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Sanwo-Olu

October 15, 2019

Sanwo-Olu declares a state of emergency but is it enough?

Anyone who lives in Lagos knows what a nightmare traffic has been in the last month. There has been miles and miles of traffic lasting several hours because of the horrendous state of roads in the state. We can’t exactly say this is coming as a surprise as since late 2018, the former governor Ambode... Read More

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Sanwo-Olu, State of emergency

Plus-size

October 14, 2019

Dear Sound Sultan, a personal preference for plus-size women doesn’t make you progressive

Nigerians body shame. It is as much a fact about our country as our love for jollof and our tragic government. Body shaming is so ingrained into Nigerian culture that remarks about the bodies of other people is casual small talk, often delivered with no care for the other person’s feelings. We body shame plus-size... Read More

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violence

October 10, 2019

Recent data on sexual assault in Kaduna is a warning that gendered violence is a national problem

As a Nigerian who is concerned about the rights of women and children, you never catch a break. In October alone, we have had to sit as a nation and discuss the religious institutions that allowed an alleged predator like Biodun Fatoyinbo perpetuate crimes of violence, coercion and sexual assault against young, vulnerable women who... Read More

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MeToo

October 8, 2019

#SexForGrades is a reminder that nothing will stop Nigeria’s #MeToo movement

Yesterday, Nigerian journalist Kiki Mordi, in partnership with Premium Times and the BBC released an investigative documentary about the exploitation, coercion and blackmail of students across universities in Nigeria. #SexForGrades as the phenomenon is called, sees lecturers, professors and other university officials in positions of power, abuse that power to solicit sex from male and... Read More

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BBC, Dr. Boniface Igbeneghu, Kiki Mordi, SexForGrades

Ganduje

September 19, 2019

Another critic of Governor Ganduje has been arrested for dissent

Nazir Ahmed, otherwise known by his stage name Sarkin Waka was arrested by the Kano State Police command on the order of the Kano State censors board. Despite Ahmed’s status in Kano state (his music is widely liked and he also a prominent career in the Kano film industry), he was singled out as a... Read More

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Ben Ayade, Dadiyata, Ganduje, Omoyele Sowore

Serial Killer

September 16, 2019

An alleged serial killer has killed 9 women in Port Harcourt & the Nigerian police is blaming the victims

The first time I heard about the serial killings in Port Harcourt, it wasn’t from the Nigerian police. There was no public statement detailing the deaths of young women in hotel rooms across the state, no warnings to the citizens to avoid certain hotels, no details of an investigation to catch the culprit or culprits.... Read More

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hotels, PH, Port Harcourt Serial killer

Bobrisky

September 13, 2019

Don’t be deceived by the recent support for Bobrisky, TERFs are still a big problem

Everyone expected it, but we were all still genuinely surprised when it happened. For nearly a year, Idris ‘Bobrisky’ Okuneye, Nigeria’s most prominent transwoman, had teased preparations for her 28th birthday party. Born into a comfortable middle class, and having been interrogated persistently for her decision to lighten her skin and her somewhat dodgy public... Read More

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Bobrisky, Terfs

Gambia

September 12, 2019

Sex tourism is thriving in the Gambia, but is it wrong if it is consensual?

West Africa has sex tourism situation. I would ordinarily call it a ‘problem’ but I believe the situation requires more nuance than that. In Nigeria, sex tourism manifests as white homosexual men choosing long connecting flights that have a long term detour through Lagos to engage the country’s queer community. In Ghana and Gambia, the... Read More

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Gambia, nigeria, sex workers

Robert Mugabe

September 6, 2019

Everyone dies in the end, even Robert Mugabe

Robert Mugabe, former president of Zimbabwe (for 30 plus years) is dead. No one is really surprised by this, in fact it was expected once he was ‘gently’ removed from his post as President and shuttled off into exile. Once removed from the illegitimate wealth he had access to as president, Mugabe like many African... Read More

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abacha, Paul Biya, Robert Mugabe, Yahya Jammeh

