Al-Habibiyyah Canvasses Help For The Needy
As part of its objectives and efforts at redistributing wealth to help the needy, the Al-Habibiyyah Zakat Foundation of the Al-Habibiyah Islamic Society of Nigeria has spent over N30 million as cash disbursements and other valuables to indigents in Abuja and environs. The Chairman of the Building Committee and Food Bank of the society, Alhaji […]
Girl Killed By Zoo Elephant
A 7-year-old Moroccan girl has died after a zoo elephant threw a rock at her. Managers at the zoo in the capital of Rabat confirmed the details in a press statement. The girl died a few hours after being transferred to hospital. Video shot by a zoo visitor shows a number of people huddled around […]
LIRS Introduces Annual N5, 000 Tax For Artisans and Tradesmen
In a bid to shore up its Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) base, the Lagos State Government, through the Lagos Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has henceforth asked tradesmen and artisans operating in the state to pay a yearly tax of N5, 000. This was disclosed on Thursday in by Chairman of the LIRS, Mr. Olufolarin Ogunsanwo, […]
Indonesia Executes Four Convicted Drug Offenders
Indonesia executed four convicted drug offenders by firing squad early Friday, the country’s deputy attorney general said. Noor Rachmad told reporters outside the Nusakambangan prison in central Java that authorities have not decided when 10 other prisoners will be executed. Executed were two Nigerians, one Senegalese and one Indonesian, CNN Indonesia, a CNN affiliate, reported. […]
Germany’s Merkel Stands By Refugee Policy Despite ‘Terrifying’ Attacks
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday described recent attacks in the country and across Europe as “shocking, depressing and terrifying,” but she refused to back down from an open-door refugee policy that has attracted fierce criticism following recent assaults in the country. Germany has been rattled by four attacks in the past two weeks, three […]
Government To Make Secondary Education Mandatory for Girl-Child – Aisha Buhari
Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, Thursday, said the Federal Government is considering a law that will make it compulsory for every girl child to attain at least secondary school education. Speaking at the Nigerian Institute of Management’s, NIM, Women-in-Management and Leadership Conference in Abuja, Aisha Buhari, who was represented by the wife of […]
How ICT Is Influencing The Rise Of Entrepreneurship In Nigeria
Nigerians are widely famed for their entrepreneurism and drive and it is easy to see why. With traders peddling wares from wheelbarrows and devising innovative ways of calling your attention to their wares, putting up comedic and musical displays; others hawking their wares in the all too popular stand-still traffic that has come to characterize […]
5 Steps To Help Turn Interest Into Action
Here’s a situation: A few hundred people, maybe more, start acting like they care about what you do, decide to follow you on social media, and/or sign up for your email list. But when it comes to needing them to actually take action for your cause, they pretty much disappear. Sound familiar? It’s a scenario […]
Death At Night, The story Of Igbologun Community
“Emeka, who lives in Mama P compound in the community, also lost his wife along with a set of twins while Daramola lost his wife and is left to bring up their baby alone. What the three men have in common is that their wives fell into labour at night. Bolanle, David’s wife, 27, may […]
HeartsConnect With Odeniyi Nkemlola
The vibes of the young generation is more than noise making like some people think. The next generation is making impact and seeing the need that the older generation failed to meet. They are seeing it and meeting that need so that we do not have the same story to tell. Young people most especially […]
President Mutharika Orders Arrest of HIV-Infected Man Paid to Devirginise Girls in Malawi
Malawi President Peter Mutharika has ordered the arrest of Eric Aniva, an HIV-infected man in Nsanje district of the southern Malawi who has the job of devirginising girls who had just their first menstruation. Aniva, a Malawian in his forties, is what’s known as a ‘hyena’ – a man paid to have sex with young […]
Residents Killed In Lagos as Avengers Invade Community
lagos—There was pandemonium yesterday at Ewedogbon area of Totowu, a riverine community in Ishuti, Igando, old Alimosho Local Government Area, which was engulfed in a fresh attack by suspected Niger Delta militants. Multiple sources said many people were killed as the militants entered into people’s houses to torment them. However, the casualty figure could not […]
Akwa Ibom Blazes The Trail In Youth Empowerment
The Akwa Ibom State Government has set a new benchmark on youth empowerment in the country through the training of over 4,000 youths across the 31 local government areas of the state on various skills and trades. The skills training programme for youths, which is a key economic component of the Governor Udom Emmanuel-led administration, […]
Rwanda: Female Students Tipped On Leadership
At least 500 students from 17 schools across the country gathered at King David Academy in Kigali for a three-day Scholars Mentoring Conference. The conference, under the theme; “Harnessing Transformative Leadership Values and Giving Back to Community,” aimed at giving vulnerable young girls the foundation of life skills with a sense of self-esteem, self-awareness, transformative […]
Momoh Jimoh Resigns For The Interest Of Kogi State
THE protracted leadership crisis rocking Kogi State House of Assembly, which started in November 2015, was yesterday resolved with the resignation of the embattled Speaker, Alhaji Momoh-Jimoh Lawal of the G-15 group, paving way for election of Umar Imam as Speaker. Surprisingly, Umar was the same G-5 Speaker. Though Lawal was absent at plenary, his […]