The African Women Lawyers Association (AWLA) Nigeria has congratulated Mrs. Oyinkansola Badejo-Okunsanya, SAN, on her swearing-in as the 33rd President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), describing her emergence as a landmark…

For more than three decades, the question of whether a woman could occupy the highest elective office of Nigeria’s foremost professional legal body remained largely unanswered. But as lawyers converged on Port…

For decades, Nigerian women have turned out in their millions to vote, campaign, mobilise communities and support political parties, yet when the doors to elected office open, only a small fraction make…

…Seeks more inclusive law faculties across Nigerian universities The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has raised concerns over the declining representation of women as they progress to senior academic and leadership positions in…

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.…