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Joy Ezeilo, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), and Ibijoke Faborode, co-founder of ElectHER, have been listed among the 'BBC 100 Women 2022'.

This is the list of 100 women from BBC 100 Women for 2022

The Nigeria Police Force has arrested six people involved in the alleged torture and dehumanisation of a widow in an Enugu State community. SaharaReporters reported that Mrs. Anthonia Umeabelu Okonkwo, a mother of four, was on October 22, stripped naked by youths of Agunese Affam-Mmaku community in the Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State for allegedly picking snails in a forest supposedly forbidden. The youths also compelled her to walk around the community naked as punishment for her acti...

An organisation that seeks the protection of women's rights and the girl child, Women Aid Collective (WACOL), has petitioned the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba over the assault and brutalisation suffered by a woman.   The group asked the police chief to order a thorough investigation into the assault on a widow, Mrs. Anthonia Umeabelu Okonkwo, by some youths of Agunese Affam-Mmaku community in the Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State for allegedly picking snails in a forest s...

Mrs Anthonia Okonkwo, the widow allegedly stripped naked by some youths in an Enugu State community says she did not harvest snails from the scared forest as alleged by the perpetrators.

Narrating her ordeal, the 44-year-old widow said she harvested and sold snails in the community for a long time to cater for her four...

Critical stakeholders of Ezeagu Local Government Area, under the umbrella of Ezeagu Union, have expressed gratitude to Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - As part of its swift intervention in the spike in cases of Violence Against Women And Girls (VAWG) in Anambra State, South East Nigeria, and to properly position female advocates to respond effectively to the menace particularly, harmful cultural practices, the WomenAid Collective (WACOL), has organized a two-day ‘Women’s Rights Advocacy and

"Where there is poverty, there is no dignity and where there is no dignity, there is no human rights,” NHRC chair, Tony Ojukwu, said.

Ikengaonline, an online newspaper, will debut to draw attention to the south-east and hold the five state governments accountable...