October 07, 2022
Nigeria: Over 30 Women, Children Fleeing From Terrorists Drown in Zamfara
No fewer than 30 people, mostly women and children, who were fleeing a terrorist attack in their community in Zamfara State, drowned on Wednesday when two canoes they were… Read more »
October 05, 2022
Nigeria: Over 67% of Women in Nigeria're Anaemic - UNICEF
The United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, yesterday said over 67 percent of women in Nigeria are anaemic. Read more »
October 04, 2022
Nigeria: Tinubu/Shettima - Sanwo-Olu, Hamzat, APC Chieftains Lead Women's March in Lagos
Women in their large numbers, yesterday, shut down vehicular movement as they stormed various parts of Lagos in support of presidential candidacy of the All Progressives Congress,… Read more »
October 03, 2022
Nigeria: Over 67% of Women in Nigeria Are Anaemic - UNICEF
The United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, Monday disclosed that over 67 percent of women in Nigeria are anaemic. Read more »
September 30, 2022
Nigeria: Nigeria Loses $26bn Annually to Gender Inequality
The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) has revealed that Nigeria loses about $26 billion every year to the prevalent gender discrimination. Read more »
September 27, 2022
Nigeria: 22 CSOs Decry Money Politics, Demand Gender-Friendly Manifestos
About 22 Civil Society Organisations, CSO, and the Women's Rights Advancement and Protection Alternative, WRAPA, have decried money politics in Nigeria and have demanded… Read more »
September 04, 2022
Nigeria: Don't Vote Based On Religion, Ethnicity - Igbo Women Tell Nigerians
Owerri- Ahead of 2023 general elections, a socio-cultural group, Ogbako Umunwayi Igbo Worldwide, OUIW, on Sunday called on Nigerians not to vote for any presidential candidate… Read more »
August 16, 2022
Nigeria: Oil Bunkering - Delta Women Protest Incessant Shootings, Pollution
Women of Igbide, in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State, yesterday, thronged the Oroni flow station, being operated by Heritage Energy Operational Services Limited,… Read more »
August 10, 2022
Nigeria: Abia Women Protest Over Continued Detention of Doctor 9 Weeks After Abduction
Women of Ahia Asa, Umuopara clan in Umuahia South Local Government Area of Abia State, yesterday, took to the streets to protest the continued detention of their son, Professor… Read more »
August 08, 2022
Nigeria: 80 Million Women, Girls Victims of Violence - Women Advocate Centre
THE Executive Director of Women Advocate Research and Documentation Centre, WARDC, Dr Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi, weekend, lamented that over 80 million women and girls are victims of… Read more »
August 04, 2022
Nigeria: Female Celebs On the Ballot - Will It Work?
These Nollywood stars-turned candidates have 50 million social media fans between them. Will these convert to votes? Read more »
August 03, 2022
Nigeria: 90-Yr-Old Woman, One-Yr-Old Hostages Still in Captive - Released Kaduna Train Attack Victim Reveals
One of the freed victims of the Kaduna-Abuja train attack, Professor Mustapha Umar Imam has disclosed that a 90-year-old woman and a one-year-old child are the oldest and youngest… Read more »
July 29, 2022
Nigeria: Out-of-School Children - Women Groups Move to Stop Girls From Hawking
THE menace of hawking, especially by young girls, is a serious nightmare in many parts of the North and appears to have defied efforts to end it. It is a challenge that continues… Read more »
July 20, 2022
Nigeria: Maternal, Child Health - Enugu Targets 1m Children, 280,000 Pregnant Women
The Enugu State Government has targeted some one million children for free drugs, medical consumable and other routine services in its going Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health… Read more »
July 15, 2022
Nigeria: Nigeria Ranks 123rd, Moves Up 16 Places On Global Gender Gap Index
Nigeria has been ranked 123rd out of 146 countries on the 2022 global gender gap index, and moved up 16 places from its 139th ranking out of 156 countries in 2021. Read more »
July 01, 2022
Nigeria: Meet Helen Yakubu - the Kebbi Woman Who Rivals Men in Laundry Work
SHE does not shy away from the job, which feeds her and her sibling despite the fact that the work is considered odd and reserved for the menfolk. Helen Yakubu, who is in her early… Read more »
June 30, 2022
Nigeria: Presidential Hopefuls - the Women Behind Them
The three frontliners in the 2023 general election have been chosen. Read more »
June 27, 2022
Nigeria: Ekiti Election - No Pregnant Woman Among Suspects Being Held On Court Order - EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said that no pregnant woman is among the suspects being held in its custody on the suspicion of vote buying in connection with the… Read more »
June 19, 2022
Nigeria: 2023 - Northern Youths, Women Vow to Support Peter Obi, Labour Party
No fewer than 15,000 youths and women from northern Nigerian state of Nasarawa have vowed to support the presidential ambition of Peter Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party in… Read more »
June 15, 2022
Nigeria: Women, Youths Can Determine Winners of 2023 Polls If... , - INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said women and youths formed over 75 percent of registered voters in Nigeria, urging them to form alliances ahead of the… Read more »