By Justina Auta Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, says efforts are on to support female candidates vying for various political offices in the 2023 general elections through capacity building to ensure service delivery. Tallen said this during the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Ministerial Forum in Abuja. According to her, the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Women Affairs with relevant stakeholders’ collaboration, will organise programmes that will further equip female candidates for the positions they are contesting for. She said “we are planning to have a capacity building programme in conjunction with UN Women to see that women…
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By Justina Auta The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Pauline Tallen, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to compel political parties to mainstream gender issues in candidates’ selection. She made the call during the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Ministerial Forum in Abuja. The minister, who said that political parties were not fair to women and needed to mainstream gender policies in the nomination of candidates for various political positions, added that “I will say without mincing words, that all the political parties are not fair to women. “Unless gender is mainstreamed, unless INEC does something about…
By Justina Auta The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Pauline Tallen, says the ministry is targeting increased women participation in all the sectors of the economy. Tallen said this during the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Ministerial Forum in Abuja. She said that the ministry had achieved a lot but has not reached its target, adding that “our target is to see that women are represented in every sector of the economy. “We were far below, but under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari, a lot has been done in the Ministry of Women Affairs to create awareness and to…
By Lizzy Carr, Bauchi A non governmental organisation (NGO) in Bauchi, Nurture & Empower Her Initiative (NEHI) has pledge to provide conditional cash transfer for 70 orphaned girls to enable them settle their school fees. This was part of a one day sensitization programme for the girlchild on how to protect herself against any form of abuse and molestation. The sensitization program tagged, ‘My body is my body’, was organized for over 70 girls of the Bauchi State School for Orphans located at the state owned orphanage. ASHENEWS reports that the Executive Director of the NGO, Florence Uzoanya explained that the…
By Justina Auta Gender A coalition, “100 Women Lobby Group”, has called on the Nigerian University Commission (NUC) to enforce the development and implementation of gender policies in institutions. The group made the appeal on the sideline of a workshop on “Engagement with female youth leaders on gender policy” for students and staff of University of Abuja. It said that such a step would help to curb all forms of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG). Mrs Felicia Onibon, the National Coordinator of the group, decried the rampant incidences of violence, sexual harassment and intimidation of female students. She added…
CFPB stance is said to reflect frustration with repeat abuses Firm previously said it’s in talks to settle variety of probes Wells Fargo & Co. is under pressure from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to pay more than $1 billion to settle a series of investigations into mistreatment of customers, a deal that would shatter the agency’s previous record — also with Wells Fargo. The regulator’s demand in confidential talks, described by people with direct knowledge of the matter, reflects its escalating frustration with the bank, which has been punished multiple times by authorities over the past six years for…
The United Kingdom (UK) has warned its citizens on possible terror attacks in the United States (US). The UK in a travel advisory on Friday, said the planned attacks are “very likely” to be random across the country. On Thursday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned that there were “credible” threats to synagogues in New Jersey, asking that they take security precautions to protect their communities and buildings. “Stay alert. We will share more information as soon as we can,” the FBI said. In the advisory note, the UK asked its citizens to remain vigilant even though the US…
The Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Muhammad Nami has described tax dialogues as platforms that provide for exchange of diverse ideas on taxation and tool for engendering tax compliance through collective ownership of the tax system, as well as a means to strengthening tax systems. Speaking at the 2022 Kaduna State Tax Dialogue, held in Kaduna State on Saturday, Nami stated that dialoguing on tax was very necessary for inclusivity, fairness and pooling expert ideas to aid tax policy formulation, which ultimately strengthens tax administration. “Dialoguing on tax is very important for many reasons,” he stated.…
Hundreds of climate protesters blocked private jets from leaving Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport on Saturday in a demonstration on the eve of the COP27 U.N. climate meeting in Egypt. Greenpeace and Extinction Rebellion protesters sat around private jets to prevent them leaving and others rode bicycles around the planes. Dewi Zloch of Greenpeace Netherlands said the activists want “fewer flights, more trains and a ban on unnecessary short-haul flights and private jets.” Military police said they arrested a number of protesters for being on the airport’s grounds without authorization. Responding Friday to an open letter from Greenpeace, Schiphol’s new CEO Ruud…
A prominent Sokoto businessman, Sahabi Bojo-Bodinga has announced his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). ASHENEWS reports that the APC leader in the state, Sen. Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko supported by the Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi, received Bojo-Bodinga at his residence on Friday. Also at the event was the APC governorship candidate in the state, Ahmed Aliyu, among many other prominent APC loyalists. The state APC chairman, Isa Sadiq-Achida assured the new member and his supporters of equal treatment with all other members. “This is a great development for our party…