Happy International Women’s Day. Across the globe, today is an opportunity to celebrate the hard-won achievements of women and press for change on the many challenges we still face. In the UK, the gender pay gap persists, period poverty remains a major Read more…
The South East Council of Traditional Rulers and Igbo Archbishops and Bishops have condemned the laissez-faire attitude of the president in confronting the security situation in the South East region of the country. A statement by the joint body on Read more…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has berated the All Progressives Congress (APC) controlled National Assembly Assembly for rejecting five gender bills recently presented to the assembly. He described the action as a major setback to Nigeria’s democratic advancement blaming it on President Muhammadu Buhari’s Read more…
The Inspector General of Police(IGP), Usman Baba, has approved a new dress code for female police Officers. The new dress code which is in line with international best practices according to the IGP, addresses the growing concern for gender mainstreaming Read more…
Former First Lady of Imo State, Barr. Chioma Ohakim, has called on the National Assembly to immediately reconsider the Gender Bills it rejected during the voting on constitution amendment Bills, and pass them without delay. Mrs Ohakim, who served as First Lady Read more…
The management of Air Peace has disclosed that it would meet with the Emir of Kano, HRH Aminu Ado Bayero, and the Kano Emirate Council very soon in a bid to resolve the misunderstanding between the two parties arising from last week’s Read more…
The National Youth Council, Anambra State chapter, has called for the revival of the Igbo apprenticeship system known as ‘Igba-Boi’ as a form of youth empowerment to reduce the current rate of insecurity in the South-East. The NYC state Chairman, Read more…
By Ezeakukwu Emmanuel Nsoedo The traditional marriage of Tochukwu Aja Okeke and former Miss Tochukwu Aneto took place on Wednesday 23, 2022, at Inyaba Umudim, in the magnificent home of Goddy Adamu Aneto (Omeluora Chinyelugo) and his wife, Lolo Aneto. Read more…
Nigeria’s government has handed over two bronze treasures to a traditional royal palace in part of a series of restorations of artefacts looted during colonial times. In a ceremony accompanied by songs, drums and dancers on Saturday, a bronze cockerel Read more…
The apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has condemned the killing of cattle traders and slaughtering of their cows in Abia State. In a statement signed by its secretary-general, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, and made available to journalists in Kaduna Read more…
A bill to amend the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act scaled second reading at the House of Representatives on Thursday. It seeks to prohibit all forms of repressive and degrading widowhood practices, provide remedies for victims and penalise offenders. The legislation sponsored Read more…
Aare Onakakanfo of Yoruba land, Iba Gani Adams, on Tuesday said the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) will go down in history as the most victimized socio-cultural organisation in the country, noting that the group had, since its inception in 1994, Read more…