Nigeria’s First State-Owned DNA Lab Will Speed Up Rape Cases
The launch of Nigeria’s first state-owned DNA lab will speed up rape cases and should encourage more victims to seek justice, prosecutors and rights groups have said. The Lagos State DNA Forensics Centre (LSDFC) was commissioned last month by the state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, to cut the time and cost of sending samples abroad for […]
Pandemonium As Police Gun Down Man Fleeing With Marijuana
THE Anambra State Police Command says it has gunned down a man fleeing with 15 bags of a substance suspected to be Indian hemp. Southern City News gathered that the incident, which occurred at Nkpor, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, caused pandemonium, during which a police patrol van and other valuables were set […]
Perturbed and Angry’ Makhura Appoints Team To Tackle School Sex Assault
Gauteng Premier David Makhura has appointed a Special Committee of the Executive Council aimed at improving school safety, educating learners and empowering them to break the silence on sexual abuse and assault. The committee includes provincial Education MEC, Panyaza Lesufi, Community Safety MEC Sizakhele Nkosi-Malobane and Social Development MEC Nandi Mayathula-Khoza. Over the next few […]
The Big World Of Plus-Size Women
Plus size women are generally socially frowned upon and openly shunned by people especially those in the fashion industry, modeling agencies and even in dating. In the African setting, obesity in women is endemic given that socio-cultural practices, carbohydrated tropical foods and other factors lead to it. In many cases, the ‘fattening room culture’ practiced […]
Kinshasa Named As Worst Megacity For Get-Ahead Women In Poll
Poverty, mistrust in banks and a deepening economic crisis have turned the capital of Democratic Republic of Congo into the world’s worst megacity when it comes to economic opportunities for women, a poll found on Monday. The Thomson Reuters Foundation asked 380 experts on women’s issues in 19 megacities several questions, including if women in […]
Simply Hiring More Women Isn’t Enough To Fix Tech’s Gender Issue
There’s an undeniable lack of female employees in the tech industry. Even though many companies have started diversity programs and set goals to hire more women, the situation isn’t improving. But perhaps the problem is that that lack of women tech stars is being approached incorrectly. The aim shouldn’t be to hire more women; it should be […]
Cancer Society, SDA Hospital Offer Free Breast Screening
The Liberia Cancer Society (LCS) in partnership with the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Cooper Hospital will on Sunday, October 22, offer free breast screening and consultation to women and men between the ages of 15 and 90. Dr. Dawn Cooper Barnes, who is the president of the LCS, said the screening will be done in […]
LASG Begins Rehabilitation, Upgrading Of Roads In Epe
The Lagos State Government has restated its commitment towards improving the standards of living and well-being of the entire residents of the State, just as he commenced immediate rehabilitation and upgrade of the second segment of the arterial/inner roads in Epe Local Government Area of the State. Speaking at a Stakeholders’ meeting on Thursday at […]
The Other People Are Moving Up
I compared myself with those ahead, those doing well just to know what they are doing and how better I can be in doing mine. I discovered that, we are doing almost the same thing but being a child of God, I am more conservative. I want to live a Holy life and represent Jesus […]
Tens of Thousands March To Protest Mogadishu Bombing
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Mogadishu and other major Somali cities on Wednesday, condemning those behind the massive explosion that killed nearly 300 people and wounded more than 400 others. The Mogadishu protest came in response to a call from the city’s mayor for a massive rally to pray for […]
EU Releases Emergency Aid Following Somalia Attack
The funding will help to provide critical medical and surgical interventions and supplies, human resources, and psycho-social support in the aftermath of the bombing in the Somali capital. “The world has been watching in dismay, shock and sadness as the magnitude of last Saturday’s terror attack in Mogadishu has been unfolding. The loss of innocent […]
Women Are Pivotal To Addressing Hunger, Malnutrition and Poverty
The 16th of October marks World Food Day, a reminder to the international community of the criticality of treating food security as a 21st Century priority if sustainable development, peace and security and the realisation of human rights are to be achieved. When we think and act on food security we must think and act […]
Millennials? You Are Not Entrepreneurs
Most millennials that I meet consider themselves entrepreneurs, or at least innovators. The editor of MiLLENNiAL Magazine, Britt Hysen, claims that 60 percent of millennials consider themselves entrepreneurs and 90 percent recognize entrepreneurship as a mentality. However, the truth shows that millennials are full of shit. The number of people under 30 who own a business has fallen […]
Educated But Not At Work – Lack Of Women In Middle East Workforce Hinders Growth
Women in the Middle East now outnumber men in universities but this isn’t translating into jobs – curbing the benefits of the “demographic dividend” that fuels economic growth. Almost all girls in the Middle East and North Africa now attend school, and more women than men go to university, according to the World Bank, but […]
Josina Machel Sets Up NGO To Assist Victims Of Violence
Josina Machel, the daughter of Mozambique’s first President, Samora Machel, on Monday launched in Maputo the Kuhluka Association, a movement that seeks to provide support for women victims of violence. At the launch ceremony, Josina said Kuhluka will seek to eradicate gender-based violence, and will set up shelters to provide support for the survivors of […]