Women

Votes by women will largely determine outcomes of the 2023 general elections, Honourable Stella Okotete, Woman Leader/Representative in Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has…

The new President of the Nigerian Association of Women Entrepreneurs (NAWE), Vera Ndanusa, has called on the government to create a monitoring team to make sure economic policies bear direct impact on women entrepreneurs. …

A Non-Governmental organization (NGO), Like Minds for Social Development Initiative, says it has selected 4,000 women from across the 23 Local Government Areas of Kaduna State as beneficiaries of soft loan. These 4,000 women…

The Governor of Niger State in Northcentral Nigeria, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, has lamented the low participation of women in the political affairs of the country. The Governor stated this during a three-day training for youths, a…

The Minister of State for Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Dr. Ramatu Aliyu, has said that women across the world want and deserve an equal future free from stigma, stereotypes and violence. Addressing a World Press Conference in Abuja,…

As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to celebrate this year's International Women's Day (IWD), a Non-Governmental Organisation in Nigeria has organised skill acquisition training for rural women as a more practical approach to reducing…

The member representing Toto/Gadabuke Constituency at the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Usman Shafa, has charged the Isanayisi Women's Association, Shafa Abakpa community of his constituency to be service-oriented and contribute…

The African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC), a unit of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in collaboration with Business Unity South Africa (BUSA), on Tuesday hosted a conference on leveraging the African Continental Free Trade Area…

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has commenced the provision of free medical care for the Internally Displaced Persons as a result of healthcare challenge of the over 36,000 of them. Already two hospitals,…

By Lawan Hamidu, Abuja Federal, States and Local Governments in Nigeria have been urged to galvanise action plans to support the elimination of violence against women in the country. The call was contained in a motion under matters…