Saudi Arabia overturned Sunday the world’s only ban on female motorists, sending Saudi women in wild celebrations as they take the wheel for the first time in decades. The much-trumpeted move is part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s plan to modernise the conservative petrostate — but it has been dented by the jailing of […]
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A new study has found that about 70 per cent of women with the most common form of early stage breast cancer may avoid grueling chemotherapy and still enjoy a similar survival rate. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, enrolled 10,273 women with early-stage invasive breast cancer from the U. S., […]
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Iranian President Hassan Rowhani has called for a decades-long stadium ban for women to be lifted, according to statement issued by the president’s office Tuesday. “There should be no difference between men and women in Islam and for that reason women should also be allowed to take part in sports events,” Rowhani said at a […]
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The Aliko Dangote Foundation has flagged off its one-off and unconditional Micro-grants Programme in Niger State with 25,000 disadvantaged women as beneficiaries bringing the total number of women beneficiaries to 256,500 across seven states of the federation. Chairman of the Aliko Dangote Foundation, Aliko Dangote said weekend at the flag-off ceremony held at the Justice […]
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The Lagos State Police Command on Monday said women’s rights of movement in Lagos State, will not be restricted on Tuesday by the traditional Oro Festival in Ikorodu, east of Lagos. The Commissioner of police, Imohimi Edgal, made the clarification in a statement signed by the spokesman of the command, SP Chike Oti. Edgal said […]
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With a resolve to foster love and affection this Valentine’s Day and connect with the young-at-hearts, leading broadband and internet services provider, Spectranet 4GLTE is launching a limited edition EVO MiFi, with unheard of bundled Data benefits for carefree communication. Artistically designed for younger people, EVO MiFi comes bundled with two different data plans at […]
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African women are definitely make waves around the globe. Our focus this week is on International British Model, Samar Khoury, who has talked extensively about her career and interests. Read the Interview with Samar Khoury below: Could you tell us a bit about yourself? I’m Samar Khoury, British, a Biochemistry Life Sciences graduate from King’s […]
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For the first time in history, women in Saudi Arabia have been granted the right to drive cars. According to the state-run Saudi Press Agency (SPA), a royal order was issued for both men and women to be issued drivers’ licenses. Government ministries are to prepare reports within 30 days and the order will be […]
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A consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, Chris Abumchi, on Saturday in Abuja discussed some causes of preterm or premature birth. He listed violence among couples and other social vices such as smoking, alcohol consumption and drug abuse. Abumchi said India and China lead the race in premature birth, followed by Nigeria. According to him, preterm birth […]
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Women who breastfeed their children have been found to be at substantially less risk of developing uterus cancer, according to researchers at the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Australia. Dr Susan Jordan, head of the Cancer Causes and Care research group at QIMR Berghofer said that women who breastfeed at least one child have […]
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