Gender equity
16 Feb
Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Diaspora and NGOs, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has advocated for gender equity in global security
7 Dec
To commemorate the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence, a non-governmental organisation, Greater Women Initiative for Health and Rights (GWIHR) mobilised groups and stakeholders at Umuahia, Abia state capital and joined the global community to commemorate the 2024 campaign.
28 Sep
The Organisation of African First Ladies for Development, OAFLAD on Tuesday stepped up its continent-wide campaign for gender equity with its #We Are Equal in Action.
4 Apr 2024
Chinwe Egwim has been announced as one of the twelve (12) Africans selected to join the Forum of Young Global Leaders (YGL), under the World Economic Forum (WEF) Class of 2024 – a group of nearly 90 changemakers who are shaping the future and accelerating positive change through their groundbreaking work. This year’s cohort, helping…
28 Mar 2024
The Edo State Universal Basic Education Board (Edo SUBEB) Chairman, Ozavize Salami, has noted that inspiring inclusion at all levels is critical for creating gender equity in the society.
28 Mar 2024
Nigerian business law firm, G. Elias, in commemoration of International Women’s Day (IWD), through its yearly #SheBlooms programme, has championed the conversation about gender equity in the workplace
14 Mar 2024
Wife of the President, Oluremi Tinubu, has said, in the quest for national development, the government must recognise the role of technology in advancing gender equity by offering women full participation in the digital revolution.
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Following the revelation by former military President Gen. Ibrahim Babangida during the launch of his book "A Journey in Service" that the 1966 coup was not an Igbo coup as alleged, the Igbo apex group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on Sunday demanded an apology and N10 trillion as compensation from President Bola Tinubu to the Igbo. The…
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The United States National Coffee Association found that 63% of Americans drink coffee every day. In Nigeria, the coffee culture is gaining momentum. Coffee has long been celebrated for its ability to enhance alertness and improve cognitive function. Coffee’s stimulating effects are largely due to caffeine, its primary active ingredient, which blocks adenosine receptors to…
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Justice Rosemary Dugbo Oghoghorie of the Federal High Court sitting in Calabar has convicted and sentenced the Chief Executive Officer of Micheno Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society, Uno Michael Eke, to one-year imprisonment for conspiracy, obtaining property by false pretence, and money laundering to the tune of N2 billion. He was jailed after pleading guilty to four…
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The Jigawa State Police Command has arrested a suspected serial car thief, Alhassan Isa, also known as Tata, and recovered a stolen vehicle. The suspect, a resident of Shuwarin town in Kiyawa Local Government Area, was apprehended with a Mazda 323 Model F, bearing registration number MNA 139HK, Niger State. In a statement on Sunday,…
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The Jigawa State Police Command has arrested a suspected serial car thief, Alhassan Isa, also known as Tata, and recovered a stolen vehicle. The suspect, a resident of Shuwarin town in Kiyawa Local Government Area, was apprehended with a Mazda 323 Model F, bearing registration number MNA 139HK, Niger State. In a statement on Sunday,…
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The Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori has extolled the virtues of late Pa Edwin Clark who passed on the 17th February 2025 as a ‘bold and courageous’ man. Oborevwori said this when he paid a condolence visit to the family of the late Niger Delta activist. While he extols the virtues of the leader of…
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Fourteen people were killed on Saturday when a bus collided with a petrol tanker in central Nigerian Niger state, a road safety official told AFP Sunday. The passenger bus rammed into the on-coming petrol tanker as the driver tried to overtake another bus outside Kusobogi village, 80 kms from the state capital Minna, Kumar Tsukwan,…
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Spanish police said Sunday they had dismantled a human trafficking ring they said had exploited more than 1,000 women in the past year, mainly Colombians and Venezuelans. "The victims, mainly of South American origin, were lured to Spain with bogus job offers," police stated, adding they had rescued 48 women in an operation which brought…
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In a bid to position the agriculture sector as the backbone of economic growth and food security, the federal government has declared an urgent shift from subsistence farming to a fully industrialised agribusiness sector. The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, reiterated the government’s commitment to transforming Nigeria’s agricultural landscape into a…
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South Africa’s Constitutional Court has opened the door for Henry Okah, the jailed leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), to submit fresh legal appeals challenging his conviction and imprisonment. Okah, sentenced in 2013 to 24 years in prison for his role in the 2010 Abuja Independence Day bombings,…