Ahead of this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD), Senator Natasha Hadiza Akpoti-Uduaghan representing Kogi Central, Senator Ireti Heebah Kingibe representing FCT; the Accountant General of the Federation, Dr. Oluwatoyin Madein; wife of Ogun State Governor, Mrs. Bamidele Abiodun and the Deputy Governor of Adamawa State, Prof. Kaletapwa George Farauta, are among the 100 women leaders that made the prestigious list of the 2025 edition of Nigeria Women Annual: 100 Leading Women.
 
Others include the Minister of State for Education, Dr. Suwaiba Said Ahmad; Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Interior, Dr. Magdalene Ajani; Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health, Kachollom Daju; MD/CEO of Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC), Jennifer Adighije; and member, House of Representatives representing Damatura /Gujba / Gulani / Tarmuwa Federal Constituency, Khadijat Abba-Ibrahim.
 
This was announced in Abuja by the joint publishers of the annual biographical compendium on outstanding Nigerian women leaders, Gender Perspectives in Development, a gender-focused non-governmental organisation; and Profiles & Biographies, Nigeria’s leading biographical compendium firm.
 
This annual compendium serves as Nigeria’s most qualitative compendium that profiles outstanding women across different frontiers and they include innovators, barrier-breakers, activists, top bureaucrats, captains of industry, and celebrities.
 
Edited by Kammonke Abam, Tammie Edet-Kammonke, and Steve Ogah, the compendium will be unveiled on March 8, 2025, as part of the activities to mark the IWD.
 
The theme of IWD 2025 is ‘Accelerate Action’, spotlighting the importance of taking swift and decisive steps to achieve gender equality. It calls for increased momentum and urgency in addressing the systemic barriers and biases that women face, both in personal and professional spheres.
 
Notable listees in previous editions of the compendium include the Wife of the President, Senator Oluremi Tinubu; the DG, WTO, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; retired Supreme Court Judge, Justice Mary Odili, and former Cabinet Minister, Pastor Oby Ezekwesili.
 
In its eighth year, Nigeria Women Annual: 100 Leading Women has made significant impact in sharing the inspirational stories of women leaders from different frontiers, some of whom may never have been noticed.