A Nigerian medical student who is also an illustrator, 25-year-old Chidiebere Ibe on November 24th posted an image he drew of a pregnant Black woman’s womb on Instagram, a diagram that is rarely seen in the medical industry.
Meanwhile, the Federal High Court Lagos last Wednesday declared as illegal any marriage conducted by Federal Registries saying only the local government marriage registries are empowered by the provisions of the Nigerian 1999 Constitution to conduct marriage.
In another development, hundreds of passengers were stranded at Nigerian international airports when they were told by airlines billed to airlift them that they would not travel to Dubai due to a directive from the UAE.
In Ghana, according to a new set of guidelines, by the country’s civil aviation authority that will take effect from December 14th, airlines will be required to pay a fine of $3,500 for each passenger who arrives the country without being fully vaccinated against COVID 19.
Meanwhile, in the aftermath of the United Kingdom placing countries on a ‘red list’ over the Omicron coronavirus variant, a video of two passengers who appeared to be travelling to England on an empty plane has made the rounds.
Finally, human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has called for an investigation into what he describes as reckless and false comments made by blogger Kemi Olunloyo regarding the death of 12 year old Sylvester Oromoni.
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