All posts tagged "News"
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185NewsEverything We Have Heard So Far About the Murder of Anita Akapson
Several eye witnesses detailed how the deceased was trailed, targeted, intercepted, her vehicle brushed, blocked and shot at close range by a...
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315News“I Was Four Months’ Pregnant When Herdsmen Attacked Our Village, Cut Off My Right Hand”- This 24-Year Old Mother Of Two Shares Her Story
Joy Terna is a 24-year old mother of two and a native of Giza, the Tiv speaking area of Nasarawa State. She...
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1.1K3NewsShe Got Tired Of Being Asked When She Was Getting Married, She Decides To Tie The Knot With Herself
After completing her undergraduate degree, she started her masters at Oxford University in August 2017, but in spite of her success, all...
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424NewsLinda Okoro and April Obi Young Join Nigeria Bobsled and Skeleton Teams
Two young women, Linda Okoro and April Obi Young have joined the Nigerian bobsled and skeleton teams, following the PyeongChang 2018 debut.
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685NewsWoman cries out over son’s death due to alleged medical negligence
Oluwaseun rushed her two sons to the hospital as both had cough and were vomiting. The children were admitted after they were...
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1.2K1NewsEverything We Have Heard About the Woman Who Was Allegedly Murdered By Her Nanny in Abuja
On the day of the incident, Becky was said to have locked Yemisi and her daughter in the house after attacking her...
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785NewsWe Demand Justice For Seun Ajila – The Rapist And Murderer Must Be Caught And Prosecuted! #justiceforAJILA
Ajila Oluwaseun a promising young lady was raped and stabbed to death on the 4th of October 2018 in her mother's home...
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524NewsOby Ezekwesili Officially Declares She Will Run for President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria In 2019
One of the things people will be hearing a lot when Ezekwesili becomes president is, equality of opportunity. She urged people to...
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531NewsHow Hannah is raising young business women in Makoko
Noting this challenge, Hannah, who is also not educated, decided to help young women by sharing her skills with them, so they...
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8522News“It’s not easy to be transported to Europe just like a bag of fruit and sold for men to eat” – Nigerian women forced into prostitution in Paris speak
At 15, she had her first abortion when she was raped again. So, when she came across a madam in Lagos, who...
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622News17-Year-Old Teenager Is Killed By Ex-Boyfriend, Days after Posting About the Domestic Violence She Suffered
This nigga done broke several phones, busted windows out, followed me from my house to wherever, bit me several times, threw me...
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549NewsWith a Heavy Clay Pot on His Head and a Baby Tied To His Back, Policeman Francis Ogweng Marched Down the Streets to Tackle Violence against Women
He grew up seeing his father abuse his mother and he is trying to change the narrative. He organized a march, where...
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542NewsHow Dr Priye Iyalla Amadi Fought the Law That Prevented Married Women from Getting Nigerian Passport without a Consent Letter from Their Husbands
Dr. Iyalla Amadi protested and fought on her behalf and other Nigerian women. She took the Nigerian Immigration Service to court over...
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418NewsRinsola Abiola Is Ready To Run For the Abeokuta North/Odeda/Obafemi Owode Constituency Seat in the House of Representatives
Rinsola’s political participation began in late 2013. Her decision to join mainstream politics was informed by a desire to be part of...
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6101News“I Pray Not To Have Children Again In My Life. If Childbearing Is A Blessing, I Pray To God to Give It to Those Who Need It and Not To Me” – 29-Year Old Mother of 11 Children
Helen’s five pregnancies gave her 11 children
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539NewsMinister Of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan Resigns From APC For These Reasons
In tweets containing copies of her resignation letter to the president, Aisha shared the reason why had to leave the party.
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322NewsWedding Officials Refused To Join This Couple Because Of The NLC Strike
Despite fixing the date for their wedding a month earlier, a clearly distraught couple told BBCNewsPidgin, that the wedding officials refused to...
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217NewsOne of Njideka Akunyili Crosby’s Paintings Just Sold For $3 Million in London
Like many of her paintings, Njideka’s “Bush Babies” was inspired by her heritage, and draws from her own experiences as a Nigerian...
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56510NewsLola Omolola, Founder Of ‘Female IN’ selected as one of the 100 beneficiaries of the Facebook Community Leadership program
Lola Omolola has been selected as one of the 100 beneficiaries of the Facebook Community Leadership program. Sharing the news on her...
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400NewsChimamanda Ngozi Adichie Wins the 2019 Everett M. Rogers Award
Winner woman!
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511NewsDolapo Badmus Just Had Cause to Sort out a Baby Mama and a Sweet Boy Issue, And Here Is Her Advice to All Young Women
....some of you even go EXTRA Mile to become a baby mama thinking pregnancy will give you a place in his home...
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7895NewsWe Mourn ICRC Midwife, Saifura Ahmed Who Was Abducted and Murdered By Boko Haram
Saifura, who worked with the International Committee of the Red Cross moved to Rann to help vulnerable women in need when she...
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550NewsThis Is What Eunice Atuejide Will Do If She Does Not Become President In 2019
The teachers did not carry canes or start by barking orders at the new pupils like we see on first days of...
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548NewsAbisoye Ajayi-Akinfolarin Becomes The First CNN Hero From Nigeria
Abisoye Ajayi-Akinfolarin may have had a very rough childhood as she lost her mother when she was four years old, but that...
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621News“Why I Resigned From My Job”- Kemi Adeosun
“I had no reason to suspect that the certificate was anything but genuine” she said
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8251NewsGenevieve Nnaji’s “Lionheart” Becomes the First Netflix Original Film from Nigeria
Congratulations to Nollywood actress, Genevieve Nnaji, whose movie, Lionheart, has been acquired by Netflix. Genevieve’s movie is the first Nigerian movie to...
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664NewsSecondary School Teacher wins 2018 BBC Hausa Women’s Writing Competition
A 29-year old secondary school teacher, Safiyya Jibril has won this year’s BBC Hausa Story Writing Contest for Women. Her story, “Ya...
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621NewsLinda Ikeji’s Slam-Dunk Open Letter To Her Staff Who Was Accused Of Rape
These girls - and I didn't say girl, I said girls may not have a voice, money or time to take it...
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634NewsThese Widows Make a Living by Crying At the Funerals of Strangers
“Some people don’t know how to cry. People come in to pick me to go to their funerals to cry for them....
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1.2KNewsNigerian Parent Arrested In Wisconsin after Their Teenage Son Died and another Child Was Hospitalized During a Religious Fast
A Nigerian parent have been arrested in southern Wisconsin after their teenage son died and another child was hospitalized following during a...