We Didn’t Approve Increase In Airfares – NCAA
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has denied approving the increase in domestic airfares, saying all tariffs for airlines’ services, including fares, rates, add-on charges or terms and conditions of service have been liberalised. This came after reports that the NCAA had authorised airlines to increase their fares. According to a statement by the agency, […]
Tanzania: Child Marriage Ban Hurdles
A number of lawyers and human right activists have hailed Friday’s ruling of the High Court which struck off the Marriage Act sections which allowed children aged below 18 to be married. Although the ruling is not a panacea to the widespread problem in Tanzania, it will boost efforts to battle underage marriages, noted Legal […]
Dallas Police Chief: Shooter Had Larger Plans
The gunman who killed five police officers in Dallas was plotting larger attacks, Dallas Police Chief David Brown said Sunday. “We’re convinced that this suspect had other plans and thought that what he was doing was righteous and believed that he was going to target law enforcement — make us pay for what he sees […]
Congo-Kinshasa: Murder In India Sparks Reprisals
Indian traders in Kinshasa stayed indoors and shuttered their shops on Friday after the murder of a Congolese woman in India prompted violent reprisals in the city. On Thursday, residents in one of the Congolese capital’s poorest neighbourhoods responded to the news of the killing of one of their compatriots in the northern Indian city […]
The Boy Who Used To Delay His Prayers
He remembered his grandmother’s warning about praying on time: “My son, you shouldn’t leave prayer to this late time.” His grandmother’s age was 70 but whenever she heard the Adhan, she got up like an arrow and performed Salah/Namaz/prayer. He, however could never win over his ego to get up and pray. Whatever he did, […]
Angola: CPLP Women Network Highlights Development Policies
The president of Network of CPLP Women Parliamentarians, Rosângela Gomes, has stressed the need for implementation of development policies of women in the community member countries. This was during the meeting held Wednesday in Luanda with the first vice-Speaker of the Angolan Parliament, Joana Lina. Speaking to the press at the end of the audience, […]
Uganda: ‘Workplace Prostitution Stifling Fight Against HIV’
The Uganda Aids Commission has said office prostitution is a new war front which is complicating the fight against HIV/Aids. “Most sex workers work in high profile offices during the day and in the evening, they sell sex to get money. This is why we have many lodges where you find them during lunch time […]
Lagos State Government To Distribute Tetanus Toxoid To Child-Bearing Women
The Lagos State government plans to distribute tetanus toxoid to all women of child-bearing-age as part of measures to reduce child and maternal related deaths in the state. The special adviser to the state governor on Primary Health Care, Dr Olufemi Onanuga, made this known while declaring open the first round of the 2016 Maternal […]
Snipers kill Four Officers At US Protest Over Shootings
Four police officers were killed and seven others wounded by snipers in chaotic scenes in Dallas during a protest against police shootings of black men, with a suspect warning that bombs were planted throughout the city center. City Police Chief David Brown said two snipers shot at “police officers from elevated positions during the protest/rally.” […]
Three Young Leaders Get Women Deliver Grants
Three Nigerians are among 20 “young leaders” each awarded $5,000 seed grants by the global advocacy organisation Women Deliver to support six-month projects aimed at advancing girls’ and women’s health, rights and wellbeing in their communities. Olaoluwa Abagun is behind Safe Kicks Initiative: Adolescent Girls Against Sexual Violence. Some 592 out of 845 female patients […]
Ghana Blames Power Cuts On Nigeria As Militants Blow Up 3 Chevron Manifolds
Ghanaian President, John Mahama, has blamed intermittent power cuts in his country on delays in delivery of crude oil from Nigeria to power thermal plants due to the activities of Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, which had been blowing up oil and gas pipelines in the Niger Delta. Mahama’s lamentation came as the NDA, yesterday, blew […]
No Nigerian Bank Is In ‘Distress’ – CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Wednesday moved to reassure bank customers unsettled by last Monday’s decision to take over the management of Skye Bank. The CBN had forced the resignation of members of the bank’s board and management team, in what it called “proactive and unavoidable regulatory step to forestall the bank from […]
Tanzania: Women Warned Against Using Chemically-Produced Cosmetics
A Cosmetics expert and entrepreneur has warned that more women are at risk because of using chemically-produced cosmetics. Ms Albay Hajji, said at the Mwalimu Julius Nyerere Trade Fair Grounds yesterday that the use of make-ups, cleanser, moisturiser and lipstick if not carefully regulated could prove fatal to women addicted to the use of such chemicals. […]
Nigerian Migrant Beaten To Death In Racist Attack In Italy
A Nigerian migrant was beaten to death in a racist attack by a right-wing football fan in a central Italian town, officials said Wednesday. Emmanuel Chidi, 36, was walking with his girlfriend in the heart of the small town of Paolo Calcinora on Tuesday, when they had racial abuse heaped on them by the supporter […]
Zimbabwe: Government Hails Businesswomen
Bianca Leboho Herald Reporter Businesswomen who excel in their enterprises vindicate Government’s gender policy that treats women as equal with men, Minister of State in Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko’s Office Cde Tabetha Kanengoni-Malinga has said. She implored businesswomen to continue excelling in sectors that were previously dominated by men. Minister Kanengoni-Malinga made the remarks at […]