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Sanitary Pads Tax-Free: More Affordable for Conflict-Affected Women
Nigeria’s government announced tax-free policy on sanitary pads making them more available and affordable. Lower income women use pieces of cloth to manage their monthly flow, which is unhygienic and harmful. Tax removal will improve health condition
Lack of support, few resources and cultural beliefs the main reasons for the low number of women candidates in elections
ElectHER, a non-governmental organisation that champions the inclusion of women in politics, has said it is disappointed by the number of women who ran for parliamentary seats in the recent general elections, saying the number was lower than in previ
To commemorate International Women’s Day, Borno State government distributes relief materials to more than 400 vulnerable women
Women say pasta-making and grinding machines will help to make them self-reliant because now they have the means to start their own businesses
Insurgents wrapped fishermen in their nets, tortured them and then shot them, killing them instantly
At least 48 fishermen were shot dead in an attack by suspected Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) insurgents on Wednesday, March 8.
INEC hopes election postponement and extended naira cash deadline will entice more people to vote in gubernatorial elections
Two major factors since Nigeria’s general elections on February 25 have given political parties hope that many more voters will turn out for the coming gubernatorial elections.
Peace and the power of music
Music has a power that can be immensely therapeutic and cathartic because it can bring out our basic emotions – happiness, sadness, fear and anger.
Civilian joint task force member and vigilante wounded in blast on Maiduguri-Damboa highway
A civilian joint task force (CJTF) member and a vigilante were wounded on Thursday, March 2, when they drove over an improvised explosive device (IED) along the Maiduguri-Damboa highway.
Civilian joint task force member and vigilante wounded in blast on Maiduguri-Damboa highway
A civilian joint task force (CJTF) member and a vigilante were wounded on Thursday, March 2, when they drove over an improvised explosive device (IED) along the Maiduguri-Damboa highway
Political parties say general elections not free and fair and accuse INEC officials of rigging the vote in favour of the All Progressives Congress
The Labour Party (LP) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) say Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has failed to conduct free and fair elections and they have accused it of rigging the votes
All Progressives Congress, the ruling party, in the lead as first election result from Ekiti State is announced
Even though it is early days, the first of the 36 states to announce the results of Saturday’s general elections, Ekiti State, has placed the All Progressives Congress (APC), the ruling party, in the lead.
Dire threats from insurgents put an end to Kaga rural dwellers’ hopes of participating in the elections
Many rural people living in the south of the Kaga Local Government Area were bitterly disappointed as they did not get the chance to vote in the general elections on Saturday because the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
