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A Ghanaian traditional priest, Desmond aka Nana Tolofasito, who claimed to have acquired so much powers and asked somebody to shoot him, is now in the hospital fighting for his life. According to a Facebook post by Nana Afriyie, @Opoku.tony.9, Tolofasito had claimed that with the spiritual powers, it would be difficult for  any gun shot to penetrate his body and asked to be shot. This happened at Sekyedumase Newtown. He is currently at Sunyani Hospital receiving treatment. Source: Punch News

Residents of Isawo in Ikorodu, Lagos State, say they now live in palpable fear following the return of militants who are terrorising people in the area. The militants, mostly kidnappers and pipeline vandals, were chased out of the area in August last year following bloody clashes in the community. Scores of people were killed in 2016 during clashes between militants and residents of Isawo community, leading to the deployment of a joint military task force in the area. Residents said on Monday that many of the hoodlums had returned to Isawo and neighbouring communities, robbing and terrorising residents. “The militants…

Shanghai Shenhua star, Qin Sheng, will lose wages for the rest of the reason and would be forced to train with the reserves for getting sent off for a deliberate stamp Belgium international, Axel Witsel. Sheng will be fined ¥300,000 (£35,000) and  will also be forced to train with the reserves and the club will block any transfer request should he decide he wants to leave before his contract runs out. Witsel tumbled to the ground after being on the receiving end of some rough treatment from his opponent as the pair clashed in the penalty box while waiting for a…

Theophilus Onojeghen, Warri President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday installed Emir of Zamfara, HRH Alhaji Mohammed Ahmed, as the new Chancellor of the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun, in Delta state with a charge on the monarch to use his position to reposition education at the institution. Buhari said his administration placed high premium on education blaming the underdevelopment in the sector on corruption which he said were traceable to negligence and personal aggrandizement on the part of administrators. Buhari, represented by the Deputy Executive Secretary, National University Commission (NUC), Prof. Chiedu Mafiana, stated this while administering oath of office…

Malaysia-based Nigerian moneybag, Raymond Hushpuppi, and Nigerian hip-hop star Davido have made up after a brief but messy supremacy battle. The fight began when Hushpuppi spent N11m at the Quillox Club and dared anyone to match his spending. He had also said he was a rich man and not a rich man’s kid like Davido. Davido had lashed out at the Malaysian big-spender telling him to go and buy a land instead of being wasteful. He had also posted a photo of his December account balance to show he was richer than Hushpuppi. While some twitter users claim that Hushpuppi got…

Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Chairman of the Joint Tax Board, Mr. Babatunde Fowler, has urged state governors to grant autonomy to their revenue boards to enable them perform optimally. Fowler, who is also the Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service, stated this at the opening ceremony of the 137th Meeting of the JTB held in Ilorin, Kwara State. A statement from the FIRS on Monday quoted him to have commended the Governor of Kwara State, AbdulFatah Ahmed for improving the tax revenue of the state. The state’s annual internally generated revenue grew from N7.1bn in 2015 to N17.2bn in 2016…

Women who have been married for a long time can be considered as true “sex experts,” being the ones who’ve been through the ups and downs of dating and matrimony. Times and cultures may change, but relationships between men and women don’t. No matter what anyone says, the average person desires meaning, durability, commitment, and lifelong love, even when the prevailing culture tries to tell us differently. We asked a handful of women—who range from seven years married all the way to 35 years—to share the true, deeper truths about sex. Here’s what they said… • Sex is the closest…

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to head the special presidential delegation charged with the task of resolving the crisis in the Niger Delta region. The Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, retired Brig.-Gen. Paul Boroh, on Monday in Abuja said the choice of Osinbajo as leader of the government’s fact-finding delegation to the crisis-ridden region was informed by President Buhari’s strategic plan to engender peace in the region. The Niger-Delta elders were leading the delegation on the resolution of the crisis. However, with the new presidential directive, Boroh said that the Vice President…

Femi Makinde, Osogbo Leaders in Ile Ife have condemned the indiscriminate arrest of residents of the town by security agents following last week’s clash between some hoodlums from Hausa and Yoruba communities in Sabo area. The President of Ife Progressive Forum/ Action Council,  Lawrence Awowoyin, who led Ife Chiefs to address journalists in Ile-Ife on Monday  said the crisis was not an ethnic clash but  a fight between some hoodlums loyal to two individuals, who engaged in a clash. The Ife Chiefs, including the Obalufe of Ife, who is the Second in Command to the Ooni, Oba Idowu Adediwura, appealed…

Usain Bolt is poised to skip next month’s IAAF World Relays in the Bahamas as he prepares to retire from the sport later this year. The reigning Olympic 100m and 200m champion told reporters at a track meeting in Kingston on Saturday that he was unlikely to feature in the Jamaica squad for the two-day championship set for April 22-23. “My coach hasn’t said anything about it (World Relays), so I doubt that I will be competing there this year. I am just trying to stay injury free,” said Bolt, who is looking forward to his final race on Jamaican…