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A Nigerian High Court Judge, Saturday, taunted civilised countries on the re-definition of marriage particularly the suggestion that African countries including Nigeria should legitimize gay marriage. Justice Godwin Abraham, who is Akwa Ibom State Chief Judge was born and brought up to see his father and mother saw the idea as a joke. Now he is married to a renowned optometrist with children. Few months ago, he gave one of his daughters in marriage to another man. Theresa May, the British Prime Minister had on April 17 pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari and other leaders of Commonwealth nation to legalise…

Marriage is a sacred institution based on agreement between two persons. The introduction of same-sex marriage does not diminish the status of the institution at least in the African setting. Unfortunately, some young people in different climes try to opt out of marriage in general and be in committed relationships without the government paperwork instead. In short, marriage to a large extent is an institution that is slowly crumbling. “Be single; forget marriage; it’s not all it’s cracked up to be,” a respondent tried to tinker with the thought. But then, there are many factors that are beautiful in marriage.…

The Supreme Court Friday reinstated more than 860 Nigerians sacked by Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited employed before the year 2000 as security officers. The sacked staff worked under a unit of the company named Supernumerary Police officers (SPY). In a unanimous decision of five justices, the Supreme Court held that it was illogical and without legal backing for Mobil to have employed the Nigerians and sought to offload them to the Nigeria Police through the back door. The judgment was on an appeal marked: SC/33/2010 filed by Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited against the 2009 Court of Appeal judgment, which upheld…

The 21st edition of the World Cup kicks off in less than two months. Some of the best players in world football will grace the tournament in Russia. With 32 teams participating, it is difficult to predict the winner. Yet, some teams are inevitably better equipped than others when it comes to personnel. At every major tournament, however, there is room for a dark horse to upset the established order. So who’s the favourite to win the 2018 World Cup? Goal takes a look at the contenders for the highest prize in football. Favourites to win the 2018 World Cup…

Commonwealth leaders Friday acceded to the request of allowing Prince Charles to succeed his mother Queen Elizabeth II as the next head of the group, the BBC and other media reported. Queen Elizabeth on Thursday told leaders from the 53 member states that she wanted her eldest son to succeed her in the symbolic figure-head role. Leaders, gathered at Windsor Castle for private talks, agreed that Charles, heir to the thrones of 16 Commonwealth nations, should follow the monarch in the non-hereditary position, the BBC, Sky News television and the domestic Press Association news agency reported. Following Queen Elizabeth’s public call as she…

Arsene Wenger, Arsenal’s French manager, will finally bring his 22-year stay as Arsenal manager to a close at the end of the season, the Frenchman announced on Friday. “After careful consideration and following discussions with the club, I feel it is the right time for me to step down at the end of the season,” he stated. Wenger said in a statement posted on the club’s website “I am grateful for having had the privilege to serve the club for so many memorable years.” Wenger, 68, won three Premier League titles, leading the only side to go a full league…

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has given President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration up to the end of July to stop incessant killings and return displaced persons to their homes or be seen as a total failure. Soyinka who made the statement during the inauguration of the 2018 OAU Ife Festival of Foods and Identity at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun state gave the administration till the end of July to stop killer herdsmen insurgency. He warned that Nigeria’s food security could be jeopardized by the rampant killings, pointing out that farmers were the most affected victims of the herdsmen and…

Portugal head coach , Fernando Santos has written off Nigeria’s chances of advancing to the knockout stage of the 2018 World Cup. The Super Eagles were the first African side to qualify for the Mundial ahead of the four other representatives Senegal, Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia. However, Morocco play in Group B alongside Portugal, Spain and Iran while the Nigeria face Croatia, Iceland and Argentina in Group D, but Santos does not feel both sides will progress from their respective groups. “Morocco and Nigeria will not have it easy in their respective groups as they face top footballing sides and…

A wife was tied to a giant tree. Dozens of men, women and children watched helplessly as the local “film” unfolded. The husband, armed with a leather belt, beat his wife…one, two, three, four to 100 times. She gnashed her teeth but the public could not help her as she was crying profusely. The woman was flogged 100 times by her husband following a ‘kangaroo court’ ruling that she was guilty of adultery. The beating, which took place in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh near Delhi in India, saw the unidentified woman becoming unconscious. The 73-second video shot on a mobile phone…

Ahead of 2019 general elections, the Peoples Democratic Party is said to be considering the possibility of changing its name. Punch reports that it is said to be one of the conditions given by those who left the party before the 2015 general elections. Name change is also believed to be one of the issues to be discussed by the party as it has called an emergency meeting of the National Executive Committee meeting on Thursday, April 19. Kola Ologbondiyan, the national publicity secretary of the party, in a statement said the NEC meeting would hold at the party’s national…