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b5ive:
After briefly reading through this...... to Japa no dey hungry me cos wtf :

Omalicious1:
This will discourage so many people from getting married...gradually, we are getting closer to what was predicted by 2030

Idaytesj29:
Europeans especially French women should forget about getting married forever after the passage of this law.

IamAsiri:
I once heard the story of a man caught trying to force himself on his wife lying on the hospital bed shortly after giving birth. In this case too, there is nothing wrong in the man finding pleasure? Na so e bad reach?

Teymanhenry:
For better or for worse” is not a legal justification. What the law is trying to do is actually very simple: no forceful sex, even within marriage.
Consent works both ways ,she cannot force him, and he cannot force her. It really is that straightforward.
Anyone who is married should understand this clearly. Honestly, it’s hard to imagine how a sane person would even want to have sex with their spouse by force in the first place.

Mckraz01:
Na their problem
Wetin concern Afrikaan man

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How do you enjoy sex with a wife that doesn't want you to gave sex with her? No, actually, ignore that, since I'm certain rapïsts must enjoy rapïng their wife!

France is to enshrine in law the end of so-called "conjugal rights" – the notion that marriage means a duty to have sex.

A bill approved on Wednesday in the National Assembly adds a clause to the country's civil code to make clear that "community of living" does not create an "obligation for sexual relations".

The proposed law also makes it impossible to use lack of sexual relations as an argument in fault-based divorce.

Though unlikely to have a major impact in the courts, supporters hope the law will help deter marital rape.

By allowing such a right or duty to persist, we are collectively giving our approval to a system of domination and predation by husband on wife," said the bill's sponsor, Green MP Marie-Charlotte Garin.

"Marriage cannot be a bubble in which consent to sex is regarded as definitive and for life."

The law will erase an ambiguity that has persisted despite there being no explicit mention of "conjugal duty" in any legal text.

Currently, the French civil code defines the duties of marriage as "respect, fidelity, support and assistance," and it says that couples commit themselves to a "community of living".

Nowhere in the texts is there any mention of "conjugal" - ie sexual - rights. The origins of that notion lie in medieval church law.

However judges in modern divorce suits have, from time to time, given a broad interpretation to the concept of "community of living" to include sexual relations.

In a famous case in 2019 a woman was found to have withheld sex from her husband for several years, and he was then granted a "fault-based" divorce implying guilt on her part.

But the woman then took her case to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), which last year condemned France for allowing refusal of sex to be grounds for a fault-based divorce.


This was hailed as an important advance by feminist campaigners.

The ECHR's decision has made it, in practice, impossible for any French divorce judge to make a similar ruling - which is why the new law is mainly intended as a clarification, with the change unlikely to have a major impact on the courts.

For campaigners, the notion that wives have a "duty" to agree to sex with their husbands is one that persists in parts of society and needs to be confronted.

The Mazan trial of 2024 – where a drugged and unconscious Gisèle Pelicot was repeatedly raped by men invited by her husband - is seen as emblematic. Several defendants said they assumed her consent because of what her husband had told them.

In France, as in most other countries, marital rape is now enshrined in law, where prior to 1990 men could argue that marriage implied consent.

Since November last year the legal definition of rape in France has also been expanded to include the notion of non-consent.

Previously, rape was defined as a sexual act carried out with "violence, constraint, threat or surprise". Now it is any act where there is no "informed, specific, anterior and revocable" consent. Silence or an absence of reaction do not imply consent, the law says.

Lanretoye:
no light in your own house,don’t say no light in Nigeria.for almost 2 years now I have not had less than 20/22 hrs of electricity daily.

Ali Ndume, senator representing Borno south, says President Bola Tinubu succeeded as governor of Lagos because he worked with competent and experienced people.

The lawmaker spoke on Wednesday while featuring on Prime Time, a programme on Arise Television

The president had good people around him when he was the governor of Lagos; that was why he succeeded,” Ndume said.

“Most of the good people are not there… they have been sidelined.”

Ndume criticised some of the president’s current aides, describing them as disconnected from the country’s political realities.

“He just picked people that don’t know anybody,” he said.

“They only know Ikoyi and Victoria Island, and from there they fly to London or America, where their families are living.”


The lawmaker said such advisers lack a proper understanding of Nigerian politics.

“So they are not even full Nigerians,” Ndume said.

“These people don’t know politics.”

Ndume said Tinubu is focused on winning the next election but must first address growing discontent, particularly in northern Nigeria

“Mr President, I think, as a politician, as somebody who has gone through it all, is strategising to win the election, but not to declare himself as the winner,” he said.

