Simba Group Empowers Women Drivers of Commercial Tricycles
The Simba Group recently launched an initiative to support and empower women seeking to take up gainful employment as riders of three-wheeler vehicles, commonly known as ‘Keke’. The company represents TVS Motors of India and is engaged in the assembly, distribution and servicing of TVS King – the leading brand of ‘Keke’ in the country. […]
Troops Rescue 85 Women, Children In Lake Chad
Troops of 7 Division Nigerian Army, Operation LAFIYA DOLE, led by the General Officer Commanding of the Division, conducted a decisive clearance operation into the remnants of Boko Haram strategic hub town of Chukungudu on the southern fringes of the Lake Chad Region, northern parts of Borno State over the weekend. During the clearance, they […]
Father Of 9 Arrested With 15 Rifles, AK47
Policemen attached to the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team are investigating a suspected notorious kidnapper, armed robber and political thug, Zakeri Yua Isiaka, who according to the police has been terrorising Kogi states and its environs. The suspect who claimed to be 30 years old is married to nine wives and has 15 children. Saturday Mirror gathered that the suspect was […]
Sexual Abuse – Police Deploy 100 Female Personnel To Borno IDP Camps
The Borno Police Command said on Sunday that it had deployed 100 female police personnel to Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in the state following allegation of abuse of women by camp officials. The Human Rights Watch, a non-governmental organization, had alleged abuse of girls and women by camp officials in its latest report. Damian […]
Buhari Mourns Military Officers Killed By Boko Haram
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday said the sacrifices of fallen officers and men in the war against terrorism in Nigeria would never go in vain. He said their memories would be eternally etched in the hearts and minds of fellow citizens for whose sake they laid down their lives. According to a statement by his […]
Dating Agency For People With HIV-Aids
Emmanuel Ugochukwu Michael’s mobile phone never stops ringing. The 45-year-old takes every call and has a friendly chat with each caller. He often gets as many as 100 calls a day, which invariably end with the same question. “Are you HIV positive?” It is a question which some people might find offensive, but Michael takes […]
FG, Singapore Sign Historic Investment Pact
The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Okechukwu Enelamah yesterday in Abuja signed a landmark investment guarantee pact, on behalf of the federal government with the government of Singapore. It also emerged yesterday that the total banking sector credit to the private sector rose to N16.18 billion in the third quarter (Q3) of the […]
AboveWhispers Panache : The Sleek Fit Of Daucus Carota
Hello there, good to have you on Abovewhispers Panache . As we continue the edition on Body Oils and Butters we bring to you another essential Body Oil, which is the Carrot Oil. It is very important to know that carrot oil is the macerated version of the Carrot Seed Oil which is essential for […]
Bank M, Amref To Raise 500 Million – For Africa Mothers
Bank M and Amref Health Africa have partnered to raise 500m/- to train midwives for safe delivery through charity walk. The joint effort dubbed ‘Stand up for African Mothers’ has been running for the past five years with the main aim of training midwives for safe delivery. Amref Health Africa Tanzania Country Director Dr Florence Temu […]
Afenifere Chieftain, Olaniwun Ajayi, Dies At 91
A chieftain of Afenifere , the pan Yoruba socio-political group, Sir Olaniwun Ajayi, is dead. The prominent Yoruba leader, who, in less than 48 hours before his death, spoke exclusively with Nigerian Tribune, in what has turned out to be his last interview, predicted how President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor will emerge. He also revealed the pact […]
Malawi: Top Referee Picked For CAF Women’s Football Tourney
Malawi’s top Fifa assistant referee Bernadettar Kwimbira Mzika has made the cut for the 10 Africa Cup of Nations women’s football officiating panel to be held in Cameroon from 19 November to December 3. Kwimbira Mzika is among a list of 14 assistant referees and 11 referees for the tournament. The former athlete, who returned […]
Tanzania: Women Entrepreneurs Want More Tariff Imposed On Imports
Tanzania women entrepreneurs have called on the government to impose higher tariff on imported products to protect them from unfair competition in the market. The Chairperson of Month of Women Entrepreneurs (MOWE) exhibition, Ms Eliahika Mrema said cheap imported goods that have flourished in the market were discouraging local production threatening to put them out of […]
CSOs To Train 500 Women, Youths On Skills
The Coalition of Civil Society Organizations in Kaduna State (KADA CSOs) is to train 500 women and youths on skills including tailoring/design, leather works, carpentry and welding among others from November 14, 2016. This was disclosed by the chairman of the Coalition, Comrade Zubairu Mukhtar, while addressing newsmen in Kaduna yesterday. According to him, the […]
Soyinka Promises To ‘Cut up’ US Green Card If Trump Wins
Nigeria’s Nobel Prize laureate Wole Soyinka has said he will cut up his green card if Donald Trump emerges as winner of the US presidential election. The green card is a permanent residence permit for the US – prized by many African immigrants to the US. According to the BBC, his comments emerged in the […]
Zimbabwe: Joy For 10 Death Row Inmates
Zimbabwe last week pardoned 10 inmates who were on death row after they requested for Presidential clemency while the remaining 80 will also survive the gallows if Government resolves to completely abolish capital punishment for all crimes, Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. He said this during Zimbabwe’s presentation of its Human Rights National Report […]