The Nigerian
President, Muhammadu Buhari, in a message to Nigerians ahead of the New Year,
gave the assurance that he was totally committed to fulfilling the promises
made to Nigerians during his political campaig...
Thursday, 31 December 2015
Interior Minister Visits Anambra Over Gas Plant Explosion
The Minister of
Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, has sympathized with the government and
citizens of Anambra State over the gas plant explosion that
claimed several lives and injured many in Nne...
Abia Election: Appeal Court Declares Alex Otti Of APGA Winner
An Appeal Court has declared the candidate of
the All Progressive Grand Alliance, Mr Alex Otti, as winner of the Abia State
Governorship electi...
Dasuki’s Lawyer Asks FG To Allow Rule Of Law Prevail
The lawyer to the embattled former National Security Adviser, Sambo
Dasuki, has appealed to the Nigerian government to allow the rule of law
prevail in his tri...
Indonesia Promises To Assist Nigeria In War On Terror
The Indonesian government
says it is ready to provide assistance to Nigeria in its fight against
terrorism.
The Ambassador of Indonesia to Nigeria, Harry Purwanto, made the promise at a
meeting with Nigeria’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs in
Abuja, the nation’s capital city.
At
the meeting held at the Minister’s office on Thursday, both countries had the
opportunity to explore areas of mutual benefit.
In
their talks, Mrs...
Saturday, 21 November 2015
Gunmen attack luxury hotel in Mali capital, 170 taken hostage
BAMAKO (Reuters) -
Around 27 people were reported dead on Friday after Malian commandos stormed a
hotel seized by Islamist gunmen to rescue 170 people, many of them foreigners,
trapped in the buildin...
Wednesday, 4 November 2015
Armed Robbers on Rampage in Edo Several People Feared Killed
Tragedy struck in Igarra, headquarters of Akoko-EdoSeveral persons including policemen were killed during a bank robbery at Igarra, headquarters of Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State, on Wednesday when a gang of armed robbers invaded a bank (Names withheld...
Segun Arinze Punctures Social Media as Cause of Broken Marriages
According to many, broken marriages in the Western world could be termed as "normal" but the fact that this act is gradually finding its way into African homes calls for concern. One of the most talked about issue in the movie industry world over is broken marriage...
Candy Crush Sold For $5.9bn
Activision
Blizzard, the American developer behind hit video game franchises World of
Warcraft and Call of Duty, has bought Candy Crush Saga creator King Digital
Entertainment for $5.9bn (£3.8bn).
The
deal will position Activision, which has previously focused on developing games
for PCs and consoles, as a global leader in mobile gaming – the largest and
fastest-growing area of interactive entertainment, that is expected to generate
over $36bn...
OMAWUMI SINGS A NEW SONG
Power
house vocalist Omawumi Megbele is set to drop her third album, titled, “I am
Omawumi”.
The
singer and songwriter announced this via her Instagram page to the pleasure of
her teeming fans and followers.
The
Itsekiri born songwriter took a break from the industry after taking time out
to deliver her second child in July, she has two successful albums to her name
with Wonder Woman which was released in 2009 and had hits like ‘In the music’,
Today...
Sunday, 25 October 2015
'Women given false hope about IVF' (EGG FREEING)
Freezing your eggs is a hot
topic for women in their thirties, and more of them are doing it. But is the
IVF industry giving women false hope about their real chances of having a baby?
An
increasing number of women are taking up the opportunity of freezing their eggs
to be used later, as a kind of motherhood insurance.
But
some doctors are warning that these women, mainly in their thirties, are being
misled, and being encouraged to freeze their...
Fulani herdsmen attacks: Enugu women protest, urge govt action
By
Francis Igata
ENUGU—Scores of women from four local government areas in Enugu
State,yesterday, called on the state government to quickly halt incessant
attacks occasioned by Fulani herdsmen who molest, maim, rape and destroy their
farmland and livestocks.
The
women from the Anglican Diocese of Enugu North comprising Enugu-North,
Enugu-East, Udi and Ezeagu council areas, lamented that the herdsmen have so
far, defied known measures in warding...
Friday, 23 October 2015
Women 'don't understand' fracking due to lack of education, industry chief claims
Professor Averil Macdonald said men were more in favour of the controversial extraction technique because they were persuaded by 'an awful lot of facts'
The chairwoman of UK Onshore Oil and Gas has said that women, “for whatever reason”, had not been convinced by the “facts” about fracking and instead trusted their “gut reaction” ...
Thursday, 22 October 2015
Social Media Dominates Women's Use of the Web
By Sumita Thapar
Poor women in cities are using the internet just as much as more affluent women and men, but are less likely to use it to increase their income or engage with politics online, a study has found.
The report launched today says that poor urban women are held back by a lack of education and language skills when they use the web. The study found that 97 per cent of women who use the internet do so through social media,...
