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Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has terminated the appointment of four Commissioners in the State Executive Council. According to a statement by Prince Kassim Afegbua, Special Adviser, Media and Public Affairs, those affected in the exercise, which is in line with government’s commitment to strengthen the system towards optimal performance are: *Chief Lucky James, Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs; *Mrs. Maigida Blessing, Commissioner for Women Affairs; *Mr. Patrick Aguinede, Commissioner for Basic Education *Mr. Chris Ebare, Commissioner for Energy and Water Resources. The sacked commissioners were directed to hand over all government property in their possession to the Permanent Secretaries in their respective Ministries. The Governor expressed his appreciation to the former Commissioners for their services to the state and wishes them well in their future endeavours.

This huge python was killed inside the living room of a house in Ajegunle area of Lagos yesterday.According to an eyewitness, the man in boxer found this huge monster dangling from his living room’s ceiling in the middle of the night. Before the strange discovery, he said he heard noise of birds on the ceiling.Photos after the cut

just the odeal to safety Australia faces criticism for tough immigration policy   02:28 Within Australia, pressure was growing on the government to do more to contribute to the global response. Australia's record on asylum seekers is a divisive issue within the country. Abbott came to power in 2013 with a mandate to "stop the boats" -- referring to boatloads of migrants who were trying to make their way to Australian waters to seek asylum. Abbott has boasted of his success in curbing migrant numbers, but critics say he has just pushed the problem back to sea while hiding the true numbers of lives lost by refusing to comment on "operational matters." Asylum seekers who make it to Australian waters are detained in offshore detention centers while their claims are processed, and are threatened with repatriation if their claims fail.

The Council of Academic Staff Union of Osun State-owned Tertiary Institutions has called on stakeholders in the state to prevail on Governor Rauf Aregbesola to stop cutting down their salaries under any guise. The lecturers said this in a statement signed by its Chairman, Lasisi Jimoh; Secretary, Olusegun Lana and the Public Relations Officer, Dotun Omisore, in Osogbo on Tuesday. The body comprises of lecturers from the two state polytechnics in Ire and Esa Oke as well as the two colleges of education in Ila and Ilesa. Jimoh said rather than seeking an end to the ongoing industrial crisis in the institutions, the state government complicated the situation by cutting the lecturers’ salaries. He stated that the lecturers’ salaries were cut in January 2015 and the trend continued in February. The council also accused the state government of unilaterally scrapping the financial gain that should have come with the 2014 promotions. The statement partly read, “In our efforts to se...

The Council of Academic Staff Union of Osun State-owned Tertiary Institutions has called on stakeholders in the state to prevail on Governor Rauf Aregbesola to stop cutting down their salaries under any guise. The lecturers said this in a statement signed by its Chairman, Lasisi Jimoh; Secretary, Olusegun Lana and the Public Relations Officer, Dotun Omisore, in Osogbo on Tuesday. The body comprises of lecturers from the two state polytechnics in Ire and Esa Oke as well as the two colleges of education in Ila and Ilesa. Jimoh said rather than seeking an end to the ongoing industrial crisis in the institutions, the state government complicated the situation by cutting the lecturers’ salaries. He stated that the lecturers’ salaries were cut in January 2015 and the trend continued in February. The council also accused the state government of unilaterally scrapping the financial gain that should have come with the 2014 promotions. The statement partly read, “In our efforts to se...

The Council of Academic Staff Union of Osun State-owned Tertiary Institutions has called on stakeholders in the state to prevail on Governor Rauf Aregbesola to stop cutting down their salaries under any guise. The lecturers said this in a statement signed by its Chairman, Lasisi Jimoh; Secretary, Olusegun Lana and the Public Relations Officer, Dotun Omisore, in Osogbo on Tuesday. The body comprises of lecturers from the two state polytechnics in Ire and Esa Oke as well as the two colleges of education in Ila and Ilesa. Jimoh said rather than seeking an end to the ongoing industrial crisis in the institutions, the state government complicated the situation by cutting the lecturers’ salaries. He stated that the lecturers’ salaries were cut in January 2015 and the trend continued in February. The council also accused the state government of unilaterally scrapping the financial gain that should have come with the 2014 promotions. The statement partly read, “In our efforts to se...

