The Chairperson of the Police Officers’ Wives Association, POWA, and wife of the Niger State Commissioner of Police, Mrs Rosina Ebenezer Shauwulu Danmamman has stressed the need for relevant stakeholders to close ranks and combat gender-based violence against women. Mrs Danmamman made the call during the celebration of the 2025 International Women’s Day of POWA, Niger State chapter; with the theme #AccelerateAction, in Minna, emphasized the need for positive actions to promote women’s rights and...

The Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) and Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, says the forum will continue to collaborate with various stakeholders and women’s organizations to sustain the progress made in gender parity and women’s empowerment. This is contained in a message to mark International Women’s Day, which is celebrated each year on 8th March. Governor AbdulRazaq added that the forum will allocate more resources to accelerate action in outstanding areas of concern....

Nigerian Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, says the Federal Government has make plans to reduce the number of custodial centres in the country, stating that the current 256 facilities are unnecessary. The minister who disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja at a public hearing on alleged corruption and abuses within the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), said government plans to redistribute inmates convicted of federal offenses to less congested facilities for better management. Tunji-Ojo, noted...