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Fernando Machado and Diane Rodriguez decided to publicize the pregnancy to help change attitudes in the staunchly Roman Catholic society A couple in Ecuador is making history with a unique pregnancy: The father-to-be is carrying the baby of his transgender partner. Fernando Machado and Diane Rodriguez announced their pregnancy, believed to be the first of its kind in South America, on social media earlier this month and it’s received widespread attention in a continent that has seen a sudden explosion in the rights and visibility of trans people. Rodriguez, who was born Luis, is one of Ecuador’s most-prominent LGBT activists and says she and her Venezuelan-born partner, whose birth name was Maria, decided to publicize the pregnancy to help change attitudes in the staunchly Roman Catholic society. Although both take hormones, neither has undergone gender-reassignment surgery, so the child-to-be was conceived the old-fashioned way with no known medical complications to date. “We’r...

Many people have been reported dead after a Gas Depot owned by Chicason Group and located along traffic light at Nnewi-Okigwe road behind Innoson Motor Manufacturing industry in Nnewi, Anambra state exploded on Thursday. The fire reportedly destroyed the Depot and its surroundings including some buildings and cars around it. Workers, customers and motorcyclists were among those killed. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained. Victims of the explosion were moved to the Nnamdi Azikwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH).

Mohammed made the comment on Wednesday, December 24, 2015, during his meeting with editorial heads of media houses in Lagos. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has been criticized for saying that the Nigerian military has met the December deadline to defeat Boko Haram. Mohammed made the comment on Wednesday, December 24, 2015, during his meeting with editorial heads of media houses in Lagos. The deadline was given by President Muhammadu Buhari to Nigeria's new service chiefs in August. Source: Pulse Read Twitter reactions to the minister's statement below:         Kehinde Seyi Fadumo   @iam_kenzo Lai Mohammed should have kept his first name as Olayiwola instead of allowing it to be twisted into Lie. Lai "Lie" Mohammed 12:09 PM - 24 Dec 2015     Retweets     likes IG; Ennyholar   @Daa_Genius You Lai Mohammed but you Lie Mohammed # punchline 11:56 AM - 24 Dec 2015 ...

Tajikistan has tightened restrictions on festive season celebrations, banning Christmas trees and gift-giving in schools. This year’s measures are the toughest yet implemented by the country, which has been toning down Christmas and new year celebrations for some time – banning Father Frost, Russia’s version of Santa Claus, from television screens in 2013. A decree by the education ministry prohibits “the use of fireworks, festive meals, gift-giving and raising money” over new year as well as “the installation of a Christmas tree either living (felled wood) or artificial” in schools and universities. While other former Soviet states have set up large Christmas trees on the main squares of major cities, a tree will only appear briefly before new year in the capital, Dushanbe. It is expected to be removed early in 2016. The December-January holiday season is contested in Tajikistan, a majority-Muslim but secular republic, where the population is divided over the benefits of Soviet an...

T he Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company (KRPC) has begun daily production of 3.2 million litres of petrol. This was contained in a statement signed by Ohi Alegbe, Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), on Wednesday in Abuja. It said that the plant began production with an initial PMS yield of about 1.5 million litres, adding that it had ramped up its daily yield to 3.2 million litres. “The injection of this volume into the system will significantly impact ongoing special intervention efforts designed to bring relief to motorists across the country,” it stated. The statement stated that the deployment of NNPC staff in the monitoring of fuel distribution and retail system at filling stations nationwide had started yielding positive results in Abuja and environs in less than 48 hours. It said that the situation at most filling stations visited in Abuja remained calm and orderly as the staff of the corporation...

Now I don't want believe this cause no person in his trues sense will say these. Nigerians have reacted to the statement "payment of salaries is not a right, but rather, it is a privilege” made by Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha. He made the statement through his spokesman, Dr Kelechi Okpaleke, following the immediate payment of salaries to civil servant by the presidency. The Governor who has been accused of owing Imo workers of over 4 months salaries has come under attack after the the statement was made available. Tweets: i dont want to believe that Gov Rochas Okorocha said that but if its true, Nigeria still has a very long way to go with this kind of leaders — Quotes…Facts…Life! (@TruthForWinners) December 23, 2015 Rochas Okorocha pls pay my grand dad his pension. He values that one more than what my parents give him monthly. — The Juggernaut Esq (@kaezydon) December 23, 2015 Rochas Okorocha makes a statement like “salary is a privilege and not a right”...

Tiny conservative nation on Borneo warns citizens that putting up festive decorations or singing carols could threaten the country's Muslim faith Brunei has banned public celebrations of Christmas, warning that putting up festive decorations or singing carols could threaten the country's Muslim faith. The conservative Islamic country on the island of Borneo allows non-Muslims to celebrate Christmas, but only within their communities, and they must first alert the authorities. At least 65 per cent of the 420,000-strong population of the oil-rich state are Muslims. The Ministry of Religious Affairs said in a statement: "These enforcement measures are ... intended to control the act of celebrating Christmas excessively and openly, which could damage the aqidah (beliefs) of the Muslim community." In a warning to Muslims earlier this month, a group of Imams warned that any celebration "not in any way related to Islam” could lead to "‘tasyabbuh’ (imitation) ...