Issues
11 Mar
Around eight in 10 women will experience some form of mental health illnesses such as clinical depression, anxiety, drug abuse and postpartum depression in their lifetime.
11 Mar
As the world marks another International Women’s Day (IWD), Baobab for Women’s Human Rights has joined other women’s groups and individuals around the world to galvanise action towards making the vision of a gender equal world a reality.
18 Feb
Leading financial service and community, Herconomy, is steady on a mission to empower women through various means, such as capacity building, enterprise challenges, training sessions and more. Since its inception in 2019, the organisation has been uplifting and empowering women through it’s initiatives.
11 Feb
Many Nigerians are beginning to agree with Hajia Naja’atu Muhammad, who had accused the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, of being physically and mentally unfit to govern Nigeria.
11 Feb
During the launch of the Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure also called the Deep Blue Project, in Lagos, on June 10, 2021, President Muhammadu Buhari had declared that with the project,
6 Feb
The Nigerian Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) Lagos State Chapter has joined the rest of the world to commemorate the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). In line with this year's theme "Partnering with Men and Boys to Transform Social and Gender Norms to End FGM", the association calls on the…
29 Jan
The level of political dynamism across the Northern part of the country as we count down to the February Presidential election is palpably unprecedented.
21 Jan
Blessing Timidi Digha has a wealth of knowledge when it comes to Female Genital Mutilation. She is a community-based researcher with over 20 years of experience working on issues centered on Gender Based Violence.
14 Jan
Passionate about the wellbeing of the aged in the society, Mrs. Oluremi Ajayi has said that her Non-Governmental Organisation, Compassion for the Aged Foundation (CAF) would continue to provide necessary supports for senior citizens in the country. Speaking during an outreach put together for the aged by CAF at Wooro in Obafemi Owode local council…
14 Jan
As a civil society organisation advancing the rights of women and girls, Gender Mobile Initiative (GMI) has emphasised the need to make institutions of learning safe for everyone to thrive, particularly women and girls. According to the Executive Director of the organisation, Omowumi Ogunrotimi, school-related sexual violence has assumed an epidemic proportion. She noted that…
24 Dec 2022
Executive Secretary of the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA), Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, has launched her memoir, Living For Higher Purpose, where she chronicles her journey towards setting up a response centre and team dedicated to addressing and helping victims and survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in the state. Vivour-Adeniyi, who said…
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Communication scholars and public relations practitioners in Nigeria have declared that Artificial Intelligence (AI) cannot replace human intelligence in whatever guise. At the Annual General Meeting and Public Lecture of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Kano Chapter, the experts opined AI is designed to replace manual work effectively and quickly, and cannot override…
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The Kogi State Police Command says it has begun investigations into the circumstances that led to the killing of a supporter of the All Progressives Congress in Kotonkarfe, Kogi LGA of Kogi State on Saturday.
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The Chief of Staff to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila, has announced that federal workers at all levels will get the sum of 25,000 naira as palliative to cushion the effect of the removal of fuel subsidy.