The rate at which people change their names these days is baffling. I was browsing through the newspapers the other day and saw three pages of print dedicated to name changes. Haba! Now, this happens virtually every week in one…
My problem is not men but finding the right one
The pressure our society puts on women to get married is equal only to wickedness. I’m a good example of this fact but I know young women who have had it really bad, even up to paying the supreme price.…
Singer Simi calls for better protection of women from assault, rape (Vanguard)
Alternative music superstar, Simisola Ogunleye aka Simi has called for better protection of Nigerian women and girls from physical abuse and rape. Recall that in an emotional post on Wednesday, Simi decried the unsafety of women in Nigeria and the lack…
Haba! Men want to finish women in Nigerian politics-Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Nigerian politics is hell for the Nigerian woman. Every Nigerian lady who has taken the plunge into the murky waters of partisan politics has very sordid tales to tell. A good number of women have tried to walk tall alongside…
Only 62 women won elections in 2019, says INEC (Punch)
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Wednesday said only 62 women out of the 2,970 who contested for different political offices in the 2019 general elections were elected. The commission expressed disappointment over the low participation of Nigerian women in…
NCF women cricketers ready for Rwandan challenge in Abuja (Guardian)
The Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) at the weekend revealed that all is set for the first bilateral meeting of the nation’s cricket women team with their Rwandan counterparts, who will begin a one-week tour of the country from January 23…
‘Leave the Igbo, face the electorate,’ Agbaje tells Sanwo-Olu
Jimi Agbaje, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Lagos State has called on the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate in the governorship election to leave the Igbo and face the electorate. The candidate who spoke recently…
Morocco arrests suspect after murder of two Scandinavian women (Al-Jazeera)
The tourists were found with their throats cut in an isolated area on the way to North Africa’s highest peak of Toubkal. The women were found dead in an isolated area on the way to North Africa’s highest peak of…
Home most dangerous place for women, says UN study (KHerald)
More than half of the women murdered worldwide last year were killed by their partners or family members, making home “the most dangerous place for a woman,” a new UN study said. In statistics released on the International Day for…
MeToo: Theologians publish ‘Women’s Bible’ (Punch)
As the #MeToo movement continues to expose sexual abuse across cultures and industries, some scholars of Christianity are clamouring for a reckoning with biblical interpretations they say have entrenched negative images of women. The women we know from translations and…
