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Views: Visits 705 Today, March 8, 2021, is International Women’s Day with the theme of this year’s celebration being ‘Choose to Challenge’. Even though it feels like there is a concerted effort between the forces of culture and government to deny women the full expression of their rights and the achievement of their highest ambitions, it’s important to note that woman are now choosing to challenge these obstacles that have overtime, hindered them from reaching their full potentials. Women are now making an impact in the areas of science, technology, engineering, politics, f...

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: Continuously Shattering Glass Ceilings Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is a Nigerian-American economist and international development expert. She sits on the boards of Standard Chartered Bank, Twitter, Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation, and the African Risk Capacity. Known to break glass ceilings in her career path, she recently made history again as the first woman and African to be appointed as Director-General of the World Trade Organisation. To commemorate the 2021 International Women’s Day celebration, Chiemelie Ezeobi profiles this amazon that stands tall and i...

Figures released by Hertfordshire County Council show how many applications were received by schools of pupils wanting to attend their school A secondary school received a record-breaking amount of applications from pupils wanting to attend from September. Parents across Hertfordshire recently found out whether their children had successfully gained a spot at their preferred school, with huge competition for places. Data released by Hertfordshire County Council revealed children living in the borough of Watford are more likely than anywhere else in Hertfordshire to potentially be left...

The history behind closed schools across Kent, from Bunce Court to Folkestone's Pent Valley School - we've all been there. Whether you look back with a golden-hued nostalgia or just full-on anguish, we all have some sense of connection to the halls, corridors and classrooms which formed the bulk of our childhoods. Kent's Lost Schools But the onward march of time has left many of these historic institutions standing only in the memories of its teachers, parents and pupils. Others have been bulldozed to make way for shiny new buildings and a fresh name. From budgetary issues to falling grades, ...

Share Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has become the first woman and first African to head the World Trade Organisation (WTO). ENIOLA OYEMOLADE in this piece discusses how she became the head of the Switzerland-based institution, her plans, among others. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been appointed the new chief of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) becoming the first woman to ever lead the Switzerland-based institution and the first African citizen to take on the role. This is not the first time Okonjo-Iweala will be making history. She was the first woman to take on the Nigerian finance ministry and the fore...