Xenophobia

September 4, 2019

Sanctions not retaliations are how we need to respond to SA’s xenophobia

For nearly a week before the 1st of September, news filtered in from South Africa that the country’s black male citizens were planning attacks on African immigrants. Their reasons were plenty and fueled by xenophobia; they believed (as purportedly suggested by their political leaders) that immigrant Africans had seen the social benefits Indigenous black South... Read More

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AKA, Burna boy, Davido, SA, south africa

Dictatorship

September 2, 2019

With journalists being arrested for treason, Nigeria dips further into a dictatorship

Just last week, we were publicly decrying the decision of the federal government to forcefully arrest AAC presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore for ‘daring’ to organize a nationwide protest to demand well needed revolution under his #RevolutionNow platform. We did so because it reminded us of the tactics of the dictatorships of the Nigerian military regimes.... Read More

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Ben Ayade, Port Harcourt, Rivers State

Flooding

August 29, 2019

Flooding: Nigeria is on the verge of yet another nationwide disaster

As a Nigerian living in Nigeria, its hard not to feel like we all suffer from collective amnesia. A collective amnesia that allows our elected politicians to continue to adjudicate their duties, focusing instead of frivolous projects that only serve to pad their resumes. One issue in particular that the Nigerian government and populace completely... Read More

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climate change, flooding, NEMA, nigerian government

Egbeda57

August 28, 2019

One year later the Nigerian police still has no charges for the #Egbeda57

On the 26th of August 2016, Nigerians woke up to news that 57 young men attending a birthday party in Egbeda had been arrested on suspicion of cultism and ‘homosexual initiation’. News of the arrest trickled in, including information that the arrests were made based on an anonymous tip and that the women who had... Read More

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Intersex

August 27, 2019

Intersex people are now a formally recognized gender in Kenya

As part of Kenya’s plans to streamline its government process, the country began a census last weekend to align global population projections with the factual data. However, the 2019 Kenyan census differs from its previous head counts in one very important way; for the first time since the country gained independence, it is recognizing intersex... Read More

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Census, Intersex, Kenya

Sexual Harassment

August 26, 2019

Sexual harassment in markets is an issue women are tackling across Africa

One of the ways rape culture perpetuates itself is through sexual harassment. Sexual harassment which includes language that demeans women by targeting and sexualizing their physical appearance and non-consensual touching happens in every facet of life in Africa. But it is most pervasive in African markets. Because markets are often, cramped environments bustling with life... Read More

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Damilola Marcus, Kampala, Market March, markets, sexual harassment

Davido

August 23, 2019

Davido, a name you’d never never expect to show up on a list beside The Assemblies of God

In the list of things that are fairly obvious but you would have never think to predict, is Davido’s music label DMW world arraigned in a public list alongside Hubmart Stores and The Assemblies of God Church in Nigeria. They were all part of a comprehensive list the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) published about... Read More

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assemblies of God, Davido, FIRS

Polio

August 22, 2019

As of today, Nigeria is finally polio free

It has taken Nigeria a long, long time, but finally, we are Polio free. It has taken 30 years of continuous global intervention, and billions of Naira to tackle the infectious disease that primarily infects children causing significant nerve damage and in extreme cases, paralysis. As a childhood disease, Polio ravaged the world, causing millions... Read More

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nigeria, Polio, UNICEF, WHO

Ekiti, sex offenders

August 21, 2019

Ekiti State is serious about their sex offenders list

Last week, the internet went wild when the Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi posted via his twitter, a photograph of the first sex offender to be publicized from the Ekiti State sex offender’s list. Though the tweet has been deleted now, the photo has been reposted by several high profile feminists and social activists and... Read More

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Ekiti State, Ekiti State sex offender's list, sex offenders list

Pubic SHaming

August 20, 2019

Could public shaming be the only way we get Nigerian politicians to behave?

