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The basis for this week ’ s essay is the serious story of a young woman , now 30 years old who lamented in several different messages about her profound lack of sexual stimulation despite going out of her way to actually seek a solution to the problem . She has a healthy attraction to the male gender but nothing more ; the combination of experiences and the lack of sexual fulfillment left her broken and in tears when we finally met . Now , there is a tendency towards depressive illness which would be a different kettle of fish . Without being a doctor or psychologist, it is easy to see where all this is leading . The negative experiences are so severe that she has been unable to function at work and even had to give that up at some point . And that is happening in an economy as parlous as ours. The omens surely , are not looking good for her . And she is not alone ; nor is her gender the only one that problems like this can affect . Men can also suffer from this kind of problem...

Champions Manchester City fell eight points behind Liverpool in the title race after suffering a shock home defeat against Wolves. Adama Traore scored twice in the final 10 minutes as Wolves won in the top flight at Manchester City for the first time since 1979. Traore scored the first 10 minutes from time as the visitors capitalised on a mistake from Joao Cancelo. He added a second on the break deep into injury time. City have now dropped five points in their opening four home games of the season, having dropped just three in the whole of last season and seven the year before that.

The joint National Assembly Committee on Finance and National Planning on Thursday submitted its report on the 2020 - 2022 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper to the Senate at plenary . The report noted that the Federal Government did not capture the salaries of the 30 , 000 personnel it is planning to recruit into the Army , Police , and other paramilitary agencies next year , in the documents . Presenting the report , the Chairman , Senate Committee on Finance , Solomon Adeola , also said the joint panel recommended the adoption of $ 57per barrel as crude oil benchmark . He also said it reduced borrowings with over N 200 because of the expected revenue from the Nigerian Customs Service . The report increased the proposed total estimated expenditure of the Federal Government from N 10,002 tn to N 10,729.4tn. The debate on the report is ongoing as of the time of filing this report... More details await... Credits : Punch Newspaper

Gunmen have abducted the father of the Bayelsa State Commissioner for Agriculture , Mr Doodei Week . Chief George Agbabou Week was kidnapped in the early hours of Thursday from his home at Ayama - Ijaw in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state . More information later

A middle age man fell into a manhole as rampaging flood swept him away into Anwai River in Asaba, the Delta State capital. The polytechnic graduate identified as Chinedu Igboke was said to have been controlling traffic at the Akpo junction along Okpanam road on Monday evening when he mistakenly stepped into an uncovered drain and fell into the gutter. The flooding, which was as a result of the torrential rain that pounded the capital city throughout the day, rendered many people homeless. It was gathered that the deceased who was in his thirties, hailed from Ebonyi State, and was working as a security guard in a private school along Shekinah Love Assembly Street, off Ralph Uwechue Way, Okpanam Road, Asaba. When our correspondent visited the scene of the incident on Wednesday, an eyewitness said the deceased was directing traffic which built up on Shekinah Love Assembly Street following the gridlock along Okpanam road, when he mis-stepped and fell into the uncovered gutter along t...

A yet - to - be - identified driver has died after he rammed his truck into a stationary Dangote truck at the Kyakyama axis of the Lagos - Ibadan Expressway on Thursday . The driver was said to be driving inbound Lagos when he lost control of the truck and ran into the Dangote truck that was parked by the side of the road around 4am . Three people were involved in the accident , while the injured victims were taken to the Victory Hospital , in Ogere Remo, for treatment , the remains of the driver were deposited at the FOS Mortuary in Ipara , Ogun State . Emergency responders to the scene of the accident were officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps , Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps , and men from the Ogere Police Division in the state . The Public Relations Officer , Babatunde Akinbiyi , said the accident was caused by reckless driving on the part of the driver , adding that the vehicles had been impounded and taken to the Ogere Police Division . Akinbiyi said , “ ...

There was a serious tension in Kwanar Mayanci, Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State, on Wednesday as a large number of gunmen who came on motorcycles invaded the community. According to eyewitness’ accounts, the villagers began to run away, thinking that they were Boko Haram elements ready to strike. One of the residents said that the suspected armed bandits made away with many food items and some jerry cans containing petrol, which belonged to roadside vendors of petrol in the town. Sani noted that the heavily armed men mostly youths told villagers not to be afraid as they were not there to kill any of them in the village. Speaking further, he explained that the leader of the alleged armed bandits gave the sum of N20,000 and asked those whose valuables were carried away by his boys to share for compensation. The eyewitness said that the hoodlums occupied the Gusau-Sokoto road for over half an hour and before they zoomed away with their motorcycles towards the forest....

As the world prepares for Teachers’ Day , the Minister of State for Education , Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajuiba , has expressed optimism that a greater proportion of Nigerians would be able to access quality education , so the nation can achieve vision 20 :2030 . Nwajuiba spoke in Abuja on Wednesday at a news conference to usher the 2019 World Teachers’ Day Celebration holding on October 5 . He said that no nation could rise above the level of her teachers , adding that the  government was conscious of the quality of teachers and learners . According to him , it was in view of the prevalence of unqualified and incompetent teachers in the education system that the ministry re-positioned the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, to professionalise teachers and the teaching profession. “ The ministry is systematically and fully committed to constantly upgrade the teaching standards and contents to boost teacher quality in Nigeria . “ We are leaving no stones u...

