Adichie said the unnamed individual assaulted her in his office in Lagos when she went to seek his help for a book launch. She made the disclosure on Tuesday while delivering the closing speech at the Stockholm Forum on Gender Equality in Sweden. Narrating the...
The 24-year-old poet, with a background in biochemistry, wants young people in the capital ‘to see poetry as part of their every day’ The 24-year-old Somali-British poet Momtaza Mehri, who has been chosen as the new young people’s laureate for London, is hoping to spend her...
No criminal charges will be brought over the death of US musician Prince in April 2016, prosecutors say. The singer, 57, died from an accidental overdose of the painkiller fentanyl, an opioid many times more powerful than heroin. Prosecutors in Minnesota said counterfeit pills containing...
Barbara Bush, who was the wife of one president and the mother of another and whose embrace of her image as America’s warmhearted grandmother belied her influence and mettle, died on April 17. (Monica Akhtar/The Washington Post) Barbara Bush, who was the wife of one...
The United Nations says it will integrate Behavior Change Communications into development agenda and practice in order to fully deliver in the Sustainable Development Goals and leave no one behind. The UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed made this known in Bali, Indonesia at the opening...
Hi Cheater, How would you feel if your fiancée was cheating on you eh? You know what yo do – STOP cheating or you will be jeopardizing the success of a marriage you hope will be forever. Zip up and stop cheating! It’s as simple...
Good day, Aunty Grace. I am 32 years old from Kano state and I love to read your advice to people on relationships. Personally, I am in a serious relationship of over two years and we are planning to get married later this year. Unfortunately, as much as...
Investors drove up the price of Facebook’s stock price 5% after CEO Mark Zuckerberg proffered apologies to a Senate committee about the social giant’s errors in the Cambridge Analytica data-privacy scandal. Shares began climbing at 2:52 p.m. ET, as Zuckerberg was delivering his opening remarks to...
Two famous chefs once had a great televised debate: on an episode of the PBS series Julia & Jacques Cooking At Home, Julia Child insisted that chicken be washed before it’s roasted, but her co-host, Jacques Pepin, disagreed by saying, “the heat [of the oven]...
The second annual March for Science was held on the National Mall in Washington Saturday and more than 200 similar events were held around the world. Thousands of people attended the flagship event in Washington, but the turnout was notably smaller than last year. Saturday’s...
