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Yerima Defends Controversial Marriage to 14-Year-Old Egyptian Girl President Tinubu Set to Attend ECOWAS Summit in Guinea-Bissau Taraba Governor Declares Free Education in Primary and Secondary Schools Court in Kano…
Read MoreIbrahim Kanuma winces as he recalls the moment a 63-year-old man asked him for his teenage daughter's hand in marriage. The proposal was not unusual in north-western Nigeria's remote, dust-blown…
Read Morebu Junior Idakula Nollywood actress Stella Damasus has made no attempts to hide her outrage at the #ChildNotBride saga, regarding Section 29, subsection 4b of the Nigerian constitution. One of…
Read Moreby 'Jola Sotubo Senator Ahmed Yerima was interviewed on Channels TV yesterday to shed light on why he is in support of child marriage. The embattled senator is astonished by…
Read Moreby Deoye Falade Senator Yerima simply pointed out that in Islam, once a woman is married, she is automatically of age to make all adult decisions, including the right to…
Read Moreby Caleb Iniolu If we as Nigerians want to start making laws based on religion, then our constitution can as well be set aside. We can then turn the Quran/Bible…
Read Moreby SK Johnson See that? That face up there? That is the face of fury. At least that's what Stella Damasus expects us to believe. Two days ago the singer/actress…
Read Moreby Oluwatosin Falaiye I believe a large part of the raging debate lies is who exactly the law would construe to be a woman as stipulated in Section 29 (4)…
Read Moreby Cheta Nwanze ....Bayelsa etibo, Dickson, shows it is not only Yerima that has a thing for under-age girls as he appoints an 18 year old SA (has she even started…
Read Moreby Maryam Uwais It is interesting that Senator Yerima would rather link the weighty and dispassionate subject of citizenship with his understanding of gender vis a vis his perception of…
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