The 79th Annual General Meeting of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), held in Istanbul, Turkey, on June 5, 2023, has appointed Yvonne Manzi Makolo, CEO of RwandAir, as the new president of the association.…
A mother who gave birth to a baby onboard an express train between Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, and the coastal city of Mombasa has been showered with congratulations. Kenyans have been delighted with the news after…
This isn’t the first time the idea of petrol subsidy removal would be mooted. The Jonathan administration under which the incumbent Director General of the World Trade Organization, WTO, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, served as Minister…
Sherifah Yunus Olokodana is carving a unique niche in Nigeria. "One of the major push is to give women confidence that even from their homes, they can achieve a lot with their businesses.’’ But her…
Nigerian chef, Hilda Effiong Bassey, popularly known as Hilda Baci, has broken the Guinness World Record for the “longest cooking marathon by an individual”. The chef, on Monday morning, smashed the 87 hours 45 minutes…
The decision to end a marriage is often difficult, and couples may spend months, or even years, soul-searching before calling it quits. But when it comes to initiating a split, there’s a clear pattern in who…
I was sixteen when I got pregnant. It was right after Junior secondary school. The man who got me pregnant was a stranger I had known for just a couple of weeks. Menses then was…
Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris has called for intentional investment for the empowerment of African women. On day three of her nine-day tour of Africa, the American Veep charged Africa to ensure the economic…
World Athletics has confirmed it will exclude male-to-female transgender athletes who have gone through male puberty from female competition. World Athletics president Lord Coe said: "We have also taken decisive action to protect the female…
Rukayat – a former Senate President of Congress of NOUN Students (CONS) – will represent the Owode/Onire constituency, Asa local government of Kwara State. In the result announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)…