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Woman gives birth to nine babies

Woman gives birth to nine babies

  A 25-year-old Malian woman has given birth to nine babies – two more than doctors had detected during scans. Halima Cisse gave birth to the nonuplets in Morocco. Mali’s government flew her there for…

Women farmers: How farming is making us smile to the bank

Women farmers: How farming is making us smile to the bank

Nigerian women are very energetic and some of them are breaking the glass ceiling by becoming the financial muscle in their homes. Over the years, it has become obvious that agriculture continues to grow as…

Shade Okoya to Nigerian youth: Prepare yourselves to take up leadership positions

Shade Okoya to Nigerian youth: Prepare yourselves to take up leadership positions

  As she marks another birthday, Managing Director (MD) of Eleganza Industrial City, Shade Okoya has advised Nigerian youths to prepare themselves to benefit from emerging opportunities by being well grounded educationally. In a recent…

Lamentations of Kurudu Market women

Lamentations of Kurudu Market women

Mrs. Ebere Nnamdi is a widow. She’s one of the Kurudu Market Women, lamenting the relocation of the market to a distance many of them considered extreme for their customers. Nnamdi, who sells food stuff,…

COVID-19: 2000 cases of sexual violence recorded, within two months

COVID-19: 2000 cases of sexual violence recorded, within two months

A non-governmentalorganisation, (NGO) Women’s Rights and Health Project (WRAHP), has revealed that during the COVID-19 lockdown, between March and April last year, WRAHP recorded over 2,000 cases of sexual violence and defilements in different parts…

Commercial bus drivers: Amazons behind the wheels

Commercial bus drivers: Amazons behind the wheels

More Nigerian women are definitely breaking the glass ceiling as many of them have ventured into fields hitherto believed to be exclusively reserved for men. TAIWO JIMOH reports Mrs. Adeola Ajayi is one of those…

Girl-child property inheritance: Still a long walk in Igbo land

Girl-child property inheritance: Still a long walk in Igbo land

On December 27, 1961, Lazarus Ogbonnaga Ukeje, a native of Umahia in Imo State died intestate. He had real property in Lagos State and for most of his life was resident in Lagos State. He…

‘I’m developing talents in body enhancements’

‘I’m developing talents in body enhancements’

  Beauty expert, Nwokolo Isioma Tracy, has stated that, her sole aim of expanding her business, is to give back to the society. She stated this, on Instagram, @persian_couturee1, where she encouraged females to be…

Why female journalists are more in classrooms than newsrooms

Why female journalists are more in classrooms than newsrooms

Why are there so many females studying Mass Communication courses in different universities but only insignificant numbers are seen in the newsroom? This was the question that nagged our reporter, leading to her heading out…

Auto mechanic: Daring into men’s terrain

Auto mechanic: Daring into men’s terrain

It is widely believed that labour intensive jobs are usually fit for males. Indeed, it is often dominated by them, especially jobs like: carpentry, bricklaying, and auto repair. But that view no longer holds sway…