Liberia’s Teenagers Cautioned Against Teenage Pregnancy
Reflecting on the topic ‘Teenage Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD)’, registered mid-wife Oretha Slocum thrilled her audience when she outlined factors responsible for teenage pregnancy in the country. She spoke on Sunday February 26, 2017 at a one day seminar organized by the Switzerland based NGO, Browier Trust Foundation, at the Immanuel Church School […]
Women and Children Are Victims of Abuse In Libyan Holding Centres
A report issued by United International Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef) on Tuesday reveals that migrants in Libya, mainly women and children, have been victims of abuse, including beatings, rapes and starvation, while living in “hellholes”. Unicef says almost 26,000 children, most of them unaccompanied, crossed the Mediterranean last year. This report is only the latest […]
Herdsmen Kidnap 3 teachers In Edo, Demand N10
THREE secondary school teachers in Ebomisi Secondary school, Ugbogiobo village in Ovia North-East Local Government Area have been kidnapped by suspected herdsmen. It was gathered that the kidnappers are demanding N10 million as ransom. Vanguard learned that the three male teachers were abducted, Monday, while returning from school. It was gathered that three other female […]
FIFA Slams Fresh Two-Year Ban On Adamu
The adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee of FIFA has slammed fresh, world-wide, two-year ban on former Director General of National Sports Commission (NSC), Dr Amos Adamu. The committee chaired by Hans-Joachim Eckert, banned the former CAF and FIFA executive committee member from taking part in any kind of football-related activity at national and […]
3-Yr-old Kidnapped In Lagos, Sold Thrice, Rescued In Aba
The three-year-old girl kidnapped by her mother’s apprentice, Grace John, who had resumed five days earlier at their Alagbado shop in Lagos two months ago, was found in Abia State, weekend. The little girl, as reliably gathered, had been sold to three different buyers in the eastern part of the country for prices ranging from […]
Rant Of The Day – How Much?
Happy new folks. I know some noble men even if they are few but we still have them and that’s a good relief. Because, I am seriously tired of these ‘chaff men’ roaming about, disturbing lives everywhere they go. Men who do you a little favour and automatically think you owe them much, men who […]
EAC Women Stand Together For Peace Process
Women from the EAC met on 24 February and established the East African women solidarity movement for peace and security in the region. They have the main objective of fostering the African women solidarity and pleading for Burundi. “The Burundian issue in the region is not sufficiently discussed and we want women and other populations […]
I Keep Swimming For Strength And The Future – The Inspiring Story Of Megan Hunter
While she calls herself a mother of three “fur-kids”, Megan Hunter’s biggest dream is to have a baby. “I want to be strong enough to be able to fall pregnant and have a baby. That really is my biggest wish and my heart aches for one.” The 28-year-old is one in 5 000 people with […]
Stop Using BirthControl So We Can Attract Investors -Zimbabwe Senators Plead
Don’t use birth control because Zimbabwe’s small population is putting off desperately-needed foreign investors. That’s the controversial suggestion from a group of legislators from Zimbabwe’s upper house – and it’s got some commentators very upset. According to the Hansard, which provides a transcript of Zimbabwe’s parliamentary debates, senators earlier this month moved a motion calling […]
Eritrea Playing Exemplarily Role In Combating FGM
Eritrea is playing an exemplary role in eradicating FGM and that harmful practices will no more exist in the country in the near future, according to Ms. Rania Zakie, Representative of the UNICEF in Eritrea. Speaking on the occasion of declaring a free-FGM zone in Asmat and Habero subzones, Ms. Rania underlined that the occasion […]
FG Apologies To South Easterns Over Herdsmen Activities
THE Federal Government yesterday apologized to the people of South East over the destructive activities of herdsmen in the area and assured that permanent solution was being worked out to stop them from destroying crops and farmland. The Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh who made the apology on behalf of the Federal Government also […]
Court Sacks Senator, Demands Refund Of All Emoluments
A federal high court in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has sacked the senator representing Akwa Ibom North-East Senatorial district, Bassey Akpan, from the Nigerian Senate. The court in a judgment delivered on Monday ruled that Bassey Etim ( also known as BAFIL), and not Mr. Akpan, was the authentic candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, […]
Is Your Personal Brand The rebel Or The heroine?
Talent alone doesn’t guarantee that circumstances around you wont change. Salma Shah discusses how to build a strong personal brand. The current trends in today’s fast-paced working world lean towards the importance of self-promotion and being remembered for all the right reasons. Few of us have ‘jobs for life’ and some of us may want […]
Zimbabwe: ZDF, CPU Evacuate 850 Flood Victims
At least 850 people in the Siphepha area in Tsholotsho District were displaced by flooding and subsequently evacuated to a local primary school and hospital by the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, the Civil Protection Unit has said. In its latest situation report released last week, Tsholotsho District was the most affected. “Tsholotsho is arguably the most […]
The Review Of The Self Driving Car Guidance
U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said on Sunday she was reviewing self-driving vehicle guidance issued by the Obama administration and urged companies to explain the benefits of automated vehicles to a skeptical public. The guidelines, which were issued in September, call on automakers to voluntarily submit details of self-driving vehicle systems to regulators in a […]