The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), has said that women and their children in the Lake Chad Basin, have been forced into prostitution, in order to make ends meet. ICRC stated this on Thursday, while explaining how the Boko Haram insurgency has driven millions from their homes and left families starving. Over 2.4million have been displaced …

Another of the 219 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram from Government Secondary School, GSS, Chibok, Borno State in April 2014, is now breathing the air of freedom. The girl, Maryam Ali Maiyanga, was among those who escaped from Boko Haram in the Sambisa forest and were found yesterday about 6.am by troops of the 121 Battalion, Nigerian Army, deployed …

It’s tough enough being in jail with its closed-in walls and dismal atmosphere, but imagine being stuck in that kind of confinement while also being pregnant? Miyhosi Benton and Maria Caraballo, two formerly incarcerated women, spoke candidly on it, as survivors, during a Huffington Post Liveepisode. Their revelations were not surprising in how …

By BILKIS BAKARE  IN recent times, insurgent activities have taken a worrisome turn as more women and girls are now being recruited as suicide bombers. Few days ago at a crowded market in Damaturu, the capital city of Yobe State, North Eastern Ni­geria, a 10- year- old girl blew up herself, killing over 15 people and injuring several others. This …

The Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has urged government at all levels to enforce the law on rape, to protect women and children in the country. Aisha stated this when she received some staff of the Ministry of Women Affairs, UNICEF and National Population Commission, led by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Dr Ezekiel Oyemomi. The staff …

We cannot but rejoice with Igbo women who won the right to inherit a share of their parents’ estates following the recent Supreme Court ruling, which voided the centuries-old Igbo tradition that barred females from becoming beneficiaries of family estates, especially in their towns and villages. Ruling this Igbo custom as discriminatory and in conflict …

  The Supreme Court has voided the Igbo law and custom, which forbid a female from inheriting her late father’s estate, on the grounds that it is discriminatory and conflicts with the provision of the constitution. The court held that the practice conflicted with section 42(1)(a) and (2) of the 1999 Constitution. The judgment was on the appeal …