The long-awaited push for gender balance in Nigeria’s politics moved a step closer to reality on Monday as President Bola Tinubu, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of the House of Representatives…
The Honourable Minister of Women Affairs, Hajiya Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, has raised alarm over what she described as a coordinated attempt to undermine the Ministry of Women Affairs and her leadership as a…
… Says it’s an affront to democracy Womanifesto, an umbrella body of more than 300 women’s rights organisations, has taken a hard stance against the prolonged exclusion of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan from…
In a powerful regional intervention, Hon. Fatoumatta Njai, a female member of the National Assembly of The Gambia, has called on the Nigerian Senate to immediately reinstate Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan following what…
…Tasks Lawyers to Confront Nigeria’s Leadership Failure, Rescue 133m Poor Citizens Former Minister of Education and Co-founder of Transparency International, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, has challenged Nigerian lawyers to rise above complacency and…
“On the day after, women are the anchors of recovery, helping to rebuild trust and heal communities long after the guns fall silent.” United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, has called for…
…From rebirth to results, championing literacy and equity Less than two years ago, when Dr. Roselyn Apoare-Uranta was appointed the Commissioner for Women Affairs, she found a ministry in what she described…
The Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC) has called on Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo, to forge strategic partnerships that will strengthen public awareness and policy implementation on Sexual…
Stakeholders in the health and gender rights sectors have urged Ogun State to strengthen legal protections, scale up public awareness, and expand access to reproductive health services to curb rising cases of…
Honourable Princess Pat Adankele Ajudua PhD assumed office as Delta State’s Commissioner for Women Affairs, Community and Social Development, she walked into a ministry at the intersection of some of society’s most…