Niger Delta Women And Democratic Transition In Nigeria, 1985 – 1993.

The call for women empowerment in Nigerian history had never been as thunderous as it was during the heyday of Mrs Maryam Babangida, the then First Lady of Nigeria, and indeed, Nigeria’s most visible First Lady. Prompted largely by her initiative, major transformations were made in the political role of women in Nigeria. This paper assesses the inputs of some Niger Delta women towards the building of the aborted Third Republic between 1985 and 1993, usually tagged the “Babangida era”. For our present purpose the term ‘Niger Delta’ has been used to cover the defunct Rivers State, which has since 1996 come to be known as Rivers and Bayelsa States. Key Words: Women, empowerment, Nigeria, First Lady, transformations, political, Niger Delta, Third Republic, “Babangida era”, Rivers and Bayelsa States

Igbo marriage anda family life

The Catholic bishops of Onitsha Ecclesiastical Province in their joint Pastoral Letter to mark the first centenary celebrations of the advent of Catholic Church in Eastern Nigeria call for an intense catechesis as a way of deepening the faith of the huge number of Catholics recorded in the first century of the Church1 . Undoubtedly marriage and family life are some of the institutions at the centre of this intense catechesis. Hence this work has been proposed as a survey of the traditional Igbo marriage and family life with the view of finding out how it can be used as a point of catechesis on conjugal love and ends of Christian marriage

Igbo marriage anda family life

The Catholic bishops of Onitsha Ecclesiastical Province in their joint Pastoral Letter to mark the first centenary celebrations of the advent of Catholic Church in Eastern Nigeria call for an intense catechesis as a way of deepening the faith of the huge number of Catholics recorded in the first century of the Church1 . Undoubtedly marriage and family life are some of the institutions at the centre of this intense catechesis. Hence this work has been proposed as a survey of the traditional Igbo marriage and family life with the view of finding out how it can be used as a point of catechesis on conjugal love and ends of Christian marriage