The Ondo State Police Command , on Wednesday, arraigned an evangelist , John Abiodun , before a magistrates ’ court sitting in Akure for allegedly swearing a false affidavit . Abiodun , who is a former member of the Promised Land Prophetical Ministry , located in the Shasha area of Akure , was accused of lying against the founder of the church, Pastor Gbenga Akinbiyi , in an affidavit he swore before the Commissioner for Oaths . The church alleged that Abiodun lied that the pastor buried some fetish items in the altar area , but when the police dug the altar , they did not find anything fetish. As a result , Abiodun was arraigned on three counts bordering on falsehood. The charges read , “ That you, John Abiodun , on March 28 , 2019 , around 11 am at the Chief Magistrates’ Court, Akure , did falsely swear an affidavit on oath before the Commissioner for Oaths knowing it to be false with intent to mislead members of the public , thereby committing an offence contrar...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says that Mr Realwan Okpanachi, a constitutional lawyer in Abuja, can not waive his immunity. On Monday in Abuja, the legal practitioner told NAN that the only effective way for Osinbajo to waive his immunity “if he sincerely wants to do so is to resign from his position as vice president.” “He can not stay in office and waive his immunity as the immunity is connected to that office and not to his individual,” said the lawyer. Okpanachi responded to the declaration credited to the vice president that he would waive his constitutional immunity to clear his name from the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) of the N90 billion that he supposedly earned. The lawyer said Section 308 of the Constitution, which in some quarters raises arguments that the vice president could no longer establish any case in his name, no longer represent the law’s stance. He said I.B.M. Securities Plc’s case. Vs Ahmed Bola Tinubu was no longer...

The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Hameed Ali, on Wednesday told the National Assembly members that the agency had been raking in between N4.7bn and N5.8bn since the Federal Government closed the nation’s borders. Ali stated this when he appeared before the Senate and House of Representatives joint committees on Finance and National Planning, working on the 2020 – 2022 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper. The development came just as the joint panel summoned the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, and the Controller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Muhammed Babandede, to appear before it on Thursday. The heads of the two agencies are expected to brief the joint panel on the MTEF/FSP documents. The NCS boss had while addressing the lawmakers said the land border closure was a blessing to the nation. He said, “When we closed the border, my fear was that our revenue was going to drop. To be honest...

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Borno State has arrested a 38-year-old woman, Hauwa Adamu, who allegedly dropped flaming charcoal in the private parts of her seven year-old stepdaughter 😮. The NSCDC Commandant, Mr Abdullahi Ibrahim, told a correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Maiduguri that the woman was arrested in the Moduganari area of Maiduguri. He said that the case was reported to the command by "Good Samaritans". Ibrahim revealed that Adamu allegedly meted out horrible acts of punishment on the minor, over what she called disobedience. According to him, preliminary investigations indicated that the suspect subjected the girl to different forms of abuse. Ibrahim said that the girl was put under the suspect’s care sequel to the separation of her parents. He added that the case had been transferred to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, for further investigation and action.

Mohamed Salah struck twice as holders, Liverpool survived a major Champions League scare to defeat Salzburg 4-3 at Anfield. Sadio Mane, Andrew Robertson and Salah goals had seemingly put Jurgen Klopp's side in complete control in what was their first European game on home soil since triumphing in last season's competition. They were left stunned, however, when the visitors responded via goals from Hwang Hee-chan, Takumi Minamino and substitute Erling Haaland. But Salah's sixth goal of the campaign with 21 minutes remaining got the Reds out of jail as they got up and running in Group E.

Liverpool have avoided being kicked out of the Carabao Cup as the Reds were fined £200,000 for fielding an ineligible player in their third-round tie with Milton Keynes Dons. Pedro Chirivella played in that match, a 2-0 Liverpool win, despite having not received international clearance after the expiry of his loan last season with Spanish club Extremadura Union Deportiva. There were fears that the Reds would be expelled from the competition after the EFL opened an investigation into the matter last week. However, the EFL has ruled that Liverpool would only be fined, not expelled, "because of a number of mitigating factors." "The board noted that the club had sought the assistance of the Football Association in securing the return of the international clearance prior to the start of this season," an EFL statement read.

The Ebonyi Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, on Tuesday said some Nigerians had been sentenced to between 500 and 1,000 years’ imprisonment in Ghana and other countries. The governor added that the inordinate pursuit of wealth and devaluation of the Nigerian culture by Nigerians had sent many of them out of the country to where they were launguishing in pains and “crying had I known.” The governor stated this on Tuesday at the 59 Independence Day anniversary at the Pa Uruta Ngele Township Stadium, Abakaliki. He said, “The way we are being treated outside the shores of this country should make us to evaluate ourselves. “I get a lot of phone calls from people in Ghana saying that a lot of our people were sentenced to 500 and some 1,000 years’ in imprisonment.”