Dr Enyinnaya Nduka, a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, said on Thursday that more expectant mothers were opting for Caesarian Session (CS) as the process had become increasingly safer.

The First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, will participate at the High Level Forum for First Ladies at the 68th session of the UN General Assembly in New York.

Former boxing champion Ken Norton, considered one of the greatest heavyweights of his era, died Wednesday of a heart attack, his manager said. He was 70.

Seif al-Islam, son of slain Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, appeared in court Thursday in Zintan west of Tripoli on security charges in a trial that was adjourned until December, a lawyer said.

SHORTLY after our moth er’s outburst and curses on me, Aunty Obioma called me one day and asked if what she heard about me calling her my mother was true. I could only stare at the ground as she too began raining abuses on me and calling me a crazy girl. She said she could never give birth to a child who will never do well in life. That it should be the first and the last time that she would hear her name linked to such a story and the last time she will also discuss the issue with me. Our mother is my mother. If I am not satisfied, I can go and look for another mother of my choice and ask her for a father too.

A 46-year-old man, Michael Unumahengie, was yesterday arraigned before an Ikeja magistrate’s court, Lagos, for allegedly raping and defiling three minors.

An Abeokuta Chief Magistrate’s Court, Ogun State, yesterday, remanded a 33-year-old man, Olasunkanmi Ikuomola, in prison custody for beating his girlfriend to a state of stupor.

The police, yesterday, arraigned a 14-year-old student before an Abule Egba magistrate’s court, Lagos, for allegedly defiling a five-year-old girl.

Niger State Governor, Dr Babangida Aliyu, has asked the Acting Minister of Education, Mr. Nyeson Wike, to be mindful of his utterances and stop dabbling into the affairs of other states pointing out that ‘’education administration is not for riff raffs.’’

Women In PoliticsWomen In PoliticsNIGERIANS have continued to express outrage at the converging upon Eagle square, Abuja, of a “mass rally” last month, hosted by First Lady Dame Patience Jonathan.

Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan has said that under no circumstances should opposition to President Goodluck Jonathan’s perceived second term ambition come from the Niger Delta region.

Two Chinese nationals, Chen Gang and Zhao Weidong, who allegedly attempted to rape their 20-year-old cook, were, yesterday, charged before an Ebute Meta Magistrate’s Court in Lagos.

Following continuous killings and destructive activities by the Ombatse cult and other militia cult groups in Nasarawa State which has resulted in the death of hundreds of Nigerians, the Federal Government, yesterday, ordered deployment of 800 troops to the state.

Police in Bayelsa State have launched a manhunt for a man reportedly working with a construction company, over the alleged killing of a 27-year-old woman believed to be his lover in Kaiama, Kolokuma-Opokuma Local Government Area of the state.

AS the world observed the 2013 Global Female Condom Day, the Female Condom is yet to find its place in the hearts of many Nigerian women. Statistics show that less than two percent of Nigerian women are using condoms.