Minister of Women Affairs, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, has highlighted the crucial role of economic empowerment in fostering family cohesion, asserting that self-sufficient women can create a ripple effect in their communities. “When women are economically empowered, they can train their children who, in turn, fill the economic gaps of their families. This will significantly reduce cases of sexual and gender-based violence”, …

The Federal Government has directed tertiary institutions in the country to establish Sexual Assault Referral Centres to address cases of students offering lecturers sex in exchange for good grades, harassment and gender-based violence on campuses. The Minister of Women Affairs, Imaan Suleiman-Ibrahim, affirmed this at the national summit held in Abuja by Alliances for Africa in collaboration with the Committee …

The newly appointed Minister of Women Affairs, Hon. Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim has pledged her commitment to combating gender inequality and advancing opportunities for women across Nigeria. In her inaugural address on Monday in Abuja, Sulaiman-Ibrahim outlined her vision to achieve gender equity and improve the welfare of vulnerable groups. She acknowledged President Bola Tinubu’s steadfast support for women’s empowerment and expressed …

The Minister of Women Affairs, Barrister Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye has called on Nigerians to be patient and support President Bola Tinubu’s administration as it tackled the nation’s economic challenges. Mrs. Kennedy-Ohanenye made this appeal on Wednesday, while distributing rice to Anambra State, a gesture by the Bola Tinubu administration aimed at alleviating the current hardship faced by Nigerians. The relief package, …

Women Affairs Minister Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye yesterday stopped an event organised in her ministry’s name without her permission. She accused the organisers of impersonation. The minister stormed the event organised by Mela-Chiyoma PAT Limited, saying it was without her consent. Kennedy-Ohanenye, who took the podium, told the participants that the organisers had been arrested The event was on the power of …

After her initial confrontation with the Speaker of the Niger House of Assembly, Abdulmalik Sarkindaji, and traditional institutions in the state over the plan to marry out 100 orphaned girls, the Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, has resolved to work with stakeholders in the state in the interest of the would-be brides. She insisted that the suit she instituted …

Islamic human rights organisation, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), on Thursday, warned the Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, to drop her lawsuit and petition challenging the planned mass weddings of 100 girls in Niger State. The mass weddings, being sponsored by the Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, Abdulmalik Sarkindaji, are scheduled for 24 May. …

A coalition of Plateau women and youths groups has procured the All Progressives Congress (APC) nomination form for Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs Pauline Tallen to contest the state’s Southern Senatorial seat. The seat is held by Prof. Nora Ladi Daduut, who was Head of Department of French at the University of Jos until she contested a …

The lead pastor of the Dunamis International Gospel Centre Worldwide, Pastor Paul Enenche, has said he had no idea that the late popular gospel artiste, Osinachi Nwachukwu was abused by her husband, Peter Nwachukwu. Until her death last Friday after spending days at an undisclosed hospital in Abuja, the 42-year-old artiste was a lead singer in the Abuja-based church. Her …