Harvard Law Review Elects Nigerian As First Black Woman President
A Nigerian, ImeIme Umana, has made history as the first black woman president of the Harvard Law Review, a prestigious legal journal in the United States. Former U.S. President Barack Obama was the first black to be elected president of the Harvard Review in 1990. Ms. Umana, who is of Nigerian descent, but hails from […]
Rant Of The Day – The Witch From My Village
Happy New Week Folks. I am here to rant again right? I know you enjoy it though. So, straight up to today’s rant. First scenario Customer: I want to buy some biscuits Trader: Which one? and wait, I hope you have change o? Biscuits is 30naira Customer : I have 100naira. Trader: Maybe, you should […]
The Indomitable Lions Rules Africa Again
Hugo Broos has gone from being criticised at almost every turn to national hero in Cameroon after masterminding a most unlikely victory for the country at the 2017 African Nations Cup finals. The Indomitable Lions, who were without eight top players that withdrew prior to the tournament, rallied from a goal down to defeat more […]
Namibia: First Lady Calls For Sexual Education In Schools
First Lady Monica Geingos has called on schools to include sexual education in their curriculum and to empower young women about their sexual rights. Geingos said this here on Friday during the closing ceremony of the three-day Eastern and Southern Africa regional consultation event on HIV Prevention and Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights for Adolescent […]
Buhari Extends Medical Leave Indefinitely, Nigerians React
The social media went into overdrive sunday once got word got out that President Muhammadu Buhari had written yet another letter to the National Assembly notifying it that he was extending his leave in the United Kingdom in order to complete and get the results of the medical tests recommended by his physicians. From his […]
Ganduje Set to Marry Off 1,520 Women In Kano
The Kano State Government is set to marry off 1,520 women under its mass wedding programme. The state Commissioner for Local Government, Alhaji Murtala Sule Garo, disclosed this yesterday at Government House, Kano, during the distribution of empowerment tools to youths under the Ganduje Mass Economic Empowerment Programme (G-MEEP). “Funds for the proposed mass wedding […]
Power: 3,000MW Lost In Niger Delta – Fashola
Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, on Saturday said 3,000 MW has been lost to insurgency in Niger Delta, leaving 180 million Nigerians with power output of 3,500 MW. “If we can get back the 3,000 we are losing in the Niger Delta, in addition to the 4,000 we are targeting, that […]
With These Tips, You Can Beat Cancer
1. Don’t use tobacco Using any type of tobacco puts you on a collision course with cancer. Smoking has been linked to various types of cancer — including cancer of the lung, mouth, throat, larynx, pancreas, bladder, cervix and kidney. Xhewing tobacco has been linked to cancer of the oral cavity and pancreas. Even if […]
Can You Get Cancer Via Your Cellphone? Read This
Cell Phones and Cancer: What are the Risks? Cell phones emit a form of electromagnetic field called radio frequency (RF) radiation. We have long been led to believe that this radiation is harmless because of the low power levels involved, and because it’s non-ionizing. Unfortunately, this cell phone radiation has the ability to penetrate our […]
Namadingo, Suffix and Theo to Perform for Charity – in Aid of Girl-Child to Raise Funds for Sanitary Pads
Rotaract Club of Blantyre has enlisted services of Patience Namadingo, Theo Thomson and Suffix in a bid to raise funds for reusable sanitary pads for school-going girls following concerns of high rate of dropouts. Most school-going girls in Malawi do drop out of school due to, among other reasons, lack of sanitary pads especially during […]
Some Women Have Found Expression in Their Own Writings -Betty Abah, Writer/Activist
LOOKING at the era of the old school feminist writers, was it just their era or were they just writing about what they felt was important? I don’t like tags so the term ‘feminist writers’ don’t really appeal to me, or let’s say, don’t really apply to me. I write on women’s issues. I push […]
Travis Kalanick About To Dump Trump’s Advisory Board
The chief executive of Uber was holding a regularly scheduled all-hands meeting on Tuesday at the ride-hailing company’s San Francisco headquarters when he faced an onslaught of questions from upset employees. Uber was under attack — unfairly, many staff members believed — after people accused the company of seeking to profit from giving rides to […]
Conquer These Unhealthy Habits
There are habits that chase people far away from us. These habits sometimes have enlarged so well that we become so engrossed in them and we see absolutely nothing wrong in what we are doing. For instance, habits like anger, grumbling, stubborness etc, makes people run away from. It makes us unapproachable and sometimes, we […]
Abovewhispers Panache : Made In Nigeria Series {Beauty and Fashion}
Hallo people, It’s a beautiful timeout here on Abovewhispers panache and guess what? We are hitting the new year with a beautiful dimension. Africa is magnificently blessed and of course,Nigeria is greatly endowed with gifted, creative hands. I know some people think that the fashion and beauty industry in Nigeria is just emerging like a […]
Nigerian Mom, 43, Gives Birth To Quads In UK
A Nigerian woman, 43, has reportedly incurred over £500 000 after she gave birth to quadruplets at Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital in London in November, 2016. According to Standard UK, the woman only identified as Priscilla had initially intended to give birth in Chicago, United States – where she had family – after being […]