Women & Family

The First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, has emerged winner of the Independent Awards 2024 for Best Woman of the Year, dedicating the award to Nigerian women and youth. She praised their tireless contributions towards the nation’s growth and development at the

A group, Women Initiative for Sustainable Environment (WISE) has urged the government and key stakeholders to eliminate inequality and promote gender rights and equal opportunities for women and girls. Founder and Executive Director of WISE, Olanike Olugboji-Daramola, made this appeal on

One in every three Nigerian women suffers from gender based violence (GBV) in her daily activities, the Chief Operating Officer, Bridge Connect Africa Initiative (BACI), Fatima Musa Aliyu has said. She spoke at an event organized by BACI in Kano for

Banks have hailed women in the industry and others across different sectors of the country. The banks shared their messages on their official X handle on Friday to commemorate the International Women’s Day (IWD) usually celebrated annually on March 8. Access Bank

As plans to commemorate this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD) hots up, an NGO, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Nigeria has joined the global movement to demand an end to the inequities that hold women and girls from reaching their potentials. This was contained in a

Ekaette Akpabio, wife of the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has dismissed allegations of sexual harassment leveled against her husband by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Akpoti-Uduaghan, the Senator representing Kogi Central, had in an interview with Arise Television today accused the Senate President of

The Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has disclosed that about 12,665 women, youth and less privileged have benefited from empowerment programmes under its Micro-Small Medium-Sized Enterprise (MSME) clinics. Its Executive Director, Mrs Nonye Ayeni, who made the disclosure while appraising the

A Mapo Grade A Customary Court in Ibadan on Friday – yesterday, January 31 –  dissolved a 21-year-old marriage at the instance of an Ibadan-based caterer, Omotayo Kumunyi, on grounds of poisoning and domestic violence. Kumunyi, a resident of Osungbade area of