Author: Prudence Makoge

[ad_1] There is a specific kind of tired that no amount of sleep fixes. It is not the tired you feel after a long day of work, or the tired that comes from staying up too late scrolling through your phone. It is a trait that lives in your bones. A tiredness that makes you feel like your body is running on 3% battery and someone has hidden the charger. For years, I thought this was just what periods felt like. I thought every woman spent the first three days of her cycle lying flat, bargaining with God, convinced she…

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[ad_1] Femi Otedola with his daughters DJ Cuppy, Temi Ajibade, and Tolani Otedola in coordinated white and cream outfits for International Women’s Day 2026. Photo Credit: Femi Otedola/Instagram Femi Otedola called his three daughters his “greatest investments” for International Women’s Day and posted a photo to go with it, and honestly the photo makes the case better than any caption could. Tolani, Cuppy and Temi showed up coordinated in soft whites and creams alongside their father, who wore a powder blue suit and the expression of a man who is fully aware of how well he is doing in life.…

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[ad_1] The head of anti-discrimination body Kick It Out says that initial proposals by English football’s independent regulator “put equality, diversity and inclusion on the subs bench”.The watchdog for the top five tiers of the men’s game is devising a new code of governance, with clubs having to show what they are doing to tackle under-representation of minorities in order to be granted a licence.In correspondence sent to the independent football regulator (IFR) as part of a consultation process – and seen by BBC Sport – Kick It Out claims that the proposed measures are “inadequate”.”[It] doesn’t go far enough…

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[ad_1] Stephanie Imohede, Africa Skilling Leader at TeKnowledge; Oluwatomisin Mordi, Country HR Manager at TeKnowledge; Ifeoluwa Ayoade, Vice President, Product & Engineering at Zest Payments Ltd; Dr Nefi Wole Abu, Co-Founder of Lane Consulting; Aileen Allkins, President and CEO of TeKnowledge; Olapeju Ibekwe, CEO of Sterling One Foundation and Olatomiwa Williams, Chief Growth & AI Officer for MEA at Microsoft In celebration of International Women’s Day, TeKnowledge convened senior industry leaders for an Executive Women in Leadership Brunch in Lagos, bringing together influential voices across technology, finance and human capital to discuss the theme “Leadership with Confidence, Women Powering Africa’s…

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[ad_1] Callan Lötter continued her dominance of women’s open water swimming by successfully defending all three of her national titles at the Bombela Concession Company SA Open Water Championships, which concluded at Marina Martinique near Jeffreys Bay on Sunday, 8 March, 2026. The 19-year-old was in a class of her own as she comfortably defended her national 10km, 5km, and 3km knockout titles. Mastery of Rough Conditions Wins Callan Lötter Her Maiden Elite Midmar Mile Title From the gsport Newsroom Archives, February 2026 Lötter was the only woman to record a sub two-hour time in the 10km race, winning in…

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[ad_1] International speaker and human development consultant Mfon Ekpo delivered a powerful address at the 2026 International Women’s Day celebration held on 7 March 2026 at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, speaking before an audience of approximately 50,000 people gathered to mark the global observance. The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, His Excellency Pastor Umo Eno, hosted the event, with the Coordinator of the Office of the First Lady Designate, Noble Lady Helen Eno Obareki, and the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, attending as Special Guests of Honour. In a speech that combined history,…

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[ad_1] Dr Wendy Okolo, the first Black woman to earn a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, wearing a blue NASA bomber jacket and smiling against a dark background. Photo Credit: Wendy Okolo/Instagram Did you know that at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, there is a Nigerian woman whose work is literally making things fly safer and more efficiently? Her name is Dr Wendy Okolo, and if you have not heard of her yet, today is a very good day to change that. Dr Okolo’s journey to NASA was built on a foundation of exceptional academic and professional experience. Before…

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[ad_1] No Kaizer Chiefs players were selected for Hugo Broos’s 37-man preliminary squad for Bafana Bafana. The national team is scheduled to face Panama in two high-profile matches later this month. The first match will take place on 27 March 2026, at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban, with kick-off set for 19:00. The teams will then travel to Cape Town for a second clash on 31 March 2026, at DHL Stadium, scheduled for 19:30. These matches serve as preparation ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. No Kaizer Chiefs player in another Bafana squad This is not the first time…

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[ad_1] Yara sat by the window, watching the city’s gold light fade into the blue of evening. She’s waiting for a message, a sign, a feeling—anything that would tell her happiness was finally coming. She had been waiting for years, really. She waited through the ache of loneliness, the sharp sting of envy, the soft comfort of hope. Each feeling, she thought, was a kind of weather. Sometimes it rained for days. Sometimes it was just grey, not stormy, not sunny, just there, sitting over her like a low ceiling. She remembered being a child, running barefoot across the courtyard,…

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