•Hon. Dr. Adedayo Benjamins-Laniyi presenting an award to HRH Queen Hauwa Kulu Adamu Ibrahim during the Abuja Accelerator event in New York DR. FLORENCE AKANO reporting On March 19, 2024, the Abuja Accelerator event titled “Unifying Women for Global Impact” was held as a significant effort to enhance women’s voices and influe...
Hundreds of women and children of Okuama community, Ewu Kingdom, in Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State, who fled for dear lives when troops of the Nigerian Army invaded the community over the killing of 17 soldiers last Friday have been stranded for six days without food in the forests. This came as Delta […]
Governor Alex Otti of Abia State says he has approved immediate disbursement of N100,000 interest free-loan to Abia women entrepreneurs among other operators of small and medium enterprises in rural communities. This is as he said that his administration had shown unprecedented regard for women as four women occupy very sensitive portfolios in...
•Godswill Akpabio and Nigerian women The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has congratulated women on the occasion of the 2024 International Day of Women, saying they deserve all the respect. Akpabio, in a statement to celebrate the women signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Hon. Eseme Eyiboh today, singled ou...
•A pregnant woman Women have been urged to refrain from delivering babies at home to increase their chances of survival during and after childbirth. A Health Officer with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Bauchi Field Office, Oluseyi Olosunde, gave the caution today, Wednesday, March 6, during a media dialogue to mark this year’s Int...
•Dr Ini Adiakpan The Dean, Commissioners of Women Affairs in Nigeria, Dr Ini Adiakpan, has called for a broader partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to address the challenges of gender-based violence in the country . Adiakpan, leading other Commissioners of Women Affairs from the 36 States of the Federation, spoke y...
One Adebayo Olamide Azeez, a suspected ritual killer, has revealed how he lured seven women through a dating app, “MyChat,” and killed them for ritual purposes. The 32-year-old suspect disclosed this today during a parade held at the Officers Mess, Oke-Ilewo, Abeokuta, reports Nigerian Tribune. He informed that he was a member of a ritualist [...
•Women protest A group of women under the auspices of the “Voice of Women in Nigerian Leadership Initiative” trooped out in large numbers on Saturday to protest the economic hardship in the state and Nigeria as a whole. The women who converged at the Old Airport roundabout carried placards with various inscriptions to express their […]...
Women from the 23 local government areas of Rivers State today marched through the streets of Port Harcourt, the state capital, to declare support for Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The stakeholders, under the auspices of Rivers Women Unite for Sim, began the walk from the popular CFC junction along Aba Road to the Polo Club in […]
Some youths and women of the All Progressives Congress (APC) today thronged the party’s secretariat in Benin City, the Edo State capital in protest against the outcome of Saturday’s governorship primary election which produced three winners. The group who removed furniture and other items from the secretariat and promised to camp outside the f...