The National President of the Police Officers’ Wives Association, Dr Mrs Elizabeth Egbetokun, has pledged the body’s resolve to promote the welfare and foster unity among families of police officers. Mrs Egbetokun stated this at the commissioning of the POWA office complex named after her in the old GRA axis of Port Harcourt, Rivers state on Friday. She described the …

The National President of the Initiative for Muslim Women of Nigeria (IMWON), Malama Mariya Nasir El-Ladan has announced that the organization has started distributing rice to thousands of residents in Kaduna state. This initiative aims to ease the hardship caused by the recent removal of fuel subsidies. She stated that IMWON is targeting over 20,000 poor citizens, including widows, orphans, …

A bill seeking one and five months leave to men and women who lost their spouse respectively scaled second reading on the floor of the House of Representatives on Tuesday. The bill sponsored by the member representing Bida/Katcha/Gbako Federal Constituency, Niger State, Saidu Abdullahi, will grant the widows and widowers a period to mourn their spouse and recover from the …

Widows of military officers who died in the Hercules C130 military jet that crashed in Lagos on 26 December 1992, have called on the Nigerian military and the Federal Government to pay them their late husbands’ entitlements. The military transport plane crashed soon after takeoff from Lagos, killing all 163 people aboard. Many of those killed were believed to be …

Guinness World Record holder, Hilda Baci will display her world-beating culinary skills in Lagos on Friday, 14th July to raise funds for a widow. Baci’s dishes will be tasted in an initiative by Joseph Edgar (popular known as The Duke of Somolu) to assist widows and empower them to be self-reliant. Edgar, Chief Executive Officer of Duke of Somolu Productions, a …