gender equality bill

Sheikh Isyaka Rabiu, a Muslim cleric has called on Nigerian Muslims to reject the Gender equality bill. Sheikh Rabiu, who is the leader of the Tijjaniya Brotherhood, has warned Muslim lawmakers that they will be condemned as unbelievers if they back the gender equality bill. Speaking with BBC...

There was a mild drama on Thursday as senators debated the recommendations of the new version of a gender equality bill presented by the member representing Ekiti-South Senatorial District, Senator Abiodun Olujimi, where female senators urged their male counterparts to support the bill this...

The Nigerian Senate is set to pass a watered down version of the Gender Equality Bill. The new version of the bill doesn't do much to protect the rights of the Nigerian woman as promised by the original bill. Women groups need to mobilize and with one voice call for the return of the...

The senator representing Anambra North Senatorial District, Senator Stella Oduah, on Thursday criticised her colleagues in the red chamber for shutting down the gender equality and opportunity bill. The bill, which was sponsored by Senator Biodun Olujimi from Ekiti South, seeks to promote equal...

A bill seeking to guarantee women equal rights with their male counterparts was, yesterday, thrown out by the Senate when it was presented for consideration during plenary. The bill which was sponsored by Senator Biodun Olujimi representing Ekiti South, titled “Gender Parity and Prohibition of...

A bill seeking to guarantee women equal rights with their male counterparts was, yesterday, thrown out by the Senate when it was presented for consideration during plenary. The bill which was sponsored by Senator Biodun Olujimi, was titled “Gender Parity and Prohibition of Violence against...

A bill seeking to guarantee women equal rights with their male counterparts was, yesterday, thrown out by the Senate when it was presented for consideration during plenary. The bill which was sponsored by Senator Biodun Olujimi, was titled “Gender Parity and Prohibition of Violence against...