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Hundreds, including, babies, children, women killed in Myanmar crackdown
Myanmar’s security forces have committed mass killings and gang rapes of Rohingya Muslims and burned down villages since October in…
World Hijab Day: Women decry discrimination over hijab
A coalition of Women Groups, Hijab Rights Advocacy Initiative, on Wednesday decried the continued discrimination of women in Hijab, saying…
UN director advocates women’s empowerment, rights pledges
Ms Lakshmi Puri, the Deputy Executive Director, UN Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women (UN Women), has called…
10 women contest for chairmen, councillors in Gombe
No fewer than 10 women are to contest for chairmen and councillors of local government areas on the platform of…
Domestic violence on women should be checked- Lawyers
Some Lagos based lawyers have stressed the need for adequate measures to be put in place to check the spate…
Men more superior than women-Sultan of Sokoto
Nigeria’s most senior Muslim cleric has rejected a new gender equality bill, which proposes that women and men inherit an…
Ambode, Ajimobi, Aregbesola make case for women empowerment
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, his counterparts in Oyo and Osun States, Senator Abiola Ajimobi and Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola…
Women to get 60 per cent Agriculture loans – Ortom
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue, has said that 60 per cent of the loans secured by his government to develop…
EFCC to engage women in anti-corruption fight
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has disclosed plans to engage Nigerian women in a nationwide sustainable fight against…
Lagos sets to stage Ewuro drama to tackle violence against women
Kazeem Ugbodaga With increasing wave of violence against women in the state, the Lagos State Government is set to stage…
Ambode charges women to go for regular cancer screening
Wife of the Governor of Lagos State, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode has advised women to go for regular cancer screening to…
2, 000 women die annually in Sokoto over pregnancy
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State says no fewer than 2, 000 women lose their lives annually in the state…
Women cautioned on the effects of makeup
A Dermatologist, Dr Idi Martins, has warned against excessive use of make-up, saying that it exposes the skin to considerable…
Police to fight for women abused
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) had created a ‘public friendly’ gender unit across the country to prosecute anyone culpable of…
This is the plights of women in the music industry
By Bamike Oba Adeyemi (OBA) Let’s start off with a quick little exercise. On a piece of paper, off the…