A survey carried out by the Mauritanian Association for the Health of the Mother and Child reveals that 40 percent of female prisoners in Mauritania are actually rape victims, who were arrested for getting pregnant outside of marriage. Khady knew…
Leicester City squad and owner’s family pay tribute to five who died in helicopter crash at King Power Stadium (Telegraph)
Leicester City’s squad and the family of club owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha have visited the King Power Stadium to pay tribute to the five who died in Saturday’s helicopter crash. Srivaddhanaprabha was killed with four other passengers, in a tragedy…
Same-sex couple makes history by carrying same baby (NYPost)
In a medical first, two mothers have carried the same baby: Ashleigh Coulter gave birth to a son both she and her wife Bliss Coulter carried, thanks to a breakthrough method of in vitro fertilization. The method, called Effortless Reciprocal…
Pharrell not ‘Happy’ about Trump playing his song after synagogue shooting (NYPost)
Pharrell Williams sent President Trump a cease-and-desist letter Monday after the president’s campaign played the hit song “Happy” during a rally that took place just hours after the massacre at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. “On the day…
One term not enough to fix Nigeria, says Buhari (Punch)
President Muhammadu Buhari has said it will require more than one election cycle to fix Nigeria and deliver the promised change. He argued that the change promised by his government was not an event but a process and it would,…
Trump to visit Pittsburgh following synagogue massacre (Guardian)
White House announcement comes after the city’s mayor asked the president to delay a visit until after victims’ funerals Donald Trump will travel to Pittsburgh on Tuesday to mourn victims of the synagogue massacre, the White House press secretary has…
Governors to take position on minimum wage today (Leadership)
State governors will today meet to take a final position on the new minimum wage demanded by organized labour in the country. The federal government’s Economic Management Team (EMT) chaired by the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo had yesterday met with…
We’re not in business of deceiving Nigerians – Osinbajo (Nation)
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration is not in the business of deceiving Nigerians. He spoke as a guest on Brekete Family Programme, Human Rights Radio, that airs on FM 101.1MHz, where he interacted…
Trump says he plans to end birthright citizenship via executive order (CNN)
President Donald Trump says he plans to sign an executive order that would end the right to citizenship for the children of non-citizens and unauthorized immigrants born on US soil. It’s unclear if the President has the authority to strip…
Nine people wounded in Tunis suicide bomb attack (Aljazeera)
A female suicide bomber detonated her explosives near a shopping centre on busy Habib Bourguiba Avenue, officials say. A female suicide bomber detonated her explosives near a shopping centre on busy Habib Bourguiba Avenue, officials say. At least nine people…