236 People Buried After IDP Camp Bombing By Nigerian Jet
A total of 234 people were killed and buried after a Nigerian military jet mistakenly bombed a camp occupied by persons displaced by Boko Haram, an official has said. The Chairman of Kala-Balge Local Government Area of Borno State, Babagana Malarima, said 234 persons were buried in Rann village, which is in the local government, […]
Govt Releases N72 Billion For Lagos-Ibadan Rail Line
The Federal Government of Nigeria has released N72 billion as its counterpart funding for the construction of the Lagos-Ibadan rail line. The money released is what is required to access a loan from the Chinese government for the project to kick off. The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, stated this on Monday during the Quarterly […]
Gambia: New President Names Female VP Who Vowed To Prosecute Jammeh
Gambian President Adama Barrow’s newly appointed vice president, Fatoumata Tambajang, is a former United Nations Development Program staffer who was instrumental in uniting Gambia’s opposition parties against Jammeh. Tambajang became a controversial figure after telling “The Guardian” newspaper late last year that Jammeh, who took power in a coup 22 years ago, would be prosecuted […]
Microsoft And Ecobank Agree To Drive Digital Transformation In Africa
Microsoft, the leading platform and productivity company for the mobile-first, cloud-first world and Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, parent company of pan-African banking group Ecobank today signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to complement African governments’ efforts to modernise and raise the standards of the continent’s major cities through state of the art digital solutions. The MOU […]
Women Lead Unprecedented Worldwide Mass Protests Against Trump
Hundreds of thousands of women filled the streets of major American cities to lead an unprecedented wave of international protests against President Donald Trump, mocking and denouncing the new U.S. leader the day after his inauguration. Women activists, outraged by Trump’s campaign rhetoric and behavior they found to be especially misogynistic, spearheaded scores of marches […]
We Will Fight The Media Tooth And Nail – White House
The White House vowed on Sunday to fight the news media “tooth and nail” over what it sees as unfair attacks, with a top adviser saying the Trump administration had presented “alternative facts” to counter low inauguration crowd estimates. On his first full day as president, Trump said he had a “running war” with the […]
Rant Of The Day – Don’t Tell Anybody
Hello, the telephone is yours, I understand that quite well, you want to discuss with someone, Yeah, Go ahead but somethings should be done with understanding. Understand that when you are on a bus, you should be discreet with your discussion on the phone. You don’t need to disclose your life history to over 15persons. […]
Liberia: Woman, 23, Charged By Police for Possessing Fire Arm
In the wake of series of armed robbery incidents experienced in several parts of Monrovia and its environs, the Liberian National Police (LNP) has charged Nancy Wleh, 23, for the illegal possession of a single barrel gun. Nancy Wleh charge comes following weeks of investigation by the Liberian National Police. She was formally charged by […]
Employ Women Or Face Sanctions
Campuses are too remote. Women are off having babies. There are few jobs for husbands and partners. These are some of the excuses that the Commission for Gender Equality has heard from South Africa’s university management to explain why the number of female academics in the country continues to lag so far behind that of […]
Prevent Boko Haram From Regrouping, UN Tells Military
The UN Security Council has tasked the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) to prevent the destructive Boko Haram insurgents, recently dislodged from its safe haven in Sambisa Forest, from regrouping. The task force was set up by Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, Niger and the Republic of Benin to tackle Boko Haram insurgents. The Security Council, in […]
Atrociousness of Cancer On Nigerian Women
Madam Chinyerem Michael’s husband died in 2013 of blood pressure (BP), leaving their three teenage children to her care in their squalid situation. Later, she developed cancer of the breast. Without a proper access to the hospital due to poverty, on December 26, 2016, her matrimonial family in Afikpo, Ebonyi State, was thrown into mourning, […]
South Africa: Hundreds March In Cape Town Against Donald Trump
Hundreds of people, mostly women, gathered at the South African Museum in Cape Town on Saturday. They marched through the Company’s Garden to the front entrance to Parliament holding placards with signs like “A woman’s place is in the revolution”,”Well-behaved women seldom make history” and “It’s time for women to stop being politely angry”. The […]
Zimbabwe: Bogus Council Worker Rapes Maid
An armed robber masquerading as a Bulawayo City Council employee raided a house in Luveve suburb and got away with a gun and rounds of ammunition after raping a 16-year-old domestic worker who was at home alone. The incident occurred on Tuesday at around 7pm when the armed robber duped the victim into believing that […]
Police Deny Death Of IPOB Members
Rivers state Police command has denied reports in some media that some persons died during the pro Biafra protest by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB on friday., adding that 65 of the protesters were arrested by the Police. Deputy Commissioner of Police, in the state, DCP Ahmed Magagi said the timely intervention of the […]
FG Releases N375m For Feeding Of 700,000 Pupils In Five States
The federal government has said so far, it has released over N375 million in five states for the implementation of its school feeding programme. The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the Vice-President, Laolu Akande, made this known in a statement issued in Abuja yesterday. Akande said the release of the amount was […]