•Blessed and Gabriella Two Nigerian girls have placed the nation on the global technology map after emerging winners of the 2025 Technovation Global Summit (Beginner Division) with an artificial intelligence (AI) app designed to tackle drowsy and distracted driving. The prodigies, 10-year-old Akachukwu Blessed Nwachukwu and Ifunanya Gabriella ...
•Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) With nearly 20 million Nigerian women and girls already subjected to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) – most before their sixth birthday – UNICEF has issued a strong warning that Nigeria risks a dangerous surge in the brutal and illegal practice. Raising the alarm yesterday, the United Nations Children’s Fund (U...
•Air Peace chairman, Allen Onyema Chairman of the Air Peace Group, Allen Onyema, has promised to bring back underage girls trafficked to the Ivory Coast free of charge. In a statement on the company’s X handle, Onyema called for collective efforts to discourage trafficking, emphasising its inhumane and ungodly nature. He expressed deep concern...
The World Bank has revealed that 45 per cent of girls in Nigeria give birth before the age of 18. This was disclosed by the World Bank Country Director, Ndiame Diop, at the National Conference on Girls’ Education and Empowerment held in Abuja today, reports The PUNCH. Speaking at the conference themed “Effective Partnership on […]
•Girls nude Amidst Nigeria’s harsh economic realities, an alarming number of youths have turned to selling explicit contents on various online platforms, often disregarding the far-reaching consequences of their actions on their lives, reputation, and mental well-being, reports Saturday PUNCH. Earlier this month, social media buzzed with a flu...
•Motunrayo Adijat Adeleye Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development in Ogun State, Hon Motunrayo Adijat Adeleye, has said Nigerian girls have risen above myriad of obstacles to break barriers in all spheres of life. However, Adeleye pointed out that the challenges confronting them including gender inequality, limited access to educ...

