Nobody will lose their jobs. What we stand to gain is this: every agency takes administrative fees. You pay 5,000 here and there; at the end of the day if you are clearing one container administrative fee will be up to a hundred thousand. What we are saying is, when it’s a one-stop shop you pay administrative fee of 5,000. They don’t need to see the customer. You submit your paper to the first desk until it reaches the end, and you just go and pick up your cargo. If there is an issue a query will be sent to your mail.

ABOVE are some very common, yet upsetting news headlines read almost on a daily basis. The spate of domestic violence in Nigeria is so rife that even its various penalties seem incapable of serving as deterrents to offenders.

er Egbunkonye-Ogbue and Gloria Egbunkonye are twin sisters merging individual talents to emerge one of Nigeria’s most creative, wanted milliners. Amid dwindling demand for hats, the twin sisters have channeled their skills in basic hat making into a modern, trendy line of millinery—fascinators and hatinators. Their enterprise, Sisterhood Crafties, has garnered thousands of fans on social media; yet, for the University of Benin alumni, this is only the beginning. Woman’s Own was with them.

IN the early 70s when engineering was still perceived as the boys’ club, the only black girl studying for a degree in Civil Engineering in one of the world’s most respected institutions, Columbia University, USA, was a Nigerian. That girl is today 65-year-old Engr.(Mrs)Mayen Adetiba, an icon who has led the engineering profession at different times, both in Nigeria and beyond.

IN a world where strenuous, highly technical and intellectual jobs were considered the exclusive preserve of boys while girls were wired and advised, to think only of professions that required less muscular power, it’s can be quite amazing how women folks have evolved over time.

YEARS back, the makeup and beauty industry in Nigeria was not in existence because the territory was new and there was a lot of cynicism surrounding it. Those days only celebrities and the fashionistas wore makeup.

THE age-old assumption is that women spend hours searching their wardrobes, making up their faces and standing in front of a mirror simply to impress the opposite sex(or their men).

THE language of a people is their true identity, hence, any group that loses its language has lost its identity. In Africa, many languages are going into extinction due to their love of foreign languages. An average African would rather speak English or French than their native tongue. Unfortunately, very few Africans are disturbed by the trend and fewer still, are doing something about it.

When it comes to how to dress for business, most women either do not have the time, the patience or the know-how to go about things. Here are WO tips for communicating power in business, while not losing your feminine side.

WILL you take this man to be your lovely wedded husband……..?”

This is a vow every single lady dreams of. But alas, we live in a society where very few people hold this vow sacred. What changes and at what point does it change?

LAWYER, politician and mother, Olivia Tagbajumi Agbajoh turned 65 on Wednesday. An Honourable in the House of Representatives in the Second republic, she represented the Warri Federal constituency.

Kemi Lala Akindoju is a seasoned actress with 11 years of experience under her belt. In the 2016 AfricaMagic Viewers, Choice Awards, Lala, as she is popularly called, won the Trailblazer award, a category which comes with a car gift. In her excitement, Lala chronicles how she began her journey from her first professional job ‘All I want for Christmas’ on stage to her foray into movie making and what the future holds for her in the industry.

Why would a father rape his own child? Why would an uncle rape his niece? Is it true that when a man marries a woman who already has a teenage girl, he is actually targeting the teenage girl? According to rape survivors, the worst form of abuse that any woman can deal with is rape. If not properly and professionally handled, the survivor becomes psychologically traumatized, at times suicidal. Where the perpetrator is a family member, someone trusted, with an obligation to protect and care for the survivor, it becomes even more traumatic.

IN a twinkle of an eye, it’s now over two years since the disappearance of 219 students of the Federal Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Bornu State. Not a few imagined the girls who were reportedly abducted by Islamic sect Boko Haram would be a year older in the sect’s den, not to mention two.

DOLAPO Opeyemi Badmos, is a Superintendent of Police (SP) and the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of Lagos State Police Command, since she joined the Force on 15 August, 2002, as an Assistant Superintendent of Police (Course 21 batch) and trained at Police Academy, Wudil, Kano, the graduate of Accounting who also holds a post-graduate degree in Public Administration has served in various capacity.