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Dangote Cement Graduates 40 Women in Fashion Design Skill Acquisition
From Noah Ocheni, Lokoja
The Plant Director of Dangote Cement Plc, Obajana, Mr. JV Gungune, on Thursday said the skill acquisition scheme was meant to supplement government’s efforts in its job creation.
Mr. Gungune said even though the job creation scheme aptly fits into the company’s vision and mission but the skill acquisition program is another way of creating employment for the people of Kogi State.
The Plant Director who enjoined beneficiaries to count themselves lucky to have been selected and trained in the program, however, charged them to ensure that the equipment provided by the company are put into proper use.
Speaking, the Head of Social Performance Dangote Cement Plc, Mr. Wakeel Olayiwola, said the empowerment is one in the series of several other interventions among host communities being executed by Dangote Cement Plc across Africa.
Mr. Olayiwola expressed optimism that the graduates will create a chain of other graduates through apprenticeship, therefore bolstering the job status of communities around the State.
General Manager, of Special Duties, Mr. Ademola Adeyemi said 10 women were selected each from Oyo, Iwaa, Apata, and Obajana, which makeup both the plant and the mining communities.
Mr. Adeyemi said the skill program was in partnership with the National Directorate for Employment(NDE).
On his part, NDE’s Kogi state Coordinator, Mr. Abubakar Zakari, said the participants received intensive training for three months, and described the training as a laudable program for women.
His Royal Highness, the Olu-Apata, Oba Dr. Frederick D.O. Balogun, expressed appreciation and pledged his community’s continuing support for the company.
The Bajana of Obajana Idowu Isenibi said the “joy of the community knows no bound while urging beneficiaries to make judicious use of the skill acquired from the program.
Speaking on behalf of the beneficiaries, Mrs. Titilayo Onimola, commended the President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, while praying for God to continue to support him and make his businesses flourish.
January 13, 2023
Taliban Suspends University Education For Afghanistan Women
Afghanistan’s Taliban-run education ministry has suspended university education for female students until further notice.
A letter published Tuesday, Dec. 20, by the higher education ministry instructed Afghan public and private universities to suspend access to female students immediately, in accordance with a Cabinet decision.
This comes after girls were barred from returning to secondary schools in March, after the Taliban ordered schools for girls to shut just hours after they were due to reopen following months long closures imposed after the Taliban takeover in August 2021.
The announcement banning university education for women by the Taliban came as the United Nations Security Council met in New York on Afghanistan.
Foreign governments have said that a change in policies on women’s education is needed before it can consider formally recognising the Taliban-run administration, which is also subject to heavy sanctions.
“The Taliban cannot expect to be a legitimate member of the international community until they respect the rights of all Afghans, especially the human rights and fundamental freedom of women and girls,” U.S. Deputy U.N. Ambassador Robert Wood told the council, describing the move as “absolutely indefensible.”
Britain’s U.N. Ambassador Barbara Woodward said the suspension was “another egregious curtailment of women’s rights and a deep and profound disappointment for every single female student.”
“It is also another step by the Taliban away from a self-reliant and prosperous Afghanistan,” she told the council.
December 20, 2022
Women Should Be Considered Fully In Politics -Barrister Ebere Efendu
By Muhammad Ibrahim, Sokoto
Barrister Ebere Ifendu, President Women in Politics Forum made this known while addressing newsmen at the NUJ Conference Hall along Zuru road, Sokoto.
She said the briefing was organized to address the issues identified in research conducted on interrogating the policy interventions to increase women’s participation in governance in Nigeria.
She said this Intervention is part of the execution of the Improving Electoral Intergrity and Accountability Foundation implemented by WRAPA in partnership with Nigerian Women Trust Fund, 100 Women Lobby Group and Elect Her.
A non-profit, non-partisan civil society organization with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) status, the Barrister said it recognizes the marginalization of women in politics, decision making and the importance of unity regardless of political parties affiliation, to give a voice to women in Leadership.
