Category: Lifestyle

Housewife loses marriage for wearing trousers

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A 42-year-old housewife, Fatimot Abiola, on Wednesday in Lagos lost her 22 -year-old marriage to her husband, Rasheed, for wearing trousers against her husband’s wish. Delivering the judgment, the President of Igando Customary Court, Lagos, Mr Akin Akinniyi said that it appeared that the estranged couple was tired of the marriage and all efforts to reconcile both parties had failed. “Since both parties consented to the dissolution of their marriage, this court has no choice than to dissolve the marriage. “The court pronounced the marriage between Mr Rasheed Abiola and…

GOV SANI-BELLO MOURNS COL. YAHAYA MADAKI …Describes Him a Brave Strategist , Patriotic Nigerian

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Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello has said Nigeria has lost one of its finest military officers with the death of Colonel John Yahaya Madaki (rtd). He described the death of the military strategist, who was widely known as “Jungle Expert” as a colossal loss at a critical time when the country requires his professional and his wealth of military experience to quell armed insurgency and kidnapping ravaging many states of the country. The Governor in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Malam Jibrin Baba Ndace said…

Aree Onakaakanfo rites begin Wednesday

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The final rites for the installation of Chief Gani Adams as the 15th Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland will begin on Wednesday. Since he was announced as the Aare Ona Kakanfo in 2017 by the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi II, Adams had been engaged in several processes that would lead to his installation on January 13, 2018 at Durbar Stadium, Oyo State. From Wednesday, the National Coordinator of the Oodua People’s Congress will be in seclusion in Oyo town. A statement, on Sunday, from the Media Office of…

Before You Call The Wedding Planner By Funke Egbemode

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Marriage is becoming a risky business by the hour. Instead of enlarging the family, it is reducing it. When your son or daughter marries, you expect grandchildren as dividends. Now, your initial investment gets liquidated in a pool of blood, without recourse to you. One infuriated sick and weak girl just grabs a kitchen knife and carves up your son in a flash, ripping out your heart and dreams of being surrounded by happiness in your old age. One silly boy in a moment of uncontrollable blinding fury stabs your…

HUSBANDS MUST WEEP

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Why shouldn’t we all not cry when we have failed as husbands? How do we translate “qawwaamuna” into action? Do we really live up to expectation in terms of the home-keep? Are we always willingly desirous to spend on our wives and children? Do we consider our failure or negligence to fulfill any financial obligation as a deficiency or even sinful from our end? Are we satisfied with our sense of responsibility over our wives? Are we ready to stand before Allah (SWT) on the Judgement day and defend this?…

PRESIDENT BUHARI COMMISERATES WITH AVM OLUFUNSHO MARTINS’ FAMILY

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President Muhammadu Buhari has sent his condolences to family and friends of the late Air Vice Marshal Olufunsho Martins (Rtd), whose death left the nation deprived of a very illustrious citizen. President Buhari commiserated with all the professional, business and political associates of the valiant air officer, who served meritoriously in the military, and retired to continue serving the nation through advocacy, counselling and philanthropy. The President urged Martins’ family to find comfort in the legacies of integrity, discipline and charity that he left behind, and the many lives he…

PROF DURO DAMISA: PARADISE FOUND By Rafatu Idris Salami

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A TRIBUTE Now that the words appear to have come to me, maybe I should talk about the time we found each other or rather the time we discovered each other, the time we were close to the edges of the garden of Eden; a time when the intensity of an innocent relationship took a whole community by storm and shook some of the fundamentals of that period; a time when bonds were forged and some others were severed never to be reunited; a time of innocence so pure it…

I’m Getting Stronger Despite Being Diabetic For 30 Years- Obasanjo

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Former President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo said that diabetes only kill those who careless about its treatment. Obasanjo made the statement on Friday in Abeokuta when he led hundreds of people on a road walk to sensitize the populace on the disease and how to manage it. The road walk was organized by the South West Zone of the Diabetes Association of Nigeria (DAN) in collaboration with the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), to mark the 2017 World Diabetes Day. The two-kilometre walk which began at the OOPL passed through MKO…

AFRICAN LEADERS ARE NOT FAIR TO THEIR YOUNG PEOPLE. By Amb Obinna Sixtus Nwoke

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Youth h in France are protesting against the African slave market in Libya. Interestingly, no such on the continent? No government has said anything meaningful about the incident. The kind of leaders we have on this continent are baffling. First I am disappointed in the Leadership of African Union Commission for saying that they were not carried along during the Libyan Invasion by the west. My question is , who were those to Carry you along in a case that happened in your geographic jurisdiction? That statement has exposed the…

Nigerian Army Introduces New Language Policy

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The Nigerian Army has introduced a new Language Policy. The study of foreign and local languages is world-wide practice among armies, in which officers and soldiers are encouraged to be multi-lingual. According to Brigadier General Sani Kukasheka Usman, Director Army Public Relations, the Policy will foster espirit-de-corps and better communication with the populace to enhance information gathering, civil-military relations, increase understanding between militaries when operating abroad and assist officers and soldiers to perform their duties professionally. “It is to be noted that English remains the official language in the Nigerian…