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Nigeria’s female Athletics coaches pay a high price in a male-dominated field: Part 1
During her active days as an athlete where she specialised in the 100 metres, Endurance Ojokolo-Akpeki won eight gold medals for Nigeria at continental and inter-continental level, and competed at six editions of the World Athletics…
One year after Owo attack, survivors recount ordeal
In June 5, 2022, the biggest Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State, St. Francis Church came under attack as it rounded off its Sunday mass.
Sounds of heavy gun shooting and bombing rented the air and by the time it all ended, 100…
Inside Niger IDP camps where preventable diseases kill women, children (Il)
Nothing at the camp makes the existence of the IDPs enjoyable. The shattered roofs above their heads and the naked rooms expose them to deadly infections. The Kuta IDP camp looks unfit for humans to dwell in.
Tattered roof at Kuta…
Inside Niger IDP camps where preventable diseases kill women, children (I)
While children in tattered clothes were laid on the naked floor, their mothers and caregivers busied themselves with the only work that fills their bowels – picking and sieving of grains mixed with sand.
They seemed cheerful from a…
How four sisters win landmark judgement against dia brothers over inheritance
Four sisters on 29 March 2023, become di first to benefit from di Rivers State Prohibition of di Curtailment of Women’s Rights to Share in Family Property Law No. 2 of 2022, after one High Court rule in dia favour for case between dem and…
Group Seeks Passage Of Gender Bills By 10th National Assembly
A Non-Governmental Organisation, under the aegis of the Female Reporters Leadership Programme Initiative (FRLP), has called on the 10th National Assembly to reconsider the gender bills with a view to passing them.
Mrs Ann Godwin, a…
A Local Malnutrition Centre Is Giving Malnourished Children Hope In Northwest Nigeria
Malnutrition management centres established in 15 Local Government Areas of Katsina state in the northwest are trying to control the soaring malnutrition crisis that has been affecting children.
Investigation – Inside Murky Waters of Surrogacy and the Rise of Baby Factories in Nigeria
One of the joys of parenthood is to bear offspring, and one method of achieving this is through surrogacy, and it has gained much popularity across the globe including Nigeria. While surrogacy, and other methods of assisted reproductive…
SPECIAL REPORT: Unpaid salaries, poor working conditions mar Plateau workers scheme for women
In 2007, the Plateau State Government, under Governor Jonah Jang, contracted some women to sweep the streets of Jos, Bukuru and its environment as part of government efforts to support widows and the elderly.
They were placed on a…