She explained that 1,101 candidates are vying for 109 Senatorial seats while 3,122 are contesting for House of Representatives saying the analysis of the candidates according to gender shows that there is only 1 female candidate for the Presidential election.
Here in Sokoto, according to the Barrister,during the 2019 general elections as she observed, no woman was elected at the National, or state House of Assembly.
However, “from the INEC candidate list recently published, seems to be a ray of hope for the Sokoto women to be represented at the National Assembly with 5 women as candidates to the House of Representatives though none is from the two major political parties”, a erred the Barrister.
She also said considering the population of women and their level of education, 40%of the political positions is supposed to be maitaned by female gender.
She then said Women in Politics Forum is placing demands on various stakeholders as Judiciary, Executive, Legislature, Media and Security Agencies among others, with the hope that together the nation will change the political history with more women.
September 23, 2022
NCAC Parleys NCWS to Empower Women for Development Via New Cultural Brand
By Joyce Remi-Babayeju
The National Council for Arts and Culture ( NCAC) is to parley the National Council for Women Society , NCWS) to debut a new cultural brand platform that will empower vulnerable Nigerian women for national development.
This parley was reached when the newly elected executive of the NCWS led by Hajia Lami Adamu paid a courtesy visit to NCAC headquarters in Abuja.
The new NCWS President Adamu said that the visit to the Culture Council was to introduce the newly inaugurated executive of the Women Society to the Director General, Otunba Runsewe who has been a pillar of support to the Women Society in areas of skills acquisition, capacity building and empowerment and also seek areas of further collaborations.
She stated that the new executives is proud to identify with Otunba Runsewe who has positively projected the image of Nigeria both at home and abroad within the Culture and Tourism sector and also working assiduously to transform Nigeria’s rich and diverse cultural heritage into a viable economy.
Hajia Adamu disclosed that the new leadership of the NCWS has commenced a strategic roadmap for achieving the vision of the council for the next 5 years.
These according to her include Promoting women in leadership and Governance, Promoting economic empowerment of women, Child protection and girl child education and Building an effective and efficient NCWS as a valued partner for promoting the gender agenda.
The NCWS president solicited for a strong collaboration with the NCAC to enable the women society achieve its lofty programmes and take vulnerable women off the streets.
The Director General, National Council for Arts and Culture, Otunba Segun Runsewe congratulated Hajia Lami Adamu as the 15th President of the NCWS expressed delight over the visit which according to him will open new vistas for collaborations for the NCAC and NCWS to empower Nigerian women and fortify the future of the girl child.
Meanwhile Runsewe decried the fast eroding cultural values in the society which has led to juvenile delinquencies and borrowed Western cultures.
“As Women, the onus is on you to begin a campaign to rescue our youths and the girl child from the claws of westernization and alien cultures and inculcate in them good moral principles and the true Nigerian Culture. ”
Runsewe who doubles as the President of the World Crafts Council, African Region urged the Women Society to make a bold statement and redouble their efforts in sensitizing mothers to be mindful of the schools they send their children as a high percentage of immorality, rape cases and gender based crimes originate from the school environment.
He reiterated the urgent need for the new leadership to hit the ground running given the onerous task ahead of them and promised to keep his doors open for collaborations and necessary support to make the NCWS achieve its desired objective.
He announced that the NCAC and the NCWS will midwife a brand that will empower vulnerable women and build capacity among them.
June 26, 2022
Women Protest at NASS Gate Over Rejected Bills
Nigerian Women have thronged the National Assembly in their numbers to express their disdain on the rejection of women-related bills at the plenary session on Tuesday.
For example, a bill seeking to give at least ten slots to women as ministers and commissioners in the federal and state governments failed at the upper legislative chamber.
A total of 88 senators registered to vote. 44 senators voted yes, while 43 voted no, and 1 abstained.
