•Nigeria’s female seafarers As the world prepares to celebrate the 2024 International Women’s Day (IWD), Female Seafarers Association of Nigeria (FESAN) has decried the prevalence of a huge bias against female seafarers by Nigerian ship owners. The President of FESAN, Koni Duniya, made this appeal yesterday while speaking at a special ed...
•Prof Wole Soyinka The Wole Soyinka Centre for Journalism (WSCIJ) on Thursday February 15, 2024, launched a report, which revealed the shocking gender disparity in newsrooms in Nigeria, demanding intentional bridging of these gaps. The report, tagged, “Who leads the newsrooms and news? A report on women’s representation newsrooms and news lead...
•Army boss and female soldier Godfrey George writes about the allegations of sexual harassment in Nigeria’s military, reports Saturday PUNCH. As a child, Toochi (surname withheld) had a masculine gait that made heads turn whenever she walked. At 14, an aunt who had recently retired from the Nigerian Air Force advised her to join the […]...
•Fire A female hostel in the Yobe State University was gutted by fire yesterday, destroying a complete block accommodating about 150 students. Although the cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained as of the time of filling this report, an eyewitness told our correspondent that casualties have been evacuated to various hospitals located [&he...
A 400-Level female student of Kwara State University (KWASU) in Malete, Moro Local Government Area of the state, has allegedly taken her own life. Rashidat Shittu allegedly resorted to suicide over her seemingly disturbing academic status, reports The Nation. A source said the deceased committed suicide by taking “Sniper”. The source said Rash...
•Janet Igohia with the ransom Troops of 93 Battalion, 6 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Jalingo, Taraba State, have apprehended a suspected female while trying to pick ransom for a kidnapped victim in Taraba. In a statement issued by Acting Assistant Director, 6 Brigade Army Public Relations, Lt. Olubodunde Oni, the female kidnapper named Janet ...
A 300-level student of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA), Ondo State, Miss IfeOluwa Adekunle, has been found dead in her room in a house outside the university campus. Her lifeless body was discovered on Saturday and investigation by the police revealed that the IfeOluwa was attacked by yet-to-identified assailant(s), reports Ch...
•Prof Ndifon and protesting Law students Some female members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) turned up in large number at the Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday to witness the ongoing trial of Professor Cyril Ndifon, the suspended Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNI...
•Philomena Nnamoko A female soldier attached to Ilese Sappers Barracks, Division 2, Ogun State, Lance Corporal Philomena Nnamoko, who alleged that her senior colleagues had been bullying and harassing her following her refusal to give in to their sexual advances, was allegedly beaten and sent to the Yaba Psychiatric Hospital following her inte...
•Amarachi Ugochukwu A female marketing employee of a bank in Ikorodu, Lagos State, has committed suicide. The deceased, 32-year-old Amarachi Ugochukwu, was said to have drunk an insecticide, reports The PUNCH. It was learnt that the incident happened on Monday within the premises of the bank. Ugochukwu had around 1pm made her way into the [&he...
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