Al-Makura’s wife commences harvest of 100 hectare farmland

The Wife of Nasarawa State Governor, Hajiya Salamatu Al-Makura, on Thursday commenced harvest of a 100-hectare farmland she cultivated to feed widows, orphans and vulnerable children in the state.

Vietnam's parliament elects first female speaker

The National Assembly (NA) of Vietnam on Thursday elected Nguyen Ngan as the country's first female House Speaker in capital Hanoi.

Inibehe Effiong: Kaduna State Religious Preaching Bill – Resolving the constitutional controversy

Permit me to begin this legal discourse by expressing unreserved gratitude to the Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the Executive Governor of Kaduna State, Mr Samuel Aruwan, for furnishing me with the electronic copy of the Kaduna State Religious Preaching Bill 2016 which is currently before the Kaduna State House of Assembly for consideration.

NDE trains 50 women in cosmetics' production

The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in Osogbo, Osun, had commenced a five-day training for 50 women in the state on how they could produce various cosmetics.

NACA unveils Nigeria’s HIV/AIDS Anti-Discrimination Law

The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has unveiled a popular version of Nigeria’s HIV/AIDS Anti Discrimination Act 2014, to avail more people a chance to understand and utilise the Law.

Naira remains N322 to dollar 2 days after Easter break

The Naira on Wednesday maintained its exchange rate at N322 to a dollar.

Aisha Buhari donates relief materials to IDPs in Benue

The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, on Wednesday donated assorted relief materials to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Benue.

 Mrs Buhari, who was in Benue to empathise with the state government on the recent farmers/herdsmen crisis, was represented by the wife of the Vice President, Mrs Oludolapo Osinbajo.

Police seals off Kogi Assembly

The crisis  rocking  the Kogi  State  House of Assembly assumed a new dimension yesterday when the complex was finally  sealed of by the security agents.
This follows the failure  of the Assembly to resolve the leadership crisis that has bedeviled  the house in the last three months.

FIDA solicits support of stakeholders on Gender Equality Bill

The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) on Monday called on stakeholders to sponsor the Gender Parity and Prohibition of Violence against Women bill.

This is contained in a statement signed by Mrs Inime Aguma, FIDA’s Publicity Secretary in Abuja.

The Gender Parity and Prohibition of Violence against Women Bill was presented by Sen. Abiodun Olujimi representing Ekiti South on March 15.

Sultan to lead campaign against maternal and child deaths - FG

The Federal Government has called on the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alhaji Saad Abubakar the third to lead the campaign against maternal and child deaths in the country.

Policeman remanded for defiling minor

A 37-year old police officer, Umar Babatunde has been remanded in prison custody by an Egor Magistrate Court for having unlawful carnal knowledge of a 9-year-old girl in Benin.

NGO advocates war against open defaecation

Mr David Ayodele, the Coordinator, Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Media Network in Bauchi, has called on the Bauchi State Government to end open defecation through war against indiscipline.

Female lawyers call for protection, education of girl child

 Some female lawyers in the Federal Capital Territory have called on the society to rise to the challenge of protecting the girl child.

The lawyers gave their convergent views while speaking separately in Abuja on Friday.

Man, 28, remanded over alleged defilement of minor

An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan on Friday remanded a 28 -year-old driver , Anuoluwa Oyeladun in prison over alleged defilement of a minor.

Ocholi: Kogi CJ condoles with President Buhari, Bello

The Chief Judge of Kogi, Justice Nasir Ajanah, has condoled with President Muhammadu Buhari and Gov. Yahaya Bello on the death of the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr James Ocholi.

Court jails pastor for attempting to rape 13-year-old

A magistrates’ court in Kwale, Ndokwa West Local Government Area of Delta State, has sentenced a 38-year-old Pastor, Ruben Okotie, to six months imprisonment without an option of fine for attempted rape.

Sierra Leone abortion bill blocked by President Bai Koroma again

Sierra Leone's President Ernest Bai Koroma has again refused to sign a bill legalising abortion, saying it should be put to a referendum.

UN Security Council adopts resolution on sexual exploitation, abuse

The UN Security Council in New York adopted the Resolution 2272 (2016), aimed at preventing and combating Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) by UN peacekeepers.

The resolution was adopted by 14 votes in favour, with abstention by Egypt.

South Sudan: Women raped 'as reward for fighters'

A UN report says, Militias allied to the South Sudanese army have been allowed to rape women in lieu of wages while fighting rebels.

NGO, bank, US Consul to train 57 Nigerian girls on ICT

A Non-Governmental Organisation, Hacey Health Initiative, on Thursday said it would train 57 Nigerian girls in software engineering and Information Communication Technology (ICT) entrepreneurship.

Edo: Prophet remanded for defiling daughter

An Ogbeson Magistrate Court has remanded one Prophet Benjamin Bernard to prison custody for allegedly defiling his seven years old daughter.

Reps take over Kogi Assembly

The House of Representatives has taken over the functions of the Kogi State House of Assembly over the lingering crisis that has swept the assembly since the advent of Governor Yaya Bello.

Nigerian girls under threat, says Osinbajo’s wife

The wife of Vice-President, Mrs. Dolapo Osinbajo, has decried the various abuses women and girls are being subjected to in the country.

UN registered 99 sex crime allegations in 2015

There were 99 new allegations of sexual exploitation also known as sexual abuse against UN staff members across the UN system in 2015, a sharp increase from the 80 allegations in 2014, according to a new UN report.

The majority of those allegations, which were 69 in all, involved personnel in 10 peace keeping missions, the report said.

The report said that the military and police personnel accused of sexual crimes while serving for the UN involved some 21 countries, claiming that most of them are African.

Moscow child beheading: Uzbek nanny says 'ordered by Allah'

A nanny in Russia accused of murdering and then decapitating a little girl in her care has said that "Allah ordered" her to carry out the act.

Gulchekhra Bobokulova, a 38-year-old mother of three, spoke to reporters on her way into a Moscow court.