By Nneka Nwogwugwu The federal government has trained youth and women on yam processing. The training workshop was held recently at the National Root Crop Research Institute (NRCRI), Umudike, Abia State. The Director of Food and Agriculture department, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mrs Karima Babaginda in her remarks, said, the objective of […]
By Kingsley Chukwuka Women in Nigeria have been urged to play a more active and frontal role to stimulate the growth of businesses and overall development in Nigeria, a group under the aegis of Nigeria Association of Women Entrepreneur (NAWE), has said. NAWE also advised women to pursue leadership roles in their communities and the […]
Over the years we’ve seen the achievements of men paraded around leaving the ones of the women in the dust. The various contributions women have rendered to our societal growth and development, ranging from heights of politics to the tech industry, entertainment and societal change, are limitless. We take a look at a phenomenal woman […]
By Philip Clement The success of most civil movements in Nigeria has been largely attributed to the resilience and upright character of women who led the campaigns. This was the view of panellists at the TechHerNG Virtual Town Hall Meeting held to discuss “People, Technology and Movements.” They also highlighted the critical role of technology […]
Women are said to be the most beautifully complex beings on earth, but it is not impossible to understand what they need. On the contrary, the things women really want are quite easy to figure out if you pay enough attention. Daily Times, in no particular order, has listed out five very important things most […]
By Prof Tunji Olaopa For someone who has lots of women in his life, speaking about fashion, and women’s fashion for that matter, should really not be a strange matter. Even in a society where fashion has become one of the marks of modern consciousness, one does not really need to be surrounded by women […]
The Supreme Court has upheld the right of a female child to inherit properties of her father on the grounds that it is discriminatory and conflicts with the provision of the constitution. READ ALSO: “Continue romance with terrorists and we’ll join Boko Haram” – IDPs to FG However a lady identified as oderacollins on twitter reacted to […]
30 Nigerian women trafficked to Lebanon are appealing to the Nigerian Government to rescue them as they are stranded in that country. Daily Times gathered that the women are currently cramped in a one room apartment without adequate utilities in a building at Dawra city in Lebanon. They made the appeal in a statement by […]
UEFA has today confirmed that the Women’s EURO which was postponed from 2021 will be played in England from 6 July to 31 July 2022. UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said: “When we had to take an urgent decision on the postponement of UEFA EURO 2020, we always had the impact on UEFA Women’s EURO 2021 in […]
High Level Women Advocate (HiLWA), an NGO, has decried the high rate of Out-Of-School children, school drop outs and Qur’anic school pupils not enrolled into the basic education system in Katsina State. Hajia Mariya Abdullahi, HiLWA Chairperson, Katsina, stated this at a news conference, as part of activities lined up to commemorate the 2020 International […]
As the world celebrates the 2020 International Women’s Day on March 8, Jumia Nigeria has disclosed that the company prioritised women empowerment both internally and for sellers on its platform, 50% of whom are women. Aligned with the United Nations Women’s multigenerational campaign, this year’s International Women’s Day is themed” I am Generation Equality: […]
Some 80,000 people joined a largely-peaceful International Women’s Day march in Mexico City on Sunday in an act of protest against the rising rate of gender-based killings in the country, where an average of 10 women are murdered each day. Women carried banners reading “On the way home I want to feel free, not brave” […]
Kaduna – Dr Amina Bello-Mukhtar, a medical practitioner at Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital, Kaduna, on Friday, advised women to be careful with the way they dispose used sanitary pad to avoid spread of diseases. The doctor gave the advice in an interview in Kaduna. She said that proper menstrual hygiene management was key to having […]
Thirty people have been reportedly killed and a number of women and children abducted as Boko Haram terrorists burn down trucks and busses in Borno state. According to reports, we are tracking, the terrorists attacked traders in Auno, a town 24 km away from Maiduguri the capital of Borno state on Sunday night. My heart […]
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday led other stakeholders to flag off the State’s leg of the HeForShe Campaign, a United Nations initiative that rallies the support of men to fight gender inequality in the world. Speaking on the need for gender balancing at the event held at the Adeyemi Bero hall in […]
The Nigerian Army says its troops have neutralised and captured more Boko Haram/Islamic State of West Africa’s Province (ISWAP) terrorists and rescued 165 women and children from their captivity in Borno State. The Nigerian Army Operations Media Coordinator, Col. Aminu Iliyasu, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, said the operations were carried out in […]
In Nigeria, a common counsel to girls about to marry is the need to keep her family’s secrets secret. She is told to avoid bringing in a third party into her marital quarrels so that her home’s dirty linens would not be exposed to the outside world. Stripped of all diplomatic niceties, it simply means […]
Ibadan – Prof. Dolapo Lufadeju, the National Coordinator, Rotary International Project on National Family Planning Campaign, says Nigeria is losing 68,000 women yearly as a result of pregnancy and child birth complications. Lufadeju disclosed this on Thursday during the South West Family Planning Campaign Project of Rotary International in Ibadan. He said the figure represented […]
Kaduna – The Kaduna House of Assembly on Thursday, confirmed two more women as commissioners. The Assembly also confirmed the nomination of a board member of the state Fiscal Responsibility Commission. Their confirmation followed a letter sent to the House by the Acting Governor, Dr Hadiza Balarabe. Those confirmed include Dr Amina Baloni as Commissioner […]
Bauchi – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says Nigeria has the second largest number of child brides in the world, with 23 million girls and women married out as children in the country, thereby ending their educational strive. Mr Bhanu Pathak, Chief of Field Office (CFO) UNICEF Nigeria, Bauchi Field Office, stated this in […]