Starting at age 7, Nigerian immigrant Obie Sanni found baseball through another family, one in which proud African-American men pass down the love of baseball like an heirloom.

Such marriages aim to preserve lineage, secure inheritance, and enhance a woman’s economic and political agency.

Dele Jegede is a painter, art historian, cartoonist, curator, art critic, art administrator and teacher. Born April 19, 1945 ...

A child rights advocacy group, Operation Save Nigerian Children, has petitioned the Minister of Women Affairs, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, over the alleged abduction and forced conversion of a 16-year-old ...

The Chairperson of the NGEC, Rehema Jaldesa, has called for the exhumation of the body of a minor who was killed for refusing ...

Niger’s military junta released about 50 people from prison, including several former government officials, military officers ...

Not again!! That was the feeling following news that a 17-year-old Gaala Aden Abdi had been murdered for resisting a forced ...

Nigerian senator Ned Nwoko has confirmed that he and his wife, Regina Daniels, are expecting their third child together. The ...

[BEIJING] China on Saturday (Mar 22) announced measures to simplify the marriage registration process and lessen the financial burden on couples, the latest initiative by Beijing to boost births.

a step which usually comes before marriage. Education fees are also a key factor, whether daycare costs or private tuition that is seen as almost essential for a child's academic success.

Odisha has reported at least three such cases every day during the last six years, despite several initiatives taken by the administration, according to government data. Activists working in this ...