•House of Representatives House of Representatives at the plenary today passed for first reading two bills on the establishment of ‘National Hospital for Women’ and ‘National Children’s Hospital’, Ideato, Imo. The two private member legislations were sponsored by Hon. Ikenga Ugochinyere, member representing Ideato North, South federal constitu...
•The protesting women Women from the Ipo community have blocked the entrance to the Port Harcourt airport. As early as 7:30 am today, the women from Ipo which is one of the host communities of the airport, blocked the gate at the airport roundabout, waving placards, singing, wailing, and even cooking at the gate, reports […]
Infertility is one problem that affects large numbers of people and, according to a report by the World Health Organisation (W.H.O.), one in six people (17.5 per cent) are affected globally. And the Director-General of W.H.O., Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, once said “Infertility does not discriminate”. A disease of the male or female reproduc...
Police authorities in Delta State have denied attacking protesting women in Ughelli, Delta State yesterday. The clarification came following reports that the police had shot at women from Oteri-Ughelli in the Ughelli North Local Government Area of the state who were protesting against alleged incessant harassment and extortion by policemen in ...
Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command have arrested two female suspects for trafficking five children. The suspects, Kulu Dogonyaro and Elizabeth Ojah, who attempted to escape arrest from Sokoto police operatives, were intercepted and arrested on April 27, 2024, by the FCT police operatives at Kagini junction, Abuja,...
•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...
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