There is an anecdote that says Nigerians do not have shame. I don’t think that’s true, at least, not for women or girls, who are constantly shamed in every facet of their lives to ensure they conform to restricting societal standards. Shame has a very important role to play in Nigerian life, and public shaming... Read More

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Ekwereremadu, public shaming

Mark Ofua

August 16, 2019

Mark Ofua’s animal shelter is a reminder of the ecological cost of our lifestyles

An animal shelter in Nigeria seems a bit of a stretch, but not for Mark Ofua. For Nigerians, animals rank very low on the scale of empathy. We are raised from very early to see animals purely as a food, and occasionally as entertainment or even companionship, but never as beings with rights. This is... Read More

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climate change, Ecological cost, Mark Ofua

Dada

August 15, 2019

Dada is revolutionizing medicine in Nigeria, one payment at a time

The Federal Medical Center Ebute Metta might not have been in the news over the last few months but it has been getting stellar reviews from patients and visitors to the hospital. Recently, comedian Ali Baba shouted them out on his Instagram page, praising the quality of service he experienced at the hospital and encouraging... Read More

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Fuel

August 14, 2019

Nigeria’s fuel subsidies are still costing us more than we think

When was the last time you thought about fuel? Have you thought about how much it costs for a litre, and why even though we have a robust subsidy, petrol prices aren’t uniform across the country? Well, let’s start with the NTA report from 2018. According to the NTA, a staggering 469,000 litres of petrol... Read More

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India

August 13, 2019

At long last, leader of IMN, El-Zakzaky leaves for India for treatment

It has taken nearly four years of negotiations, protests, false starts and blatant defiance of the rule of law, but finally Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife boarded an Emirates plane headed for India to begin his long delayed treatment. Last week we reported that the Kaduna state government had placed a ban on public... Read More

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Buhari, el rufai, El-Zakzaky, Iran, Kaduna State government

Army

August 12, 2019

Nepotism in the Nigerian army cost the policemen killed last week their lives

If you follow politics in Nigeria, then the events of last weekend must have caused you some concern. The Nigerian army released a statement on Twitter ‘explaining’ the events that had led to the escape of a kidnap kingpin, Alhaji Hamisu Wadume, who had been arrested by members of the highly lauded Special Intelligence Response... Read More

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army, Buratai, Nigerian Army, nigerian police

Buhari

A kidnap kingpin is in the wind and 3 police officers are dead; This is Buhari’s Nigeria

In a turn of events that will confound even the most open minded of political commentators, the Nigerian Police Force, via its official Twitter handle tweeted a series of tweets. One of them was this one, complete with a photo caption. #ProvideAnswersNigerianArmy pic.twitter.com/uCDAjMLV1e — Nigeria Police Force (@PoliceNG) August 8, 2019 The tweet (and... Read More

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Nigerian Army, nigerian police

Kenya

It’s 2019, and Kenya’s National Assembly wants to punish a legislator for breastfeeding

It is hard not to feel like no matter the kind of progress we achieve as a continent, we will continue to struggle with patriarchal ideas that try to sideline and alienate women and minorities from participating in governance. Even when women and minorities are allowed to participate, it feels like the people in charge... Read More

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House of Assembly, Kenya

Zakzaky

It’s four years late, but Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky is finally getting his day in court

Few people could have anticipated that a routine trek for a group of Shi’ite Muslims and their leader Sheik Ibrahim El-Zakzaky in 2015 would devolve into a national crisis involving thousand of Shi’ite protesters, hundreds of death and public declarations of support from countries like Turkey. In what is one of the biggest examples that... Read More

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Sowore

Buhari moves one step closer to undermining our democracy with Omoyele Sowore’s arrest

This morning, former political candidate Oby Ezekwesili joined her voice to the chorus publicly denouncing the federal government’s secret arrest of AAC presidential candidate and owner of controversial newspaper Sahara Reporters Omoyele Sowore. Sowore has long been a vocal commentator on Nigerian politics, using his newspaper to force successive democratic governments to answer to questions... Read More

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Omoyele Sowore, Revolution Now, Sahara Reporters

Tinder

Hallelujah, Tinder is finally looking out for the gays

Dating app Tinder has really caught on in Nigeria. It has gone from this dodgy app expatriates use to solicit for sex workers into a proper avenue for people who do not have the energy or patience for guess work to meet and match with other people who share their sexual or romantic proclivities. While... Read More

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UNODC

Statement of the UNODC Executive Director for the International Day against drug abuse and illicit trafficking

Drug abuse is a complex problem at the intersection of public health, safety and social issues. It takes a heavy toll on our families and communities, claiming more than half a million lives per year. The International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking shines a spotlight on this preventable crisis, and on the global... Read More

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