Tag: women
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Women-in-Sports must rise and shine – Barr Ibidoyin
By Akeem Busari There is continued agitation for the total involvement of women in sports administration, with several individuals and organisations raising the bar for female athletes through seminars and sporting events. Expectedly, one of the youngest, but brightest female football administrators and investors in Nigeria, has joined the fray to further emphasise the importance…
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Abuja teacher bags life jail for raping male pupil
A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja has sentenced a 19-year-old teacher, Abdullahi Abbass, to life imprisonment for raping a nine-year-old pupil. This was disclosed in a statement shared with Sunday PUNCH by the Press Officer of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, Vincent Adekoye. According to Adekoye, the judgment…
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Girl Child Day: Sabina Okere calls for more support for Women’s Sports in Nigeria
The Executive Director of Sports Development and Operations at the Edo State Sports Commission (ESSC), Mrs. Sabina Chikere, has called for increased support and investment in women’s sports to enable girls in Nigeria to thrive and bring more glory to the nation. Chikere made this appeal on Saturday as a part of activities marking the…
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How my husband rapes me – 14-yr-old wife cries out
A 14-year-old girl from Gombe State (name withheld), who was forced into an early-child-marriage in Taraba State, has told the world the challenges she faced in the forced marriage with her wealthy husband. The teenager narrated her ordeal to Arewa Punch Gombe, cried out that she was forcefully married off through the support and consent…
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