Poverty Compel Women To Join Insurgency
Failing to improve the lives of girls and women trapped in poverty and domestic drudgery in northeast Nigeria could drive them into the ranks of extremist groups, analysts said on Monday. Many girls and women have been abducted by the jihadist group Boko Haram and used as cooks, sex slaves, and even suicide bombers, according […]
Zimbabwe Leads In Empowering Women In Workplace
Zimbabwe has made significant strides over women in the workplace and is now ranked sixth out of 27 countries including the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries on the African continent, a recent study has shown. According to the Ashish Thakkar Global Entrepreneurship Index report for this year, which is the first […]
Let Us Educate Needy Girls – BEAM
Beautify Malawi (BEAM) Trust says it will leave no stone unturned in its efforts to mobilize enough resources to support education of needy girls in the country. The commitment was registered Friday by BEAM Regional Chair Person for the North, Caroline Mfune on the sidelines of a clean up campaign launch organized by Chitipa District […]
Kenya, Tanzania Police Team Up Against Female Genital Mutilation
Tanzanian police in the Tarime/Rorya Special Zone and their Kenyan counterparts have agreed to cooperate in the fight against female genital mutilation (FGM). Joint operations will be conducted in Tarime District, Mara Region, and five districts of Nyanza Province in Kenya. Tarime/Rorya Special Police Zone commander Andrew Satta said yesterday they had decided to work […]
FG To Assist Sokoto To Develop ICT
The Federal Government said it will assist Sokoto with expertise and other logistics to ensure rapid development of ICT in the state. Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, stated this when he visited Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal at the weekend. “We will deploy logistics and personnel to assist the state government develop its ICT sector. Already, […]
Super Falcons Protest Unpaid Salaries
Players and officials of the victorious Super Falcons arrived in Lagos yesterday from Cameroun, where they defeated the Lionesses to win their 10th African Women Nations Cup title. The players were received at the Murtala Muhammad Airport by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President, Amaju Pinnick and other board members, including Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau. Amaju […]
Kenya Completes Border Fence With Somalia
The fencing of three kilometers of the Kenya-Somalia border is complete after the Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) took over its construction over two months ago. The project, initiated by the Ministry of Interior in 2015, has since been switched to wire fencing along the porous border. Concrete poles joined with barbed wire, mesh and razor […]
Lagos Mourn The Death Of Dr. Bola Olubi
Lagos state governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Sunday expressed shock and sadness over the death of foremost accountant and a former Minister of Commerce and Industry, Dr. Bola Kuforiji-Olubi. Dr. Olubi, who was a former President of Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria (ICAN), was appointed the first female Chairman of United Bank of Africa […]
Obaseki Approves Payment Of Salary Arrears For Ex-Staff Of Tayo Akpata Varsity
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has approved the payment of salary arrears of former lecturers and staff who worked at the College of Education, Ekiadolor, now Tayo Akpata University of Education, Edo State, even as he declared that the institution will be a world class university when completed, insisting that the establishment of the […]
Kaduna To Sack Teachers Over Proficiency Test
The Kaduna State Government said it would sack primary school teachers who failed the recently conducted proficiency and competency test. According to the state Commissioner for Education, Prof. Andrew Nok, the test “is for effective and quality service delivery at stake.” The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) at the weekend conducted the mandatory test […]
Buhari Approves N522.7bn For States
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the refund of N522.74 billion to states who claimed that deductions from their federation revenue to settle external debt obligations between 1995 and 2002 were in excess of their debts. The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, said in a statement, in Abuja, yesterday, that the amount would be paid […]
Gambia : Adama Barrow Defeats Yahya Jammeh
Six months ago Adama Barrow was unknown in the political field, but he has just been elected president of The Gambia: His victory brings to an end more than two decades of Yahya Jammeh’s rule. 263,515 marbles spoke in favour of for him: Adama Barrow, the opposition leader, will be the next president of The […]
80 Patients Get Free Surgeries In Kogi
No fewer than 80 patients in Lokoja received free paediatric and general surgeries, as well as dental services and gynaecological procedures, offered by an NGO, Mark Anumah Medical Mission (MAMM). The programme coordinator, Prof. Felicia Anumah, disclosed on Saturday after a week-long free medical treatment offered to patients at the Specialist Hospital, Lokoja in Kogi. […]
Buhari Congratulates Victorious Super Falcons
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Nigeria’s Super Falcons on their victory over the senior female football team of Cameroon on Saturday at the final game of the women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Yaounde. In a statement his media aide, the President, who described the hard-earned victory over the Indomitable Lionesses as “very sweet […]
Trump Appoints Ogunlesi Into Economic Team
Nigerian business mogul, Adebayo Ogunlesi, has been named as one of those who will advise US President-elect Donald Trump on the American economy. The 63 year-old chairman of Global Infrastructure Partners, a private equity firm and a Fortune 500 company, is the only African in a 16-man economic advisory forum, which has Steve Schwarzman, CEO […]