By Michael Adesanya/ Abeokuta The Shabaq Ladies Foundation on Friday advocated a review of Nigerian laws to include death sentence for rapists in order to halt the disturbing scourge of rape in the country. The Foundation made the disclosure during a campaign trip to the three major markets – Kuto, Omida and Itoku – in […]
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Lagos State First Lady, Dr Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu has urged expectant and nursing mothers to embrace exclusive breastfeeding for at least the first six months after delivery, saying doing such will go a long way to improve child growth and development. In a message commemorating Y2020 World Breastfeeding Week, Sanwo-Olu said the importance of exclusive breastfeeding […]
The Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria, Lagos State Area Unit has asked Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to stop hijab harassment and religious discrimination in schools. The Amirah (female president) of MSSNLagos, Basheerah Majokodunmi, lamented that despite the Appeal Court’s ruling granting the use of hijab in the state, many state actors were harassing and intimidating Muslim […]
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has praised a US-based Nigerian woman who runs a secret Facebook group where members discuss “everything from marriage and sex to health issues and work problems”. Female IN or FIN group was founded two years ago and has more than one million members.Mr Zuckerberg said the group was also “helping end […]
It was a fun-filled moment in Akure, as the Foundation of Wives of Ondo State Officials, FOWOSO, in collaboration with the office of the wife of governor, organised a family game tagged ‘Ondo State Crawlers Race competition’ for families selected across the 18 Local government areas of the state. The programme, which was held at […]
By Michael Adesanya /Abeokuta Ogun State Deputy Governor, Engr. Noimot Salako- Oyedele has expressed the need to guide the youth and support them for the future because they are the leaders of tomorrow. Salako-Oyedele spoke while celebrating her 54th birthday with the Children of Juvenile Correctional Home, Asero -Abeokuta where she renovated a hall, classrooms […]
Frank Okiye, Philip Shaibu, Senator Franca Afegbua, Mrs. Betsy Obaseki, Mrs. Maryann Shaibu and Kasim Afegbua By Peterson lbi Wife of Edo State Governor, Mrs. Betsy Obaseki, on Thursday said the adventure of world first elected black female senator, Princess (Mrs.) Franca Afegbua, into politics paved the way for other women to venture into it. […]
A 34-year-old woman has narrated how her mother started having an affair with her husband and eventually got pregnant for him. The 34-year-old lady identified as Lauren Wall who hails from Twickenham, south-west London reportedly got married at the age of 19-year-old to her ex-husband, the same man who left her for her mother. Speaking […]
The Iyalode of Yorubaland, Chief (Mrs) Alaba Lawson has prescribed death sentence for rapists, particularly those engaged in defilement of underage girls, an ugly development which has become a menace to the Nigeria society. Lawson stated this in her contributions following discussions held on Penpushing Platform, over the incessant defilement of innocent girls, as well […]
The Iyalode of Yorubaland, Chief Mrs Alaba Lawson has commiserated with the family of the late female politician, Chief Mrs Titilayo Ajanaku who died in her private residence in Abeokuta, on Thursday December 5, describing the death as a shock and sad to her. Lawson, in a condolence letter written to the family and dated […]