Breaking News

Sylvia Sylvia

Welcome to Sylviangige.com I am Sylvia Tochukwu-Ngige, a writer, journalist, and founder of Sylviangige.com — a platform dedicated to the voices, struggles, achievements, and everyday realities of Nigerian women. Here, women’s stories come first. Through sections like Sylvia’s Take, Money and Work, Family and Marriage, Health and Safety, News and Services, and Guest Column, I explore the issues shaping women’s lives at home, at work, in business, in politics, and in society. I pay close attention to women in leadership, politics, and religion — who is rising, who is being silenced, and why these conversations matter to ordinary women trying to survive and succeed every day. Because power is not only found in government offices or church pulpits; it is also reflected in how women live, earn, love, dress, and care for themselves. Beyond politics and social issues, Sylviangige.com also covers lifestyle, fashion, entertainment, and trending conversations. From red carpet moments to social media buzz and everyday “gist,” I bring you stories that are informed, engaging, fact-checked, and relevant to modern Nigerian women. From Government House to the group chat, if women are talking about it, you will find it here. Sylviangige.com Where Women’s Power Meets Real Life Email: hello@sylviangige.com © 2026 Sylvia Tochukwu-Ngige | Sylviangige.com Politics, Power, Fashion, Lifestyle and Gist for Nigerian Women

The Silence Behind Closed Doors: Domestic Violence in Nigeria

Domestic violence in Nigeria. You are not alone

By Sylvia Tochukwu-Ngige | http://Sylviangige.com_ I ‘ve sat with women who flinch at loud voices. I’ve spoken to men who said “I didn’t know calling her names was abuse too.” I’ve held the hands of children who thought bruises were normal.The silence behind closed doors concerning domestic violence in Nigeria is rising everyday. If there is one truth I’ve learned …

Read More »

Anambra Health Insurance For Poor And Vulnerable Citizens

Group photograph of of participants at the press briefing in Awka

Report: By Chukwuka Ugokwe,  Edited with analysis: By Sylvia Tochukwu-Ngige |  sylviangige.com Where women’s power meets real life. June 22, 2026 The Association for the Eradication of Tuberculosis, TB Network Anambra State, is calling on government to extend the National/State Health Insurance program to vulnerable citizens, especially the poor. Speaking at the group’s Quarterly Integrated CLM State Press Briefing in …

Read More »

The Stance of Anambra Lawmakers On Chiziterem’s Abuse

Chioma Chukwunyere abused a 10 year-old Chiziterem

AWKA — The Anambra State House of Assembly has lost patience. And rightly so. The Stance of Anambra Lawmakers On Chiziterem’s Abuse is not to be disputed! Lawmakers on Thursday June 18, 2026 demanded the immediate prosecution of Mrs. Chioma Chukwunyere and the arrest of her husband over what they called the “gruesome abuse” of 10-year-old Chiziterem. The case has …

Read More »

ACCIONA Anambra Workshop on AfDB Cities Programme

AWKA — If Awka must become the “safer, smarter capital” Governor Soludo promised, then talk is not enough. Action plans must be tested, gaps must be named, and everyone holding the blueprint must sit at one table. To achieve this the ACCIONA team in Anambra State with the State government held a stakeholders Workshop on AfDB Cities Programme to align …

Read More »

ACTDA Demolishes Distressed Building In Awka

Demolition of a distressed building in Awka by the Awka Capital Territory Development Authority to avert disaster.

The Anambra State Capital Territory Development Agency, ACTDA, has demolished a distressed building in Awka. This building was waiting to become another headline of tragedy. According to ACTDA, the building was already “begging for collapse” — with big cracks on the walls, sagging slabs, and weak columns that could have buried people alive. But the agency didn’t wait for disaster. …

Read More »

ACCIONA Begins AfDB Cities Programme Assessment In Awka

ACCIONA team that were in Awka for city diagonistic

A delegation from ACCIONA Consulting, the Spanish firm appointed by the African Development Bank, was in Awka for the commencement of technical assessments under the AfDB Africa Cities Programme in Anambra State. Speaking during a meeting with the Awka Capital Development Authority (ACTDA) in Awka, the leader of the team, Eliza Maceratini, ACCIONA’s Urban Planner and Deputy Project Leader, said …

Read More »

ACTDA Launches Night Enforcement to Keep Awka Clean and Orderly

If you live in Awka, your nights just got a new routine. The Awka Capital Territory Development Authority, ACTDA, on Thursday, June 11, 2026 has officially launched mandatory, evening enforcement patrols across the capital, and the message is clear: environmental lawlessness will no longer be tolerated, day or night. The first operation kicked off on Thursday evening and moved through …

Read More »

FGM in Nigeria: 7 Facts on How to End it

Illustration of diverse Nigerian women and one girl holding hands in a protective circle under the text "FGM in Nigeria: 7 Fact on How to End it"

By Sylvia Ngige | http://www.sylviangige.com Mama Ifeoma told me: “My daughter asked why she bleeds every month. I had no answer.” That question broke me. Because millions of Nigerian girls are cut before they can ask questions. FGM isn’t “women’s business”. It’s our national business. Here’s what the data says, and what women can do: 7 Facts Every Anambra Woman …

Read More »

2027 Is Not Your Husband’s Election

Close-up of a Nigerian woman's hands holding up her PVC at Eke Awka market, ready for the 2027 election

By Uche Okoli Eke Awka Trader My name is Uche Okoli (Mama Ifeoma). I trade onions at Eke Awka. In 2023, I didn’t vote. Not from apathy. From resignation. I assumed my single PVC was irrelevant. That the men in agbada had concluded Nigeria’s fate before dawn. That INEC was a closed family meeting. I was wrong. Anambra women bore …

Read More »

Anambra Govt Condemns Deadly Attack on Governor’s Chief of Staff Convoy

The Commissioner for Information and Value Reformation, Anambra State.

Four lives lost on Orumba North–Awka South road. Govt vows justice as women bear the weight of road violence. By http://Sylviangige.com News Desk | June 3, 2026 The Anambra State Government has strongly condemned the deadly attack on the convoy of Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s Chief of Staff. The incident occurred between 8:00pm and 9:00pm on Saturday, May 31, 2026, at …

Read More »