Benue women on Monday staged a peaceful protest to Government House, Makurdi, to demand for more political appointments and elective positions in the state.
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SCORES of women and youths in Umuoba Anam, Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State took to the streets nude in protest against their traditional ruler, Igwe G. A. Ekwealor, who was accused of supporting the activities of herdsmen in the area.
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More than 40 people including women and children have been shot dead aboard a boat carrying Somali refugees in the Red Sea off war-torn Yemen, officials said.
The Ekiti State Government has declared Wednesday, March 8, as work free day to celebrate the 2017 International Women’s Day in the state. The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Idowu Adelusi, told journalists in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday that Governor Ayo Fayose gave the approval to allow full participation of women in the […]
Boko Haram Islamists raided a village in northeast Nigeria earlier this week, killing three men and abducting seven women, police said on Thursday.
The large number of stateless women in West Africa is also a matter of serious human rights concern."
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The Southeast has been lagging behind, especially in unity. The situation has been a source of worry to the men. Women are only bothered about issues concerning the women folk which they discuss at the famous August Meeting. But there is a new thinking among some women under the aegis of Prominent Igbo Daughters who […]
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On Thursday, 21 of the girls were finally released and this has to be seen as good news. But add to that the one girl who escaped Boko Haram captivity in May and the number of liberated Chibok girls makes up little more than 10 percent of those captured in 2014.
On Thursday, 21 of the girls were finally released and this has to be seen as good news. But add to that the one girl who escaped Boko Haram captivity in May and the number of liberated Chibok girls makes up little more than 10 percent of those captured in 2014.
The project was conducted in the five states of Niger, Kwara, Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara.
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