Gender
Polaris Bank Champions Lifelong Empowerment for Breast Cancer Survivors
Polaris Bank has launched the Adopt a Survivor Breast Cancer Support Initiative, a social impact programme that empowers breast cancer survivors to rebuild their...
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Outrage as Lagos Police Allegedly Attempts to Release Lebanese Accused of Defiling Eight Children
'She believes that because this organisation is still operational, more children are likely being sexually violated while the suspect continues to operate freely' By Juliana...
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Housing Insecurity: Lagos Must Shelter Its Own, House the Displaced from Oworonshoki in State Estates, says Princess Oyefusi
Princess Islamiyat Abiodun Oyefusi held significant roles in recent political contests, including serving as the Senatorial Aspirant for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) before...
Gender
Nigeria Police Force Celebrates 70 Years Of Women In Policing
The Nigeria Police Force, under the leadership of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, is set to celebrate 70 years of women...
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Rescued from Barbaric Rite: Widow Stopped from Drinking Water Used to Bathe Husband’s Corpse
Mrs Chika Ndubuisi, a widow from Awo-Omamma in Oru East Local Government Area, was rescued on Tuesday from an alleged attempt by her late...
Gender
Beyond The VAPP Act: How Widows Still Face Systemic Failures, Cultural Harm, Broken Promises (PART 3)
In this concluding part of the investigation, JULIANA FRANCIS and ANGELA NKWO-AKPOLU spotlight the modern forms of harmful widowhood practices, revealing how custodians of...
Gender
Beyond The VAPP Act: How Widows Still Face Systemic Failures, Cultural Harm, Broken Promises (PART 2)
In this second part of the investigation, JULIANA FRANCIS and ANGELA NKWO-AKPOLU uncover the deadly struggles widows and widowers endure in their fight to...
Gender
WARDC Marks International Day of the Girl Child with Call to End Period Poverty
In commemoration of the International Day of the Girl Child, the Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC) has issued a powerful statement urging...
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Grief Beyond Pain: A Mother’s Fight for Justice After Her Two Children Were Defiled by NSCDC Officer
By Juliana FrancisWhen 45-year-old Olivia learned that reporters were speaking with widows who had endured the painful rites of widowhood, she was eager to...
Gender
Nigerian Women Cocoa Farmers Shut Out of Nestlé’s Empowerment Drive
Juliana FrancisNestlé, the Swiss multinational giant, stands as one of the world’s largest food and beverage companies.Its portfolio spans everything from infant formula and...
Gender
Beyond The VAPP Act: How Widows Still Face Systemic Failures, Cultural Harm, Broken Promises (PART 1)
When the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act, 2015 (VAPP) was signed into law, many women’s rights advocates believed it would finally end dehumanising practices...
Gender
Diet of Despair: Nigerian Mothers Turn to Chicken Feed, Leftovers as Hunger Overwhelms Nation
Hunger is worsening in Nigeria at a frightening pace, so also its victim, malnutrition. No thanks to a sudden policy shift at the start...
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Sex For Gratuity: Wives, Widows of Police Officers Protest Neglect at National Assembly
The wives of retired Nigerian police officers, joined by widows and former officers, took their grievances to the National Assembly on Tuesday, staging a...
Gender
Why the Next Governor of Lagos Must Be a Woman
By Princess Abiodun Islamiat OyefusiLagos is a city of greatness — a restless, ambitious, unstoppable megacity that beats with the energy of over twenty...
Gender
Pastor, 63, Arrested For Allegedly Raping Two Sisters, Arraigned, Remanded
The Enugu State Police Command has arraigned and secured the court-ordered remand of a 63-year-old pastor, Luke Eze, for the alleged rape of two...
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‘He Said No One Can Arrest Him,’ Woman Cries Out as Police Spy Husband Turns Violent
When she first arrived in Lagos years ago, her dream was simple: to hustle, work hard, and build a better life. She started small,...
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Laboratory MD Accused of Feeding Newborn Baby Sniper to Conceal Defilement of Minor In Abuja
By Betty AbahI received this troubling information this morning from Abuja. A certain Mr.
Jeffery Eboehi, who runs a medical lab office in the Kuduru,...
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How Facebook, Misinformation, Legal Loopholes Throw Nigerian Women Into Surrogacy Ditch
By: Simbiat Bakare
When Temitope Afolabi realised her husband could get imprisoned due to a N48 million debt he incurred from a bad business deal,...
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Sexual Violence Cases at Ikorodu Court Highlight Troubling Trend of Out-of-Court Resolutions
The integrity of the judicial process is under scrutiny at the Ikorodu Magistrate Court 1, where two high-profile sexual offence cases have been significantly...
Features
The amazons of cocoa farms (II)
In this concluding part of the stirring story of women cocoa farmers, a cocoa merchant reveals to Juliana Francis how these farmers contribute to...
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