The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has announced the death of Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, who died Tueaday, as a result of head injuries sustained from a road traffic accident at NAF Base Kaduna. Until her death, Flying Officer Arotile, who was commissioned into the NAF in September 2017 as a member of Nigerian Defence Academy […]
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has awarded a medal to a Nigerian peacekeeper, Cdr. Olufunmilayo Ajibike Amodu, serving with the UN Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) for her outstanding service. The medal is an acknowledgement of the contribution of Nigeria to UN Peacekeeping Operations to ensure global peace and security. Guterres also awarded a medal to […]
Police in Rivers State have arrested an Inspector and three other operatives accused of raping a 23-year-old widow after they arrested her for not putting on a nose mask in Port-Harcourt. The accused, Inspector Peter Ibah and three others, are said to be undergoing investigation by the detectives of the Rivers State Command over the […]
Hon Minister of Women Affairs and Ms Mary Organisers of the Nigeria Model Green States Awards (NIMOGSA), environmental awards established in 2010 as an annual campaign and awards have announced plans for this year’s event. According to a statement, the Awards are aimed at recognising policymakers, leaders and individuals that have shown proactive concerns in […]
Toyin Olakunri By Michael Adesanya/Abeokuta Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has disclosed that late former president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), Chief (Mrs.) Olutoyin Olakunri, helped to actualize his dreams as the civilian president of Nigeria between 1999 and 2007. He called for resolve of all Nigerians to ensure that the great labour […]
Mrs. Nigeria Organisation, a non-profit with focus on the emancipation of vulnerable women and children in the country, has asked the Minister of Niger Delta, Senator Godwin Akpabio, to vacate his ministerial position with immediate effect over what it described as breach of public trust and sexual endangerment of the women folks. Failure to comply […]
Kwara State government, through the office of the First Lady, Olufolake Abdulrazaq has, through its Ajike Peoples Support, enrolled the two daughters of Risikat Abdulwasiu, the blue-eyed woman, into Roemichs International School, a private primary and secondary educational institution in Ilorin. Kaosara and Hassanat Abdulwasiu were among the six pupils who were awarded a full […]
A Blantyre High court Judge, Sylvester Kalembera has ruled that academic certificates obtained while in marriage belongs to both the husband and wife. Justice Kalembera made the ruling on August 31 2020in a divorce case of Chimwemwe Tewesa and ex-wife Ellen. The two married in 1995 and divorced in 2012. Tewesa was a breadwinner for […]
As the world today celebrates International Women’s Day, an annual global celebration of the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women, BAOBAB for Women’s Human Rights has announced a program to celebrate the contribution and achievements of 107 Gender Justice Advocates in Nigeria. A statement by the group’s Executive Director, Bunmi Diop-Salami said those […]
Bamgbose The UK based Nigerian social worker who died after having secret liposuction in Turkey struggled to communicate with doctors due to the language barrier, an inquest has heard. Abimbola Bamgbose, 38, left the UK on Aug 16 for what her husband believed was a week-long holiday with some friends in the coastal city of […]