Sports

“Pioneers of Passion: Nigerian Women Shaping the Future of Sports”

Ihesiulo Grace 22 April 2024 0

Explore the inspiring journeys of Nigerian women in sports, who have overcome societal barriers to excel at the highest levels. From setting records on the global stage to inspiring the next generation, these athletes are not just winning medals but also changing the narrative around women in

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Beware of Ponzi schemes, impulsive buying, expert tasks women

Ihesiulo Grace 22 May 2021 0

Nigerian women have been called upon to avoid impulsive buying and tread carefully while seeking to invest their monies, urging them to shun Ponzi schemes promising high returns. Mrs Titilola Oladejo, a financial and investment expert, made the call at a webinar on Skills and Tools on Practical Financial Advice organised by Mothers United and […]

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Columnist: Nature of work and the right of Nigerian Women

Ihesiulo Grace 9 December 2020 0

By Prof Tunji Olaopa From time immemorial when humans began to walk the earth and were confronted with the challenges of surviving, work has become essential in the existential definition of what humans can be. To work is to survive. By the time the homo sapiens was fully formed, it became significant for the men […]

Opinion

The travails of Nigerian women

Ihesiulo Grace 10 June 2020 0

Considering these trending hashtags: #SayNoToRapists, #NoToRape, #EndRapeCulture, #JusticeForOurGirls, you would think that you are in India or South Africa. But no, this is Nigeria today. Behind the recent spate of reports of sexual abuse and rape across the country are real, individual human beings. These are some of them: Elizabeth Ochanya Ogbanje (13), sexually abused

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Plateau NLC urges women to unite to achieve 35 per cent affirmation

Ihesiulo Grace 12 March 2020 0

The Plateau state council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged Nigerian women to shun sentiments and unite in order to achieve the 35 per cent affirmation in politics and equality. NLC state Chairman, Eugene Manji, made the call on Thursday in Jos, at an International Women’s Day event organised by the women committee […]

Politics

Ezekwesili laments increasing violence against Nigerian women

Ihesiulo Grace 27 November 2018 0

The increasing rate of violence against women in Nigeria is alarming and worrisome, the presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili, has said. In a statement on Tuesday to commemorate the #ViolenceAgainstWomenDay, the presidential candidate regretted that despite the hardship confronted by women in Nigeria, they were

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Why I Will Not Marry A Nigerian Woman – Super Eagles’ Coach, Gernot Rohr

Ihesiulo Grace 29 April 2018 0

  Super Eagles’ manager, Gernot Rohr, has given reasons he will not marry a Nigerian woman.   Just like former Nigerian manager, Clemens Westerhof got hooked to a Zimbabwean lady during his sojourn in Africa, Rohr, when asked in an interview with the Sun if he would consider marrying a Nigerian lady, said it would […]

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Tears flowed as 26 Nigerian women buried in Italy

Ihesiulo Grace 18 November 2017 0

……As Marian Shaka, Osato Osara and 24 others interred …….Investigators reached family members of three …….Autopsy showed 25 of the women drowned The 26 Nigerian women that drowned during a migrant crossing from Libya in the Mediterranean Sea, were buried in Italy on Friday, following an interfaith funeral service. According to the Sacramento bee reports, […]

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The Nigerian women who make Olympic History

Ihesiulo Grace 18 November 2017 0

Thirty years after the Jamaican bobsled team captured hearts around the world, three women from Nigeria stand on the brink of making history of their own in the same event. Driver Seun Adigun and brakewomen Akuoma Omeoga, Ngozi Onwumere have qualified for Pyeongchang 2018, ensuring an African nation will be represented in the sport at […]