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http://ift.tt/2qF8W3t The average sex life appears to be dwindling – and it may reflect some troubling anxieties at the heart of modern society, says Simon Copland. We live in one of the most sexually liberated times of human history. Access to new technologies over the past 40 years, whether it is the contraceptive pill, or dating apps such as Grindr and Tinder, have opened a new world of possibilities. As the sexual revolution of the 1970s matured, societal norms shifted with it, with increasing acceptance of homosexuality, divorce, pre-marital sex, and alternative relationships such as polyamory and swinging. Despite this, research suggests that we’re actually having less sex now than we have for decades. In March, American researchers Jean Twenge, Ryne Sherman and Brooke Wells published an article in the Archives of Sexual Behavior showing that  Americans were having sex on average nine fewer times per year  in the early 2010s compared to the late 1990s – a 15% drop fr...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Sam Eyoboka GENERAL Overseer of Olivet Bible Church, Festac Town in Lagos, Pastor Owen Nlekwuwa has debunked popular notion that the major problem of Nigeria is corruption, arguing that if Nigeria can tackle tribalism, corruption in public service will be a thing of the past. Addressing newsmen in his church office ahead of this year’s 5-day annual convention/foundation laying ceremony billed for May 10-14 at its headquarters on 6th Avenue, Festac Town, Lagos, the Imo State-born gospel preacher said: “Corruption is not the biggest problem of Nigeria. If you ask me the biggest problem of Nigeria, I will say it is tribalism and that is what gives birth to corruption.” The convention titled Greater Grace 2017, Nlekwuwa, who is co-hosting with his wife, said the church is expecting Apostle Alexander Bamgbola and Rev. Jake Epelle who will speak on the theme; ‘Boundless’. According to him, because of tribalism there is no patriotism at the centre and whoever gets...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Emma Amaize G overnor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has said that  anyone who is opposed to the relocation of oil companies to the Niger Delta, as directed by the Federal Government, is clearly against the peace and stability of the region. The governor stated this in a  statement, yesterday, by his Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Iworison-Markson, at a special dinner organised by the state government as a major sideline event as part of the Offshore Technology Conference, OTC,  in Houston, Texas, United States of America. The event, which drew an impressive audience of key industry stakeholders and captains of multinational companies in the oil and gas sector, was tagged  “Bayelsa/Oloibiri Roundtable.” Dickson reiterated the establishment of three modular refineries in each of the senatorial zones of Bayelsa, for which he says it had already set up the Bayelsa Petrochemical and Refinery Company Limited, adding that the board and manage...