Missing Chibok Girls: 'We'll Take The Battle To The Enemies' - Asari Dokubo Speaks Again

 Posted on August 10, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  364 words  |  Larita Shotwell

The leader of Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF) Mujahid Asari Dokubo is still not convinced that Chibok school girls were kidnapped and is still insisting its a scam. Asari Dokubo and his group of protesters Speaking yesterday in Port Harcourt at an event to mark Isaac Adaka Boro’s day, Asari who accused the Borno state governor and some top northern opposition politicians  of knowing where the girls are, said no conspiracy would stop President Goodluck Jonathan from running a second term in Nigeria. [Read More]

Movies Under Two Hours: The 100 Best Reviewed

 Posted on August 10, 2024  |  8 minutes  |  1504 words  |  Larita Shotwell

In 1984, TIME film critic Richard Corliss wrote a piece titled “Why Do Movies Seem So Long?” In it, he recalled a piece of wisdom from Columbia Pictures co-founder Harry Cohn, whose method for judging the quality of a film came down to this: “If my fanny squirms, it’s bad. If my fanny doesn’t squirm, it’s good.” The question Corliss explored that year is a perennial one, and it’s typically posed as a gripe. [Read More]

Oliver Stark - Age, Family, Bio

 Posted on August 10, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  89 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Actor who got his big break playing Ryder on the American martial arts series Into the Badlands. He previously appeared on series like Luther and in big screen fare like Underworld: Blood Wars (2016).  Before Fame He graduated from Hendon School in North West London in 2009. Before acting, he was a sportswriter and computer game salesman. Trivia His work on the firefighter drama 9-1-1 inspired him to promote the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation. Family Life He has one older brother. [Read More]

Sexual Assault Survivors Speak Out on Grammy Weekend

 Posted on August 10, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  948 words  |  Larita Shotwell

On the eve of Grammys weekend, a group of sexual assault survivors came together to call on the music industry to take action against sexual predators and those who enable them. “We need to take concrete steps to make sure that the music industry is safe and equitable,” said Melissa Schuman, a former member of the 2000s girl group Dream, who previously accused Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter of rape, which he has vigorously denied. [Read More]

The American History of Silencing Women Through Psychiatry

 Posted on August 10, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1143 words  |  Reinaldo Massengill

On a hot summer’s night in June 1860, the heavy door of the insane asylum clanged shut behind Elizabeth Packard and she felt all hope desert her. Because she was not mad. She was merely independent. Yet according to 19th century psychiatry, female independence was madness. Elizabeth, a housewife and mother of six, had simply stood up to her domineering husband. As she would record in a defense of her sanity that she wrote while in the asylum, she’d insisted, “I, though a woman, have just as good a right to my opinion as my husband has to his”—but assertive women in those days were swiftly dispatched to asylums, institutionalized for causing “the greatest annoyances to the family” and for defying “all domestic control. [Read More]

The Growing Movement to Make Global Philanthropy Feminist

 Posted on August 10, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1111 words  |  Aldo Pusey

In recent years, the philanthropic world has increasingly recognized that investing in women and girls is essential for humanity to progress. Governments including Sweden, Canada, France, and Wales have adopted feminist approaches to their international development agendas, while some billionaires like Melinda French Gates—who recently announced $1 billion in spending on women and families over the next two years—have put their support behind organizations working on urgent issues such as reproductive rights in the U. [Read More]

Tinubu, Shettima Storm Inauguration Concert In Abuja (Video)

 Posted on August 10, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  216 words  |  Larita Shotwell

The President-elect, Bola Tinubu, and the Vice-president-elect, Kashim Shettima, on Thursday night, stormed the venue of the inauguration concert. Naija News reports that the ‘Renewed Hope Concert’ which was held at the MKO Abiola Stadium in Abuja was aimed at celebrating the inauguration of Tinubu. The event comes shortly after Tinubu and Shettima were conferred with Grand Commander of the Federal Republic and Grand Commander of the Order of Niger honours respectively in Abuja on Thursday. [Read More]

US Election: Trump Sending Wrong Message To Tyrants In Africa

 Posted on August 10, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  298 words  |  Reinaldo Massengill

Senator Shehu Sani, a former lawmaker who represented Kaduna Central in the National Assembly has warned that President Donald Trump may be sending the wrong signal to leaders in some other countries of the world. The lawmaker who spoke on Sunday, warned that Trump’s current body language as regards the American presidential election may be encouraging some tyrant leaders in Africa and elsewhere to cling to power at all cost. [Read More]

Vegans and vegetarians in Germany: A quick guide

 Posted on August 10, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  692 words  |  Aldo Pusey

Being in the land of sausage and beer may sound like a challenge if you follow a plant-based diet, but nothing could be more of a wrong assumption about Germany! Many Germans pay attention to their diet and its impact on the environment, so vegetarianism and veganism have been on the rise in Germany for decades. The annual campaign of Veganuary, where participants follow a vegan diet for January, is joined by almost a million Germans each year, and big companies like Deutsche Bahn and supermarket chains offer additional plant-based options during that time. [Read More]