IWD: Ecobank Celebrates Women, Assures of Equal Treatment At Workplace

IWD: Ecobank Celebrates Women, Assures of Equal Treatment At Workplace

Ecobank Nigeria Limited, a subsidiary of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), has said its workplace is free of bias and gender-based discriminations. Speaking on the anniversary of International Women’s Day (IWD), Head, Human Resources, Ecobank Nigeria, Adekunle Adewuyi, stated that the...
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NAWOJ To Women: Take Rightful Place In Leadership

NAWOJ To Women: Take Rightful Place In Leadership

The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Lagos Chapter, has urged women to unite and take their rightful place in leadership. Chairperson, NAWOJ Lagos, Mrs Adeola Ekine, made the call in a statement on Saturday ahead of the commemoration of...
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NGX: Ugochi Obi Makes WFE <strong>Women Leaders List For </strong>2023

NGX: Ugochi Obi Makes WFE Women Leaders List For 2023

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com — The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), on Thursday, named the head of X-Academy, Nigerian Exchange (NGX), Ugochi Obi as one of the twenty women leaders for 2023.  City Business News reports that the WFE...
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UBA Appoints Abiola Bawuah As First Female CEO For Africa Operations

UBA Appoints Abiola Bawuah As First Female CEO For Africa Operations

The Board of Directors ,United Bank for Africa (UBA)Plc on Monday announced the appointment of Mrs. Abiola Bawuah as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of UBA Africa.    UBA in a statement explained that Bawuah will also...
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Court Remands Two Brothers For Allegedly Enticing Married Woman

Court Remands Two Brothers For Allegedly Enticing Married Woman

A Shari’a Court sitting in Kano on Wednesday, ordered the remand of two brothers, Saifullahi Hamisu, Mujahid Hamisu and one Hassana Surajo, in a Correctional Center for allegedly enticing a married woman.  The defendants, who lives at Bachirawa Quarters...
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FG Empowers 415 Women, Youths

FG Empowers 415 Women, Youths

The Federal Government has empowered 415 youths and women in Niger Delta states in agriculture, information communication technology (ICT) and entrepreneurship.   Minister of Niger Delta, Mr Umana Umana, made the disclosure at the graduation ceremony...
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FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup: Colombia To Face Nigeria’s Flamingos

FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup: Colombia To Face Nigeria’s Flamingos

Colombia on Saturday booked a semi-finals place against Nigeria’s Flamingos at the ongoing FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup in India.  The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Colombia breezed past Tanzania 3-0 in the quarter-finals at the Pandit ...
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Wife Drags Husband To Court Over Alleged Secret Marriage To More Wives

Wife Drags Husband To Court Over Alleged Secret Marriage To More Wives

A housewife, Mrs Amina Muhammad, on Friday dragged her husband, Salisu Mohammed, before a Customary Court in Nyanya, Abuja, for alleged secret marriage to two more wives.  The petitioner, who resides in Mararaba, Abuja, made the allegation in a divorce...
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WISTA Seeks More Women’s Involvement In Shipping

WISTA Seeks More Women’s Involvement In Shipping

The Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA) Nigeria, on Thursday, said that it would build its members’ capacity to be able to take advantage of innovations and technologies in shipping. Speaking on Thursday in Lagos, the Preside...
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Woman Stabs Husband To Death In Adamawa  

Woman Stabs Husband To Death In Adamawa  

The Adamawa Police Command has arrested Caroline Barka, a 20-year-old housewife, for stabbing her late husband, Barka Dauda, to death.  Mrs Barka is a resident of Angwan Tamiya in the Madagali Local Government Area of the state.  A statement issued...
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CAF Releases First List Of Women Nominees For 2022 Awards

CAF Releases First List Of Women Nominees For 2022 Awards

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Thursday released the first list of Women nominees for the 2022 CAF Awards in Morocco.  A statement on the CAF website noted that the first list would still be narrowed to final nominees,...
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FirstBank Unveils Single-Digit Loan For Female Entrepreneurs 

FirstBank Unveils Single-Digit Loan For Female Entrepreneurs 

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com   — The management of First Bank of Nigeria ltd has unveiled the FirstGem fund (FirstGem loan), a single-digit loan scheme, targeted at female entrepreneurs.  In a statement on Sunday, Folake Ani-Mumuney, the ban...
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Photo News

Photo News

Minister of State for Transportation, Senator Ruqayyah Saraki (9thleft), Executive Director, Finance and Admin. NPA, Adenrele S. Adesina (8thleft), Chairman, Women in Logistics and Transport Nigeria (WILAT), Khadijat Shabi (7th left) during an interactive with...
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Saraki Tasks Women Maritime Practitioners On Development

Saraki Tasks Women Maritime Practitioners On Development

The Minister of State for Transportation, Sen. Gbemisola Saraki, has urged the Maritime Women Association to coordinate and integrate their efforts toward engendering better positioning and development of the port industry. Saraki gave the advice during a stak...
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