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Nigeria’s Amaju Melvin Pinnick is highly favoured to retain his seat as a member of the 37-person FIFA Council – the supreme governing organ for world football – when elections are conducted at the 14th Extraordinary General Assembly of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in Cairo, Egypt, today.

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have struck again in Ondo State, kidnapping nine surveyors in the process.

I am writing to share key reflections from the Women in Corrections Conference in Bangkok, Thailand, convened by the International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA), a global network dedicated to advancing ethical and effective correctional practices through knowledge-sharing, capacity-building, and policy development, of which several senior officers of the Nigerian Correctional Service are part of.

The Senate has formally directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct by-elections to fill the vacant seats for Anambra-South and Edo-Central Senatorial Districts.

As women continue to rise in leadership positions, both in business and politics, the barriers we face often go beyond what is visible to the public eye.