UN To Establish Aviation Training Institutes In Nigeria
United Nations has decided to establish two Aviation Security Training Schools in Nigeria to help boost safety and security in the country’s aviation sector. Deputy Director, Press and Public Affairs, Ministry of Transportation, Mr James Odaudu, announced the plan in a statement in Abuja Thursday. The United Nations-appointed Project Manager for the schools, Douglas Melvin, […]
Government To Give Soft Loans to Market Women
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Babachir Lawal, on Thursday said the Federal Government would soon begin the disbursement of soft loans to market women. Lawal made this known when the President, National Council of Women’s Societies (NCWS), Mrs Gloria Shoda, visited him in his office in Abuja. He said that […]
Army Chief Addresses U.S. Officials On Boko Haram
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Tuesday addressed top US defence officials and policy leaders on the efforts of military in the fight against insurgency in the North-East. The Army spokesperson, Sani Usman, told the News Agency of Nigeria in a telephone interview that Mr. Buratai spoke at the Africa Centre of […]
Tanzania: Govt Devoted to End Ongoing Killings in Land Conflict Areas
Home Affairs Minister Mwigulu Nchemba has warned of stern legal actions against perpetrators of extrajudicial killings in areas with land conflicts pitting farmers on one hand and livestock keepers on the other. “There are no farms or herds of livestock that are worth the lives of human beings; the government will take actions on people […]
We’ve Not Given Ajaokuta To Foreign Investors – Dr Fayemi
The Federal Government on Wednesday said it had not conceded the control of the Ajaokuta Steel Company to any foreign firm, describing insinuations to that effect in some quarters as misleading. The government, which also expressed concern over the menace of illegal miners in the country, currently estimated at 15 million, said there was no […]
Bill Gates Foundation Moves To Boost Rice, Yam Production In Nigeria
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation said it is funding six agricultural commodities value chains with emphasis on rice and yam production to ensure food sufficiency in Nigeria. Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is the largest private foundation in the world, founded by Bill Gates. Senior Programme Officer, Agriculture in the West African Office of […]
EFCC Declares Former Katsina Governor, Shema Wanted
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has the former governor of Katsina State, Ibrahim Shema, wanted over diversion of funds. In a released signed by the spokesman of the commission, Wilson Uwujaren, This was contained in a public notice signed by the Head of Media and Publicity, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren,informing members of public about […]
Pastor Interrupts Trump To Stop Him From Attacking Clinton In Church
The pastor who hosted Donald Trump at her church in Flint, Michigan, interrupted the Republican presidential nominee during his speech Wednesday to ask him to refrain from attacking his rival Hillary Clinton. “Mr. Trump, I invited you here to thank us for what we’ve done in Flint, not give a political speech,” Rev. Faith Green […]
East Africa: Maiden EAC Entrepreneurship Conference to Focus on Women
Funding of entrepreneurial ventures will feature prominently in the maiden East African Business and Entrepreneurship Conference and Exhibition, which is slated for October 10 in Nairobi, Kenya. The three-day event, organised by the East African Business Council, in partnership with national investment agencies in the East African Community, will also throw a special look on […]
Tanzania: More Than 5bn/ – Needed to Repair Quake-Hit Houses
More than 5 billion/- is needed to repair over 5,000 houses, which were badly damaged by last weekend’s earthquake in Bukoba Municipality and its environs. As experts are still conducting more evaluation on the damages caused by the quake, urgent repairs are required for the badly damaged houses. Kagera Regional Commissioner (RC), Major General (Retired) […]
Kenya: Driver Linked to Lawyer Willie Kimani’s Killing Arrested, Due in Court Today
The man who drove the taxi which lawyer Willie Kimani, his client and the driver had used on June 23 from Mavoko to Limuru has been arrested. The suspect, according to the investigations, took part in the entire planning and actual murder of lawyer Willie Kimani, his client Josephat Mwenda and their taxi driver Joseph […]
Keeping Up With The Joneses
Peer pressure, cultural expectations, “reasonable standard of living” – I don’t care how you say it; we all need to be accepted by our crowd and our families. This need for approval and respect drives us to do some really insane things. One of the paradoxically dumb things we do is to destroy our finances […]
Women Speak Against Sexual Harassment At Work
There are lots of campaigns going on in the country that have led to enactment of laws to remedy the subject matter in question, such as Child Marriage and Female Genital Mutilation; but do we ever wonder or think of leading a campaign that will protect women and girls who are harassed on a daily […]
The Wonderful Story of Fatima Ahmad Ibrahim – A Beautiful World
“The good clouds of the Sudanese progressive women movement have all of them gathered around the valiance of Fatima Ahmad Ibrahim when, in her early youth, she walked along the most dangerous paths of progress: The liberation of the Sudanese women from the heavy grip of paternity in the 1950s. Fatima has, thus, lent women […]
Commonwealth To Push For 30% Women Representation In Senior Positions
Commonwealth governments and leading campaigners have formed an alliance to deliver on the promise of gender equality and end violence against women and girls, including achieving justice for women in courts. This is one of the resolutions of the 11th Commonwealth Women’s Affairs Ministerial Meeting (WAMM) which closed yesterday in Apia, Samoa. It was held […]