Wife of South Africa's 'genitals in freezer' man shot dead
The wife of a Danish man who is accused by South African police of mutilating women and keeping genitalia parts in a freezer has been shot dead in Lesotho.
Anna Matseliso Molise, a key witness in the case, was due to testify against her 63-year-old husband at his trial.
She was shot four times outside her home in Maseru on Tuesday evening, and later died from her wounds in hospita...
Women dominate Polish election, with 3 vying to lead country in historic first
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's upcoming general elections are making history by having three women campaigning to lead the nation, with one almost certain to win. But the appearance of major social change in this conservative nation may be slightly deceptive.
Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz of the ruling Civic Platform is fighting to keep her job against a surging Beata Szydlo, who leads the conservative opposition party Law and Justice. The third...
HIV positive man says he had unprotected sex with 300 women
A 31-year-old man confessed to the police on Monday that he had
unprotected sex with around 300 women, after learning that he had contracted
AIDS, according to a New Indian Express report.
Joseph James, a Secundrabad
based auto-driver, was caught by the police on Monday night for stealing gold
from his friend’s house. During interrogation, he confessed to the crime and
the police later recovered the stolen items.
“We recovered from his
possession...
Need a Lift? 4 Techniques for the Perfect Breast Lift
Let’s be real with each other: there may come a point where our tatas’ perkiness itself bids us ta ta. And what if you don’t necessarily need more volume? When implants are extraneous, but your girls need a little lift, a mastopexy (breast lift) may be exactly what you need to feel good about your bust. Should you do it at the first sign of sagginess or wait until after you have kids? Who should and should not have this procedure done? We caught...
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
One in four women has experienced domestic violence at partner's hands
The most
comprehensive Australian study of family violence to date reveals 2.2 million
women reported violence perpetrated by a male partner
One in four women has experienced
violence at the hands of an intimate partner, the most comprehensive national
study of interpersonal family violence carried out to date has foun...
Do Women Need Female Viagra? Sexual Dysfunction May Be Due To Lack Of Communication With Partner
Female Viagra is here. In August, the
Food and Drug Administration approved Addyi
for premenopausal women experiencing hypoactive sexual desire disorder, or low sexual desire. While
the disorder, which can also be marked by pain, is something several women
experience — it may not need a prescription, according to a new study published
in Fertility and Sterility.
Researchers from MedUni Vienna in Austria recruited 30 pre-...
5 Reasons Some Nigerian Women Choose To Be Single
Editor’s note: Inspired by the Linda
Ikeji N500 million mansion debate, Naij.com’s head of entertainment, Onyinye Muomah, analyses reasons why an “African woman” raised to view marriage as a
priority might choose to be single as well as a go-getter.
Blogger Linda Ikeji’s amazing feat
– buying a N500 million mansion in an exclusive area of Lagos while still
single – has been a subject for debate on the social media. The
35-year-old...
Nigeria needs women like HID Awolowo – Aisha Buhari
By Daud
Olatunji
ABEOKUTA-Wife of President, Hajia Aisha Buhari, Wednesday, said
Nigeria needs good and honest women like the late HID Awolowo.
The Nigerian first lady who was in Ikenne, the hometown of
Awolowo to pay homage to the family over the death of HID Awolowo was
accompanied by wife of Vice-President, Dolapo Osinbajo, a former deputy
governor of Plateau state, Pauline Tallen , wife of immeidiate-past governor of
River state, Judith Amaechi...
Men 'feel threatened by intelligent women'
Despite
claiming to find intelligent women attractive, men choose not to date someone
who is smarter than themselves, according to new research
The
next time a man tells you that he's attracted to intelligent women, you might
want to ask him whether he's ever actually dated one.
No,
that's not a slight on the female of the species. Instead, it's the findings of
a new study, which suggests that men state their theoretical preference for
intelligent...
Mobile, internet use among Kenyan women very low, study shows
A new study reveals that digital literacy and mobile phone use is still very low among Kenyan women.
The findings of the study on women’s empowerment in information communication and technology in Kenya attribute this to the cost of accessing the Internet and web-enabled gadgets, lack of training and general illiteracy among women and girls.
The study was conducted by the International Association of Women in Radio & Television (IAWRT),...
Heart disease gene 'found in women'
Scientists have identified a gene that puts women at higher risk
of heart disease, an early study suggests.
The
work showed that women who had a particular version of the BCAR1 gene were more
likely than other women to have heart attacks and strokes.
In
contrast, men who had the gene were not at increased risk.
Researchers say this
adds to mounting evidence that there are differences in how men and women experience
heart disease.
Thicker...
Women making the news
Toyin Saraki
While the men in power play their politics, all appears to
be well between their women. Wife of Senate president and a woman with a heart
for charity, Toyin Saraki, has been circulating via social media her acivities
in the recent 70th UN General Assembly, particularly in instances where she
represented the First Lady.
I’m
humbly honored to have represented the wife of the President of Nigeria, Her
Excellency Mrs Aisha...
