2017 Budget: NASS Draws Battle Line With Osinbajo
STRONG indications have emerged that fresh crisis may be looming between the Presidency and the National Assembly over the 2017 budget, as senators and members of the House of Representatives are said to be very with Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, for downplaying their power to tinker with the budget. Consequently, the lawmakers vowed not […]
‘Nigeria Loses 3,000 Women, Children To Preventable Diseases Daily’
Nigeria loses 3,000 children and women daily to preventable diseases due to poor access to basic healthcare, the Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, (NPHCDA), Faisal Shuaib has said. Mr. Shuaib said some the children die before their fifth birthdays because of the country’s poor health system. Speaking at a workshop on […]
Women In the Media – The Majority With A Minor Voice
Landing an entry-level gig in a newsroom for Sudanese women is a an easy task but attaining higher positions once inside is near impossible, media organizations in Sudan have said. Discrimination against women in the media room has resulted in a high turnover and a vacuum of coverage for women-related stories. Female journalists in Sudan […]
Osinbajo To Declare Open First Made-In-Nigeria Goods Campaign Carnival
ACTING President, Yemi Osinbajo will declare open the first made in Nigeria goods campaign Carnival, designed to give Nigerian Manufacturers, service providers and brands, the opportunity to showcase their products and services as well as for participants and partners to share their success stories. The Acting President is also to deliver the keynote address to […]
Bolanle Ambode, Da-Silva Ibru, Dabiri-Erewa, Others Grace The WAPA Connect Conference
The Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation led by the Hon. Commissioner of WAPA, Dr Lola Akande held their annual WAPA Connect Conference on Thursday, 8th June with the theme “Fostering Domestic Harmony through Multi Perspective Analysis & Graphic Display/Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century” Some of the dignitaries in attendance include the wife of […]
Women, Still Major Victims of Sharp Disparities At Workplaces
Reducing gender disparities at workplaces by 25 per cent by 2025 could inject nearly 5.8 trillion dollars into the global economy and boost tax revenues, according to a United Nations, ahead of the UN Labour Organization’s Summit on “A better future for women at work” on June 15. The new report released by the United […]
Child Marriages Empty Mbire Schools
An average of 240 pupils have dropped from school since the beginning of the year in Mbire district, Mashonaland Central province, chiefly because of early child marriages. The Ministry of Women Affairs, Gender and Community Development confirmed the statistics yesterday during a workshop on gender mainstreaming in Ruwa. Deputy director for gender in the ministry […]
Salah The Prayer
Salah is the daily ritual prayer enjoined upon all Muslims as one of the five Pillars of Islam. It is performed five times a day by all Muslims. Salah is a precise worship, different from praying on the inspiration of the moment. Muslims pray or, perhaps more correctly, worship five times throughout the day: · […]
WFP Ends Emergency Operation That Helped Many Survive Drought in Swaziland
WFP’s leading donors including the European Union, USA, CERF, Japan and the African Development Bank – contributed US$9.4 million towards food and cash assistance. “We would like to thank the donor community for its generous support, vital for those most in need,” says WFP Country Director Alberto Mendes. Some 124,000 people received relief food. WFP […]
EU Announces €143m Humanitarian Support Package For N/East Nigeria
The European Commission has announced a support package of 143 million euros (about N50.2 billion) for the early recovery and reconstruction needs in Borno, which is suffering from a worsening humanitarian crisis. The Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, Neven Mimica, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja by the EU […]
Building Diversity Into Your Hiring Process
As intent-driven and genuine as diversity and inclusivity efforts can be, they’ll fall flat if there isn’t a more thorough analysis of your hiring structure and your company structure. There are many points at which a diversity pipeline can drop off, and understanding how to minimize those drop offs will set you up for long-term […]
South Africa: Integrated Plan To Fight Gender-Based Violence Under Review
Work is underway to review the Integrated Plan of Action that was conceptualised to fight gender-based violence. Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa said this when he responded to oral questions in the National Assembly on Wednesday. At a time when violence against women is squarely under the spotlight – with the nation mourning several incidents where […]
Man Who Works As A Female Prostitute Gets Arrested
A man who worked as a female prostitute for five years has been arrested by the police. The man who go by the female name Jennifer Kpaakpa, said in Makurdi yesterday that he would take on the physical attributes of a woman at night and sleep with men after his secondary school classmate initiated him […]
First Female Long Haul Captain Earns Her Airbus Wings
The sky’s definitely the limit as proven by Air Namibia’s Captain Cornelia Hahn who recently became the airline’s first female long haul Captain, operating the Airbus A330-200. The Airbus 330-200 is servicing the Windhoek – Frankfurt route and her appointment was effective as from 1 April, following her successful completion of her simulator training.. Captain […]
Rant Of The Day – Time Wasters
Welcome to the rant column When you want to host an event, please consider the time you want to fix wholeheartedly, it is important. Some people will put in 10am as the start time and only for them to begin at 1pm? Really? 1pm? what happened to the 10am? I know Africans don’t know how […]