state of Edo to mark this year's International Day of Migrants. Hundreds of supporters and activists held banners and placards as they walked through the streets of Benin City. The annual celebration highlights the plight of migrants and their families and their contribution to societies around the world, as well as a call to protect their rights. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) chose ‘Migration with Dignity’ as this year’s theme.

Update:: The use of live bullets by the military to quell Zimbabwe’s post-election violence in August was “disproportionate and unjustified” President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Tuesday, reading from a report presented by a team investigating the clashes. The violence erupted after Mnangagwa was declared the first elected head of state since Robert Mugabe’s removal from power, left six people dead and dozens injured.

Update:: At least 21 boys have died in South Africa while undergoing circumcision in the bi-annual ceremony which began in November, authorities have said. Seventeen young boys died in Eastern Cape province while two others died in the North West and Western Cape, privately-owned EWN news site reports.

THE Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has accused the deputy senate president, Senator Ike Ekweremadu of not using his lofty political position to enhance the political and economic situation in Igbo land. Deputy MASSOB leader, Mazi Ikechukwu Ekwe in a statement Tuesday accused Ekweremadu of allowing his personal ambition and political ego to undermine the collective interest of the people, alleging that the senator had suddenly started canvassing for Igbo presidency 2023 because he lost out in the race for the vice presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Ekweremadu He said: “We frown at the lukewarm and nonchalant attitude of the current highest Igbo political office holder, who has not utilized the opportunity and government access legally and constitutionally attached to his office as deputy senate president towards attracting fair and just betterment of the people. “How can MASSOB and other pro Biafra groups that have th...

Update:: An Igbo political group, One-on-One Nigeria, says it will work for the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 general elections. The group, which announced this at a press conference in Awka on Tuesday, said a lot of positive strides had been recorded under the Buhari-led administration. Chief Chido Obidiegwu, National Coordinator of the group, noted that there had been massive upgrade of physical infrastructure across the country, especially in the South-East, under the present administration. Obidiegwu expressed optimism that a second term for the president was the shortest means to the actualisation of Igbo presidency which he said, had eluded the region for a long time. “We are determined to achieving Igbo Presidency by returning the president for a second term because we are convinced that four years of this present administration are better than eight years of any other person’s. “In his wisdom and magnanimity, President Buhari has begun to a...

Update:: The two-day event is scheduled hold between December 26th & 27th at the Lekki Coliseum from 12pm to 8pm daily. Presented in partnership with Eat.Drink.Lagos, the festival features live demonstrations from top chefs and mixologists as well as pop up shops from a selection of the city’s finest food vendors. The event, which started in 2014, to showcases how local culinary enthusiasts have become the favourite curation of food and drinks in West Africa. Chief Marketing Officer, Sterling Bank, Ibidapo Martins, said the goal of the festival is to create an unmatched culinary experience of Lagos’ best food and drink brands, adding that the bank’s decision to participate will ensure that residents in Lagos and its environs enjoyed the best flavours the city has to offer during the festive season. Folayemi Agusto, co-founder, Eat.Drink.Lagos, said the festival was created as a platform for local food vendors to connect with their customers without the limitation of...

Update::   A 70-year-old woman was found raped and murdered on Sunday in Nyahururu, a Kenya town, located in Laikipia County. The body of the granny, who lived alone, was found inside her house. Emotions among relatives and residents ran high as police moved in to collect the body. It is suspected that the granny, who sells firewood in the area, was raped before her assailants strangled her to death. “We became suspicious when she remained indoors for longer than usual and on checking we found her body lying on the floor. We later noticed that there was a big hole behind her three-roomed timber house. We are yet to understand the motive behind the murder,” said Ms Purity Wangari, the granny’s neighbour. The local chief Mr Joseph Muraya said that there were indications that the woman was sexually abused before she was killed. "Preliminary investigations by the police indicate the woman was sexually abused before she was murdered either by strangling or by ...

As he celebrates his 76th birthday, Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerians to give him more time to execute his plans. He made the plea, today, after a special parade that the guards brigade of the Nigerian army organised for him. He called on Nigerians to continue to pray for him and the country at large, charging them to continue to show more understanding of his administration’s policies aimed at transforming the nation. “ Nigerians should continue to pray for me and understand my intentions and give me time ,” he said, while adding that the government would continue to remind Nigerians of its achievements in the last three and half years.

Update:: The Speaker of Zamfara House of Assembly, Alhaji Sanusi Rikiji, says that over 133,000 Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) have yet to be claimed by prospective voters in Zamfara State. Rikiji, who is also the Chairman of the state government’s Committee on Voters’ Mobilisation, said this on Monday in a statement in Gusau. In the statement signed by Alhaji Lawal Liman, the Secretary of the committee and state APC Chairman, Rikiji described the situation as very unfortunate. The speaker bemoaned the situation in which over 133,000 PVCs had yet to be claimed by prospective voters in spite of the fact that the 2019 general elections were fast approaching. He said that the cards were still in the custody of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), urging eligible voters, who had not collected their PVCs, to visit the nearest INEC office and collect the cards. “In spite of the importance of the cards, which are not only for election purposes, some people are ap...

Update:: MILAN (Reuters) - Italian oil company Eni said on Monday it would analyse a Milan judge's comments in which she concluded that it was fully aware that its 2011 purchase of a Nigerian oilfield would result in corrupt payments to Nigerian politicians and officials.

