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 ...

A Survey has shown that out of 1,000 newly-born children in Osun State, 56 die within 28 days of their birth. The data also indicated that 78 out of 1,000 children in the state die before they are 12 months old. It also revealed that 101 out of 1,000 children in the state die before ...

The President of The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), Zainab Atoba has called on Kaduna State government to change the punishment for rape and defilement from 14 years to death penalty by hanging. Atoba, during a courtesy visit to Alhaji Aminu Shagali, the Speaker Kaduna State House of Assembly said this had become imperative ...