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a pastor, Abraham Sunday, for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl, Kike (pseudonym) in Adalemo Estate, in the Toll Gate area, on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway. PUNCH Metro learnt that Sunday, the pastor of Christ In All Nations Church in Adalemo, was arrested by the Ojokoro Police Division last Wednesday, September 2, from where he was taken to the Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba. It was gathered that Kike, who was ill, had been taken by the pastor to a house in Adalemo Estate on August 28 for deliverance prayer when the incident occured. It was learnt that the victim’s mother, who said Sunday was a family friend, became apprehensive after she did not hear from her daughter. The matter was said to have been reported to the police by the landlord of the house where Sunday allegedly camped the teenager to rape her. A police source told our correspondent that after Kike was rescued, she was taken to a hospital, where a m...

The accused woman tearfully told a court the moment she discovered her ‘boyfriend’ was a female friend using a fake penis when they had sex. The Mirror reports that , she told the court how Gayle Newland masterminded the bizarre relationship, ordering her  to wear a blindfold and scarf during a five month period of intercourse. The 25-year-old wore a swimming costume, wrapped her body in bandages and put a woolly hat on during their love trysts to keep up the disguise, it is alleged. She said in tears…. “He got to mine and something felt different.“We had sex and while I was having sex I grabbed for the back of his head and my hand got caught in something. Something did not feel right and I sat up in the bed.He was standing up and something in my mind said, ‘pull it off, pull it off.’I pulled it off and Gayle was standing there with a strap-on on.I just couldn’t believe it.Straight away as soon as I pulled it off she pulled her hat over her face. “She said, ‘it is not what...

  Beauty and makeup has been around for ages but women of today has taken the whole thing to a new crazy pitch. Some women secretly use female condoms as make up in South Africa. The condom comes with a sponge and the sponge is a quality product, The sponge is found inside the female condoms which are distributed by hospitals and clinics. This is how dailysun.co.za is reporting it: THE YOUNG women rush to the clinic to get as many female condoms as they can lay their hands on. While matrons think they want to protect themselves from unwanted pregnancies and STIs, these young women know better.  THEY KEEP THE LITTLE SPONGES FOR DOING MAKE-UP – AND THROW AWAY THE OILY BAG!  “The sponge is a quality product,” said Sandile Mkhebe (22) from Section A in Botshabelo, Free State. “My friend introduced me to it and I’ve been using it without a problem for about six months.” How successful the condoms are at protecting women from sexually transmitted infections or un...

A British Airways jetliner engine caught fire in Las Vegas as the plane was about to leave for London on Tuesday, forcing the pilots to abort takeoff, but all 172 passengers and crew escaped the smoke and flames that quickly enveloped the aircraft. Several passengers and crew suffered minor injuries and were taken to the hospital as a precaution, a spokeswoman for the airline said. She did not say how many people were injured. Video and photographs from the scene showed Flight 2276, a Boeing Co ( BA.N ) 777 bound for Gatwick, engulfed in flames and thick black smoke at McCarran International Airport. Passengers were evacuated from the twin-engine, wide-body jet to the runway using emergency slides, officials said. "Our crew evacuated the aircraft safely and the fire was quickly extinguished by the emergency services at the airport," the British Airways spokeswoman said.. RELATED COVERAGE ›  Engines in fire-hit BA plane not made by Rolls-spokesman Accordin...

An indigenous exploration and production oil firm, Green Energy International Ltd (GEIL), operator of the Otakikpo Marginal Field, has struck its first oil. A statement endorsed by its Director of Corporate Affairs, Mr. Olusegun Ilori explained that the  feat came on the heels of the re-entery and integrity test of Otakikpo well-02, perforation and testing of the E1000A sand of the same well. The field which lies approximately 60 km Southeast of Port Harcourt, Rivers State  is  based in the South of Shell’s OML 11, between the shore to the South and Chevron’s OML51 to the North and about 35 km East of Bonny Crude Export Terminal. “The E1000A is one of the two target reservoirs in Otakikpo-02. Achieving this critical milestone barely 15 months after receiving its ministerial consent for the farm-out from Shell and its JV partners, brought instant celebration to stakeholders of the company and its Technical Partners, Lekoil Oil & Gas Investment Ltd,” the state...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met with former President Olusegun Obasanjo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The two leaders met privately for about one hour. It was Mr. Obasanjo’s second visit to Mr. Buhari since the latter assumed office on May 29. Mr. Obasanjo, who ruled Nigeria as civilian president between 1999 and 2007, visited Mr. Buhari in August. The former president refused to speak on the subject of Tuesday’s meeting when approached by journalists. In his usual jovial manner, he retorted Comot joo, “go away,” as Mr. Buhari accompanied him to his vehicle at about 4.17 p.m. The president had last month named Mr. Obasanjo his Special Envoy to resolve the crisis in Guinea Bissau.