HIV Prevention Conference: People living with virus protest

The Society for Women and Children Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (SOWCHAN), on Tuesday, protested during the National Conference on HIV Prevention in Abuja.

Lawyer docked for assaulting female Journalist

A 35 year old legal practitioner Akaniyene Cletus was Tuesday arraigned before a Chief Magistrate Court in Uyo for allegedly assaulting a female journalist Blessing Ambrose.

New sexual assault referral centre to open in Lagos

A new care centre where victims of sexual violence could get immediate medical and psychosocial attention will open in Lagos on Thursday.

UN experts warn of deepening fundamentalism threats to women rights activists

Women who step up to defend human rights are facing worsening obstacles amid a global trend of fundamentalism and populism, a group of UN experts has warned.

Violence against women ‘serious obstacle’ to sustainable development – UN chief

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says violence against women and girls is serious obstacle to sustainable development and imposed “large-scale costs” on both communities and national economies.

Five million in Nigeria’s northeast need food – FAO

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned that Boko Haram insurgency and rising inflation have left more than five million people in northeast Nigeria facing acute food insecurity.

Bello Offers Scholarship To Late Colonel Abu Ali’s Kids

The Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, said the Kogi State Government will not only immortalise the late Lt. Col Muhammad Abu Ali but will also take the responsibility for the education of his three children up to university level.