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The pathetic story of how 14-year-old Ese Oruru, who was in August 2015, allegedly abducted in Opolo, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, by one Yunusa, who hails from Kano, has continued to elicit outrage on social media among Nigerians. Source gathered that Ese, who was 13 as at the time of her alleged abduction, was taken to Kano, by Yunusa, where he converted her to Islam and married her. Ese’s parents had since last August made trips to Kano, where they unraveled the plights of their daughter. The parents said they have involved the police, but efforts to get the Emir of Kano, Mallam Lamido Sanusi, at whose palace the girl is believed to be held to resolve the matter and ensure the return of the 14-year-old to them have proved futile. While her mother was told that Ese had converted to Islam and, therefore, was no longer her daughter, her father was told that his daughter was an 18-year-old adult and not 14, hence she was capable of making decisions for herse...

Anene Otasi at LUTH after suffering gun shot wounds at Ladipo market For the past one week, there has been tension and violence at Odo-Aladura section of Ladipo motor spare parts market following a failed attempt to demolish over 2,000 shops in the market in Mushin, Lagos State, western Nigeria. Fracas broke out at the market after hundreds of thugs invaded the market with arms and two caterpillars and attacked the traders and attempted to demolish shops there. The traders who were caught unawares fought back the thugs and chased them away after many were injured on both sides. source gathered that the thugs were allegedly led by a man well known to the traders. During the fracas many traders including the thugs sustained injuries and are in several hospitals in Lagos receiving treatment. One of the injured traders is Anene Otasi who is still lying in critical condition at the University of Lagos Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi Araba, where doctors are battling to remove pellet...

One person has been confirmed dead as traders at the Ladipo Market, Oshodi, Lagos, on Thursday protested against alleged extortion by one Monday Ijoba. It was learnt that Ijoba and his gang members were reportedly employed by the local government authority in the area to collect charges from the traders. Displaying placards which read, “Monday, enough is enough”, among others, the traders chanted war songs. The market is dominated by Igbo, who sell spare parts and electronics, among others. It was learnt that policemen and soldiers mobilised to the scene, but some of the protesters reportedly fired gunshots to chase them away. PUNCH Metro gathered that a trader, whose identity had yet to be identified, was hit by a stray bullet and died, while others were injured. Our correspondent learnt that Ijoba’s boys had attacked a trader, who challenged them on the extortion last week. The trader was seriously injured and was said to have died. The trader’s death was said to have...

The Dance-hall queen took to her page to pen an open letter to the music duo who have been having family issues and controversies asking them to patch things up and get back in the studio. The full notes below.  

A university lecturer, Prof. Christian Happi, has claimed that Yoruba people, by the make-up of their genes, are immune to Lassa virus that causes Lassa fever. The researcher, who is Dean, College of Postgraduate Studies, Department of Biological Sciences, Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun State, said research was ongoing on why this is so, adding that few cases of Lassa fever recorded among Yoruba people are “imported.” Speaking on the new breakthrough on the rampaging Lassa fever, Happi, who is Director, World Funded African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases, ACEGID, while speaking in Ede, said Lassa fever virus originated from Nigeria about 1,060 years ago. He further explained that the disease spread to other West African countries about 400 years ago, stressing that Yoruba have capacity to resist the virus more than any other ethnic group in country. Happi berated the Federal Government for what he described as its “lackadaisical attitude” towards using...

So many guys do not know how to treat their penises and thus expose them to unhealthy practices which most of the time affects their health and lead to penile-disabilities. In this post, you shall read how to keep the penis clean, healthy and active, By keeping the penis clean and healthy, you prevent any bacteria from being around the penis.  If this is not done, the penis can carry germs to the vagina if unprotected sex is engaged.
 Avoid sexual intercourse if the penis produces an unusual discharge with bad odour or when there are sores on the penis.  If you go ahead, you will be putting the life of the woman you are having sex with in danger.  Use a condom to protect yourself and your sexual partner(s). The penis is one vital organ for men but women are equally interested in its affair just as men are to the vagina. The penis must be kept healthy at all times to prevent infection or erectile issues or even affect sperm production. Here are ways...

Here is a  press statement sent out to bloggers, enjoy! At the weekend, a new Obi of Ubulu-Uku ascended the exulted throne of his fathers. The new monarch, Chukwuka NoahOfulue, who assumed the name of Obi Akaeze1, is actually a youth who will become 18 years old later this year and he had to take time off his schooling in Britain, to undergo the coronation ceremonies because the Ubulu-Uku monarchy succession line is from a father to his first son. Thus last Thursday night, according to a press statement signed by Mr. Tony Eluemunor, Chairman of the Coronation Public Affairs Committee, a great wave of joy surged through the entire Ubulu kingdom, and messages swirled across the internet cyber space as Ubulu-Uku sons and daughters exchanged messages about the joyous development in the town. The statement read: “In a sense, the deep mourning which had enveloped the Ubulu kingdom almost all January this year as their immediate past king, Obi Edward AkaezeOfulue 111 was kidn...