In her first comments since the video emerged of her being beaten by rap mogul and former partner Sean “Diddy” Combs, singer Casandra Ventura said that domestic violence “broke” her. In an Instagram post, Ventura did not mention Combs but her comments came a week after CNN broadcast hotel security footage from 2016 in which the hip-hop star apparently hits, drags and kicks her. “Domestic violence is the issue. It broke me down to someone I never thought I would become,” she wrote, thanking supporters for their reaction. “The outpouring…
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Women affairs Minister makes u-turn, backs Niger mass wedding
Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, the Minister of Women Affairs, on Thursday, announced scholarships and gave various gift items to 100 orphaned girls in Niger State, ahead of their mass wedding today (Friday). The mass wedding is being sponsored by the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Abdulmalik Sarkindaji. The minister had kicked against the mass wedding of the young girls, saying it was a violation of the Child Rights Act. Kennedy-Ohanenye, who addressed a press conference in Abuja, noted that she had petitioned the Inspector General of Police to stop the…
Read MoreCourt stops Sanusi’s reinstatement as Kano Emir
A Federal High Court in Kano has issued an order stopping the Kano State Government from enforcing the Kano State Emirate Council Repeal Law. Justice Mohammed Liman granted the order in an application by Alhaji Aminu Babba Dan Agundi, the Sarkin Dawaki Babba of the Kano Emirate. Court papers regarding the case have since gone viral. The Kano State House of Assembly, on Thursday, dissolved all the four newly created emirate councils in the state. The dissolution of the affected Emirates was a sequel to deliberations on the floor of…
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