Human Interest

Some women are desperate to have children – but some are desperate not to. Here,two who want to stay child-free explain why. Holly Brockwell, 29, from London, has been trying to get sterilised, while in Tehran thirty-something Nina Nikoo (not her real name) faces family pressure to get pregnant. Holly …

As the 41st convocation ceremony of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) beckons, the 2013/2014 graduates of the department of English and Literary Studies are set hold a behoving gathering geared towards rekindling fond memories of their four-year academic sojourn.  ‎ The event tagged “Before We Say good Bye” (BWSG) has …

Airtel Nigeria has embarked on a “strategic shake-up” in a move it says would reposition the business and “reinforce its competitiveness in the market place”.  The mobile network operator did not disclose the number of staff affected by the development but we are made to understand it is “negligible”. “Handsome” …

Two young female suicide bombers, including one thought to be aged just 11, killed 15 people at a busy mobile phone market in Kano, northeast Nigeria, police said on Wednesday.“A minibus carrying some women came to the Farm Centre GSM market and dropped off one girl aged about 11 and …

A female sergeant, Obotie Adesuwa, is currently in the cell of the X-Squad Section of the Lagos State Police Command, after she allegedly sold a week-old baby boy who had been brought with his mother to a police station. PUNCH Metro learnt that Adesuwa, who hails from Edo State, is …

The Federal Government has banned the importation of small generators popularly called ‘I pass my neighbour,’ used by low-income Nigerians. Controller, Federation Operations Unit Zone A, Lagos of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Mr Madugu Sanni Jubrin, disclosed this in Lagos while speaking with newsmen. Sanni also said that the …

Niger state Police Command has arrested one Yusuf Suleiman,25 year-old, for allegedly raping a two and half year old girl at Dutsen Kura area Minna, the state capital. History also has it that the suspect had also raped mother of this child some years back. The suspect who was paraded …

The third of seven children, La’Darious Wylie was protective of his siblings. The 11-year-old proved how much when he gave his life for his little sister Sha’Vonta, 7, as a car sped at them while they were waiting at their bus stop in Chester, S.C., at around 7:30 a.m. last …