Tag: Female

NASENI Awards N70.5m Grant To Six Female Engineers
October 16, 2024 No Responses

NASENI Awards N70.5m Grant To Six Female Engineers

The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) through the Presidential Implementation Committee on Technology Transfer (PICTT) has awarded the sum of N70.5 million naira grant to six winners of the Developing Engineering Leaders Through Her (DELT-Her), via call...
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Nurses Protest Doctor’s Alleged Assault Of Female Student Nurse In Ogun
October 4, 2024 No Responses

Nurses Protest Doctor’s Alleged Assault Of Female Student Nurse In Ogun

Nurses with Ogun State Hospital, Ijaye, Abeokuta joined by their colleagues mobilised from other parts of the state, defied the rain on Thursday to protest the alleged assault of a final year student nurse by a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Nurudeen...
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353 Inmates On Death Row In Lagos
August 22, 2022 No Responses

353 Inmates On Death Row In Lagos

The Lagos State Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service ( NCoS ) on Sunday said it had no fewer than 353 inmates currently on death row at its Kirikiri Custodial Centre.  The spokesman of the command, Mr Rotimi Oladokun, confirmed...
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FirstBank Unveils Single-Digit Loan For Female Entrepreneurs 
June 27, 2022 No Responses

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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UNICEF Expresses Worry Over Rise In Female Genital Mutilation In Oyo
September 4, 2021 No Responses

UNICEF Expresses Worry Over Rise In Female Genital Mutilation In Oyo

There is a need for stakeholders’ collaboration to stem the rise in Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) cases in Oyo State, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said.  The Chief Child Protection, UNICEF, Mr Ibrahim Sesay, made this known on...
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Kaduna NUJ Elects First Female Correspondent Chapel Chairperson
September 8, 2020 No Responses

Kaduna NUJ Elects First Female Correspondent Chapel Chairperson

Hajia Asma’u Halilu of the Voice of Nigeria (VON), on Monday emerged as the Chairperson of the Correspondents Chapel, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kaduna State Council. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Halilu is the first female...
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