“Because you only do that when you are acceptable to the people.”

The former senate leader said claims that the north is not aggrieved are inaccurate.

“In the north, anybody that tells you that the north is not grumbling now is not speaking the truth,” he said.

Asked how significant the discontent is, Ndume said it would be reflected at the polls.

“It will be loud in their votes if nothing is done about it,” he said.

He added that the president still has an opportunity to reverse the situation.

“The good thing about it, as I have said here before, is that the president can change things, can turn things around,” he said.

Respect Canadian sovereignty', Carney tells US officials after they meet Alberta separatists

hush15:
Soaring ke! I thought Oshicrazy said the reverse was the case.....

ifinger:
Oshiomhole will be looking stewp1d as we speak a fellow secx addict is now contradicting the idiat

Omalicious1:
So between Akpabio and Osho, who is telling the truth?

AlphaTaikun:
Lagos State has been very slow in launching the Central Epe Agro Food Hub which the FIRST EVER female Lagos State Commissioner of Agriculture and Food Systems said would be ready by May 2025 with the launch of Phase 1 of that project with the aim of crashing the price of food in Lagos State to 50% of the current prices by cutting off the greedy middle men who like to hoard food items to create artificial scarcity. Already, Lagos State has launched 150 CNG-fueled 40 ft haulage trucks for that project as of late 2025.

The key to winning re-election for APC at all levels is to crash the cost of living for these folks on the street level. They have to have a sense of urgency and that's how they can easily win elections WITHOUT any rigging or accusations from any opposition parties. Period.

Sirianese:
Shebi their propaganda machine claims that food prices have plummeted?

Useless people

President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, Tuesday raised the alarm over the escalating cost of food and the growing threat of hunger across the country, calling for urgent, coordinated national action to avert a deepening food crisis as the Senate resumed plenary for 2026.

Akpabio spoke in his welcome address at the first sitting of the Senate after the Christmas and New Year recess, warning that rising food prices and hunger now pose a grave challenge to national stability and citizens’ wellbeing

Citing a recent United Nations projection that up to 35 million Nigerians could face hunger this year, he described the situation as a national emergency requiring immediate legislative, executive and societal response.

He said the worsening cost of food has placed unbearable pressure on households, particularly the most vulnerable, stressing that the Senate must act decisively to strengthen food security and protect citizens from the harsh effects of inflation.

According to him, addressing hunger must move to the centre of national priorities.

“This sobering reality demands a doubling of effort through legislation, oversight and collaboration to strengthen food security, protect the vulnerable and ensure that no Nigerian is abandoned to despair,” Akpabio said.

He added that the Senate would intensify its focus on policies and laws that support agricultural productivity, stabilise food supply chains and ease the burden of rising prices on ordinary Nigerians.

Beyond food insecurity, Akpabio also commended the continued military cooperation between Nigeria and the United States in the fight against terrorism, noting that the partnership remained active even during the festive period.

He described the collaboration as critical to strengthening Nigeria’s security architecture and confronting threats to peace and stability.

“We commend the continued military collaboration between Nigeria and the United States in the fight against terrorism,” he said.

He added that such partnerships reinforce national security efforts and affirm Nigeria’s resolve to work with allies against forces of instability.

The Senate President extended condolences to families affected by insecurity across the country, stressing that security challenges are not abstract statistics but real human tragedies involving lost lives, shattered homes and uncertain futures.


He also called for sustained prayers and collective commitment towards the release of Nigerians still held in captivity, describing their situation as a “national wound” and a moral concern that must not be forgotten.

Welcoming senators back from the recess, Akpabio said he hoped lawmakers had used the break to reconnect with their constituents and gain deeper insight into the realities confronting Nigerians.

However, he noted that the resumption of plenary was marked by sorrow following the death of Senator Godiya Akwashiki, who represented Nasarawa North Senatorial District.

“During the recess, death visited this chamber and took from us one of our own,” he said, describing the late senator as a diligent, humble and committed public servant.

The Senate observed a minute of silence in his honour, while Akpabio conveyed condolences to the family, constituents and the people of Nasarawa State.

Reflecting on developments during the recess, the Senate President said Nigerians continued to endure economic hardship, insecurity and social pressures but had remained resilient and hopeful.

He noted that citizens now expect leadership that listens, reforms that work and governance that delivers tangible results.

“Nigerians have endured, adapted and persevered. They continue to call for leadership that listens and a future that rewards effort, integrity and honest labour,” he said.

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