Zambia Women Contribute To Cassava Growing Boom
Born in a small town of Mufulira, on the Copper Belt province of Zambia in 1960, Winnie Nachivula, is making a mark in the cassava production in Zambia which currently stands at over 1 million metric tonnes per year, making it the most important crop grown in Zambia after maize. Cassava is grown by 35 […]
Facebook Cracks Down On 30,000 Fake News Accounts Ahead of French Election
Too late for the U.S. presidential election, Facebook is going after 30,000 phony accounts used to distribute fake news in France, ahead of the national vote there. The company is using automated methods to help screen out the fakes, such as finding content repeated on hundreds of the phony sites. Facebook said in a statement Friday […]
Gambia Gets First Female Visually Challenged Parliamentarian
Hon. Ndey Yassin Secka is the first female visually challenged National Assembly Member. She is among the five members nominated by President Adama Barrow at a ceremony held on Tuesday at the National Assembly building in Banjul. Hon. Ndey Yassin Secka, who has been working as a broadcaster at the Gambia Radio for many years, […]
Lagos Community Decries Two Months Power Outage, Accuses IKEDC Of Insensitivity
Residents of Alaguntan Community in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos have decried two months’ power outage in the area due to a faulty transformer, saying the outage was causing untold hardship to residents of the community. A resident of the community and system analyst operating at Omopelumi Street, Mr. Ayodeji Alade, said the management […]
Zimbabwe: ‘Sexual Harassment Rife In Workplace’
SEXUAL harassment is prevalent in many Zimbabwean workplaces, with the vice being most dominant in the transport and logistics sector, businessdigest has learnt. According to a survey report by Industrial Psychology Consultants titled Sexual Harassment in Zimbabwean Workplaces, the transport and logistics sector and non-governmental organisations have the highest prevalence rates of sexual harassment in […]
Uganda: Elephant Kills Woman In Queen Elizabeth National Park
Residents of Nyamuhika I cell Nyabubare parish, Nyamuhika I cell in Bwambara Sub-county in Rukungiri District were left in shock after their colleagues was killed by an elephant. Hadija Tumuhirwe, 45, was attacked by the elephant on April 12, 2017 in Queen Elizabeth National park. The Rukungiri District police commander Richard Emuna said the woman […]
On Third Anniversary, Buhari Restates Pledge To Rescue Chibok Girls
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday encouraged the parents of the remaining female pupils of Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State who were abducted on April 14, 2014 by Boko Haram insurgents not to lose hope, saying as a parent, “I feel what you feel”. Buhari in a message he personally signed in commemoration of the […]
Rant Of The Day – This Money!
Welcome to the rant column. I am wondering if I am the only that really feels this way. Why? I mean why would one person carry over 10 thousand persons money and keep in a building somewhere when some persons can hardly eat and sleep well. Why? would we scream dollar rate when some people […]
Three Police Officers Killed, Four Civilians Kidnapped
Four days after three four police officers and an army captain were killed by armed persons in Lagos, another three police officers have been killed in a different Lagos community. The Lagos State Police Command on Thursday confirmed the killing of three of its officers and two community leaders by unidentified gunmen at Oko-Asagun village […]
Gender Ministry Launches Girls Ebola Support Project
The Ministry of Gender Children Social Protection with funding from the World Bank has for the first time launched the Girls Ebola Recovery Livelihood Support or (GERLS) project in the country. The project will benefit 200 adolescent girls and young women in the three counties including Montserrado, Margibi, and Grand Bassa that are interested in […]
Kenya: Senate To Appeal Gender Rule Verdict
The Senate will appeal against a recent verdict in which the High Court said Parliament risks being dissolved by June if it fails yet again to legislate the gender rule principle. In a notice of appeal filed on April 6, the Senate said it will move to the Court of Appeal to challenge the verdict […]
Nigeria re-elected Chair, UN Peacekeeping Committee
Nigeria has been re-elected, for the 45th time, to chair the UN Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations, regarded as UN’s most strategic committee, newsmen report. The UN Correspondent of Newsmen report that Nigeria was re-elected in spite of some hesitations by some countries to let Nigeria continue to lead the most critical committee. Nigeria has […]
South Africa : Spanish Doctor Accuses Ex-Wife Of Killing Their Twins
A Spanish dentist called his ex-wife to a rented holiday home in Hout Bay, told her he had killed their 3-year-old twins and then threatened to kill her, the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court heard on Wednesday. This version of events was presented by prosecutor Benito Adonis. Mario-César Deus Yela, 48, did not appear in court on […]
Unicef Welcomes The Release Of About 600 Women, Children
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has welcomed the release of nearly 600 women and children held under administrative custody on alleged association with Boko Haram militants. They were released from Giwa military barracks in Maiduguri, Borno State. UNICEF, in a release stated that, the action of the Nigerian army on Tuesday was […]
Meet Dr Mae Jemison, First Black Woman To Go On A Space Flight
Mae Carol Jemison was born in Decatur, Alabama, on October 17, 1956,[1] the youngest child of Charlie Jemison and Dorothy Green. Her father was a maintenance supervisor for a charity organization, and her mother worked most of her career as an elementary school teacher of English and math at the Beethoven School in Chicago.[2][3] The […]