Police Arrests Youth For Calling Kadaga A Pig
Police in Jinja District have arrested two members of the Jobless Brotherhood for allegedly calling the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga a swine. The suspects identified as Augustine Ojobile and Robert Mayanja were arrested on the orders of Jinja Deputy Resident District commissioner, Mr Erick Sakwa. Speaking to journalists at Jinja Central Police Station shortly […]
Rwanda: 4.8 Magnitude Earthquake Kills One, Injures Over 20
It has been established that the Friday evening strong earthquake severely destroyed more than 22 houses, killed one child due to collapsing house and injured more than 20 people in Rusizi district, western province. The ground shaking scenario happened at around 6:00pm and the injured were immediately rushed to Gihundwe hospital. The incident left a […]
Abovewhispers Hall Of Fame : NollyWood Next Generation
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South Africa: President Zuma to Join in King Shaka Celebrations
President Jacob Zuma will this afternoon join in the 200 years celebration of King Shaka, the Presidency said on Saturday. President Zuma will attend the celebrations of the founding of the Zulu nation by King Shaka kaSenzangakhona at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban, said the Presidency’s Dr Bongani Ngqulunga. The event will be officiated by […]
Lagos Kidnapped Victims Re-unite With Families After Release
The eight kidnapped victims abducted in boarder towns between Lagos and Ogun states reunited with their families yesterday, following their release late on Thursday by their captors. Gunmen abducted four of the victims at Agbowa on September 16, while four other residents of Isheri were also kidnapped about the same period.The kidnappers had earlier demanded […]
Uganda: Museveni Showcases Girl-Child Policy In U.S.
President Museveni has spoken highly of Uganda’s policies that empower the girl-child and push women’s progress. Speaking at a high-level event on the sidelines of the 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly, the President cited several policies his government has put in place including universal education at primary and secondary school levels which […]
”I Refused To Terminate A Six Month Old Pregnancy” – Battled Wife Says
A 40-year-old housewife, Amudalat Afolabi, has told an Ilorin Area Court that her husband, Tajudeen, sent her out because she refused to terminate a six-month-old pregnancy. Amudalat made this known when she testified in a divorce petition filed against her by Tajudeen in Ilorin yesterday. “My husband sent me away from our matrimonial home because […]
Mauritius: Women Urged To Undergo Cancer Screening
The health imperative for women to be screened for breast and cervical cancers was the main focus of the message of the Minister of Health and Quality of Life, Mr Anil Gayan, yesterday at Sir Harilal Vaghjee Memorial Hall in Port Louis, in the context of the ‘free breast and cervical cancers screening for female […]
Boko Haram Bride Move On From Militant Husband
Nigerian teenager Zara John, who was rescued from Boko Haram captivity last year, says school has opened her eyes to new opportunities When Nigerian teenager Zara John was rescued from Boko Haram captivity last year, she was delighted to learn she was pregnant with the baby of the Islamic militant who abducted her and forced […]
Egypt: Death Toll of Egypt’s Migrant Boat Rises To 166
More bodies were recovered on Friday after a migrant boat capsized two days earlier, bringing the death toll to 166, reported state-run MENA news agency. The boat which was carrying hundreds, estimated between 450 and 600 migrants, capsized on Wednesday in the Mediterranean Sea off Burg Rashid, a village in the northern Beheira province. Search […]
Tanzanian Activist Bags UN Award
Founder and executive director of Msichana Initiative, Rebeca Gyumi, has won the United Nations Children Emergency Fund (Unicef)’s social change award for fighting child marriages in the country. A statement released by Unicef’s communications specialist Usia Ledama on Wednesday noted that Ms Gyumi was recognised at the first annual Global Goals Awards in New York […]
Egypt: Mozn Hassan, Nazra Receive ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’
Nazra for Feminist Studies, along with its Founder and Executive Director of Mozn Hassan, received the 2016 Right Livelihood Award, widely known as the “Alternative Nobel Prize,” on Thursday. Hassan and Nazra received the award “for asserting the equality and rights of women in circumstances where they are subject to ongoing violence, abuse and discrimination,” […]
NSCDC Discovers Illegal Engine Oil Factories In Ilorin
Kwara State command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has discovered illegal factories where fake and adulterated engine oil is refined and packaged in Ilorin. Also, teams led by the Directorate of State Security Service ( DSS)and the Directorate of Petroleum Products (DPR) and the NSCDC, had sealed off the illegal factories […]
Uganda: Apac Men, Women Dismantle Female Condom Rings to Wear As Bracelets
Health officials have raised the red flag over the misuse of female condoms as bracelets, saying the practice is hindering the fight against HIV/Aids. Ms Eunice Etap, a nursing officer at Akokoro health centre III, said most of their clients who pick up the female condoms from the health unit have abused its use. “Instead […]
6 dead, 45 Cases Recorded In Lagos Cholera Outbreak
THE Lagos State Government, yesterday, disclosed that 45 cases of cholera disease has been recorded in Isolo Local Council Development Area, LCDA, of the state, with six deaths already recorded. Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris explained that out of the six cases, two were brought in dead. He added that 36 cases have been […]