Beyoncé, Jay-Z Allegedly Threatened By Trayvon Martin Shooter George Zimmerman
George Zimmerman, the Florida man acquitted of murder in the controversial Trayvon Martin case, has allegedly referred to Beyoncé as a “broke whore” in a series of text messages obtained by The Blast that includes a threat directed at the singer and her husband, Jay-Z. Zimmerman, 34, allegedly wrote that if he saw the couple, “they’ll find themselves […]
Dressing Tips For Broad Shouldered Beauties
HELLO V-NECKS V-necks create an illusion of a not so broad shoulder by creating a split that takes attention away from the shoulder. SHOULDER PADS ARE NOT YOUR FRIEND Get clothes without padding at the shoulder area. If you love a jacket or top so much but it has some padding at its shoulder area, […]
Mac Miller Dies Of Drug Overdose At 26
Rapper, singer and record producer Mac Miller has died at age 26 of an apparent overdose, according to media reports. Miller was found Friday at his home in San Fernando Valley, California, and pronounced dead at the scene, TMZ first reported, citing law enforcement sources. He died of an apparent overdose, according to the outlet. Representatives for […]
Women Are Not Accessible To Loans To Fund Their Businesses
Some women and youth in Gwitiryo Ward in Tarime District have said loan conditions by the government and the little knowledge they have are the reasons why they don’t take credit. Instead they join groups of people so they could give loans among themselves. This is a sort of pyramid scheme. This came up in […]
Nomtha Mboneli Opens Her Home To Abandoned Children In South Africa
A 33-year-old woman in Hlwahlwazi village outside Flagstaff in the rural Eastern Cape has opened her home to abandoned children, GroundUp reports. Nomtha Mboneli says some of the children were left on her doorstep by teenage mothers, while some teenage mothers placed children with her and then never returned. Mboneli is currently looking after ten […]
Earth Tremor Hits The Federal Capital Territory
DAILY POST has been reliably informed that the tremors could be felt in Jabi, Gwarinpa, Utako, etc. A resident of Mpape, Omada Ogwuche told DAILY POST that the vibration started for some days now. She said they had thought it was the usual breaking of rocks by big companies, but that it’s now clear that […]
The Incubator Called Roar -The First University – Embedded Technology Hub In West Africa
Nigeria is gradually taking the lead in setting up incubation and tech hubs where startups and young people develop software programmes and apps. Roar Nigeria, the first fully fledged university-embedded technology hub in West Africa, is training young tech experts and innovators – despite funding challenges. In Nigeria, college and university students are taking the […]
Why Are We Leaving Out “Mentorship” Conversations
When Priti Krishtel was accepted to the Echoing Green fellowship, a global organization that supports social entrepreneurs, she knew it would change the fate of her nonprofit. As the co-founder of I-MAK (Initiative for Medicines, Access and Knowledge), Krishtel works to make lifesaving drugs more accessible and affordable by repairing the medical patent system (a factor in the rising cost of […]
I’ll See It When I Believe It – Sarah Pendrick
1. What was a defining moment early in your life? Sarah Pendrick: A classic case of “girl on girl crime” left me feeling inadequate. Being brought down and bullied repeatedly by other women for just being me shaped who I am today. I’ve seen this happen more and more because of today’s society and fear that […]
Women Raped In Mauritania Risk Jail For Having Extra-Marital Affairs
Human Rights Watch (HRW) interviewed five women and girls who were prosecuted for “zina” – sex outside of marriage – after reporting sexual assault, including a 15-year-old girl who had been gang-raped and was sent to prison, it said in a report. Mauritania’s government spokesman did not respond to a request for comment. In a […]
Kenya Faces Fuel Crisis Over New Tax
Traffic snarl-ups were witnessed at filling stations across Nairobi on Wednesday as outlets stopped restocking petroleum products over speculation on the signing into law of the Finance Bill (2018) which seeks to further suspend a 16 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) for two years. President Uhuru Kenyatta has 21 days since adoption of the […]
DCI Employs 16 Detectives To Help Solve Murder Of Sharon Otieno
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has sent a team of 16 detectives from the Homicide Investigation Unit, the Special Crimes Prevention Unit and Serious Crime Units to investigate the abduction and subsequent killing of a university student. Director of Criminal Investigations, George Kinoti, said investigations into the murder of Sharon Otieno were at an […]
Women’s Action For Development Urged Private Sectors To Fund Gender Based Violence Programmes
Women’s Action for Development has called on the private sector to invest in initiatives aimed at reducing gender-based violence and violence against children in the country. In an interview with New Era yesterday the executive director of WAD, Salatiel Shinedima, said it is time the private sector chips in to intensify funding for GBV-related programmes. […]
Bridge Liberia To Launch Girl Superpower Campaign
Bridge-Liberia’s GirlSuperPower campaign calls on Liberian policymakers to prioritize the need for gender equality in education. As United Nations (UN) reveal an increase in the number of girls not in school worldwide, Bridge-Liberia is expected to officially launch a new campaign dubbed GirlSuperPower, calling on Liberian policymakers to prioritize the need for gender equality in […]
Women to Take 67% Of Parliamentary Seats In Rwanda
Women will take 67.5 per cent of seats in the next Lower House going by the latest results from the just-concluded parliamentary elections. The National Electoral Commission (NEC) Tuesday released provisional results from legislative elections, which saw the governing RPF-Inkotanyi take most seats out of the 53 that are openly contested for. RPF won 40 […]