Tag Archives: Women

Chinyere Abiaziem The Men and Women in Ecclesiastical Leadership Alliance (MEWELA) Global, a non-faith biased movement, has pushed for intense emancipation of women, their realisation/fulfilment of purpose alongside soul winning. The group otherwise known as God’s endtime and family movement, which started globally and nationally in 2018 and 2023 respectively, stressed the place of women in family and nation building, …

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The Senior Officer, Advocacy and Government and Multilateral Relations and Strategic Programmatic Partnerships at the Gates Foundation, Dr. Mojisola Odeku has stressed the need to extend insurance benefits and packages to cover every aspect of women’s health including hormonal and reproductive services. This will ensure that challenges such as cultural factors, low awareness, illiteracy, and geographic inaccessibility do not deny …

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Scientific researchers have found the brain region linked to genital touch in women and it seems it’s better developed in women sho have sex regularly.

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AbdulRazaq bags Ministry’s ‘He-for-She Award of Excellence’ As Assembly drills nominees for six hours  Women Affairs and Social Development Minister Pauline Tallen has described the Kwara State’s gender-friendly cabinet as “a dream come true in fulfillment of the yearnings and aspirations of Nigerian women overtime.” That came as the Kwara State House of Assembly on Tuesday commenced the screening of …

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Secretary to the Lagos State Government (SSG), Mrs. Folashade Jaji, has urged journalists within the state to be fair and objective in reporting the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu led administration. Jaji, made the call during a courtesy and congratulatory visit by the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Lagos Chapter for her appointment into office. She said it was important that …

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The International Press Centre (IPC) has called on stakeholders to involve women in democratic governance, citing the 2019 elections in which few women contested for or won elective positions as a reason. According to a statement by IPC in commemoration of the 2019 edition of the International Women’s Day, IPC Director, Lanre Arogundade, said it was imperative for Nigerian women …

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Folake Sokoya The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar, said his policy document targeting at creating an enabling environment for the youths and women to return to the path of wealth creation and gainful employment would soon be unveiled. Abubakar on Wednesday on his personal twitter handle @atiku said that the document would help to address the problem …

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Adele Adeniji In May 2015, the then Minister of Finance, Dr Okonjo-Iweala, shocked many when she revealed that she is a cancer survivor. She made this revelation at the night of tributes in honour of the late Oronto Douglas, who fell to the bullets of cancer on April 9, 2015. In her words: “I underwent treatment for three years. I …

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    Founder of Kudirat Initiatives For Democracy (KIND), Hafsat Abiola-Costelo has challenged Nigerian women to demand their political power and rights. Abiola-Costelo, daughter of the presumed winner of the June 12 1993 presidential election, the late Chief M.K.O. Abiola whose wife, Alhaja Kudirat Abiola was also assassinated in Lagos, gave the charge recently at an event organized by her …

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Lagos-based media NGO, the International Press Centre (IPC) recently held a one-day Stakeholders’ forum on Advancing Women Participation Ahead the 2019 Electoral Process in Lagos. The event, in furtherance of a series of citizens engagement programmes which began in 2014 drew participants among community members from 18 communities across six Local Government Areas in Lagos State including Amuwo-Odofin, Surulere, Shomolu, …

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