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A Nigerian polygamist, John-Paul Ugwu, has said that a man who has a good wife shouldn’t let her suffer but rather marry more women to help her.    “The highest blessing you can receive from God after money and good health is a good woman. When you marry a good wife, do not let her suffer, marry more to help …

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has rejected the move to increase Value Added Tax (VAT).   The forum made this known in a communiqué released after its meeting in Abuja on Thursday, Jan. 16.   The governors expressed support for the ongoing legislative process of the Tax Reform Bills currently before the National Assembly.  However they opposed the Federal Government’s proposal for …

Music producer, ID Cabasa, says the entertainment industry in Nigeria has many stars that need healing.    In a post shared on his X handle, ID Cabasa said a lot of people need closure but that unfortunately when they speak up rather than finding healing, “People pick a side”.    Read his post below…      

The Delta State Police Command has detained a man identified as Benedict Toju after he accused officers conducting a stop-and-search operation of stealing his manhood.   The spokesperson of the state police command, SP Bright Edafe, disclosed this in a video posted on his X handle on Thursday, January 16.    Giving details on what transpired, Edafe said; “We have …

Suspected hoodlums and herdsmen have k!lled two persons in the Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).   The corpse of one of the victims, a motorcyclist identified as Hussain Gambo, was found dumped in a ditch near Pegi community in Kuje on Tuesday, January 14, 2025.    A resident of Pegi, Ishaya Bako, who confirmed the incident …

A woman on X has shared how her father raised her to have qualities that he would not tolerate in his wife, her mother.  She took to X to share how her father brought her up amid conversations about men wanting their wives to be timid and submissive, yet raising their daughters to be assertive.  She wrote: “My dad tells …

Tempers flared at the Nigerian Senate on Thursday morning, January 16, at the 2025 budget defence of the Nigeria Police Force.    The presentation degenerated into rowdiness and rancour when two lawmakers raised concerns that the IGP’s presentation did not align with the documents they had received.  The committee chairman’s attempt to allow the IGP to continue while the issue …

Jessica Alba has released a statement addressing her separation from husband Cash Warren after almost 17 years of marriage and three children.  The actress took to Instagram to address the shocking report that they were going their separate ways despite spending the holidays together.  She admitted that they are no longer a couple and said they are moving on with …

A woman alleged to have abducted a three-year-old boy, Mohammed Naziru, feigned ignorance to avoid providing answers about the incident.  Naziru was returning from the mosque after prayer alongside his eight-year-old sister, last week Friday, Jan. 10, in the Iwaya area of Lagos, when the incident happened.  The suspect allegedly wore a hijab to blend in with the Muslim women …

Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, the state capital, on Wednesday, convicted and sentenced a 23-year-old self-styled spiritualist, Odeyemi Oluwaseun to a year imprisonment for internet fraud.   The convict was prosecuted by the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on two counts that bordered on internet fraud, impersonation …