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A 55-year-old woman from Nigerian Osun State who was recently married and wedded at 55 has confessed to being a virgin, saying ‘’ (We want) as many children as God can give us and we can take care of.’’ The lady – Evangelist Esther Bamiloye, now Mrs Bakare – got married for the first time to her husband, Isaac Bakare, a 62-year-old artisan who also has never been married too. In an interview with Punch, the woman revealed that “the devil had plans to stop her from getting married because when she felt she was ready, there was no man coming for her”. She also stated…

A student from Imo State who made A1s in her nine subjects in the 2020 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination has been offered scholarship by Imo government. Imo Governor Hope Uzodinma announced the offer Thursday while receiving the student, Miss Confidence Chinaza Nwaozuzu at the new EXCO chambers of the Government House, Owerri. Confidence, a native of Amuzari in Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State, sat for the examination in Science and arts-related subjects at the Total Education Development Academy in Aba, Abia State. While receiving the female student who was accompanied by her mother, Mrs Faith Nwozuz…

The sister to the late Vanguard reporter, Tordue Salem, has mocked the report that her brother was killed by a hit-and-run driver, describing it as a “doctored movie by Nigerian police.” An indigene of Benue State, Salem who covered the House of Representatives He was last seen on October 13, 2021. He was found dead on Thursday, November 11 in Abuja. Taking to Facebook on Friday evening, Mrs Elizabeth Jessica Kuraun, the sister expressed doubt about police investigation into her brother’s death. “I watched the doctored movie by Nigerian police and I laughed. How can you knock someone down, and you…

From November 15, 2021, electricity consumers will pay between 30.6 per cent and 32.3 per cent respectively as the Federal Government would jack up the cost of both single-phase and three-phase electricity meters. A circular dated November 11, 2021, and signed by the ’by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission’s Chairman, Sanusi Garba, stated that the new prices were exclusive of Value Added Tax (VAT).  The circular, with reference number NERC/REG/MAP/GEN/751/2, was entitled ‘Review of the unit price of end-use meters under the Meter Asset Provider and National Mass Metering Regulations’. ”The price of a single-phase meter has been increased from…

Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt has sentenced a 39-year-old pastor, to life imprisonment for defiling a 14-year-old girl.  Justice Aniele, who is a pastor with the Assemblies of God, raped the girl, an orphan who was under his care and got her pregnant.  The incident happened on December 11, 2017, at Amaji community in Omuma Local Government Area of Rivers state where he worked as a pastor. Delivering her judgment on Thursday, November 11, on the matter which lasted for about four years, the presiding Judge, Justice Augusta Kingsley-Chuku, found the accused guilty. Convicting the accused, the judge said…

Amid lingering supply disruptions, Libya has overtaken Nigeria as Africa’s top oil producer as the country’s crude oil production slumped last month. In a new report by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Nigeria’s oil output fell to about 1.23 million barrels per day in October from about 1.25 million bpd in the previous month. OPEC noted that Libya which overtook Angola as the second-biggest producer on the continent in December last year, saw its oil production rise to 1.24 million bpd in October from 1.16 million bpd in September based on direct communication. OPEC uses secondary sources to…

The Ontario government says it is helping to build tiny houses for homeless veterans. To this end, the province is investing $2 million in the Kingston-based project, and Housing Minister Steve Clark issued a special zoning order Wednesday allowing the site to be used for residential purposes without a long wait time. Ontario says an-acre-and-a-half of land will be transformed into a “Veterans Village” in Kingston, complete with as many as 25 tiny, prefabricated homes. Each unit will have a kitchen, bathroom, living room and sleeping area. The homes are meant to be used as transitional housing for veterans experiencing…

France will start building its 1st new nuclear reactors in decades as part of efforts to meet its promises to reduce planet-warming emissions, French President Emmanuel Macron announced. The President’s position contrasts with Germany, where nuclear power is on course to be phased out by next year. France is Europe’s most nuclear-dependent country, getting around 70 per cent of its electricity from nuclear energy. Speaking as the COP26 climate summit, Macron said ”This is why, to guarantee France’s energy independence, to guarantee our country’s electricity supply and achieve our objectives, in particular carbon neutrality in 2050, we are going, for…

Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has refuted claim by one of the suspects arrested over the raid on the Abuja residence of Justice Mary Odili. Earlier, one Lawrence Ajojo claiming to be a Chief Superintendent of Police, had alleged that he is Malami’s consultant after being paraded for leading armed men to the residence of the judge. “I am not an officer of the Nigeria Police but a consultant for the AGF; he did not send us to raid Mrs Odili’s house,” Ajojo said. This was after the Police at Force headquarters on Thursday paraded…

Despite the stiff opposition by the South South Senators, the bill seeking to amend Niger Delta Development Commission Act to accommodate some oil producing states in the country has scaled a second reading. The nine states captured in the NDDC Act are Cross River, Edo, Delta, Abia, Imo, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa-Ibom and Ondo. However, Senator Olamilekan Adeola (APC, Lagos West), the sponsor of the bill, sought the inclusion of Lagos, Ogun, Bauchi and others that have attained the status of oil producing states in the NDDC. Adeola noted: “Following the discovery of oil in Bauchi, Lagos and Ogun, these states…