Joy Ezeilo
7 Dec
Two Nigerians, Joy Ezeilo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), and Ibijoke Faborode, co-founder of ElectHER, a Non-Governmental Organisation addressing female under-representation in politics across Africa, have been listed among the BBC’s 2022 list of 100 world inspiring and influential women. BBC announced this in a statement on Tuesday. The BBC’s list of 100 women…
1 Sep 2022
The Anambra State Traditional Rulers Council is partnering the Women Aid Collective (WACOL) to wage war against all forms of harmful and degrading traditional practices against women in the state.
4 Feb 2020
Protest erupted in Enugu State yesterday over alleged attack on female lawyers attached to the Women Aid Collective (WACOL) by men from the Enugu police command.
5 Mar 2019
Relief may soon come the way of women as lawyers began an awareness campaign for implementation of the provisions of law on gender discrimination, especially as regards women traditional inheritance.
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As part of a joint effort to cascade enlightenment on the dangers of human trafficking and violence against persons to the grassroots, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, (NAPTIP), and the Chief of Army Staff have agreed to set up Anti-Human Trafficking and Violence Against Persons Vanguards in all Military Secondary…
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Members of the South-East/Igbo APC Progressives Roundtable (SIAPRO), have warned against ethnic strife and tension between Igbo and Yoruba, urging those making inciting statements to desist henceforth.
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A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Tuesday fixed April 20, 2023, to rule on a Kogi State Application seeking to vacate an interim order of court freezing 14 properties linked to Kogi State governor.
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Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike has expressed delight over the ouster Iyorchia Ayu as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The National Working Committee (NWC) of PDP on Tuesday appointed its Deputy National Chairman (North), Ambassador Umar Damagum, as acting national chairman. The committee explained that the decision to appoint Damagum was…
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An interesting feature of this year’s African Diaspora Investment Symposium (ADIS23) was the celebration of ingenuity and innovation of African entrepreneurs with the conferment of the prestigious Barka Award on Dr. Amadou Alpha Sall, CEO, Institut Pasteur de Dakar in Senegal and Director, WHO Collaborating Center for Arboviruses and Viral Hemorrhagic Fever. Also honoured were…