The Story Corner : Baby Number What?
Hey people, it’s been a while I know right, I have been under the weather for a bit but I am back! Who missed me? Okay, let us gist. There’s this thing on twitter about an ace musician, the champion of women, permit me to use that line. lol. Well, the women love him […]
Over 4,000 Card Readers Destroyed By Fire In Anambra – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 4,695 smart card readers were destroyed by fire that razed its facility in Anambra State on Tuesday. The commission’s National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, disclosed this in a statement. “Initial assessment, however, confirms that a total of 4695 of the Smart Card […]
Kagame Calls for More Inclusion of Youth in Governance Matters
President Paul Kagame has said that good governance has a role and responsibility to ensure that young Africans have a real stake in a bright future on their continent. Kagame was speaking in Dubai, United Arab Emirates while delivering a key note address at the seventh World Government Summit. The annual summit is dedicated to […]
Violence Sends Thousands Fleeing To DR Congo
The United Nations refugee agency says a surge of violence in South Sudan’s Yei State has displaced some 8,000 civilians and sent an estimated 5,000 people fleeing to the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo. Clashes between the South Sudanese army and a rebel group, the National Salvation Front or NAS, broke out on January 19. […]
Three Easy Ways To Make Your Natural Lashes Fuller
Imagine not having to ever sit in the salon to have faux lashes glued on your natural ones? Great yeah? Faux lashes are absolutely lovely, but not everyone finds it bearable. Some women report a great urge to itch and a “heavy feeling” over their eyes even after doing it for years. They cannot […]
National Traditional Council ‘Ready To End FGM’
In observance of the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), members of the National Traditional Council of Liberia (NTCL) on Wednesday, February 6, 2019, committed themselves to end the practice of FGM. According to research, FGM (also referred to as ‘female circumcision’), which involves removal of the clitoris, has some long-term […]
The New Kind Of Sexual Harassment Young Women And Girls Are Battling
Most women have experienced sexual harassment or even encountered sexual jokes from those around them. A recent survey released by ActionAid revealed widespread harassment of young women with as many as three quarters (74 per cent) of Kenya’s young women reporting that they had come face to face with sexual harassment in the last six […]
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga Undergoes Surgery In India
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has reportedly undergone surgery for an abdominal complaint in India. Deputy Information Minister Energy Mutodi used his Twitter page to make the announcement Sunday. “Hon Vice President CDN Chiwenga is recovering well from some minor abdominal ailment in Delhi India,” said Mutodi who, reports claim, has been gagged from speaking […]
Nearly 70 Killed In Cameroon As Separatists Stop Youth Week Activities
Renewed fighting has killed 69 people in English-speaking regions of Cameroon, where armed separatists have ordered people to stay inside their homes as the country prepares to celebrate its national youth day. February 11 coincides with the 1961 plebiscite, which separatists identify as the day their English-speaking territory was handed to the French-speaking majority. […]
President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi Takes Over AU From Kagame
A key development on Africa’s diplomacy in 2019 will be on hand from mid-January to early February when the Heads of State and government convene for the 32nd summit at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa. Change of the AU leadership is expected when Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will take over from Rwanda’s […]
Soweto Gospel Choir Wins Third Grammy Award
The Soweto Gospel Choir has made South Africa proud by winning the Best World Music Album award for their album Freedom at the 61st Grammy Awards, held in Los Angeles. The album is best known for its liberation struggle songs. This is the choir’s third Grammy award. The music group’s previous wins were in 2007 and 2008 […]
Human Rights Advocacy Group Tasks Liberia On Female Genital Measures
Equality Now, a human rights advocacy group has called on the Liberian government to act on anti-Female Genital Mutilation, FGM, laws that have elapsed. The immediate past president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf issued an executive order in January 2018 banning the practice for a year as she prepared to leave office. The one-year order has since […]
Zero Tolerance To Female Genital Mutilation – United Nations
TODAY, February 6, is the United Nations International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). It is NOT a public holiday, although it is dedicated to international observation as part of combined efforts by the United Nations Organisation to meet one of its ‘Sustainable Development Goals’ programme to year-2030 (SDG-2030). Goal Number-5 out […]
Man Dies In Gas Explosion At Gloria Mine, South Africa
One man, believed to be an illegal miner, has died after an explosion at the shuttered Gloria Coal Mine in Mpumalanga. The police’s Brigadier Leornard Hlathi says another man, also believed to be an illegal miner, has been retrieved and is well. The Middelburg Observer reported on Wednesday that a group of 22 people, believed […]
4 Women Accuse Former Costa Rican President Óscar Arias Sánchez Of Sexual Misconduct
Following initial reports of two women’s accusations of sexual misconduct against Costa Rican President Óscar Arias Sánchez, at least two more women have leveled allegations of sexual assault and inappropriate, nonconsensual touching against the statesman. Eleonora Antillón, a former talk show host, told The New York Times and local daily La Nación on Tuesday that Arias sexually assaulted […]