Women are more interested in sex than you think, studies show

Rarely are researchers’ findings so satisfying. Women may want more sex than their husbands or partners think.




New research by psychologists at the University of Toronto and the University of Western Ontario, published earlier this month in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, found that men in long-term relationships often underestimate how often their wives or girlfriends want to be intimate.

The research consists of three studies, following a total of 229 long-term couples, most of whom are heterosexual. (The sample of homosexual couples was too small to be statistically significant, the researchers say.) Participants ranged in age from 18 to 68 years old; the couples had been together six years on average, and they reported they had sex an average of one to two times a week.

In study one, 44 couples kept a diary for three weeks: Partners reported on their own level of sexual desire each day, as well as their perception of their partner’s level of desire and their level of relationship satisfaction. In study two, 84 couples came into the laboratory once and reported on the general levels of their desire, their perception of their partner’s desire and their happiness in the relationship. And in study three, 101 couples kept a diary for three weeks, reporting on the same three issues. They were also asked to report how motivated they were each day to avoid sexual rejection.

According to ‘The Social Organization of Sexuality: Sexual Practices in the United States,’ a 1994 University of Chicago study considered the most comprehensive in the field:

•     Almost 80% of married couples have sex a few times a month or more.

•     Thirty-two percent of married couples report having sex two to three times a week.

•     Forty-seven percent of married couples report having sex a few times a month.

•     Less than 10% of married people say their last sexual event lasted an hour or more.

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Reversal Of Electricity Tariff Will Cost N575bn – FG

The Federal Government says that it will not go back on the 45 per cent increase in electricity tariff, adding that a reversal will cost over N575 billion. According to nta.ng, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, stated this in Abuja on Tuesday when he briefed the Senate Committees on Labour and Power during a public hearing on the new electricity tariff.




The Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission ( NERC) announced a 45 per cent increment in electricity tariff earlier in January. The Senate after considering a motion at plenary in January, directed that the tariff be reversed to enable the Senate to conclude hearing on the case.

However, the minister explained that the new tariff could not be reversed as it was necessary for the market to survive. He said that a number of indices, such as borrowing rate for investors, exchange rate , availability and cost of gas, among others also contributed to the hike.

The minister pointed out that one of the reasons why the tariff had to go up was that a major component, a significant number of power plants depend on gas and that out of about 26 power plants, only about three are hydro. “We were heavily dependent on gas, people were exporting gas because gas was selling outside the country at four dollars and it was selling for domestic use at one dollar,” he said.

The minister said that even with the recent hike in electricity tariff, Nigeria was still among countries with the lowest electricity tariffs in Africa and the world. Fashola added that since 2005 when the power privatization process started till 2013 when it was concluded, every segment of government was involved and would share the blame if there was any failure.

“Enabling laws for the process were passed by the National Assembly in 2005 , the process completed by the Executive in 2013: if the process was bad, where was oversight?’’ he asked. Fashola, however, pleaded with the lawmakers and Nigerians to be more patient with government and investors on the process as three years was not enough to judge its success or failure.

Explaining the non-implementation of the directive by Senate to reverse the tariff, Mr Anthony Akah, Acting Chairman, NERC, said that the directive would have created avoidable setbacks in the sector. He said if the directive was implemented, a market gap of about N575 billion would have been created which would have compounded the initial market gap of N187 billion the take-off tariff put on investors.

He said that NERC was also hindered by a court order, obtained by six generating and distribution companies. He said that the commission could also not easily reverse the tariff as the process was in compliance with section 76 (8) of the law guiding the operations of the commission. But the joint committee insisted that it was unacceptable for Nigerians to be paying so much but have limited power supply. The committee adjourned the public hearing to Wednesday.

Ahead Buhari`s visit: Avengers blow up Chevron oil wells

The Niger Delta Avengers early Wednesday morning blew up two oil wells located in Warri South West of Delta State belonging to Chevron Nigeria Limited nigeriamasterweb.com reports. The militant group claimed responsibility for the attack  of the RMP 24 and RMP 23 which are Chevron Swamp's highest producing Wells.




“With the heavy presence of 100 gunboats, 4 warships and jet bombers, NDA blew up Chevron Oil Well RMP 23 and RMP 24, 3:44AM this morning.”It said via its Twitter handle @NDAvengers on Wednesday morning, “This is to show the whole world that the Nigeria military is good in harassing innocent Nigerians.” the group said.

The latest attack comes as President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to visit the Niger Delta region on Thursday for the first time since taking office a year ago. Buhari will visit Ogoniland to launch a cleanup of areas heavily polluted by oil spills.

The Niger Delta Avengers militant group, which has claimed a string of recent attacks, issued a warning to oil firms in the southern region that their "facilities and personnel will bear the brunt of our fury," according to a statement. Buhari said on Sunday that the  government would hold talks with leaders in Nigeria's main oil-producing region to address their grievances in a bid to stop a surge in pipeline attacks.