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T he Global Mentoring Walk convenes established women leaders and emerging women leaders to walk together in their community. As they walk, they discuss their personal and professional challenges and successes to establish a mentoring relationship, in which the established leader guides, advises and supports an emerging leader. Held on the same day in countries across the world, the Mentoring Walk unifies the Vital Voices Global Leadership Network. This year’s walk will be held Saturday, March 10th, 2018 to celebrate International Women’s Day.  The Global Mentoring Walk is an opportunity to highlight the importance of women’s leadership, and to accelerate the impact of women leaders through mentoring. Mentoring Walk events foster and promote mentoring relationships between emerging and established women leaders. Women who are mentored are more likely to become mentors themselves, paying forward the investment made in them by empowering even more women to be successful lead...

T he Vice President professor Yemi Osinbajo has called for the creation of state police amid increasing security challenges in the country. He made the call on Thursday at a National Assembly security summit, as he believes this would help tighten security across the nation. According to him, the state policing system is the way to go because having a centralized system – as is currently practised, cannot effectively secure the nation. Despite calling for the creation of state police, Professor Osinbajo also wants the Nigerian Police Force to be strengthened and proposed that the current number of police in the country be tripled. He also called for more funding for the police as well as other security agencies. His comments come at a time when the police have come under criticism with some questioning its ability to effectively play its role. On Wednesday, the House of Representatives called for the removal of the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Id...

A bubakar Shekau, leader of the Boko Haram insurgents, says he his tired of the “calamity” that has befallen his sect. Shekau said this in a video released on Wednesday. The Boko Haram leader called on his members to shoot any Nigerian “if he is deliberately against us”. He said anyone who protects the interest of the country is their target. “I have no lengthy message to deliver except on the issue of worshiping God alone and serving Him without getting tired. Ours is not like that of the unbelievers whose worship is like the spider web,” Shekau said. “Just like one of the leaders of unbelievers, who is like an ape, was recently boasting that they have formed a joint force with Cameroonian forces to fight us. “That they would not only chase us from Sambisa forest but also in all parts of Nigeria. So we too have declared that we do not want to see any Nigerian in Cameroon, in Chad, in Nigeria and even in Benin Republic. “So I call on our brethren in A...