Victoria Yohanna, 28, hails from Dille, in Askira-Uba Local Government Area of Southern Borno state. Her village was among those attacked by the deadly Boko Haram sect at the peak of insurgency in the North-east. […]
The African Centre for Leadership, Strategy and Development (Centre LSD) in collaboration with Christian Aid Nigeria, non-governmental organisation (NGO) has unveiled side by side movement in Nigeria to stand firmly on fighting for gender equality […]
The presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili, yesterday, decried the increasing rate of violence against women in Nigeria, describing it as alarming and worrisome, has said. Ezekwesili in a […]
Ebonyi state Government has arrested and prosecuted seven persons who are involved in Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Abakaliki. Governor David Umahi who was visibly angry over a report by national daily that one Nnedia […]
National President of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Mrs. Ifeyinwa Omowole, has that the Legend 101 award being organised by the association was aimed at recognising women. Speaking to Blueprint in Abuja, Omowole […]
The National Council of Women Societies (NCWS) on Thursday said the 2018 International Women Development Summit would expose and showcase indigenous products and services to the world. The National President of the council, Mrs Gloria […]
The Vice President, Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), North-central zone, Comrade Jamila Abubakar, has commended the Benue state chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) for electing a NAWOJian, Comrade Victoria Ashar, as […]
Agi Onda The Women and Youths Awake Initiative (ANWYAI) has urged the women to fully participate in the forth coming general elections to enable them achieve the 35 per cent representation in line with the […]
Four women are among the 28 candidates cleared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to contest the governorship election in Adamawa in 2019. Two other women were cleared by INEC to run for the […]
Wife of the Bauchi state governor, Aisha Mohammed Abubakar, has organised vocational training for 49 ex-prisoners she released last year from Zaki, Tafawa Balewa, Nabardo, Alkaleri, Ningi, Misau, Jama’are and Bauchi prisons. Speaking yesterday […]
The Sokoto state government has urged women in the state to support government policies and programmes aimed at improving their living conditions. The state Commissioner for Women Affairs, Hajiya Kulu Sifawa made the call […]
Father of a four-year old girl whose daughter was allegedly raped by 15-year old boy has called on Ebonyi state government to come to the rescue of their child. Jennifer Iteze was allegedly raped by […]
What would make a woman decide to strangulate her own baby with her own hands after carrying it through a nine-month period, painful labour and eventually nurturing it for two years? That the mystery investigators […]
For sometimes now, the public perception of the role of women in African is seen more as a home keeper. However, that narrative is changing, BINTA SHAMA reports. Generally a woman is seen as fragile, […]
Significant progress has been made ahead of first Pan African women expo tagged Abuja 2018, put together by the New faces, New voices (NFNC) in collaboration with Comeco. The Country Director, Aishatu Debola Aminu who […]
As preparations towards the 2019 general elections goes into full swing with the sale of nomination forms by political parties to aspirants, Women4Women, FCT Chapter, has set the pace for female aspirants with the recent […]
Khuraira Musa, is the CEO of Khuraira Cosmetics. She is a US based internationally¬ renowned makeup entrepreneur and celebrity makeup artist. Her story is that of grass to grace. In this interview with ADAM ALQALI, […]
Korkor Cujoe is the women’s rights programmes manager at the Graça Machel Trust; which established the New Faces New Voices (NFNV), African women in finance networks implementing a project aimed at addressing the challenge of […]
Cynthia Mbamalu is a lawyer and one of the founding members of Youth Initiative for Advocacy Growth and Advancement (YIAGA) Africa. She is the organisation’s programmes manager and also a member of the #NotTooYoungToRun strategy […]
Hajiya Hafsat Mohammed Baba is the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development in Kaduna state. In this interview with ENE OSANG, she speaks on women empowerment, effects of recent killings on women and children. […]
Aishatu Debola Aminu is the Country Director of New Faces, New Voices (NFNV), a women-focused NGO and a Pan-African organisation of professional women in business and finance, founded by Mrs Graca Machel, the widow of […]
Kaduna state-born Rabi Adamu Musa-Manchi is a lawyer and House of Assembly aspirant in the forthcoming general elections. She is the founder of Taurus Kids Ville, an amusement park in Kafanchan, the first of its […]
Zainab Marwa Abubakar, a lawyer and gender balance advocate, is the Founder of Zawram Foundation; an organisation that promotes peace and uplift economic status of citizens. In this interview with ENE OSANG, Zainab who is […]
Mrs. Kaneng Gyanfulani is a former House of Assembly member representing Barkin Ladi constituency in the Plateau state House of Assembly, and the National Coordinator, Gyanfulani Foundation. In this chat with ENE OSANG, she said […]
When there are more women that can support the family economically there will be more stability and progress at the home, the National President of Nigerian Air Force Officers Wives Association (NAFOWA), Hajiya Hafsat Sadique […]
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