FG bans pregnant women from hajj

Federal Govern-ment  yesterday banned pregnant women from going on pilgrimage even as it intensified medical screening of the 2012 Hajj pilgrims.

Chairman, National Hajj Commission (NAHCON, Alhaji Muhammad Bello who disclosed this in Abuja while briefing FCT Minister of State, Oloye Olajumoke Akinjide on the preparation for the 2012 pilgrimage, said the commission would ensure that it collaborates with FCT Pilgrims Board to screen and avail each pilgrim with his or her medical history and certified status appended by the doctor that carried out the screening on that person.

Bello said that doctors’ signatures have become imperative so that if any woman is discovered to  be pregnant at Saudi Arabia during the 2012 Hajj; the doctor concerned would be sanctioned. Read more…

60yr-old man arraigned for raping boy, 20

A 60-year-old businessman, Alhaji Olusegun Adesina, was on Friday in Abeokuta arraigned before an Isabo Magistrate’s Court for allegedly raping a 20-year-old secondary school leaver (name withheld).

Adesina was arraigned before Magistrate O.A. Ayobolu on a count of having unlawful sexual intercourse with the boy on Tuesday at his private residence in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. Read more…

50 Cent Supports Gay Marriage

Ever since President Obama declared his support for gay marriage, celebrities like Will Smith and Jay-Z have come out in agreement with his stance. 50 Cent is the latest rapper to stray from the stereotypical homophobia associated with Hip Hop. During a recent interview, 50 explained: Read more…

Why Are Black Women So Angry? [Opinion]

Recently Jazmyn Gilliard posted an article on HOT 107.9 Philly on why she feels black women are so angry. Here is what she thinks:

What’s up with the angry black woman?!? She is known in society for her loud, finger waving, no sense ways, but any Read more…

From the WTH Files: Man With 30 Kids by 11 Women Begs For Child Support Relief

Many Newsone readers may remember Desmond Hatchett, 33, the man who had 21 children with 11 different women. Well, he’s back in the news; this time he’s begging for help with child-support for his now 30 children! Read more…

How Commercialized Hip-Hop Murders the Futures of Our Children

I was just watching a video used as part of the performance in the “Up in Smoke Tour” with Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem and Ice Cube. At the end of the video, Snoop has shot another black man who is taking his last breath, with blood coming out of his mouth. Snoop looks into the camera at the predominantly white audience and says, Read more…

Tragic! Four Mothers Killed On Mother’s Day Eve

A single car crash resulted in the death of four Chicago Mothers just minutes before Mother’s Day.  The women had a total of six children, reports Chicago Tribune.

The women who were fatally injured in the wreck, which occurred on Saturday night at around 11:55 p.m., were Read more…