Women foreign ministers from around the world kicked off a first-of-its-kind meeting on Friday, bringing together more than half of the world's top women diplomats in Montreal. Women are "key to finding solutions to the political, economic and social challenges facing our societies," Canada's top diplomat Chrystia Freeland said Friday at the opening of the…

The participation of women in politics and electoral process in Nigeria is still at a dismal level, and despite the overwhelming number of women at many rallies, it is yet to produce a female presidential flag bearer of a major political party. According to the Global Gender Gap index data of the World Economic Forum…

Telecommunications firm, Globacom Limited (GLO), has reiterated its commitment to fostering more digital opportunities for women in Nigeria.     The telecommunications giant stated this when it led several organisations in the Nigerian IT public and private sector to pledge continuous support for women’s digital inclusion and economic empowerment.       The Head, Customer Care Call,…

Adefunke Adewumi, the founder of Black Diamonds Support Foundation, a non-profit organisation that supports and empower women especially widows and single mothers, she is well known in the slums giving hope, medical, wellbeing and educational support to indigents children, across the country. She speaks against domestic violence, rape, child abuse and molestation. Her popularity soar…

A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, yesterday, sentenced three women to 45 days imprisonment for fighting and biting one another in public. The convicts, Amina Ishaq, 22, Praise Bassey, 29 and Mariam Soliu, 23, all of Paipe Village in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), were arraigned on a two-count charge of disturbing public peace…

Vitamin D is essential for the body, as it helps to keep the bone in good shape. Experts say insufficient Vitamin D could lead to bone deformities (rickets) in children and bone pain in adults. Dr. Obiefuna Ajie, Chemical Pathologist/Lecturer, College of Medicine, University of Lagos explained what vitamin D does to the body, and…

“The best advice I ever got is that knowledge is power and to keep reading” – David Bailey Today, many people don’t read again, and the embers of this craft are slowing dying. Part of the barriers to the advancement of literacy is a waning reading culture which is invariably detrimental to effective human capital…

Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, has urged women to use their numerical strength, which corresponds with their voting power to elect themselves into political offices. He said women have bulk votes that determine electoral victory to a large extent and consequently encouraged those desiring elective offices to do so, especially as obtaining of forms have…

Women in Bauchi State have assured Governor Mohammed Abubakar of their total support in 2019, citing his unprecedented empowerment of women in the state. Aishatu Ibrahim, one of the 500 beneficiaries of the N10 million to boost small-scale businesses in the state, disclosed this to our correspondent in Bauchi yesterday. She urged the government to…

“Everybody is hung up on domestic abuse by men against women. Nobody spares a moment towards the equally devastating verbal abuse men suffer in the hands of their wives.

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday charged women to contest political positions across party divides to effect change in the country. He made the call at women political aspirants’ summit organised by the Women in Politics Forum of the National Council of Women Societies (NCWS). Buhari said the summit signified the spirit of Nigerian women to support…

Just two alcoholic drinks a month during pregnancy raises children's risk of having low Intelligence Quotients (IQs) and attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD), new research suggests.