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Nigeria’s Minister of Industry, Trade, and Investment, Dr Jumoke Oduwole, has called on Nigerian women to approach leadership, influence, and economic participation with deliberate strategy and long-term thinking.
The Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has called on Federal and State Governments in Nigeria to take measures to address various challenges in the information ecosystem, which impede access to information and the full enjoyment of the right to information by women in Nigeria, arguing that no meaningful progress can be achieved for Nigerian women while the gates to public information remain locked against them by bureaucratic secrecy and other barriers.
The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA, Dr Dayo Mobereola, has applauded the contributions of women to the development of the Nigerian Maritime industry.
Uganda on Sunday commemorated International Women’s Day also known as “March 8” with an all-women military parade. Women drawn from…
Dr. Rasha Kelej together with African and Asian First Ladies mark International Women’s Day 2026 through their Impactful Marking International Women’s Day 2026: Merck Foundation’s 14-Year Journey of Empowering Women, particularly Infertile Women and supporting Girl Education
Their conviction underlines the judiciary’s resolve to prosecute a practice that remains banned yet persists in some communities.
Ecobank Nigeria, a subsidiary of the leading pan-African financial services group Ecobank Group, has unveiled a significantly enhanced version of its multi-award-winning gender financing initiative, Ellevate by Ecobank, as part of activities commemorating International Women’s Day 2026.
Burkina Faso is moving away from the traditional festive observance of International Women’s Day, shifting instead toward concrete empowerment initiatives, Minister of Family and Solidarity Pélagie Kaboré announced on Monday in Ouagadougou.
One of the leading financial institutions in Nigeria, Fidelity Bank Plc, has announced the launch of the second edition of its flagship women-empowerment initiative, the HerFidelity Apprenticeship Programme 2.0 (HAP 2.0).
The capital city of the Republic of Ghana, Accra, hosted a High –Level Advocacy event to facilitate strong political commitment to inclusive political participation of women and youth in the ECOWAS region.