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Women Say 'No Sex' If Men Shoot Fireworks Some women in Naples, Rome said they won't make love if their men shoot off dangerous fireworks on New Year's Eve. "Se Spari, Niente Sesso" (If you shoot, no sex), as the reported group calls itself, claims to have signed up hundreds of women in the Naples area to combat celebrations that injure or maim hundreds each year. Carolina Staiano, a mother of two, was quoted in La Stampa daily on Wednesday as saying she was inspired to create the group because her father was partially paralysed in a fireworks accident. Setting off fireworks, often homemade or illegally imported, remains popular in Italy and especially in Naples, even though accidents are frequent and sometimes deadly. Staiano said that "there are other ways to celebrate." And if men don't get the message, women should "send them to sleep on the couch."
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Beyond The Uwais Committee Report
The Justice Mohammed Uwais-led committee of 22 distinguished Nigerians submitted its 297-page report to the Federation's presidency, in the twilight days of 2008.Buhari's Allegation And Yar'Adua's Diminished Authority
A visibly enraged Chief Mike Ahamba (SAN), lead counsel to the All Nigerian People's Party (ANPP) at the 2007 Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal, emerged from the Court of Appeal complex, Abuja on Tuesday, February 26th, 2008, shortly after the petitions of ANPP were dismissed by the court in a unanimous decision, and thundered before pressmen:Conversation of an Angry man
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Candour's Niche
The much-awaited cabinet shake-up and appointment of new ministers to work with President Yar'Adua was finally wrapped recently.
Scruples
This year, this column would occasionally undertake the clearly hazardous but enlightening task of character study on some political personages whose actions and inactions have significantly influenced the tenor and character of the kind of unedifying politics we proudly play in these parts.
The Roundtable
Last month I did an article titled "Lawlessness in partnership with law enforcement agents" which drew attention to the hell that Lagos roads have become, owing to the recklessness of commercial vehicle operators and their law enforcement collaborators.
Speaking Out
As someone who has spent a few nights in detention fighting for democracy, I have always considered the vote as something close to being sacred.
