By Folasade Akpan Nutrition International’s Nigeria Country Director, Dr Osita Okonkwo, has emphasised prioritising nutrition as a vital pathway toward building a healthier nation, stronger families, improved productivity, and sustainable human development outcomes nationwide. Okonkwo said this in Abuja during the Fourth Annual Seminar on Nutrition and Free Food PalliativeContinue Reading
The National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), and the Connect Network Foundation, have unveiled the Safe Zone Project, a strategic initiative aimed at protecting and empowering women affected by insecurity in Nigeria.Continue Reading
By Joshua Olomu Hajia Maryam Ciroma, former Minister for Women Affairs and Social Development, has urged Nigerian authors to use their works to promote awareness, advocate equal opportunities and challenge stereotypes against women. She made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at theContinue Reading
By Angela Atabo, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) In today’s fast-moving digital world, social media can feel like both a megaphone and a battlefield. TikTok skits, Instagram reels and anonymous comment threads have become places where people living with disabilities are mocked, impersonated or openly harassed. For many Nigerian womenContinue Reading
By Aisha Gambo A group of female journalists on Monday began a women-only media organisation, Mata Media, aimed at telling stories of women, by women, and for women. This is contained in a statement by the organisation’s Managing Director, Fauziyya Tukur. “Mata Media, a pioneering women-only media organisation, is proudContinue Reading
By Ibukun Emiola, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Across Oyo State, smallholder women farmers—long recognised as the backbone of rural food production—are waging a quiet but debilitating battle to access and retain farmland. An investigation by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reveals that yearly, land leasing, prohibitive landContinue Reading
By Naomi Sharang Founder, TOS Foundation, Mrs Osasu Igbinedion-Ogwuche, has called on President Bola Tinubu to endorse the Reserved Seats for Women Bill anytime it is passed by the National Assembly. Igbinedion-Ogwuche also urged the Wife of the President, Oluremi Tinubu, to support the bill. The call was made inContinue Reading
By Oluwafunke Ishola The Chief Medical Director, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Prof. Adetokunbo Fabamwo, has called for strong political will to prioritise adequate resource allocation to maternal and child health. Fabamwo said this on Wednesday during the 24th Biennial Conference and Investiture Ceremony of the MedicalContinue Reading
Nearly 20 years ago, when Charlotte Songue first arrived in Kisangani, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s eastern Tshopo province, she was a young Cameroonian lawyer driven by dreams of justice and solidarity. Today, as a senior women protection advisor and gender coordinator at the UN JointContinue Reading
In the 21st century, building a better life is impossible without the all-round progress of women’s causes, and it requires women to contribute more wisdom and strength. Gertrude Mongella, secretary-general of the Fourth World Conference on Women held in the Chinese capital Beijing in 1995 said this on Monday inContinue Reading
