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UEFA to begin Women’s Nations League next year

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A women’s Nations League will begin next year, European football governing body UEFA announced on Thursday. The competition, which will link into qualification for the...
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FIFA Under-20 World Cup: Spain beat Nigeria 2-1 to advance to first-ever semi-finals

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Spain booked their spot in the semi-finals of the 2018 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup in France on Thursday after a 2-1 defeat of...
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Commuters trapped as protesting women barricade Gombe-Yola Highway

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Some women from Billiri town of Billiri Local Government Area, Gombe State, on Friday, barricaded the Gombe to Yola Highway, trapping passengers traveling along...
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UN recognises Aba women’s riot on World Women’s Day as Merkel says ‘fight...

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The United Nations (UN) has recognised the Aba women’s riot of 1929 as a noteworthy women-led demonstration, which ignited the revolution in the...
Car loses control, crushes four college students, one other to death in Abeokuta

11 women conveying bride die in Kano auto crash

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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Kano State, on Sunday, confirmed that 11 women died in a ghastly auto crash in Kano metropolis...
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Women seek ‘greater intra-party democracy’

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Women politicians drawn from the three dominant parties in Ekiti and Osun states have called for greater intra-party democracy to facilitate more participation of...

Poverty: Women as missing link for real growth

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 Religious and ethnic tensions continue to brew in different parts of Nigeria, erupting into outbreaks of violence and leading, in turn, to escalating poverty...
FG, States’ debt profile now N32.92trn

FG to disburse N200m each to Adamawa, Borno, Yobe, Nasarawa, Jigawa, Akwa Ibom, Osun,...

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Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs Aisha Alhassan, said N200 million would be disbursed to eight pilot states each through the National...

U.S. Army approves first 22 female officers for ground combat jobs

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The United States (U.S.) Army announced on Friday the first 22 women to be commissioned as infantry and armour officers under new rules that...

Need for legal provision on women empowerment stressed

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From Bode Durojaiye, Oyo. A legal practitioner, Wale Adeoye, has said for women empowerment to be meaningful, there is the need for clear legal provision...

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