A Nigerian organisation that focuses on women health and information has said addressing the issue of child marriage can enhance girls’ access to healthcare services, education and also reduce infant mortality. To achieve this, the group said it had initiated an advocacy that would promote the prohibition of child marriage in some communities in Agege ...

The Lagos State Government reiterated their unwavering commitment to continually implement initiatives targeted at empowering women and youths to become useful and responsible citizens. The State’s Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Cecelia Dada said the present administration would spare no effort to equip women and young persons with the requisite skills aimed at ...

A former Governorship aspirant, Natasha Akpoti, has inaugurated a scheme of a business start-up fund for 5000 Kogi women and youths. Speaking at the inauguration, Akpoti said the first phase of the soft loan scheme with zero interest rate was meant for women across the 21 local government areas of the state who are mainly ...

GOVERNOR OBASEKI LAUDS WOMEN HUMANITARIAN WORKERS The Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, has applauded the role of women humanitarian workers, who work under harsh conditions to reach difficult terrains and deliver aid to victims of conflicts across the world. Obaseki said as the world marks World Humanitarian Day, he salutes the courage of women humanitarian ...

AN AWARENESS WOMEN GROUP WANTS TALLEN APPOINTED WOMEN AFFAIRS MINISTER An Awareness Group has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint Dame Paulien Tallen as the minister for Women Affairs. The national coordinator Murna Kande Bulama, said women in Nigeria stand to gain a lot by having Tallen as their minister representative.  Bulama said Tallen ...

The Federal Government says about 131,000 women and 373,000 children under five years will enjoy free basic healthcare in the next nine months in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Alhaji Abdullahi Mashi, made the disclosure at the launch of the Basic Health Care Provision Fund for the FCT at ...

Yobe state government said it has commenced statewide sensitization of mothers on exclusive breastfeeding to reduce malnutrition among children in the state. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Baba Malam Wali noted that the advocacy is to demonstrate government’s commitment toward combating high rate of malnutrition and other negative indices to improve health status ...

United Kingdom’s Department for International Development has secured admission into various Health Training Institutions for 268 girls in Katsina under the Women for Health Programme. Chairman, W4H Working Group in Katsina, Mr. Suleiman Abdullahi Saulawa, disclosed this on Thursday in Katsina at the presentation of support to beneficiaries, saying the gesture was part of efforts ...

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the nominees for the 2019 News & Current Affairs categories of the International Emmy Awards, which includes a female Nigerian journalists, Ruona Meyer. Meyer, investigated a Current Affairs report covering the country’s devastating addiction to codeine cough syrup which reveals the horrors of an opioid crisis ...