Update:: President Muhammadu Buhari, who marked his 76th birthday on Monday, jokingly `protested’ when a reporter mistakenly reduced his age by one year, PoliticsNGR has learned. “Why would you reduce my age by one?,’’ the President Buhari `queried’ the reporter when he fielded questions in both English and Hausa languages from State House correspondents after a brief ceremony at the forecourt of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Monday. The president called on Nigerians to continue to pray for him and the country at large, charging them to continue to show more understanding of his administration’s policies aimed at transforming the nation. He stated that the government would continue to remind Nigerians of its achievements in the last three and half years. “We will keep reminding Nigerians about what we have done, how we met the country, what we have been able to do for the time came in to now with the resources available to us,’’ he said The ceremony began with a speci...

Update::   The Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps in Sango-Ota, Ogun, said danger was averted on Saturday when a tanker laden with 33,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit lost control at Ilo-Awela, Toll-Gate. Mr Adekunle Ajibade, the Sango-Ota Zonal Commander of TRACE, told reporters in Ota that the accident happened at 4.06pm. Ajibade said that the Mack tanker, with registration number FKJ 913XD,  was heading for Lagos when it lost control due to brake failure and crossed the road divider to hit an LT vehicle marked EKY 748 TN. He said that only the two vehicles were involved in the accident, adding that the driver of the LT was injured. “A serious disaster that could have claimed so many lives was averted through the intervention of the Almighty God,” he said. He also said that the injured person had been taken to General Hospital, Sango-Ota, for treatment. Ajibade said that TRACE personnel, Federal Road Safety Corps and the police were on ground to cont...

Update:: A military court in Ethiopia has sentenced 66 soldiers to between five and 14 years in prison for marching on the residence of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in October. The government said the soldiers were asking for a pay rise but Mr Abiy later insisted they had wanted to kill him. "These sentences delivered today will serve as lessons," prosecutor Cap Hailemariam Mamo told reporters. The defendants' lawyer said he would lodge appeals for a few suspects.   One defendant was sentenced to 14 years in prison, while 65 others were given jail terms ranging from five to 13 years, for "violation of military ethics", Col Meshesha Areda, head of the military tribunals directorate, said quoted by Reuters news agency. The 66 were among 200 soldiers in fatigues and red berets who marched to the prime minister's office in the capital, Addis Ababa. At the time, Mr Abiy defused the situation by ordering them to do press-ups and joining in but he lat...

Update:: Remember when Area Fada, Charly Boy announced he was divorcing his wife Diane on December 14th to remarry on December 15th? Well, he actually wasn’t mincing words. He, in fact remarried today, December 15th, but to Diane, his wife of 40 years. He shared photos of the ceremony on social media, writing: Today I said NO to “see finish” by remarrying my phenomenal, bespoke wife of 40years. Thank you for marrying me again. And I go do am again and again. Our marriage na for heaven Baba God bake am come let us enjoy am for earth. You toooooo much😘😍 See photos below:

Update:: A final year student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Olaniyi Ashimi, died recently due to lack of good medical care at the Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, and the University College Hospital, Ibadan. His sister and friend shares the circumstances leading to his death How did you hear of his death? I am Ajoke Ashimi, the younger sister of the late Olaniyi Ashimi. I am also a final year student of the Department of Soil Science at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta. I was beside him on his sickbed till he died. What led to his hospitalisation? He was involved in an accident on his way back from a conference.  He broke his leg in the accident. He and the others were taken to the Federal Medical Centre and they treated his broken leg but didn’t do any further check-up. He was fine and playing until Thursday afternoon. The hospital where he was taken to doesn’t have any X-ray machine; so, the school intended to take all of the...

Update:: The Nigerian Military has suspended operations of the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) from the North-East for allegedly sabotaging it counter-terrorism efforts. "(UNICEF has) abdicated its primary duty of catering for the wellbeing of children and the vulnerable through humanitarian activities and now engaged in training selected persons for clandestine activities to continue sabotaging the counter terrorism and Counter insurgency efforts of troops through spurious and unconfirmed allegations bothering on alleged violations of human rights by the military,” said the Army. Colonel and Deputy Director of Public Relations, Theatre Command,  Onyema Nwachukwu,  in a statement made available to pressmen on Friday threatened that  “this kind of sabotage from any individual, group of persons or organization will not be condoned”,  therefore, urged all NGOs and members of humanitarian agencies to keep to their legitimate norm...

Update:: Former Ethiopian president Girma Woldegiorgis died on Saturday, two weeks short of his 95th birthday, state media reported. Girma was president of Ethiopia for twelve years between 2001 to 2013, a largely ceremonial role. His death was reported by the Ethiopia Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) and other state media. The cause of death was not given. Girma was a fluent speaker in Ethiopia’s working language Amharic, his native language Afan Oromo as well as English and French. In recent years Girma had been active in efforts to foster reconciliation between former foes Ethiopia and Eritrea who declared an end to two decades of hostility in July. In a political career that spanned more than five decades, the man fondly known as Lieutenant Girma has been fortunate enough to live through and witness many momentous and significant period of the nation. Starting his career as head of civil aviation in Eritrea in 1955, he was appointed as director-general of Ethiop...

…Job creation, key to tackle insecurity, social vices — Peter Obi ABUJA —  Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says Nigeria suffered major infrastructural deficit in the 16 years of the Peoples Democraty Party’s (PDP) rule. Okorocha, Ohakim have been 12yrs of trauma for Imo – Araraume He stated this on Friday in Abuja at the 2019 Vice Presidential Debate organised by the Nigeria Election Debate Group in collaboration with the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON) and Civil Society Organisations. He added that corruption is the major cause of the country‘s current challenges which must be tackled head-on. He argued that Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product had consistently gone up under the All Progressives Congress (APC) led administration which he added was building the country‘s infrastructure, especially the road and rail sector. While acknowledging issues of poverty in the county, Osinbajo said the administration’s social investment programmes were put in place to ad...