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Corruption Politics, EFCC Politics, First Ladies, General Politics, Latest Politics, Patience Jonathan, Raw Politics, Top Stories, Women Politics
Friday, June 9th, 2017
Another multi-billion naira property has been traced to a former First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is to mark the property as “being under investigation” and may place it under Interim Asset Forfeiture, The Nation learnt yesterday. The relationship between Mrs. Jonathan and two companies was being probed by detectives as […]
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American Politics, Headlines, Women Politics
Friday, June 9th, 2017
By Vera Samuel Anyagafu and Prisca Sam-Duru IN her commitment to building the capacity of Nigerian women who in various fields have remarkably contributed to the Nigerian communities, the US government recently honoured five Nigerian women making waves in the science and technology world. Making reference to some African-American women who also have contributed to […]
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First Ladies, Hajiha Aisha Buhari, Latest Politics, Women Politics
Wednesday, May 31st, 2017
The wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari has left Nigeria for London, United Kingdom, to visit her husband who has been sick and flown out of Nigeria since May 7. According to a statement by her spokesperson, Bisi Olumide-Ajayi, the President’s wife thanked Nigerians who have been praying for her husband’s quick recovery. The […]
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Articles, Daniel Osofisan, NNP Columnists, Women Politics
Wednesday, May 17th, 2017
By Daniel Osofisan | Jos, Nigeria | May 17, 2017 – Last week, Fortune, a part of the TIME network released a list of 34 World Leaders who are changing health care globally, and surprise! surprise! Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Chair of Gavi as well as CEO Seth Berkley, made the list. While receiving awards […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Uwa Eghomeka, Women Politics
Wednesday, May 17th, 2017
By Uwa Eghomeka | Benin, Edo | May 17, 2017 – In January of this year, there was a lot of talk about the ghostworkers syndrome in the country with some very heavy, almost depressing, figures reeled out detailing how much the government had lost paying salaries to phantom employees. Naturally, after a while, the […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories, Women Politics
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017
THEY are beautiful, powerful; mostly brilliant and accomplished. They were the dream come true of the Nigerian feminist community which lauded the Jonathan administration’s affirmative action of appointing women into key government positions. They were to prove the widely held belief that what a man can do, a woman can do better. In his controversial […]
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Headlines, Religion, Top Stories, Women Politics
Monday, March 20th, 2017
By Onozure Dania Lagos—The Police yesterday arraigned a lady, Stephanie Otobo, 23, who claimed to have had affair with Apostle Johnson Suleiman, the President and founder of Omega Fire Ministry Worldwide before a Tinubu Magistrate’s court Lagos, over alleged intent to steal, and blackmail. Stephanie Otobo and Apostle Joshua Suleiman Otobo was charged alongside Wisdom […]
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Headlines, Raw Politics, United Nations, Women Politics
Tuesday, March 14th, 2017
Amina Mohammed: UN deputy secretary-general: Gender equality will take 170 years t will take 170 years to achieve economic equality between women and men, the UN Deputy Secretary-General, Ms Amina Mohammed, has said. Mohammed, in her message to the Youth Forum of the Commission on the Status of Women, ahead of the International Commission on […]
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Corruption Politics, EFCC Politics, Headlines, Oil Politics, Women Politics
Monday, March 13th, 2017
There was a twist on Monday in Lagos in the ongoing trial of Mohammed Belgore (SAN), and a former Minister of National Planning, Prof. Abubakar Sulaiman for alleged N450 million money laundering as the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Allison-Madueke, was joined in the suit. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s prosecutor had […]
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Latest Politics, Women Politics
Wednesday, March 8th, 2017
Sokoto – Women in Sokoto State are drumming up support for the emergence of a woman as Nigeria’s President in 2019. The women made their feelings known at a rally in Sokoto on Wednesday to mark the International Women’s Day. Prof. Aishatu Madawaki, who spoke on behalf of the women, lamented over the continued marginalisation […]
