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December 16, 2018 No Responses

Aisha Buhari Restates Resolve on Poverty Reduction

Wife of the President, Dr. Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari has restated her resolve to contribute to the reduction of the level of poverty in the country and ensuring self-reliance among Nigerian women. She was flagging-off a Women Empowerment Programme of...

November 27, 2018 No Responses

Report: Women Still Earning 20 Per Cent Less Than Men

Global wage growth in 2017 fell to its lowest rate since 2008, far below levels before the global financial crisis, according to a new International Labour Organization (ILO) report. The Global Wage Report 2018/19 finds that in real terms (adjusted...

November 24, 2018 No Responses

Aisha Buhari To Mothers: Break Culture Of Silence

Wife of the President has decried the increasing rate of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) especially those against young women, calling on mothers to break the culture of silence and report cases of abuse against their children. She was speaking during an...

November 8, 2018 No Responses

Aisha Buhari: Education Will End Early Marriages

Education has been identified as a solution to the problem of early marriages in Africa. This position was made known by wife of the President of Nigeria, Dr. Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari while receiving female delegates of the Africa Parliamentary...

October 3, 2018 No Responses

Foundation, Experts Canvass Better Welfare Package For Widows

To make widows become self-sufficient and better equipped to take care of their families and in turn grow the economy, the Ajoke Ayisat Afolabi Foundation (AAAF) and other experts comprising of Sarah Sosan, former Deputy Governor of Lagos State,...

September 12, 2018 No Responses

SIFAX Photo News

L-R: Mrs Monsurat Ahmed-Ogundipe, Health Education Officer, Alimosho LGA; Foluke Ademokun, Executive Coordinator, Ajoke Ayisat Afolabi Foundation; Mrs. Adejoke Oshodi-Olasunkanmi, Director, Non-Governmental Organisation, Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty A...

August 25, 2018 No Responses

400 Women Benefit From Aisha Buhari’s Cash Transfer Initiative

Another 200 women, on Thursday, 24th August, 2018, benefitted from the Aisha Buhari Foundation’s Community-Based Cash Transfer Intervention in Katsina State. This was a continuation to a similar event in Daura in which 200 women were assisted with cas...

August 14, 2018 No Responses

Aisha Buhari Dedicates Honorary Doctor of Philosophy To Women, Children

Wife of the President of Nigeria, Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari has been conferred with an honorary Doctor of Philosophy in Public Administration by Sun Moon University, Asan, Republic of Korea. Her decoration took place at the International Conference Hall.....

July 21, 2018 No Responses

Okonjo-Iweala Joins Twitter’s Board

Nigeria’s former finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been appointed to the board of directors of Twitter. Mrs Okonjo-Iweala served under President Olusegun Obasanjo from 2003 to 2006 and President Goodluck Jonathan from 2011 to 2015. She tweeted the new...

July 5, 2018 No Responses

Air Peace To Operate All-Female Flight

Air Peace all female flight has been scheduled to take full charge of the carrier’s four-sector flights on the Lagos-Abuja, Abuja-Owerri, Owerri-Abuja and Abuja-Lagos routes on Thursday this week (Today). The development is coming days after Air Peace gav...

June 24, 2018 No Responses

Saudi Women Celebrate End Of Driving Ban

Saudi women are officially allowed to get behind the wheel, after a decades-old driving ban was lifted. The change was announced last September and Saudi Arabia issued the first licences to women earlier this month. It was the only country...

May 29, 2018 No Responses

NPA Boss Implores Women On Integrity, Diligence

The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman has counselled the youths, especially women, to imbue the value of integrity at the early stage of their lives. According to Hadiza, “We live in a world with a confused...

May 28, 2018 No Responses

Buhari: Governors Should Support Their Wives’ Humanitarian Activities

President Muhammadu Buhari has commended wives of Governors for the various humanitarian activities they carry out in their states. He made the commendation when wives of state governors paid him a visit under the auspices of the Northern and Southern...

May 16, 2018 No Responses

Aisha Buhari To Women: Influence the Entrenchment Of Probity, Accountability

Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari has advised women to use their voting power to influence the entrenchment of democratic values of probity, accountability and the rule of law in order to guarantee peace, stability and growth in...