The National Association of Shea Products of Nigeria (Naspan), the sector's umbrella body, has backed the ban as a "strategic ...

In central Nigeria's Muslim-majority state of Kwara, where religious traditions shape daily life, a group of girls are ...

Kwara APC women, led by former commissioner Mopelola AbdulMalik Bashir, have unveiled plans to win all federal seats in the ...

Rachel Iliya only took up rugby league last year but is now hoping to help Nigeria reach the Women's World Cup for the first time.

Former Kwara State Commissioner for Women Affairs, Hon. Mopelola Abdulmalik Bashir, has said that women in the state are intensifying efforts to secure all six Federal House of Representatives seats ...

For centuries, some careers in Nigeria were exclusively reserved for men. Careers such as engineering, law, sports, and even piloting were often a no-go for women due to the nation’s conservative ...

Experts have expressed concerns that Nigeria is losing billions of naira due to systemic barriers preventing women entrepreneurs from accessing formal credit. They argued that excluding nearly half of ...

The data also shows that no Nigerian state has met the National Policy on Population target of reducing the unmet need for family planning to 10 per cent by 2025.Only eight states in Nigeria have met ...

The Federal Government of Nigeria has filed criminal defamation charges against Senator Peter Onyekachi Nwebonyi over alleged ...

Rows of women sit low to the ground in the central Nigerian town of Bida, holding sticks that rise and fall in a steady rhythm. The air is filled with the dull thud of wood against shell - the dark ...