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Abuja – According to UNICEF, out of the 23.6 million girls who get married before the age of 18, about 10.3 million of them are married before turning 15. With more than 23 million child marriages, two out of every five women married are minors. Child brides are highly reported in the northwest Nigerian states of Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto, and Jigawa, as well as Bauchi State which is located in the northeast. UNICEF report Marie-Pierre Poirier, regional director of UNICEF for Central and West Africa says that child marriage affects both girls and boys, It results in adolescent pregnancy, which…

Mary Todd, one of the five defendants involved in a brawl that took place in Montgomery, Alabama, on August 5th, was sentenced to anger management classes on Friday after pleading guilty to harassment. The other three defendants, Allen Todd, Reggie Ray, and Zachary Shipman, had their cases continued, while Richard Roberts, the fifth defendant, was waiting for his case to be heard. The incident was allegedly sparked by a dispute over a dockside parking space. The Harriott II, a riverboat in Montgomery, Alabama, was delayed for about 45 minutes by a private boat docked near the riverboat. The co-captain of…

The state of Ohio has indicted a 33-year-old woman named Rebecca Auborn on murder charges for the deaths of at least four men in Columbus.  Police say the four deceased men were drugged and robbed by Auburn after enticing them with sex. Out of the five men that Auborn is alleged to have targeted, four died of overdoses between December 2022 and June 2023, while one man survived. Auborn is currently in custody at the Franklin County jail, and the investigation is ongoing. It remains to be seen how many more victims may be linked to this case. Investigators believe…

A new study shows that countries where women prosper score highest in terms of prosperity, peace, democracy, and tackling the effects of climate change. According to the survey, when women in a society are doing well, everyone benefits. Interestingly, the report reveals that women are valued more in some countries than others, resulting in economic development in the latter countries. The 2023 Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Index published by Georgetown University’s Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS) names Denmark as the best country for women to live. Denmark, Switzerland, Sweden, Finland, and Luxembourg top the list of the…

Newly appointed California Senator Laphonza Butler, announced last week that she won’t be seeking a full senate term in 2024, citing the hurdles of running a campaign. Her announcement came barely three weeks after her appointment by California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom to replace Senator Diane Feinstein after she passed away. In a statement, the longtime Democratic mastermind who has never held any elective position before stated, “I’ve spent the past 16 days pursuing my clarity — what kind of life I want to have, what kind of service I want to offer and what kind of voice I want…

Following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the number of clinician-provided abortions across the country increased by roughly 2,200, due to women seeking abortions flocking to states that allow it. #WeCount, a recent study done by the Society of Family Planning, an international charitable group that supports access to abortion, found that between July 2022 and June 2023 more women sought abortions than the previous year.  The report also showed that the number of clinician-provided abortions indeed did drop greatly in states that outlawed or strictly limited access to abortion, but abortion care rose in states where it…

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Samantha Woll, a Detroit area synagogue leader was found fatally stabbed to death on Saturday morning. Woll, 40, was the president of the Isaac Agree Downtown Detroit Synagogue and a highly respected member of the Detroit community whose activism included being co-chair of the American Jewish Committee’s ACCESS Detroit Young Leadership Program and founder of the Muslim-Jewish Forum of Detroit, a grassroots organization aimed at building relationships between young adults of those faiths. Woll spent much of her career in state politics, supporting the campaigns of several women trying to make a difference, according to the Detroit Free Press. Rep.…

The tragic discovery of a newborn girl’s body in a dumpster at a convenience store in Decatur, Alabama has led to the arrest of Cindy Nicole Crow. According to reports, police were initially contacted to check on Crow’s well-being, as she was believed to have recently given birth. Evidence was obtained that supported this belief, but after meeting with Crow, the baby was nowhere to be found. Following a tip, police searched a nearby dumpster at Wally World Mini Mart in Decatur and discovered a trash bag containing the infant’s remains. The baby’s body has been sent for an autopsy…