Let’s Have More Science, Technology, Innovation Policies That Benefit Women – AFDB
The African Development Bank has called on African countries to make science, technology and innovation (STI) policies inclusive and place women and girls at the centre of STI programmes. The bank made the call as the International Day of Women and Girls in Science was celebrated across the world. Celebrated each year on February 11, […]
Council Of State Approves $1bn For Agric, Livestock Support For Herdsmen
The Council of State on Thursday endorsed $1 billion to boost agriculture and empower livestock farmers, including the Fulani herdsmen. The council also recommended inter-state security joint operations to deal with armed bandits, especially those operating from the forests. State Governors: Abubakar Badaru (Jigawa); Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun) and Willy Obiano (Anambra), stated this while briefing […]
Diaspora Women Donate Sanitary Wear To Female Students In Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean women in the Diaspora have pledged to supply sanitary wear for female students and other less-privileged women in Manicaland Province, Minister of State for Manicaland Provincial Affairs Cde Monica Mutsvangwa has said. Minister Mutsvangwa made the announcement during a meeting with development partners at Mutare Hall last Friday. After a briefing by the director […]
Gowon Reiterates Call For Peace, Unity In Nigeria
Former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon has reiterated his call on Nigerians to pray for peace, unity and prosperity of the country. Gowon made the call on Saturday during a two-day National Prayer Rally organised under the aegis of Nigeria Prays, at the Government House, Maiduguri. He noted that such prayers were imperative to […]
Buhari Apologises Over Dapchi School Attack
President Muhammadu Buhari said he was sorry that the attack that led to the abduction of students from the Government Girls Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State, could happen. The president, in a statement on Friday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity Malam Garba Shehu, described the incident as a national disaster. President […]
Staying In A Field Dominated By Men? – This Is How To Set The Pace
When you work in a male-dominated industry, it doesn’t surprise you — as much as frustrate you or make you go numb — when someone stares you up and down and says: “Oh, really? How did you get into that?” They’re suspicious. Confused. Intrigued. Being a woman in a male-dominated industry is like being the […]
Battling Sexual Violence In Nigeria
I am not a fan of false equivalences, so I admit to not joining in conversations about why the #MeToo movement that is sweeping Western countries cannot or is not happening here. Still, my breath caught when I read the news of the two-year-old child who was sexually abused at the hands of a man […]
It Is Still Very Difficult For Women To Access Justice
IT started like any other normal day for Emily Tuyishime but little did she know it would turn into a black Saturday in her life. On that fateful Saturday afternoon, her four-year-old son was involved in an accident that left him in a coma after sustaining grave injuries on the head. Tuyishime tried to seek […]
Parents Weep As Alleged Rescue Of Dapchi Schoolgirls Turn False
Parents and guardians of the missing schoolgirls in Government Girls Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe state, broke into tears when Gov. Ibrahim Gaidam visited them without saying a word on the whereabouts of the girls. Addressing the parents at the District Head’s palace in Dapchi on Thursday, the governor urged the parents to remain faithful as […]
Made A Bride In Exchange For A Cow
THE air you breathe between the scattered and unique Ovahimba huts at the Omaoipanga village situated about 15 kilometres from Opuwo is fresh, and one cannot help but admire the high hills on the horizon, the freedom of the children, and after a few drops of rain, the odour of fresh cow dung that sums […]
Air France Pilots, Stewards Embark On Strike, Demand Pay Rise
Half of Air France’s long-haul flights out of Paris were cancelled Thursday due to a strike over pay by pilots, cabin crew and ground staff. “No cash, no planes,” staff chanted as they marched noisily through Terminal 2 of Charles de Gaulle airport, wearing flourescent jackets and waving union flags. Riot police twice used tear […]
Cameroonian Government Seeks Greater Female Political Participation
Political parties in Cameroon have set an ambitious goal ahead of this year’s polls — to put women in at least 30 percent of elected offices. An all-female orchestra plays as 300 women selected from associations around Cameroon campaign in markets, universities and popular spots in the capital, asking women to register to vote. Twenty-nine-year-old […]
Zamfara Govt. Disburses Over N200m To Deceased Families
The Zamfara state government has disbursed over N200 million to families of victims of the recent gunmen attacks in some communities of the state. The Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Alhaji Sanusi Rikiji, disclosed this on Thursday in Zurmi, while presenting state government’s assistance to the families of the deceased and victims of […]
Three Pupils Die After Allegedly Eating Biscuits From Classmate In Abuja
Three pupils of Local Education Authority Primary School, Kubwa 2, Federal Capital Territory, have reportedly died after eating some biscuits. The snack was allegedly shared to the victims by an unidentified classmate on Tuesday. Two pupils were said to have died at home in the night, while the third victim reportedly collapsed and died at […]
UNDP/FG To Train Nigerian Youths On Entrepreneurship
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Country Director, Samuel Bwalya has disclosed that the Agency in collaboration with the Federal Government has embarked on training millions of Nigerians. Bwalya made this disclosure on Saturday in Maiduguri at the end of a six-day entrepreneurships training programme that the agency would trains millions of Nigerians in entrepreneurial skills […]