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March 10, 2020 No Responses

Ecobank Celebrates Women, Reiterates Equal Opportunities

Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria, Patrick Akinwuntan (middle), on his left, Executive Director, Commercial Banking, Carol Oyedeji and other female Ecobankers during the Bank’s commemoration of this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD) at the Bank’s head office Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria,...

March 7, 2020 No Responses

Fidelity Bank To Bridge Finance Gaps For Women Entreprenuers, MSMEs

Fidelity Bank Plc on Friday expressed commitment to continuous support and development of women entrepreneurs to address the short-term financing needs of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). Mr Nnamdi Okonkwo, the bank’s Managing Director, stated ...

December 28, 2019 No Responses

FGGC Gboko Photo News

A Cross Section Of Federal Government Girls’College Gboko 93 Set, Cutting Their Christmas Cake In Lagos

December 23, 2019 No Responses

Photo News

L-R: CEO Emerging Africa Group/Chairperson, Women in Finance Nigeria Mrs Toyin Sanni, Acting Director General, Securities and Exchange Commission Ms Mary Uduk, CEO OOVI Group Mrs Oghogho Osula and CEO Lotus Capital Mrs Hajara Adeola during the Women in Fin...

December 13, 2019 No Responses

Saudi Arabia To Host First-Ever Women’s Tournament

Saudi Arabia will host its first-ever golf tournament for women from March 19 to March 22 at the Royal Greens Golf & Country Club in Jeddah. The Ladies European Tour (LET) event will be staged in collaboration with Golf Saudi...

November 13, 2019 No Responses

Dangote To Empower 18,000 Women In Edo With Microgrants

The Group Executive Director, Dangote Industries Limited, Halima Aliko-Dangote, has said that the Aliko Dangote Foundation will provide 18,000 women across the 18 local government areas of Edo State with microgrants to improve their livelihood. Dangote, ...

October 31, 2019 No Responses

Kaduna Raises Women Empowerment Fund to N1b

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai on Wednesday said the government would raise the State Women Empowerment Fund (KADSWEF) to N1 billion from 2021. The governor said this in Kaduna while opening the 4th Kaduna Women Economic Empowerment Summit. “We are...

October 19, 2019 No Responses

Mahindra Inaugurates All-Women Auto Service Workshop

Mahindra & Mahindra on Friday announced the inauguration of India’s first all-women-run automobile service workshop in Jaipur. According to the company, this is part of the its larger initiative named ‘Pink Collars’ to promote recruitment of wo...

July 16, 2019 No Responses

Report: Women More Vulnerable To Injuries In Road Crashes Than Men

Women wearing seat belts are significantly more likely to suffer injury in frontal car crashesthan their belted male counterparts, according to a US study. The study, published in the journal Traffic Injury Prevention, found belted female auto occupants have 7...

June 24, 2019 No Responses

Aisha Buhari Leads More Female Participation In Maritime Campaign

The First Lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, will be leading other dignitaries and stakeholders in the maritime community to campaign and encourage more female participation in seafaring and maritime trade as the country joins the rest of the world to mark...

June 22, 2019 No Responses

Edo, World Bank, Dangote Foundation Seek Support For Female Entrepreneurs

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said the state government is collaborating with the World Bank, Dangote Foundation and other development agencies to provide special support for female entrepreneurs to expand their businesses in the state. &nbsp...

April 20, 2019 No Responses

18 Years After, Woman Delivered Of Five Babies

A 42-year-old woman has given birth to five babies (quintuplets) at Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Lokoja, Kogi, after 18 years of barrenness. Mrs Uchenna Okeigbo and her kids are in good condition, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)....

April 11, 2019 No Responses

NPA Boss To Women: Battle Challenges With One Voice

The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman has advised women to tackle challenges in the work place with one voice. Presenting a paper at the just concluded 3rd World Maritime University Conference, Bala Usman explaine...

March 9, 2019 No Responses

Ecobank Nigeria Unveils Special Initiative For Female Entrepreneurs

As part of activities to mark the 2019 International Women’s Day, Ecobank Nigeria has unveiled special initiative for female entrepreneurs. The Ecobank Female Entrepreneurs Initiative is a platform designed to recognise women as special and uniqu...