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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J “My wife is always threatening to kill herself; she has attempted suicide on four occasions,’’ a 45-year-old carpenter, Waheed Tiamiyu, told an Igando Customary Court in Lagos on Thursday. He said that his wife, Bukola, with whom he had three children, in their 13 years of marriage, was in the habit of threatening to kill herself. “She once threatened to jump down from our balcony, I dragged her back and started begging her. “The second was when she wanted to drink kerosine, the third was when she came to my room with a belt tied around her neck, she climbed a chair and wanted to tie the belt to the ceiling fan. “The fourth was when she wanted to fall into a well, I wondered what will happen if I have not intervened by begging her not to kill herself on each of these four instances,’’ he said. The petitioner also accused his wife of infidelity. “There is a particular man that always called my wife, he can call 20 times a day. I secretly saved the number from...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Chinedu Adonu ENUGU-IN total compliance to the sit-at-home order issued by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and other Pro-Biafra groups in the Southeast, economic and social activities in Enugu state have been paralyzed as the State observed the order Vanguard reporter who went round the state to monitor and observe the sit at home gathered that the Major Markets, Banks, Parks, Schools in Enugu metropolis were deserted quiet and abandoned. ,Ogbete main market, New market, Kenyeta market, Gariki were deserted. some Schools like Government Secondary School, Army day Secondary School,Parks like Onitsha South mass transit, GOU, Young, Ifesinachi, Royal mass transit and some Banks visited were deserted. At Okpara Avenue, New Layout, Ogbete market, Agbani, Abakpa and other major towns and areas in the state, everywhere looked deserted, as people were scantly seen moving in pairs while commercial buses and tricycle riders were seen shouting on top of their v...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The wife of the President,  Mrs Aisha Buhari, has urged parents to protect their children against  all forms  of  abuse. Buhari  made the call in a  congratulatory message through her tweeter handle on Saturday in Abuja as the country marked  the 2017 Children’s Day. ” On the occasion of this year’s Children’s Day celebration, I encourage parents to protect our children from abuse. ” Our children deserve happy, emotionally and healthy lives;  protecting children is a sacred duty. “Our children are our future, ”  Buhari said. Recall that the First Lady  on May 7  paid a visit to Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano,  where a  six-month-old  baby who was allegedly raped  was receiving treatment. Buhari, who described the rape case as an instance of  man ’s inhumanity to man, called on parents to be vigilant  in the  nursing of  their children.   The post Protect ...

http://ift.tt/2q92tZX The consignment was intercepted by the Comptroller General of Customs compliance team lead by the Officer in Charge of zone ‘C’, Assistant Comptroller Musa Oseni on Friday. The Nigerian Customs Service on Sunday in Benin destroyed seized imported poultry products worth N14 million. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the poultry products were packed in 2, 750 cartons and were conveyed by a Dangote truck with registration number XC 449 GML when it was apprehended. NAN also reports that the consignment was intercepted by the Comptroller General of Customs compliance team lead by the Officer in Charge of zone ‘C’, Assistant Comptroller Musa Oseni on Friday. Supervising the destruction, the National Coordinator of the Comptroller General’s compliance team, Comptroller of Customs Ahmed Azarema said that the exercise was in line with the Federal Government directive on banned importation of poultry products. Azarema said that the directive must be...