women

A call has gone to females between age 18 and above to embark on regular self-examination of their breast and report noticeable unusual differences to nearby medical facilities to ward off cancer in its early stage.In a release by the…

A total of 300 caregivers made up of pregnant and lactating women were, on Wednesday, presented with relief materials to mitigate the negative effects of the COVID-19 in women of such categories.The distribution of the items comprising…

No fewer than 720 women and youths in Auchi, Edo, were on Friday empowered under the Federal Government’s Micro Enterprises Enhancement Scheme.The Edo Coordinator of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE), Mrs Ayo Edegbai, gave…

Women Commission of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Kogi State chapter, has appealed to the federal government to enact a law that will put rapists in jail for thirty years.The chairperson of the union, Mrs Margret Bose Adeika made this…

Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC, a subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, has partnered the United Nations on an initiative to provide seed funding for women across the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory.This is…

HUNDREDS of Atyap women stormed the palace of their paramount ruler at Atak Njei in Zango Kataf local government area of Kaduna state on Thursday to protest the incessant killings in the community by gunmen.The women who wore black…

The National Population Commission (NPC), on Thursday said women and girls were worst hit by the impacts of COVID-19 in Nigeria, contending that the commission was exploring policies and strategies to checkmate the effects of the pandemic…

The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has disbursed N3 million to 300 women in Oyo State as loans to boost their businesses.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday…

As part of the effort to empower women engaged in the marketing of farm produce, Nunkwi Cooperative Society, in Bauchi, has received the sum of N1. 8m grant for groundnut processing.Speaking at the ceremony marking the disbursement of…