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Reflecting on the challenges still facing women
This year's Women's History Month is a moment to reflect on the challenges still facing women around the world, and in the UK. In Southwark, my organisation, the Women’s Health Advocacy Network (WHAN) stands with survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based
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Nasir El-Rufai’s Defections: PDP, CPC, APC, SDP
Perhaps the most important political event, this week in Nigeria, so far, nobody knows if there would be a free-for-all fight in Rivers State tomorrow, or some melodrama in Osun State or elsewhere, before the week runs out – is the announced
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Everyday moments that shape your child’s future
As a registered educational psychologist and a mother, I’ve seen and experienced firsthand how the earliest moments of a child’s life can shape their future. A child is at the centre of every family - loved, nurtured, and celebrated. In many Black
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Amb. Danny El-Ashkar strengthens dominance in Africa’s Defence market and rejects Rwandan Arms Deal for the third time
Ambassador Danny El-Ashkar, the Economic Commissioner at the European Parliamentary Union and Chairman of Prince Invest Group, continues to expand his influence in Africa’s defence market. Over the past six months, he has secured a series of major
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Taiwo Akpabio and Kehinde Bogunjoko celebrate 60 years
Twin sisters - Arch. (Mrs) Taiwo Mojisola Akpabio and Dr (Mrs) Kehinde Gbemisola Bogunjoko celebrated their 60th Birthday Anniversary in Miami, Florida recently.
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Notting Hill Carnival murderer bags 18 years jail time
A man who punched and kicked a chef near the Notting Hill Carnival last August before leaving him dying in the street to go clubbing has been jailed for murder. 31-year-old Omar Wilson was captured on CCTV heading to a nightclub immediately after
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Four people jailed over Hounslow murder
Four people have been jailed in London for a total of 48 and a half years following a Metropolitan Police Specialist Crime investigation into the murder of a man in Hounslow. 23-year-old Ben Laing of De Brome Road, Feltham and 19-year-old Durra Abdi
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Man pleads guilty to manslaughter
32-year-old Adejuwon Olufemi Alexander Jnr Oyekan has pleaded guilty to manslaughter through diminished responsibility, after he stabbed his stepfather in his own home. Oyekan of Melina Close, Hayes, pleaded guilty to manslaughter through diminished
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Tinubu’s Titanic wahala
‘Titanic’ can mean something that is very big, gigantic or enormous and it was also the name of a ship that sank on its maiden voyage. When the Titanic sank in 1912 it sank due to a number of avoidable factors: a ship deemed unsinkable that wasn’t
10 Jan 2025
17:26
Life sentence for murdering ex-girlfriend
A 24-year-old man who murdered his ex-girlfriend in Croydon has bagged a life sentence. Hussain Adam Haron of London Road, Mitcham, was sentenced at Snaresbrook Crown Court to serve a minimum of 20 years in prison for the murder of Felecia Cadore.
3 Feb 2025
19:18
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Cameroon could do with some foreign help to solve anglophone crisis – but the state doesn’t want it
What began in late 2016 as a peaceful protest by lawyers and teachers in Cameroon’s North West and South West regions quickly turned violent and developed into what’s become known as Cameroon’s anglophone crisis. The protest was instigated by
1 Feb 2025
09:26
£20k reward in quest to resolve 1994 murder
Detectives are offering a reward of up to £20,000 for information to bring to justice the killers of a teenager in Brixton 31 years ago. In the early hours of Sunday, 16 January 1994, 18-year-old James Akinwande left Vox nightclub in Brighton Terrace
17 Jan 2025
11:43
From Trump to Grammy Blues
“How are you doing?” “I am good” “I am now convinced beyond any iota of doubt that this your Republican friend called Donald Trump has something wrong with him.” “There is nothing wrong with him. Be careful what you say, otherwise we will ban you
4 Feb 2025
17:18
Tinubu and the rhythm of Restructuring
President Bola Tinubu's recent announcement to unbundle the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria, Kaduna State, into six geo-political zones is an important landmark in Nigeria's journey towards true federalism and regionalism, which
25 Jan 2025
19:32
Remembering Anthony Enahoro
It is a settled fact that Anthony Eromosele Enahoro (July 22, 1923 - December 15, 2010) was an outstanding product of Nigeria’s pre-independence era. Enahoro moved one of the motions for independence and there’s a lot for us to look at in the context
2 Feb 2025
17:22
Good news from Ekiti State
Governor Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji's selection as 'Governor of the Year 2024' comes as no surprise, given his strategic vision for Ekiti State. One worth mentioning is the construction of a world-class Agro-Allied International Cargo Airport in the
3 Feb 2025
11:55
2025: Prayers, hopes and dreams
Not unexpectedly, the Year 2024 was marked by complexities and contradictions. On the one hand, social movements and activism gained momentum, shedding light on the shape and size of pressing issues like inequality and climate change. On the other
5 Jan 2025
15:25
Owa’s throne hijack, Yinka Fasuyi and his sermon of appeasement
British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, on 30th September 1938, after signing the Munich Agreement by which Britain, France and Italy allowed Adolf Hitler to take control of a part of Czechoslovakia, got off the plane from Munich, holding up a
8 Jan 2025
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