Tag: women
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…
330,000 women die during child birth —WHO
Kazeem Ugbodaga At least 330,000 women died during child birth worldwide in 2015, says the World Health Organisation, WHO. Sub-Saharan…
RRS rescues 4 women from trafficker on way to Libya
Kazeem Ugbodaga Officials of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, has rescued four women from a suspected human trafficker in Lagos,…
Fake dancing promoter lands in prison over theft of 7 phones from 6 Women
– Paul Iyoghojie The Police at Lion Building Division, Lagos Island, western Nigeria have arrested a 23-year-old suspected fake dancing…
Police probe death of women found in Ikorodu canal
The Lagos State Police Command says it is investigating the circumstances leading to the death of six women whose corpses…
Adamawa governor apologises to women after appointing only one in 49 administrators
Governor Muhammadu Jibrilla of Adamawa has apologised to women in the state for being under represented in his new appointments.…
US opens all military combat jobs to women
Ashton Carter, US Defence Secretary, on Friday in Washington, said the military would open all combat jobs to women, not…
Osinbajo’s wife sets agenda for women at Oyo summit
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Wife of the Vice President, Mrs. Dolapo Osinbajo, has urged Nigerian women to be proud of themselves because…
Five women sent to prison for prostitution
Paul Iyoghojie Five women have been arraigned before a Lagos State magistrates’ court for allegedly engaging in prostitution in Ikoyi…
Five women sent to prison for prostitution
Paul Iyoghojie Five women, Helen Ugwu, 33, Chika Okoro, 40, Roseline Jebba, 43, Sandra Akomake, 58, and Udega Theresa, 61,…
Oshiomhole/Igbinedion face-off: Edo women march in support of Gov
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The disagreement between Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State and the Igbinedion family continued on Monday with…
Indecent dressing triggers violence against women – Obasa
Eromosele Ebhomele Speaker Mudashiru Obasa of the Lagos State House of Assembly has warned women on the dangers they face…
Delta Govt sets up Special Unit against rape, domestic violence
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba Worried by the rising spate of rape and domestic violence against women and children, the Delta State government…
Skye Bank launches “Skye Pearl” to unleash potentials in women
Restating a commitment to expand the horizon of its customers, Skye Bank has launched “Skye Pearl” initiative to help its…
NGO tasks women on girl-child education
The President, Voice of Women in Nigeria Leadership Initiative, an NGO, Hajiya Halima Tijjani, has called on women to encourage…
Emmanuel Ikubese unveils project RAW
KAYODE APONMADE The 2014 Mr Nigeria and first runner up Mr World, Emmanuel Ikubese, is set to launch his pet…
South Sudan, rape headquarters of the world?
AFP – One woman was abducted by soldiers and taken to a military camp, tied up and raped repeatedly for…
Breast cancer: Women counseled on proper diets
Miss Yemisi Olowookere, a Nutritionist at Garki Hospital, Abuja, on Wednesday said good nutrition may reduce the risk of breast…