A total of 111 girls have emerged as winners from over 3,700 participants in the 2026 National Girls in ICT Competition, taking a major step into Nigeria’s technology and innovation space. The…
For more than three decades, Justice Dije Abdu Aboki has walked the corridors of Nigeria’s justice system, rising from a young State Counsel to become the first woman to occupy the highest…
The Queen Consort of the Warri Kingdom, Olori Atuwatse III, has called on African countries to deliberately create more opportunities for women to participate in leadership and decision-making, warning that the continent’s…
Findings from the 2025–2026 Reykjavík Index for Leadership indicate that 89 per cent of Nigerians are comfortable with a woman leading a major company, placing the country among societies showing relatively positive…
Nineteen-year-old Mafolayomi Otujiya has emerged the best graduating student in the Department of Public Administration at Babcock University, Ogun State, graduating with first-class honours and a cumulative grade point average of 4.52.…
Professor Oghenetega Ighedo, a Nigerian-born mathematician from Delta State, has made history as the first Black woman to earn a PhD in Pure Mathematics from the University of South Africa (UNISA), breaking…
A Nigerian woman, Chi Uzoma, has attained the rank of captain in the United States Army, marking another milestone in her military career. Uzoma announced her promotion in a post on X…
Women leaders and political stakeholders have called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to use his executive powers to remove barriers frustrating women’s participation and success in elective politics, including supporting legislation that…
Invictus Africa has revealed that 64% of Nigerians are willing to vote for women in the 2027 general elections, despite the 69.1% saying they had never voted for a female candidate. The…
Civil society organisations under the aegis of Womanifesto have faulted the Senate’s confirmation of former Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Prof. Abayomi Sunday Fasina, as an ambassador, alleging that the…