Tuesday, 20 October 2015
Woman killed partner and child 'to ward off vampires'
Court
told Shelley Christopher stabbed Richard Brown and daughter Sophia after
receiving a signal from a lightbulb
A woman killed her partner and
their four-year-old daughter to prevent the world being taken over by vampires,
a court has heard.
Shelley
Christopher, 36, was mentally ill when she stabbed 42-year-old Richard Brown 29
times and her daughter Sophia six times before inserting wooden objects into
their bodies.
Christopher
also attacked...
GUN RUNNING: 80-yr-old Woman Arrested In Edo
An 80-year-old arms
peddler, Madam Comfort Izeomwen, has been arrested and paraded by the Edo State
police command.
The octogenarian was
arrested following the arrest of her partner in crime, Stella Omobude, 48, who
was caught with 32 live cartridges by the police.
Edo State police
commissioner, Chris Ezike, who paraded the arm peddlers along with 71 other
suspects, said that acting on credible information, operatives/tactical units
of the...
Sunday, 18 October 2015
Ayade splashes N11m on Mother and Daughter Pageant’s contestants
Calabar
– Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River, on Saturday night in Calabar, splashed one
million naira on each of the 11 families that contested at the maiden edition
of Silverbird’s ‘Mother and Daughter Pageant’.
The pageant held at the Cross River International Conference
Centre, Calabar, involved 11 teams, each made up of a mother and daughter.
Also, the team of Mrs Angela Nwangwa and her daughter, Gift,
apart from the governor’s largesse, got...
Cameroon girls take over Calabar sex market
Calabar,
Cross River State capital, is famous as the home of bevy and succulent women.
Their welcoming disposition gives the city a warm and alluring ambience to many
a visitor to the city.
The bulk
of these women are girls from tertiary educational institutions in the city.
Teenage secondary school girls along with their city colleagues who are also
attractive make the population of women in the city burst at the seam. To keep
body and soul...
‘Nigerian women make the best out of anything’
Wofai Samuel, an on-air
personality is an amiable, energetic lady, and fun to be with. This Cross River
State-born persona is the last and only daughter of her parents.
Wofai as
she is fondly called by admirers is also a broadcaster who loves travelling, watching
movies and singing, especially when she is downcast.
“I sing
to derive my inspiration,” she said.
This
Environmental Biology/Zoology graduate of the University of Calabar feels
elated...
Yobe NGO Sensitises Female IDPs On Self-Protection Against Rape
A Damaturu-based
non-governmental organization, Female Role Model Initiative, on Sunday
organized a sensitization workshop for female Internally Displaced Persons
(IDPs) in Yobe on how to protect themselves against rape and other acts of
violence.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the workshop, held in Damaturu
and attended by about 100 women and girl-child, also touched issues that
bordered on female reproductive health.
Speaking
at...
'We can't go back' say women activists on Taliban Kunduz 'hit list'
While the
Taliban’s brief rule of Kunduz is over, their invasion may have dismantled the
city’s women’s rights network
Marzia
Rustami was hiding at a friend’s house when she heard that Taliban militants, now in control of her home city of Kunduz, were
searching for her.
Within
hours of capturing the city in northern Afghanistan, the
Taliban recruited young children, asking them to point out the houses of
government employees, NGO...
The Playboy problem: has the brand ever endangered women?
An ex-bunny describes the loss of her ‘family’ as the magazine stops
publishing nude photos – but Gloria Steinem is among its detractors, saying the
publication has never expressed ‘the full humanity of men or women’
Jaki Nett, a 72-year-old yoga
instructor and former Playboy bunny, is worried.
“Do you
know if the magazine will survive?” she asks, on the phone from Germany.
Nett is
reacting to this week’s announcement that Playboy,...
Air India Offers Schemes, Gives 25% Discount to Women Flyers
Rolling out freebies to its domestic fliers and the
business class passengers, national carrier Air India is offering four schemes,
including 25 per cent flat discount to women travellers, due to high air
travel demand during the festive season.
Air India
offers four schemes - Executive Class Bonanza - to the premium segment of
executive class passengers flying the domestic sectors as part of the super
festival bonanza, the airline said...
Saturday, 17 October 2015
More women researchers needed 'to deliver food security'
Policy and business leaders have used a major food conference to
highlight the need for more women in the global agriculture sector.
One
of the speakers, Chelsea Clinton, told delegates that women were a
"crucial, vital and necessary" part of delivering global food
security.
Data
shows that progress has been made in recent years, but there is still a long
way to go to close the gender gap.
The
call for equality was made at the 2015 Borlaug...
Woman arrested over racist abuse on London bus
Police hold 36-year-old after video footage of Muslim women
being sworn at and threatened with violence goes viral
A woman has been arrested in
connection with the racist abuse of two Muslim women on a London bus, after video footage of the incident went
viral on social media.
The
36-year-old woman, who has not been named, was arrested on Friday at her home
in Willesden Green, north-west London, on suspicion of a racially aggravated
public...
