Tag: women
Women as expendables by Owei Lakemfa
As is usually the case with teenagers leaving home for the first time, when I went to the university, I…
Wanted: Real Men And Women To Help Nigeria
By Joe Igbokwe I am writing this piece with a broken heart. I am writing this piece with a deep…
LAPO empowers 900,000 women in 29 years
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Lift Above Poverty Organization (LAPO), micro finance bank, says it has empowered over 900,000 Nigerian women through…
DPO arrests 7 women for hawking local gin in Ikoyi
Paul Iyoghojie The Divisional Police Officer, DPO, in charge of Ikoyi Division, Lagos State, western Nigeria, SP Tijani Mustapha, has…
Women protesters hold Okowa hostage in Asaba
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba As millions of Nigerian women joined their counterparts across the world to observe International Women’s Day, hundreds…
Cherie Blair Foundation, ExxonMobil to empower Nigerian women business owners
The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women Tuesday celebrated an innovative initiative to empower Nigerian women entrepreneurs to grow their businesses.…
IWD: IPC tasks media on women, girls’ issues
The International Press Centre, IPC, Lagos, Nigeria, has joined global voices tasking the media to step up reports that advance…
IWD: Lagos challenges women to fight for parity with men
Kazeem Ugbodaga As the world marks the International Women’s Day, IWD, the Lagos State Government has challenged women to fight…
Women protest over levies to buy perfume for Gov Wike
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Some women in their hundreds from Mile Three Market in Port Harcourt, the Rivers Stae capital in…
10 ways for women to improve In-Law relationships
By Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi A few days ago, at Abovewhispers.com, we featured an article from Iheoma Obibi on ‘Learning not to…
Women purchase 85% of Valentine cards
Women purchase about 85 per cent of an estimated 1.2 billion valentine cards that are sold worldwide annually, Mrs Felicia…
200 million girls and women living with Female Genital Mutilation – UNICEF
At least 200 million girls and women worldwide have been subjected to female genital mutilation with half of those living…
I’ll continue to guarantee economic rights of women – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his administration will continue to guarantee the economic rights of women in the country.…
Women are bedrock of governance – Oduah
Senator Stella Oduah, lawmaker representing Anambra north senatorial district and vice chairman Committee on Women Affairs has described Women Affairs…
‘Don’t get pregnant until 2018’ El Salvador urges women
El Salvador is urging women to avoid getting pregnant until 2018 in order to avoid birth defects that stem from…