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Nigeria: Zamfara State to Fund Widows' Marriages

The Commissioner for Women and Children Affairs says government has concluded plans to assist widows to fund their marriages in order to reduce the burden they face.
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Nigeria: Widows and divorcees at a mass wedding organised by the Kano state government this year. (File Photo)

  • Nigeria:   Foundation Fetes 100 Widows

    Leadership, 2 September 2012

    A non-governmental organisation (NGO), God's Love Tabitha Royal Foundation has donated bags of rice, toiletries, clothing and cash to over 100 widows. Read more »

  • Nigeria:   Sokoto Widows Take to Farming

    Daily Trust, 28 August 2012

    Several widows who lost their husbands under different circumstances from Shiyar Dan-Gara in Sabon Birni local government area of Sokoto State have formed a farmers' association… Read more »

  • Nigeria:   A Helping Hand to Widows and Children

    This Day, 13 July 2012

    "I lost my husband in 2003, I was just 34-years-old then; he was not sick at such but was just hypertensive. He was a politician and so I wouldn't know whether it was because of… Read more »

  • Nigeria:   More Protection for Widows

    Vanguard, 5 July 2012

    June 23 was the United Nations' International Widows Day. Many interests and non-governmental groups, in Nigeria, took to the streets with placards calling for an end to crises and… Read more »

  • Nigeria:   Matters Arising From This Year's Widows Day

    Daily Trust, 29 June 2012

    As more numbers of the dead is being counted daily from the insecurity situation in the country, so also is the number of widows and orphans increasing. Read more »

  • Nigeria:   Life After Our Husbands' Death Is Terrible, Widows Cry Out

    Leadership, 24 June 2012

    The plight of widows in Nigeria is pathetic. Many of them are uneducated while others lack the skills to be self-reliant. Most time, the psychological torture that they experience… Read more »

  • Nigeria:   International Widows' Day

    Vanguard, 23 June 2012

    Today, June 23, is the International Widows' Day; a day set aside two years ago by the United Nations General Assembly. The declaration calls on member-states and other… Read more »

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