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Woman Sells Her 4-Month-Old Baby For N100,000

A 25-year-old woman, Sandra Ishaku, was yesterday arraigned at a Jos Upper Area court, for allegedly selling her four-months-old baby for N100,000. Ishaku, along with three others– Amaechi Emmanuel, Jones Osim and Gladys Chukwuma– were charged with conspiracy, cruelty and child abandonment. According to the prosecutor, Mr. L. O. Ocho, Ishaku, on May 10, sold […]

The Kiosk With Madame K – Let’s Share This Bread

I welcome all my kiosk people both home and abroad. I mean, without you all,the kiosk will have no effect at all. So, what will we be seeing this time? I am going to be sharing Melinda’s story. She ran to the kiosk for help over two months ago and shared her trouble with us. […]

Uganda: 3-Month Pregnant Pilgrim Dies Enroute To Namugongo

A Christian pilgrim from Lira district has collapsed and died on her way to Namugongo shrine to celebrate this year’s Martyrs Day. According to Samuel Okwir Odwe, the Moroto County Member of Parliament, Scovia Moro, died at about 11:00am when the pilgrims had just reached Matugga trading centre in Wakiso District. Odwe is among the […]

Kenya: Parliament Fails To Beat Deadline On Gender Rule

Parliament has failed to beat the 60-day deadline set by a judge in March to enact laws to bring into the effect the two-thirds gender rule. Neither the National Assembly nor the Senate have obeyed Justice John Mativo’s order to pass the law. “If Parliament fails to enact the said legislation within 60 days,” Justice […]

106 Freed Chibok Girls Moved To Women Centre

The Minister of Women Affairs Aisha Alhassan on Tuesday received 106 Chibok girls so far released from Boko Haram terrorists. The girls were received from the State Security Service, SSS, at the Women Development Centre, Abuja. Mrs. Alhassan said the girls were medically and psychologically stable, and were expected to undergo further rehabilitation, pending their […]

Breaking The Silence On Menstrual Health and Stemming The Flood

To ensure periods are moved from shameful to shared, we must do more than stem the flow Menstruation matters to everyone, everywhere. But it still matters so much more to women and girls, who have historically been asked to bleed in stoic silence so that no one even knows they have their period. It is […]

Unesco To Launch Campaign Against Female Genital Mutilation

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in close collaboration with the Ngorongoro District Council and the Council of Masaai traditional leaders, will conduct a large campaign to intensify efforts to address Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Ngorongoro. The campaign will be conducted during the FGM high season of June 2017 when girls […]

Tanzania: Girl Rights Activists Challenge MPs On Pregnancy Policy

Tanzania Ending Child Marriage Network (TECMN) has expressed their disappointment on how some members of parliament have rejected the policy that allows pregnant school girls to resume their studies after delivery. The network’s Chairperson Valerie Msoka said this today at a press conference. She said that those MPs have shown negligence in understanding the root […]

Kenyan Women Candidates Decry Violence and Threats Ahead of Poll

The dangers that women aspirants face are unacceptable and have been tolerated for far too long” The Kenyan government should protect women politicians from harassment, beatings and intimidation in the countdown to August polls, female candidates have said following a spate of attacks and at least one death related to the election. “The dangers that […]

LASTMA Sacks 20 Over Corruption, Cautions 35

Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, has dismissed 20 of its officials over alleged corrupt acts ranging from extortion, misconduct to indiscipline. Twenty other officials were sanctioned over acts deemed not to be in consonance with the agency‘s rules and provisions of the Lagos State Civil Service, while 15 others were given letters of warning […]