Zimbabwe: Domestic Violence Tops Up By 20%
Domestic violence cases increased by 20 percent last year in Harare as compared to 2015, as police officers have been urged to continue sharpening their crime prevention strategies in order to safeguard life and property and reduce fear of crime in the province. Last year, police also managed to reduce crimes of concern by 5,4 […]
Kerosene Explosion Kills 50-yr-Old Woman In Cross River
A 50-year-old housewife, Jenny Ibor Okpa, of Ofalosi village in Nko, Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River, yesterday, died from kerosene explosion. It was gathered that the deceased attempted to light a lantern with a matchstick, when it exploded and flames engulfed her entire room. An eyewitness told Vanguard that it was the woman’s […]
Kenya: Jailed Doctors Walk To Freedom
Doctors’ union officials jailed on Monday are set to walk to freedom. Lawyers for the Council of Governors and Kenya Medical Practitioners’, Pharmacists and Dentists Union have agreed to have the medics released immediately to carry on with talks. The negotiations aimed at ending the two-month doctors’ job boycott will be jump-started on Thursday morning, […]
Rant Of The Day -‘Tapping Current’
I don’t know how somepeople think, but definitely I do not think it matches up with basic human reasoning. What is the gist? Yeah, this is it. Do you know that some men are so unruly and very wack in reasoning? What is this particular gist? You ask again. Now, I have noticed that some […]
Poverty Is Sexist -A Letter Addressed To Warren Buffet By Bill And Melinda Gates
Bill and Melinda Gates have released their annual letter, and this time it is addressed to their “dear friend” Warren Buffett, who donated most of his fortune to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in order to fight disease and reduce inequity. In the 2017 letter, they reply to a letter Buffett sent them, asking […]
Death For soldier Convicted Over Rape And Murder
At about 10am on Wednesday, March, 27, 2014, Lance Corporal Oge Etudo, a 30-year-old soldier serving at Lungi Barracks, Abuja, left his duty post and headed for Dei-Dei, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Before leaving, he surrendered his rifle and ammunition to his colleague who was on guard at their commander’s house. […]
Arik Suspends Flights To London, Johannesburg
The new management of Arik Air has announced the suspension of its international flight operations to enable the carrier find permanent solutions to the problem of delays and cancellation of flights. The airline said the decision was aimed at realigning operations and refocusing on satisfying its domestic, West African and other international passengers. The management […]
Tanzanian Schools Expel Pregnant and Married Girls
“I liked to study so that I could have a wide mind. There was nothing I didn’t like [to study]. I had a dream to finish school and go to college, graduate, and work.” Like millions of adolescents in Tanzania, Imani, from Mwanza in northwestern Tanzania, wanted to study hard and to graduate, find a […]
One Meal Per Day Project About To Kick Start -FG
The Federal Government has released N844, 360, 550 to seven states for the provision of at least one meal per day to students. Also, a total number of 11,775 cooks have been employed to prepare the meals in those states, while local farmers in the states are also the ones producing the food prepared and […]
South Africa: Bongiwe Ninini’s Killers Get Life Sentences
Four men found guilty of the murder of Khayelitsha woman Bongiwe Ninini, and then dumping her body in a drain, were sentenced to life imprisonment in the Western Cape High Court on Monday. Masimthembe Solontsi, Phumlani Nyewu, Melikhaya Mgushelo and Thabiso Balithoba were found guilty in December of murdering 19-year-old Ninini in 2015. On July […]
Trump Invites Buhari To Washington
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday afternoon spoke to President Donald Trump of the United States of America on telephone from London, United Kingdom. The telephone converstaion was at the instance of the American President. The development has apparently ended the rumoured death of President Buhari who is currently on medical vacation in London. A statement from […]
Indian Drivers Demand Better Pay From Uber And Ola
A strike in the Indian capital by thousands of Uber [UBER.UL] and Ola drivers demanding better pay has paralyzed the ride-hailing services that have grabbed business from traditional taxi and rickshaw operators with their cheaper fares. Commuters faced delays for a fourth day even as the city-state’s government laid on extra buses to help them […]
Stop The Pity Party And Move
End Your Pity Party Give yourself a day to acknowledge that you’re not a multi-millionaire or famous actress, you don’t own your dream home, you’re not married, you don’t have kids or you didn’t achieve whatever you set out to do right out of high school. Then get over it. Pick yourself up, dust yourself […]
Rant Of The Day – ”You Are Stained”
Happy new week folks. Today’s rant hits everyone but more on the men though. This has happened to ladies a lot whether you are fully packed for the flow or not, somethings just happen without consent. Trust me, sometimes the devil just tends to but a little blue on your white or let me say […]
Finally, The United States Army Permits Female Soldiers To Wear Dreadlocks
Black women serving in the United States Army are cheering revised regulations that permit hair locks, ending what critics said were years of scrutiny and confusing enforcement of rules about their appearance. The change surfaced last month in an Army directive that focused largely on grooming policy changes related to religious accommodations. Buried in the […]