Gender-based violence is one of the most prevalent human rights violations in the world
Kaduna Woman sues husband for allegedly failing to take her to Saudi Arabia.
A 45-year-old woman, Karima Nuhu, has sued her husband for allegedly failing to take her to Saudi Arabia. The woman told a Shari’a Court sitting in Rigasa, Kaduna that she had been married to Falalu for four years during which he provided her with food for only two months. The…
Meet Zainab Abdullahi, First Woman In Usman Danfodio University, To Graduate With First Class In Physics
Young, beautiful, and talented Zainab Abdullahi who broke a record at Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto, when she earned her First Class Honours Degree in Physics. The 22- years-old was not only the sole female among the undergraduates with distinction, but also the first woman in the University’s history to graduate…
Minister Urges RTEAN to Crackdown GBV in Motor Parks
Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, have raised concerns over the increasing cases of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in motor parks across the country, urging commercial transport workers to curb the menace. Describing it as an abuse on human rights, as well as a life-threatening issue, she lamented that members of…
Man Loses 13-year Marriage after Threatening Wife with Acid
A Grade ‘A’ Customary Court in Ibadan has dissolved the 13-year marriage between Susan Udeze and her estranged husband, Frank, on grounds of an alleged threat to life. Delivering judgment, the court’s president, Mrs S.M. Akintayo, held that she dissolved the marriage in the interest of peace and order Akintayo…
WOMAN BURNT ALIVE BY UNKNOWN GUNMEN IN IMO STATE
Unknown gunmen on Tuesday burnt an elderly woman to death at Amagu Ihube community in Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State. The woman was burnt when the gunmen razed down several homes, including that of Emeka Okoronkwo, the Imo State commissioner for youths and sports. Also burnt is the…
Women Inclusion as Traditional Council Members.
Today 30th of November 2022, WEPBI Inaugurated more women into the traditional rulers council in two communities in Igboeze North Local Government Area Enugu State on the We have 6 in Onitsha-Enugu Ezike and 7 in Ikpamodo Autonomous community. The Executive Director of WEPBI, Oguadimma Joy Ijeoma admonished the women,…
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HOUSE WIFE STABS HUSBAND TO DEATH FOR MAKING SEXUAL ADVANCES AT HER.
A 27-year-old housewife, Odunayo Olumale, has reportedly stabbed her husband, Olamilekan Salahudeen, to death, for making sexual advances at her. The incident happened three months after the couple reconciled and reunited after a separation. Speaking in Ibadan while parading the suspect at the Oyo Police Command headquarter, Eleyele, Ibadan, yesterday,…
Nursing Mother Commits Suicide Inside a Bush in Abuja .
A yet-to-be-identified nursing mother has allegedly committed suicide, abandoning her child in a bush where her corpse was discovered along Suuka Airport road, in the Federal Capital Territory on Monday, November 21.Residents of the community woke up to find the woman lying lifeless in the bush with an empty bottle…
45 Years Old Kayode Abiodun Docked For Alledgedly Beating Up His Mother in Lagos.
A 45-year-old man, Kayode Abiodun, have been docked at Ikorodu Magistrate’s Court, in Lagos State, for allegedly beating up his mother.Abiodun faced a four-count charge of assault, wilful damage and threat to life.Although he has pleaded not guilty to the charge, The prosecutor, Insp. Ahmed Sanni, told the court that…
33-year-old housewife, Sadiya Salihu, is Dead, After Been Locked up By Her Husband For Months Without Food.
Sadiya died in the late hours of Saturday at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) shortly after she was transferred to its Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Sadiya, a mother of four, who got married on April 24, 2010, to a businessman in Nguru LGA of Yobe State, Ibrahim Yunusa Bature,…
Police recruit returns home from nine-month training to find new wife pregnant for his brother
The fate that befell Japhet Aba, a newly recruited policeman in Nasarawa State, is one that no young man would envy. His heart was torn apart, his ego badly bruised after he left home for training in Bauchi State and returned to discover that his newly married wife had been…
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ASSIST FEMALE COMMERCIAL DRIVERS.
The Minister of State for Transportation, Ademola Adegoroye, has promised to facilitate the support of the Federal Government for female professional and commercial drivers in the country. The minister made the promise when he received the leadership of Female Drivers Association of Nigeria in his office in Abuja on Wednesday…
A Barbaric Traditional Practice In Cross River State .
It is disheartening that certain dehumanizing and degrading traditional practices still persist in the 21st century, such is the fate of some young girls who are of Becheve origin in Cross River State, where they girl-child are collateral for repayment of loans owed by their parents. Sometimes, the girls are…