Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, Wife of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Sen. Ahmed Bola Tinubu, has said that her husband will give special consideration for youths, women and persons with disabilities. Tinubu stated this on Sunday in Jos at a town-hall meeting, organized by the APC Presidential Campaign...
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Islamist militants have kidnapped around 50 women searching for food in Burkina Faso’s northern province of Soum, a hotbed of jihadist activity, on Jan. 12 and 13, the government said on Monday. The women were kidnapped in separate incidents on Thursday and Friday as they foraged for food, in...
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has urged women to take their position among decision makers in all strata of the society. Sanwo-Olu gave the advice during the 22nd National Women’s Conference, with the theme: ”Spring Forth, Stand Out”, organised by the Committee Of Wives Of Lagos State Officials...
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, Yiaga Africa says it has partnered UKAid to train no fewer than 40 young women in Lagos State as agents of change in their respective communities. The Director of Programme, Yiaga Africa, Ms Cynthia Mbamalu, made this known during the 2022 Community Organising...
An Ilorin based legal practioner, Mrs Aishat Temim, has advised women to avoid toxic relationships and speak out when they are subjected to abuse. Temim, who gave the advice in Ilorin on Wednesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said women must speak out and...
Seven Nigerian players made the list as the Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Thursday released the first list of nominees for the women categories of the CAF Awards 2022. The first list also have one Nigerian club in the Club of the Year category, while four of the...
Egyptian officials say that two women have now been killed in shark attacks while swimming in the Red Sea. The environment ministry says the attacks occurred within 600m (1,970 ft) of each other. The authorities had earlier announced that an Austrian woman in her 60s had died of her...
Often times the popular saying, “age is just a number”, pops up when an older person is romantically involved with a younger person. From time immemorial, men were the usual suspect in cradle snatching but in recent times, women are gradually closing rank with men, probably because women are...
Save Our Heritage Initiative (SOHI), an NGO, says under-age marriage is one of the greatest causes of fistula in women and girls. Ms May Ikokwu, the group’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), said this in Abuja on Monday, during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in commemoration...
Medical experts in Lagos on Friday said pregnancy was achievable in women with lupus. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that lupus is a chronic, auto-immune disease that affects more women than men. This was disclosed at a panel discussion at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), in...
Let’s face it. Several gender bills were presented before Lawmakers of the National Assembly on March 1, 2022. The Legislative House voted against a bill that was meant to provide for affirmative action whereby women have at least 35 per cent in political parties’ administration. They also voted against...
Pope Francis urged the world to “roll up our sleeves” for peace in a New Year’s message Saturday, while calling violence against women an affront to God. Marking the 55th World Day of Peace, the head of the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics devoted his Angelus address to encouraging a...
Data by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) suggest that globally 81,000 women and girls were killed in 2020. The UNODC report further notes that around 47,000 (58 percent) died at the hands of an intimate partner or a family member, which equals to a woman...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said it was targeting 25,000 women and youths in Ebonyi, during its one-week digital financial inclusion drive. The Director, Development Finance Department of the bank, Mr Philip Yusuf stated this at Onueke, headquarters of Ezza South Local Government Area of the state...