Nigeria is a big footballing nation. After decades of mismanagement, its football governing body finally took a ‘big business’ approach to reforming the country’s premier league. This more conventional management and corporate structure has been a big determinant of the league’s recent success, says Promise Okwuchukwu.
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Lifestyle 5 pictures of African literary giant Wole Soyinka on his birthday
Today an African literary giant Prof Wole Soyinka celebrates his birthday. Soyinka is considered one of the foremost African poetry, and prose writers. He was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature, the first African to be honoured in that category. As we celebrate Prof Soyinka’s birthday, we look at some moments in his life in pictures.
Lifestyle Abortion caregivers and companions: The age of the full spectrum doula is here
We have a secret in our culture, it’s not that birth is painful it is merely that women are strong. The belief that women are strong also applies even to abortion, and women who choose to have an abortion might just need a doula too just as other women who get emotional support from doulas during childbirth. An abortion doula provides emotional, physical, and informational support to people choosing to have an abortion.
Lifestyle #WCW Thato Kgatlhanye: Turning waste into light
Today we meet, Thato Kgatlhanye (24) a young woman who is a goal getter and assured about what she wants. At the age of 18 she founded Rethaka, which produces recycled schoolbags that double up as solar-powered lights that children can use to study at night.
Lifestyle Contraception 101: Do you have all the facts?
When you choose a family planning method, you need to know the facts. You can’t make your choices based on myths you’ve heard. Get the facts from your Obstetrics and gynecology or any other qualified health practitioner. We demystify some of the myths related to contraception.
Lifestyle Male Pill: Is it time for guys to take on the burden of birth control?
Today at TIA we commemorate #WorldPopulationDay and ask the question many don’t get to ask, is it time for guys to take on the burden of birth control? There is no doubt about the fact that it takes two to tango, but when the two tango, why is the burden of birth control only left to one?
Lifestyle The Pill is your friend: 10 debunked myths about oral contraceptives
Today the world celebrates World Population Day. As we commemorate the day we debunk some of those myths around oral contraceptives.
Lifestyle Chimamanda’s latest book Dear Ijeawele, Or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions wins French Prize
After recently winning the Mary McCarthy Award, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has won a French award; Le Grand Prix de l’héroïne Madame Figaro for her latest book Dear Ijeawele, Or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions . Congratulations on the award.
Lifestyle Repeat appearances by Kenya’s Sauti Sol and Nigeria’s Chidinma – Talent deficit or failure to diversify?
Multi-award winning group from Kenya, Sauti Sol, best known for their hits “Kuliko Jana”, “Sura Yako” and “Unconditionally Bae” return to Coke Studio Africa – 2017, for the third time this year paired alongside Nigerian songstress Chidinma who is making a return to the show for the fourth time. We ask, is it not time to explore the continental music scene in totality and use the platform to launch talented underground artists into the commercial sphere?