Category: News & Current Affairs

Around the World In 5 is a recurring weekly series spotlighting news concerning women across five different countries. This week’s edition spans May 19 to May 25.

Authorities in Abakaliki have confirmed the suicide of a final-year student named Favour Ugwuka at Ebonyi State University.

Following the release of the footage depicting rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs assaulting Cassie, the singer has made her first public statement.

The Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) Pakistan Office announced on May 15 supporting Pakistan with $8 Million to enhance Pakistani women’s capacity for digitalization.

Patience Bulus and Mercy Ali Paul, two of the hostages rescued from the 2014 Boko Haram massacre in Chibok, Borno State, have graduated from colleges in the United States of America.

On Wednesday, Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker came under fire for a speech he gave in which he criticised women in the workplace and the LGBTQ Pride month.

Abdullahi Tijjani Gwarzo, minister of state for housing and urban development, has called on the construction industry to support programmes that promote gender equality and provide opportunities for women to excel.

“Around the World In 5” is a recurring weekly series spotlighting news concerning women across five different countries. This week’s edition spans May 12 to May 18.

A 2016 surveillance video, obtained exclusively by CNN, captures Sean “Diddy” Combs engaging in violent behavior towards his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura.