Rivers Teachers Threaten Strike Over Unpaid Salaries
Teachers in Rivers State have threatened to shut down schools over unpaid seven-month salaries. The Nigerian Union of Teachers, Rivers State wing made the threat in a four-point communiqué after its state executive council meeting at the weekend. Signed by the State NUT Chairman, Mr. Nkpogone Dumnataah and the secretary, Dr. Okechukwu Nwachukwu, the communiqué […]
Over 3,000 Females Missing in North-East
The Non-violent Peace Initiative (NPI) has said it documented over 3000 missing women and girls in the North-east since the upsurge of Boko Haram insurgency. The coordinator of the non-governmental organisation, Malam Sahanu Mohammed Idris, disclosed this Wednesday during a visit to the Abuja headquarters of Media Trust Ltd, publishers of the Daily Trust titles. […]
Zimbabwe: 776 Pregnant Women Test Positive for Syphilis in Midlands
MORE than 770 pregnant women tested positive for syphilis between January and June this year in the Midlands province, an official in the ministry of health has revealed. Provincial monitoring and evaluation officer in the ministry of health and child care, Tuso Tanda, said some 22,200 pregnant women were tested for syphilis with 776 testing […]
Paralympics: Captain Wins Third Gold For Nigeria
The captain of Team Nigeria at the ongoing Paralympic Games in Rio, Lucy Ejike, has grabbed a third gold medal for the country. Lucy Ejike also broke the Paralympic and World Record three successive times ton her way to clinch the gold in the women’s -61kg event in Powerlifting. She began her campaign at the Riocentro […]
Uganda: Three Firms Bid for Shs2b House Office
Three companies have bid to tap into the Shs2 billion annual kitty that Parliament is dangling for extra office space.The three firms are MeeraCrane Chambers Limited, owned by businessman Sudhir Ruparelia, offering the building along Parliament Avenue,which used to house the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional affairs. Another one is Yampe Limited, offering a newly […]
Kenya: Three Female Attackers Killed in Police Station
Three women tricked their way into a Mombasa police station where they stabbed one officer and set fire to the building with a petrol bomb before they were shot dead. Under the pretext of reporting a stolen phone, the women walked into the police station on Sunday morning around 10:30 local time, with a knife […]
More Than $30 Billion Committed To African Agriculture
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa has announced commitments totaling more than $30 billion from corporations, foundations, and governments to boost production, income, and employment for smallholder farmers and agricultural businesses on the African continent over the next ten years. Announced at the sixth African Green Revolution Forum, the commitments represent the first […]
Tithe Thief To Spend 6 Months In Jail
Magistrate Ade Adefulire of a Tinubu Magistrate’s Court, sitting in Lagos Island, yesterday, sentenced a church member, Elochukwu Nnoruga, to six months imprisonment for stealing N214,000 from Church tithe box. The convict, who was on August 17, arraigned before the court, had pleaded guilty to a one-count charge of theft preferred against him by the […]
East Africa: Judicial Bench Book On Violence Against Women Launched
The Commonwealth Secretariat has launched the first Judicial Bench Book on Violence against women in East Africa, as part of the bloc’s broader effort to end impunity and effectively address violence against women and girls. Launched at the 11th Women’s Affairs Ministerial Meeting (WAMM), currently underway in Apia, Samoa, the book aims at improving access […]
GE’s Graduate Engineering Training Programme Is Giving Women The Opportunity To Excel
GE’s offer of best-in-class training for young engineers, known as the Graduate Engineering Training Programme, is open to women and men alike. However, women in technical positions the world over are frequently in the minority. We recently caught up with two female participants to chat about their experience and to hear their take on women […]
Tanzania: 6 Trafficked Girls Rescued, 2 With Now Mothers
Police are in contact with their counterparts and Social welfare department in Ngara District to reunites six girls who are the recent victims of human trafficking. Mara regional police Commander Ramadhani Nga’anzi said among the 6 victims 2 already have children after being trafficked. The RPC added that the teenagers were found in Masinki Village […]
Kenya: Two Killed as Lorry Plunges Into Riverbed
Two people were killed on the spot and a third one seriously injured after a lorry plunged into the bed of Kaiti River at a bridge near Wote Town, Makueni County, on Thursday night. Witnesses said the lorry driver heading to Wote Town attempted to overtake another vehicle at the bridge when it hit the […]
Uganda: No Alcohol After Midnight – New Bill
The sale or consumption of alcohol before 5pm or after 1am will become criminal in Uganda, and violators risk a Shs2m fine or one-year jail term or both, according to penalties in draft alcohol regulation legislation. The proposed law, titled the Alcoholic Drinks Control Bill 2016, aims to consolidate all alcoholic-related laws and set tougher […]
Serena Williams Upset At US Open
For the second straight year, Serena Williams was upset in the US Open semifinals. Whereas the American was defeated by crafty veteran Roberta Vinci 12 months ago to end hopes of a rare calendar-year slam, an ailing Williams lost to big-hitting Karolina Pliskova 6-2 7-6 (7-5) on Thursday in New York. She’ll thus have to […]
Ethiopia Fire Kills 23 At Prison ‘Holding Oromo Protesters’
A government statement says 21 died of suffocation after a stampede while two others were killed as they tried to escape. Some local media have disputed the account, citing unnamed witnesses who say prisoners were shot by the wardens. There has been an unprecedented wave of protests in Ethiopia in recent months. There has been […]