The bill which was meant to guarantee the inclusivity of women in governance failed as it could not garner 73 votes needed for it to be passed.
The women said they were disappointed despite having assurances from the leadership of the house on the bills.
The National Assembly gate was shut as result.
The women said gender equality is a development issue and not about women.
They are calling on lawmakers to revisit the rejected bills.
March 2, 2022
Women should be the only ones to determine what happens to their bodies — Angel
Former Big Brother Naija contestant, Angel Smith, has asserted that a woman’s body should solely be her business.

The reality star took to her Twitter page to specially warn men to stop having opinions on what women do with their bodies.
IN HER WORDS ;
As a man; you shouldn’t have an opinion on what women do with their bodies.
Not iuds, abortion, plastic surgery, choice of clothes etc, nothing.
Hopefully women are given more autonomy over their bodies and more women find the courage to fight for their autonomy; especially African women.
January 27, 2022
Police take 12 women to court for using ‘juju’ to disrupt road project
The Police in Bayelsa have dragged 12 women from Agobiri community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state to court over “unlawful assembly and use of juju” to the block the ongoing construction of the state government-sponsored Yenagoa-Oporoma Road.
The women are Madam Nerisa John (43), Chriatiana Famous (36), Dolphina Ochai (34), Flora Clinton (55), Ayibanua Lucky (33) and Motoko Oyibadoemi (54).
Others are Amilo Brandy (30), Tuebi Romeo (25), Ayibaegben Godbless (40), Becky Williams (37), Ayababy Kwoli (50) and Falaba David (30).
In the two-count charge against them before the Magistrate Court, Oporoma Division, the police accused the protesting women of allegedly on November 24 and 30 at Agobiri community in Oporoma magistrate district;
“You did conspire among yourselves to commit felony with unlawful assembly and thereby committed an offence punishable under section 444(d) of the criminal code law, Cap C 14 laws of Bayelsa State, 2006.
“That you (all the accused) and others at large on the same date and place in the aforesaid Magisterial district with intent to carry out a common purpose, did assemble in such a manner by blocking the ongoing Oporoma-Yenagoa Road construction with sticks, plantain, juju, palm fronds, causing persons in the neighbourhood to fear;
“And tumultuously disturb the peace of the people using access road without reasonable occasion and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 54 and punishable under section 55 of the criminal code law, Cap C14 laws of Bayelsa State.”
They, however, pleaded not guilty and were granted bail at N50,000 each, with one surety who owns a landed property.
The presiding Magistrate, A. N. Asuku, adjourned the case till December 6.
The women, who are indigenes of Agobiri community in Southern Ijaw Local Government council, were reportedly arrested during their protest against alleged exclusion from the communities to benefit from the Oporoma-Yenagoa Road construction project.
They had allegedly threatened to stop the road project if the Governor Douye Diri administration does not include their community as a beneficiary of the road project.
December 2, 2021
SOSG In Collaboration With Initiative Present Law Against Violence On Women And Girls
By Muhammad Goronyo, Sokoto
The Sokoto state Ministry For Women and Children Affairs in collaboration with EU-UN Spotlight Initiative organized press briefing on The Sokoto Gazetted Violence Against Persons’ Prohibition (VAPP) Law to eliminate violence against women and girls.
The briefing that took place at the NUJ Press Center along Zuru road,Sokoto hosts the state Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice Barrister Suleiman Usman(SAN) and the Commissioner for Women and Children Affairs,Hajiya Kulu Sifawa.
Speaking,the Attorney General said another aim was to sensitive the society on the importance of this law as well as to
He said the law has incorporated provisions relating to management of sexual offenders registered thereby eliminating violence against women and girls.
“It criminalize female genital mutilation, rape and all Islamic dictation and manifestation committed even by using any part of the body, it has made provision to ensure that the state will set up a sexual referral center in section 3 of the law, provide an emergency medical assistance and support survival”, coupled with many other provision it takes for women and girls to be safer.
