The scourge of drug abuse amongst women in Gombe State has risen above normal. Recently, the State chapter of Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) revealed how women now boil used sanitary pads, filter and drink the water to get high. To avert further occurrences, and fight illegal drug abuse, Commander -In-Charge of the Funakaye … Read more
Scores of women students staged a protest outside an Indian college saying they were forced to strip to check if they were menstruating. The students were told to undress after a used sanitary napkin was found in a garden outside Sahjanand Girls Institute, where they are banned from the hostel when they are having their … Read more
Rima settles in a chair at an upscale Riyadh cafe, looks around carefully, and seeing no one she recognizes, drags on her electronic cigarette and exhales a cloud of smoke. “I feel that smoking in public is a part of exercising my newly won freedoms. I am happy that now that I can choose,” the … Read more
The rising rate of ladies getting into the big butt movement in Nigeria is enough proof that most men prefer big butts and some ladies without one would do anything to get it, including butt implants. Even with highly publicized deaths of a mother of two who did not succeed in her implant, there seems … Read more
Ogun state Governor,Dapo Abiodun has promised that women will not be undermined in his cabinet, describing himself as a gender-sensitive person. The Governor who made this known through his media consultant, Yinka Ogundimu,said that more women will be appointed into his Government. This is coming following a protest letterwritten to the Governor by some concerned … Read more
It is the general saying that “Behind Every Successful Woman is a Tribe of Other Successful Women Who Have Her Back”. This was the true genesis of Epe Professional Women Association, (EPWA). Ekohotblog understands that the Epe Professional Women Association a non governmental organization was established September, 2015 by a group of visionary women namely … Read more
Two Canadian women have been reported to be kidnapped in Ghana, police said Thursday which is a rare attack in a country seen as one of the most secure in the West African region. The Canadians, charity volunteers aged 19 and 20, were taken on Tuesday evening in Kumasi, Ghana’s second city, some 200 kilometres … Read more
The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA, Dr Dakuku Peterside, has called for the involvement of more women in the development of the blue economy project with a view to growing the sector. Peterside also praised women in the country for their contributions and achievements in the typically male-dominated … Read more
Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, has called for more women inclusion in the nation’s extractive industry. She made the call, weekend, on the heels of the 2019 International Women’s Day with the theme: ‘#BalanceforBetter.’ Ahmed said in a statement by her Special Adviser (Media and Communications), Mr Paul Abechi, that women possessed great … Read more