On Women
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UN Women Nigeria Engages Stakeholders to Strengthen Gender-Responsive Budgeting Framework
On July 28, UN Women Nigeria, led by its Country Representative to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Beatrice Eyong, paid a courtesy call on Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite at the Federal Ministry of Budget and National Planning in…
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World Day Against Trafficking: Surrogacy violates international laws. No government acts on it.
Every 30 July, the United Nations marks the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. Statements are issued, reports are published, and one industry is reliably absent from all of them. Since 2024, European and international…
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Aevin Dugas Hands Over Largest Afro Crown to Jessica Martinez
On Guinness World Records Day 2025, Aevin Dugas, who held the Guinness World Record for the largest afro on a living person for 15 years, officially passed the title to new record holder Jessica Jess…
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Rafiatu Lawal Breaks Commonwealth Games Record, Wins Gold for Nigeria
Nigerian weightlifter Rafiatu Folashade Lawal has won gold in the women’s 58kg weightlifting event at the 2026 Commonwealth Games after producing a dominant, record breaking performance in Glasgow. Lawal lifted 103kg in the snatch and…
