Entrepreneurship
28 Oct
With a recent UNICEF report estimating that about 18.5 million Nigerian children are out-of-school and on the streets, about 60 per cent of which are girls, stakeholders have highlighted actionable strategies to make education more inclusive and accessible..
28 Oct
In a bid to promote policy reforms and enhance the capacity of women-owned businesses for public and private opportunities, women have been urged to incorporate diversity through advocacy, improving the rate of procurement of goods, services and funding for such enterprises.
21 Oct 2023
Poised to ensure that more women use their voices effectively, transform lives and scale new heights across sectors in the economy, a social enterprise serving as a catalyst to facilitate women’s journey, SpeakHer, recently held its maiden conference in Lagos.
14 Oct 2023
Women and girls around the world continue to make strides and break down barriers. But despite decades of work to achieve gender equality, the disparity between men and women remains, and is growing at an alarming rate.
16 Sep 2023
Asher Segun-Olasanmi, a young mental health advocate and aspiring Structural Engineer, is one of the 2022 Rise Winners from Nigeria who promote female participation in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). An initiative of Schmidt Futures and the Rhodes Trust, Rise is the anchor programme of a $1 billion commitment from Eric and Wendy Schmidt…
26 Aug 2023
Born as a princess and Ada to the late HRH Igwe na Ezuruoha one of Obinagu Uwani Akpugo of Enugu State, a role she didn’t apply for, Dr. Dorothy Jeff-Nnamani through this fate, which later set her apart in life learnt benevolence, humility, respect for others, wisdom, hard work, confidence and integrity. While the palace…
5 Aug 2023
Cynthia Mbamalu is a human and gender rights advocate and development practitioner. The lawyer by profession, with an LLM in Comparative Constitutional Law from the Central European University (CEU), specialises in human and women rights advocacy, constitution building, elections and inclusive political leadership.
5 Aug 2023
Hajia Oj Awa-Ibraheem is a serial entrepreneur and philanthropist. She holds a degree in Political Science from then Ondo State University, now Adekunle Ajasin University.
5 Aug 2023
In a bid to accelerate the economic inclusion of women in Nigeria and boost the beauty and jewellery business, Betty Jewellery Limited has mentored young ladies with entrepreneurship skills to run jewellery business on a small scale leveraging online.
29 Jul 2023
Chichi Uchendu is a dynamic Social Entrepreneur, Digital Marketing Consultant and passionate advocate for financial literacy. As the founder of “SixFigureMom,” she dedicates herself to empowering women with the essential principles of financial literacy..
29 Jul 2023
Shecluded, a fintech company dedicated to empowering women entrepreneurs with funding and business training, has launched a transformative collaborative coworking, training, corporate event and content creation space exclusively designed for female entrepreneurs dubbed ‘Shecluded Hub’.
15 Jul 2023
Ijeoma Ibijoke Jummai McDougall (nee Iheme) is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Kairos Initiative. The human resources professional has worked as a producer with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in the United Kingdom and has impacted the lives of thousands of less privileged people both in the UK and Nigeria.
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Iranian goalkeeper Hossein Hosseini found himself at the center of controversy for a daring act of solidarity with a female fan. During Esteghlal’s recent clash against Aluminum Arak, Hosseini's actions sparked a debate that transcended sports, delving into the realms of gender equality and cultural norms. The incident unfolded when a female supporter's hijab slipped,…
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President Bola Tinubu has called on the nation’s Judiciary to embark on reforms that will ensure functional justice system and support economic growth.
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Dr. Umar Ganduje, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has said that the party would provide solutions to the challenges bedevilling the country. Ganduje stated this during the APC grand finale campaign and the presentation of party flags to the 11 local council chairmanship candidates, on Wednesday in Gombe. The News Agency…
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Nigerian chess master and founder, ‘Chess in Slums Africa’, Tunde Onakoya has returned to Nigeria after he broke the Guinness World Record for the longest time playing chess without losing a game. Onakoya broke the record of Norwegian players, Hallvard Haug Flatebø and Sjur Ferkingstad, who played for 56-hour, 9-minute in 2018. He made his…
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The Rivers Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Isaac Kamalu, resigned his appointment on Wednesday. He is the second commissioner to resign from the cabinet on Wednesday after Gov. Siminialaye Fubara, announced a slight cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday. The first to resign was Prof. Zacchaeus Adangor, Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice. In the cabinet reshuffle, the governor…
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In furtherance of efforts to sanitize the mining sector, the federal government has revoked 924 dormant licences spanning exploration, mining, small-scale mining, and quarrying Licenses, six months after revoking 1,663 licences. The revocation licences include 528 exploration licenses; 20 mining licences; 101 quarry licenses, and 273 Small Scale Mining Licenses (SSML). Minister of Solid Minerals…
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Donning hijabs and floor-length abaya gowns over shorts and tank tops, Chinese students at an e-commerce school perform into a smartphone camera as they learn how to sell the clothes to overseas TikTok users. It is the final day of a two-week course on selling products abroad via the short video app -- which despite…
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The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) said over 2.5 million Nigerian students have so far enrolled on its Tertiary Education, Research, Applications and Services (TERAS) platform. Executive Secretary of the Fund, Arc. Sonny Echono stated this on Wednesday in Abuja at the Second Registrar's workshop and 75th business meeting of the Association of Registrars of…
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Palestinian militant group Hamas released on Wednesday a video of an Israeli-American man held hostage in Gaza and seen alive in the footage. Israeli media identified him as Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who was abducted from the Nova music festival in southern Israel during the Hamas attack on October 7. "I went to hang out with my…