Day: May 18, 2024
Nurturing Boy-Child to Save the Girl-Child
In most cultures, especially in Africa, preference to the boy-child has strong cultural, religious, legal and of course, social status.
This is principally because a male heir is needed to continue the family line.
The boy-child, faced with many cha…
Foundation advocates equal support for male survivors of sexual abuse
The Life After Abuse Foundation (LAAF), a Non-governmental Organisation, has called for gender equality in access to support services for male survivors of sexual abuse.
Ms Halima Layeni, the Founder and Executive Director of the Foundation, made the…
CCSI tasks journalists to intensify report on women’s health
The Technical Director of Centre for Communication and Social Impact (CCSI), an NGO, Oluyemi Abodunrin, has called for intensified reporting on women’s health.
Abodunrin made the call at a workshop organised by CCSI in collaboration with Pathfinder M…
First lady urges officers’ wives to prioritise mental health
The First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, has advised wives of officers and airmen of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) to prioritise their mental health while discharging their domestic responsibilities.
Tinubu gave the advice on Saturday at the Mental Health…
Addressing Gender-Based Violence in Edo using legal instruments
Ms Augustina Effong (not real name), a 28-year-old single mother, faces the heart-wrenching reality of raising her six-year-old son alone. His father, Mr. Francis Osagie, has abandoned them, refusing to take responsibility for their child.
Efiong rec…
NSCDC hits illegal bunkering site, recovers 100,000 litres of oil
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has dismantled an illegal refinery with more than 100,000 liters of crude oil in Adobi settlement, Etche Local Government Area in Rivers.
A statement by NSCDC spokesperson Babawale Afolabi on Satu…
12,539 teachers write 2024 professional qualifying exams
No fewer than 12,539 teachers nationwide sat for the May diet of the Professional Qualifying Examination (PQE) which began on Thursday and ended on Saturday.
The qualification examination is conducted by the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (…
ECOWAS bloc emerging tourist destination -Stakeholders
Anthony Elumelu, ECOWAS acting Director, Private Sector Investment, communicated this in an interview with newsmen after a strategic meeting between ECOWAS officials and private sector tourism stakeholders on Saturday, in Abuja.
The News Agency of Ni…
