Every great love story culminates with a kiss. It typically comes toward the end, with a desire that’s been building over the course of an hour and some odd minutes. We hold our collective breath as the couple before us gaze into each other’s eyes (you know, the look) and […]
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Nigerians celebrate PRIDE MONTH in silence, fear as Renée and the Red Arrows lead celebrities at Pride celebration in London
Renée Zellweger and the Red Arrows led Pride celebrations in London in what was hailed as the biggest and most diverse Pride event the city has ever seen. The Bridget Jones actress joined thousands of people for a huge party in the capital, draping herself in a rainbow flag in Trafalgar […]
50th Anniversary of Stonewall Rally: Bleak future for Nigerian LGBT rights
Activists from around the world will rally in New York’s Greenwich Village on Friday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the birth of the LGBT movement. The anniversary marks the moment on June 28, 1969, when patrons of a Greenwich Village gay bar called the Stonewall Inn rose up in […]
Ponmo processed with tyre flames, fuel dangerous to health – Experts
The Deputy Director of Environmental Health, Enugu State Ministry of Health, Mr Amos Chinenye, and other experts have warned Nigerians against consuming cowhides popularly called ‘Ponmo’ processed with flames from burning tyres and fuel, saying that it could lead to some health complications. Chinenye made this call in Enugu on […]
PEPFAR honours Nigerian heroes of HIV response
In a bid to commemoration it’s 15th anniversary, the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), Nigeria Programme, recently honoured 16 men and women that have made significant contributions to the Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV) epidemic control in Nigeria. This honour was bestowed on them on June 10, […]
Sanwo-Olu’s wife charge female medical personnel on health initiatives
The wife of the Lagos state Governor, Mrs Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, has charged female medical personnel in the state to go beyond their hospital duties and responsibilities, and initiate policies that would better the health sector. Mrs Sanwo-Olu, who is also a medical doctor, spoke at the Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja, […]
‘I’m willing to do more’ – Baru
By Olatunde Dodondawa The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Kachalla Baru, has affirmed that he is willing and ready to do more if given the opportunity to serve his dear country, Nigeria. Speaking to journalists on the sideline of the 2019 Annual Lecture […]
Botswana high court decriminalizes gay sex
By Olatunde Dodondawa High court judges in Botswana have ruled that laws criminalising same-sex relations are unconstitutional and should be struck down. The ruling is a major victory for gay rights campaigners in Africa and comes after a setback in Kenya last month when a court rejected a bid to […]
RYANAIR Flight Attendant Attacked Because of Her Sexual Orientation
A Ryanair flight attendant and her girlfriend were covered in blood after a gang of men allegedly attacked them on a London bus because they refused to kiss. Melania Geymonat, 28, was riding the bus with her American girlfriend Chris after an evening out in West Hampstead, North West London, […]
Buhari: A Threat to Freedom of Speech, Press
The suspension of broadcasting license of Daar Communications Plc, owners of AIT and Raypower, did not come to many Nigerians as a surprise because of the antecedents of President Muhammadu Buhari, during his reign as a military dictator in 1984. AIT had on Wednesday 5th June 2019 aired a documentary […]