Author: Grace Shaibu

It May Take Years to Free All Kidnapped Chibok Girls – Defence Minister

Defence Minister, Mansur Dan Ali, has said it might take years to find all the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014. His statement came barely a few days after President Muhammadu Buhari, on the third anniversary of the abduction of the girls, said government was in touch with abductors of the girls. Speaking […]

Buhari Suspends SGF, NIA Boss Over Osborne Dollars

 President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday took a stagy step to manage the damaging image problems created for his anti-corruption crusade by suspending the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Babachir Lawal, and the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ambassador Ayo Oke. The two senior officials of the government are to […]

Rant Of The Day – Busy Eyes.

Happy new week great readers Welcome to the rant of the day column. I have noticed something conspicuous to most youngmen, they lack social etiquette. They don’t know how to keep their eyes in it’s balls especially when they are with a lady. I went to the mall sometimes back and as I passed through […]

Security Bans No To Women’s Oppression Event In South-Sudan

 The National Security and Intelligence Service (NISS) has banned an event at the El Ahfad University for Women in Omdurman without providing a justification. Dr Ihsan Figeiri, head of the organising committee, told Radio Dabanga that the event, organised by the No to Oppression of Women Initiative, and scheduled to be held at the El […]

Mrs Samira Bawumia Charges Women To Push For Legislative Reforms

Ghana’s Second Lady, Mrs Samira Bawumia, has charged women to rise up to the challenge by pushing for legislation and other reforms that can make their governments appoint them into various leadership positions in their countries. Mrs Bawumia, who was contributing to a panel discussion on “Women and Government” at the Yale University in Connecticut, […]

Adeosun Calls for Global Support To Tackle Illicit Financial Flows

The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has called for greater collaboration to combat illicit financial flows from Africa in order to deliver sustainable economic growth in the region. Addressing the Global Parliamentary Conference which had in attendance parliamentarians from around the world at the ongoing IMF/World Bank Spring meetings in Washington DC, the minister […]

FG Re-Opens Abuja Airport 24 Hours Ahead Of Deadline

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday commended the efforts of the Ministries of Transport, Power, Works and Housing, Kaduna State government, Julius Berger Plc, others who made possible the official re-opening of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, ahead of the deadline. It will be recalled that the airport was shut down March 8 for six weeks to […]

Uganda: One Killed As Floods Cut Off Mbale-Tirinyi Highway

Heavy rains that have pounded some parts of the eastern region since mid-March on Monday washed away three bridges on the Mbale-Tirinyi road, leaving one person dead. Hundreds of stranded motorists had to find alternative routes after unseasonable rainfall hit the villages for nearly three hours. The rains washed away three new bridges; Sala in […]

Arrest Parents Of Pregnant Schoolgirls

 Bunda District Commissioner Lydia Bupilipili has ordered the police to arrest all parents whose school-going daughters got pregnant and chose to end the matter “amicably” with the suspected defilers instead suing them. Speaking during a training organised for primary school teachers by Ministry of Education and Vocational training on Saturday here, Ms Bupilipili said that […]

Applications Open for ‘Safe Sister – The East African Women’s Digital Safety’

DefendDefenders is calling for applications to its Safe Sister Fellowship for women from East Africa; the program is dubbed, ‘Safe Sister: The East African Women’s Digital Safety Fellowship’. The announcement was made via a post published on DefendDefenders website which says, “Safe Sister: The East African Women’s Digital Safety Fellowship, a program for tech-savvy women […]

Kenya: Oparanya Hosts Inaugural Governors’ Roundtable On Gender

 Governors will this week converge in Kakamega County for a gender roundtable aimed at ensuring gender equity and equality in County development and policy formulation is realized. The forum which will be hosted by Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya and his spouse is geared towards tracking the gains of women, youth and persons with disability in […]

Tanzania : 85year Old Man Stabs His Wife With An Arrow

A 36-year-old woman from Maburi Village sustained serious wounds after her 85-year-old husband allegedly stabbed her several times in the abdomen with an arrow. Mara Regional Police Commander Jaffari Mohammed identified the woman as Nyamosi Nyangaresi. Mr Mohammed said the woman is currently admitted to the Nyerere District Hospital. He said the incident occurred on […]

The Tragic Facebook Live Video Killing In Cleveland

Authorities on Monday expanded the search for an Ohio man suspected of recording the shooting death of a Cleveland man and sharing the video on Facebook. Steve Stephens, 37, is wanted for aggravated murder in the Sunday killing of Robert Godwin Sr., a 74-year-old Cleveland man who was walking home from a family Easter gathering […]

Five Persons Die In Lagos Accident

At least five people died in an auto accident in Lagos on Monday evening. PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the incident occurred at about 6.44 p.m. when a vehicle caught fire at stadium bridge, around Barracks area of the state. A commercial Volkswagen bus (danfo) with registration number AND 996 XC caught fire as it descended […]

Focus on All Abducted by Boko Haram & ‘Ignore the Noise’ – Sanusi to #BBOG

It is a great honor for me to have been invited to speak on this landmark occasion of the third year of the atrocious and barbaric attacks in Chibok that led to the capture of hundreds of young girls from the school. In three years Nigerians have been horrified by this act and the consequent […]