An FCT High Court, Maitama, on Tuesday dissolved the five- year- old marriage between Mr Agada Egwu and Onyowo over Onyowo’s refusal to consummate the marriage and deserting the matrimonial home. The picture which was obtained from Nairaland shows a lady celebrating her divorce The judge, Justice Jude Okeke, in his judgment on the divorce petition filed by Egwu, held that the marriage has broken irretrievably. “The court is satisfied with the evidence of the petitioner, that the respondent did not only refuse to consummate the marriage, but also deserted the petitioner for over a period of one year. “The respondent undeniably parked out of her matrimonial home since June 2014, the petitioner has satisfied the grounds provided by Section 15 (2) (a)and (b) of the Matrimonial Causes Act, 2004, ’’ Okeke held. The judge said that evidences before the court were sufficient to grant dissolution of the marriage contracted under the Marriage Act on June 19, 2012 at the Marriage Reg...

The authorities of the National Youth Service Corps NYSC have released a Mobilization Time Table For 2017 Batch A. The Time Table state thus The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig-Gen. Sule Kazaure takes took over as the 17th DG of the scheme, promising to priotise welfare of corps members and the staff. Briefing/Sensitization of Final year students/prospective corps Members. 4th – 16th April 2017 Display of list of all approved programmes for institutions on NYSC portal for cross checking feedback. 3rd – 7th April 2017 Collation of Prospective Corps Members’ Data by Corps Producing Institutions (CPIs) Submission/Uploading of Senate/Academic Board Approved Result for Full/Part-Time Graduates and Revalidation Lists by CPIs 10th – 16th April 2017 Uploading of Corrected Lists by Corps Producing Institutions (CPIs) 10th – 16th April 2017 On-line Registration by Foreign and locally Trained Nigerian Graduates 17th April to 4th May 2017 Ente...

A pastor with the Christ Chosen Church of God in Benin has been arrested for attempting to bomb his church by men Men of the Edo State Police Command. Pastor Abel Eku said he planted the bomb because he was bitter about his dismissal from the church over marital issues Pastor Abel Eku was said to have planted the explosives inside the auditorium of the church headquarters on January 22, the day the church was to hold an international conference. The explosives were detected and policemen were invited who detonated the explosives. The pastor who confessed to manufacturing and planting the explosives was arrested on March 7. Speaking to newsmen during a parade at police headquarters, the Pastor said he planted the bomb because he was bitter about his dismissal from the church over marital issues. According to him, he did it out of annoyance but later regretted his action which made him to call the church officials about the location of the bomb. He said the bomb was not ...

Reports say Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state has witnessed an early morning multiple bombing. The multiple blasts resulted in the death of eight people, according to Premium Times. Eighteen others sustained injury. First photos from the scene of the incident. Credit: Sahara Reporter Reuters report quoted the police as confirming the incident adding that the Borno police commissioner, Damian Chukwu, said it happened at around 4:30 am. “Three bomb explosions occurred this morning at three different locations near Muna Garage, Maiduguri. Four people were killed and 18 people injured,”  he was quoted as saying. According to Chukwu, two of the blasts happened at camps for people displaced by Boko Haram. Sahara Reporters also broke the news saying the multiple bombing was reported around the Muna garage in Maiduguri. A victim of the attack and rescue workers at the scene of the incident. Credit: Punch The Nigerian Army as well as Sani Usman, one of its spo...

The Trump administration confirmed Tuesday it is imposing new restrictions on electronic devices carried by travelers coming to the U. S. from 10 airports mainly in the Middle East and North Africa in response to unspecified terror threats. US bans electronic devices on flights from 8 Muslim-majority countries (see those affected) The Department of Homeland Security will require passengers coming to the U. S. from airports in Jordan, Egypt, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Morocco and Qatar to check electronic devices larger than a cell phone such as tablets, portable DVD players, laptops and cameras. The airports affected are in Amman, Cairo, Kuwait City, Doha, Dubai, Istanbul, Abu Dhabi, Casablanca, Morocco; Riyadh and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The new rule is expected to be announced on Tuesday by the Department of Homeland Security, the officials said, adding that it had been under consideration since the U.S. government learned of a threat several weeks a...

Aliko   Dangote and two other Nigerians are on the latest Forbes billionaires list: The Forbes billionaire's list this year holds a surprise for Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote 1. Aliko Dangote Dangote is currently building an oil refinery in Lekki, Lagos which will employ hundreds of people Aliko Dangote GCON was born on April 10, 1957, at the age of 59, he is a Nigerian billionaire and the richest in Africa, who owns the Dangote Group, which has interests in commodities. The company operates in Nigeria and other African countries, including Benin, Ethiopia, Senegal, Cameroon, Ghana, South Africa, Togo, Tanzania, and Zambia. He is No 105 in this year's Forbes billionaire list owing partly to the recession hounding the Nigerian economy. 2. Mike Adenuga Mike Adenuga's house on Banana Island Lagos is said to be worth N8bn Mike Adenuga whose full name is Michael Adeniyi Agbolade Ishola Adenuga Jr is a Nigerian business tycoon, and th...

Before he finally succeeded in taking his life on Sunday, March 19 by jumping into the Lagos lagoon , Allwell Orji, a medical doctor, had earlier attempted to kill himself. Dr Orji reportedly stopped while on the Third Mainland Bridge before jumping into the lagoon Orji, 35 years old, took his life by jumping into the lagoon after allegedly asking the driver of his car to stop.   His body has just been retrieved from the lagoon . Daily Sun reports that the young doctor had attempted to kill himself four years ago, claiming this was made known by neighbours at the family residence of the victim located on Odunukan street, Ebute-Ejigbo, Yaba area of Lagos. READ ALSO:   LASEMA reveals identity of medical doctor who jumped into Lagos Lagoon According to the report, Orji was saved then by neighbours. “Four years ago he attempted to kill himself and, thereafter, had tried doing so on a number of times. Since then, his family had been monitoring him. “We don’t know t...