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 “Some men are threatened by women’s strength. Because we can come off as if we are doing too much. First of all, you’re a woman, you’re beautiful, you’re here and there… “Naturally, men want to see you [women] not so overly successful just so that they can pull you around, you can be the woman, cook and clean and do all the basic things that they’ve grown up to know is expected of women. “So when you get too strong, it’s almost like you’re competing with their ego. But the truth is, like I always say, I like to be the queen. I’m not a woman who is looking to subdue any man or ride over any man. “No matter how successful I get, I don’t think I would like to have a man that I am lording over. Then what is the beauty of it? I mean, the beauty of it is me walking beside my man and he giving me instructions and protecting me.” She added that it is hard to find men who understand that successful women aren’t threats to their position as the head of the home.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed banks to disregard the initial ban on cryptocurrency which the apex bank announced two years ago, Peoples Gazette is reporting. Haruna Mustapha, CBN’s director of financial policy and regulation, disclosed this in a circular on Friday. The apex bank said it is now providing guidelines and regulations for banks with regard to managing cryptocurrency in line with global trends to avoid its misuse, while urging banks to comply with the guidelines and regulations. The statementreads: “The CBN in February 2021 issued a circular restricting banks and other financial institutions from operating accounts for cryptocurrency service providers in view of the money laundering and terrorism financing (ML/TF) risks and vulnerabilities inherent in their operations as well as the absence of regulations and consumer protection measures. However, current trends globally have shown that there is need to regulate the activities of virtual assets service provi...

The National Assembly caucus from Benue State, under the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, on Thursday, came hard on the Governor of the State, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia. They accused the governor of running the state government like a parish. The lawmakers, at a press briefing in Abuja, called on President Ahmed Bola Tinubu, to quickly prevail on the Governor, before he runs the state aground. According to them, Alia’s tendencies could cost the party a defeat in subsequent elections in the state if he was not quickly called to order. The text of the press conference was read by the leader of the caucus and Senator representing Benue North West, Senator Titus Zam. He disclosed that the matter had been reported severally to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Senator George Akume, who has been mediating to see that things were normalised. “We the undersigned are members of the National Assembly Caucus elected on the All Progressives Congress (APC) pla...

Reno Omokri has pleaded with the Nigerian government to legitimise the production of fake products in the country, thereby encouraging the producers to manufacture better and quality products, instead of arresting and jailing them. Reno, who bared his mind via his Twitter (X) handle said: "Whenever regulatory agencies and law enforcement bodies in Nigeria identify and nab counterfeiters, whether of foods and beverages or designer brands, phones, electronics or pharmaceuticals, we should not just send them to jail and throw away the keys. "Instead, we should have an agency to legitimise these people. If you can counterfeit the real thing, you can definitely create your own indigenous technology. These guys are not destructive criminals that engage in drug peddling, romance scams and yahoo. They are creative geniuses that reverse engineer a product and replicate it. "The Russians did that to the Americans and the Americans returned the favour. Copying technology is sometim...

I'll Continue To Try Until I Succeed To Travel To Europe — Arrested Stowaway Says In his words: “We joined the vessel with the aim of travelling to any country in Europe. We were encouraged by the fact that we were going to celebrate the New Year in Europe. This is my second attempt. I am not discouraged. I will continue to try untill I succeed."