Northeast Women in Politics Forum (NEWiPF), an umbrella political women group in the region, has called on the leadership of All Progressives Congress(APC) to engender more sense of equity and fairness in meanstreaming women into political appointments in the northeast. During a courtesy visit to the APC Deputy National Chairman (North), Hon. Ali Bukar Dalori at the party’s national headquarters …

There are few women in political and leadership spaces in Nigeria. Currently in the Senate, out of the 109 senators, three are female, which was a reduction from the seven in the ninth Assembly. Similarly, in the House of Representatives, 16 women were sworn in out of the 360 lawmakers, a slight increase compared to 13 in the previous House. …

Nigeria, which ranks 181 out of 193 on the Gender Equality Index for countries with low women representation in governance, is going further down the ladder in terms of the number of female candidates in next year’s general elections. While female representation is only 7.3 percent (8 of 109) in the Senate and 3.6 percent (13 of 360) in the …