women

An Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Prof. Oluwarotimi Akinola, has called for an improvement of the socioeconomic status of women through investment in education toward addressing the root causes of maternal deaths.Akinola, also Head of…

The Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, has urged government at all levels to include women in the development process of the country, saying the next level of the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC) can only be achieved if more…

Disturbed by the increasing mortality rate in the country, the wife of Enugu State Governor, Mrs Monica Ugwuanyi, has advised parents and guardians to cultivate the culture of healthy living and proper hygiene in their families to reduce…

The Ohinoyi of Ebira Land Dr Ado Ibrahim has challenged women in the country to unite and speak in one voice towards putting an end to violence against women in the election.Dr Ibrahim who identified the failure of women in Nigeria to…

Ekiti state governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has declared that for Nigeria to witness all-round economic development, youths and women must be adequately captured in the nation's budgetary allocations.The governor who stated this while…

NO fewer than 500 women have benefited from a free-breast-cancer screening in Ilorin in order to curb its prevalence. Dr Yemisi Adeyeye, the Medical Director of Lifefount Hospital, told journalists that there was the need for women to be…

Mrs Pauline Tallen, the Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) to make available,  a minimum of 50 per cent interest-free loans to women farmers. Tallen, former Plateau State Deputy…

A Bauchi-based Gynaecologist, Dr Isaac Shamaki, on Monday, in Abuja, attributed most infections in women to vaginal pH imbalance. Shamaki told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that menstrual blood with pH of 7.4, tampons that absorb…

DR Hassan Ikrama, the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital (DASH), Lafia, has advised pregnant women to adhere to medical advice on the number of times to give birth through Caesarean Session (CS). The CMD gave…

A community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS in West Africa (COWLHIWA) has advocated for the rights of women living with the virus in the region. President of the community, Astou Diop, made the group’s position known in a statement in Abuja…