The Commissioner for Health in Rivers, Dr Theophilus Odagme, has confirmed that three persons have died, while more than 200 others are currently under observation, following the outbreak of Lassa Fever in the state.

“My girlfriend and I have been an item for nine months now and everything was going on well except for one thing—she’s a chronic flirt and she always flirts with one of my best friends who is more good-looking than I am. Her flirting really gets to me that when I met one of her friends at a party where I was very drunk, I flirted with her to get even. The girl ended up following me into an empty bedroom, came onto me and we ended up having sex. I mean, what a man wouldn’t if it was offered to him on such a platter? I didn’t really intend taking things that far but I was drunk, like I said earlier, and just went along with it.

The Commissioner for Health in Rivers, Dr Theophilus Odagme, has confirmed that three persons have died, while more than 200 others are currently under observation, following the outbreak of Lassa Fever in the state.

I was jolted a few days ago when I stumbled on a letter written by my nine-year-old son. I was the subject matter. The letter was addressed to no one, but he did ask God a few questions, so I assume he wrote it to God. My initial reaction was anger, then outrage. “What came over you, this boy?” I asked him. He later apologized. As my anger subsided, my mind went back to a little over 40 years ago, when I was his age. I did tackle my father, but not that hard. In fact, the only tackle I could remember, at nine, was when I had malaria. My father felt I was too weak to give myself my bath. After they had run the water, he took me into the bathroom and wanted to remove my clothes, but I resisted. He was stunned: “what do you have there that you are hiding, “he asked sarcastically, and stormed out.

Mr. Rauf Aregbesola is a delight to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, whose joy it is to see any functionary of the All Progressives Congress who, they believe, has fallen short of the celestial standards their own party claims for itself. They are consistently aided, inadvertently, by some arms of the government, particularly organs like the Economic And Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, which sometime stumble over the hurdle of fairness to all. For instance, the crime-busters recently failed to arraign someone described as “an associate” of President Muhammadu Buhari, unlike they did with several PDP members who had been accused of benefitting from the widely distributed largesse accruing from the 2.1 billion dollars of security funds, under the control of Colonel Sambo Dasuki, (Rtd.) erstwhile National Security Adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan.

Indonesian police announced Saturday they had arrested a man they believe financed the deadly Jakarta attacks, alleging the suspect received the funds from the Islamic State group (IS).

2015 was actually an eventful year filled with different twists, turns and controversies. The Nigerian music scene witnessed a myriad of controversies that made the headlines and got music pundits talking. From Seyi Shay to Timaya and Cynthia Morgan, these music stars experienced their own fair share of controversies that became subject matters on the social media. Here, we take a look at the major controversies that made the headlines last year.

THE kidnapped former Speaker of the Ondo state House of Assembly Victor Olabimtan has been released‎.

Hours after a court in Lagos ordered the arrest of former militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo over alleged fraud, suspected ex-militants, Thursday night, blew up a gas pipeline in Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State conveying gas from Escravos –Warri- Lagos – Abuja, property of the Nigeria Gas Company, NGC, in what many suspect to be recommencement of hostilities in the Niger Delta region.

I have no idea what to do. I cried a lot, but now I’m just trying to think things through. I desperately want to tell someone, but I have no idea who to turn to, and I’m worried that if my dad isn’t cheating (I hope to God that’s the case), he will hate me for thinking he is. But I see no way that he can’t be. I saw those texts, and they say things like “love you”, so he must be cheating. He doesn’t know that I’ve read the texts…

The January 15 1966 coup was undoubtedly masterminded by a set of junior officers with a fiery zeal to clean up the polity. 50 years on, a number of actors at that time are today interfacing in the polity with yet a number of other actors that were at that time unborn or at best toddlers.

The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Ms. Christine Largarde, a fortnight ago visited Nigeria and held crucial talks with President Muhammadu Buhari and other top echelon of the Nigerian government. She also had interactions with legislators, business leaders, prominent women, and the civil society. Ms. Lagarde prior to the visit looked forward to productive meetings with President Buhari on how his team was addressing the economic challenges occasioned by low oil prices. At the end of the visit, the Bretton Woods Chief advised Nigeria to devalue her currency, increase value added tax, withdraw petroleum subsidy and so forth.

The reminiscences of the heroic deeds of a late Premier of the defunct Western Region, Chief Ladoke Akintola came alive in Ogbomoso as the son of the deceased politician, Ambassador Abayomi Akintola gave a vivid account of how his dad was murdered 50 years ago.

Our soldiers are stretched. And when stretched minds snap rebukes are measured, condemnations muffled . They are giving it their all, fighting demons with gloves. The depravity of the other side makes any rule following seem a handicap. We knew something was amiss but we didn’t know that the billions of dollars meant for the war were this footloose. Against the asymmetry and barbarism of boko haram for whom killing and maiming is a compulsive obsession , the waywardness of the ‘boko haram dollars’ was egregious evil.

My new boyfriend is a bit on the weird side. Initially, it was fun but I realised that I cannot cope anymore. Sometimes, he would ask to dress himself up in my underwear and bra and I considered it really sexy. At other times, he would dress up in beastly attire that excites and scares me at the same time and he makes love to me like a horse. He has an outrageous strength and I enjoyed him all the time. Very recently, he started asking for anal sex and promised me it would be the best. I didn’t like the idea at first but we later had unprotected anal sex and when I got home, I had blood coming out of my anus when I went to the toilet. Besides, I didn’t like anal sex one bit.