The Attorney General similarly explained further all the submissions provided by the law and the punishment that include life prison sentence.
October 19, 2021
Banditry Can Be Reduced Through Women- University Don
By Muhammad Goronyo, Sokoto
It has been asserted that women have a vital role to play towards addressing the bandits activities in the northern part of the country.
The lecturer with the department of History Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto, Dr. Murtala Rufa’i made the assertion while presenting a paper titled ‘The Current Insecurity In Northern Nigeria And The Role Of Women Towards Curtailing The Issue’ at the monthly Mu’utamar of the state chapter of the Muslim Sisters Organization held at the Conference Hall of Dr. Muhammad Isah Talata-Mafara Institute for Islamic Sciences, Gwiwa lowcost area, Sokoto.
He said such can be achieved if women, especially wives of bandits discourage their husbands to shun the trend. Dr. Rufai also described ignorance, poverty and some of the factors responsible for banditry in the northern part of the country.
The University Don charged Muslims to refrain from acts of disobedience to Allah and pray for Allah’s intervention to curtail the infamous acts bedevilling the society.
Earlier, the National Amirah of the Association, Amina Musa Sakaba said the topic was chosen to seek Allah’s intervention and called on the participants to put into practice all that they have learnt and extend the message to others.
Special prayer was later offered for Allah’s intervention to address the challenges facing the country as well as for the success of leaders at all levels.
October 11, 2021
8,000 women in Kano, 4,000 in Jigawa to benefit from FG Cash Grant
By Joyce Remi-Babayeju
At least 80,000 women across the 44 local Government Councils in Kano are to benefit from the Federal Government’s Cash Grant for Rural Women Project. And another 4,000 women in Jigawa State to also to benefit from the same grant.
This was disclosed by the Minister of Humanitarian affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, during the flag off ceremonies of the project in Kano and Jigawa States.
This was contained in a press release signed by Rhoda Ishaku Iliya, Deputy Director Information, made available to Daybreak today.
According to the release, the Minister who was represented by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Bashir Nura Alkali, said that the project was introduced in 2020 to sustain the social inclusion agenda of the President Buhari’s administration.
“It is designed to provide a one-off grant to some of the poorest and most vulnerable women in rural and peri-urban areas of the country.
“A cash grant of N20,000 will be disbursed to about 125,000 poor women across the 36 States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory.”
The Minister said the grant is expected to increase income and productive assets of target beneficiaries.
She urged the beneficiaries to make good use of the grant towards improving their living standards.
Governor of Kano State, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, who was represented by his deputy, Dr Yusuf Gawuna commmended President Muhammad Buhari’s administration for initiating programmes that are geared towards uplifting of the plight of the poor and vulnerable in the society, especially women and children.
He also requested for the expansion of the State Social Register to accommodate the remaining 29 LGAs of the State as well as additional beneficiaries of the Loan (Trader Moni, Market Moni and Farmer Moni) in the next round of the programme, among others.
In the same manner over 4,000 beneficiaries across the 27 Local Government Councils of Jigawa State are to benefit from the Federal government grant for Rural Women Project.
At the flag- off ceremony in Dutse, Jigawa State, Farouq said , “I have been following your Excellency’s transformational effort and I am confident with this track record, various projects and programmes implemented by President Buhari’s Administration will have the desired impact on lives of the people of Jigawa State.
The Minister called on other stakeholders to support the Federal government in addressing the country’s developmental challenges.
Jigawa State governor, Muhammad Badaru Abubakar represented by the Special Adviser on Economic Empowerment , Abba Muhammad Mujjadadi commended Federal government gesture, noting that Jigawa State has benefitted from other Federal government Social Investment Programnes in the past such as GEEP, CCT, HGSFP, among others in the past.
The Governor urged t all beneficiaries to make judicious use of the grant to assist themselves and their families.
January 4, 2021