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Endsars

December 7, 2017

The Federal Government’s silence on the #EndSARS agitations is all shades of wrong

The #EndSARS campaign which began last week on social media is still generating ripples across the country with many well-meaning Nigerians calling for an end to the unit. Some of those involved include social media influencers/users, celebrities, opinion moulders and politicians such as the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Gombe Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo, Senator Danjuma... Read More

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Fulani herdsmen

December 7, 2017

[The Injustice Blog] When will Nigeria place the terrorist tag on Fulani Herdsmen?

The activities of the Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria have changed drastically from their benign beginnings. Fulani herdsmen used to be known as harmless nomads, entrenched in their beautiful but exclusive culture, rearing cattle and selling locally made cheese for sale. The only instrument found in the hand of these herdsmen was a wooden rod used... Read More

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December 6, 2017

[The Injustice Blog] Governor Wike cannot seem to stop himself from wasting his state’s money

The ineptitude and incompetence of our elected political office holders is a constant affront to struggling citizens. All the channels available to us to call these men to order do not work, they remain drunk on power and oblivious to our plight. Those that promised to help have turn around to be the proverbial helping... Read More

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Injustice Blog, Landcruisers, wike

Wike

December 6, 2017

[The Injustice Blog] Wike wont pay for your scholarship but he’ll buy your house of Rep an SUV

The plight of some Rivers State indigenes studying outside the country as beneficiary of the Rivers State Sustainable Development Agency (RSSDA) scholarship scheme is still begging for attention, the state government under the direction of Govenor Nyesom Wike has failed to yield to their cries rather, the state government have placed the students in the... Read More

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Elite

December 6, 2017

[The Injustice Blog] The elite are winning after all

When you think the class war between the elites and the poor in Nigeria is over, then you will realize the war has just started and expanding on a full blown scale with the elites winning in all ramifications. How we get to this point of confusion and helplessness will only be figured out by... Read More

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Elites, poor, The Injustice Blog

Sultan

December 6, 2017

[The Injustice Blog] Sultan of Sokoto, Fulani herdsmen and the truth

Like a man that just awoke from a long slumber, the Sultan of Sokoto Saad Abubakar the 3rd last week condemned the reported killing of some Fulani herdsmen in Numan, Adamawa State Nigeria. Speaking at the commissioning of a radio station owned by the Lamido of Adamawa, the Sultan said, “May I use this opportunity to... Read More

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Fulani herdsmen, Sultan of Sokoto

Maina

December 5, 2017

[The Injustice Blog] #Mainagate: Is Maina going to cost Buhari a second term?

2019 is around the corner and every close watcher of Political events in Nigeria knows that a year to election, governance stops. Indirectly this means every Nigerian expecting something good from the Buhari Presidency has to get it on or before December 31,2017. Anything after, the waiting game stops except for some politically motivated decisions... Read More

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Injustice Blog, maina

Endsars

December 4, 2017

[The Activism Blog] #EndSARS: Listen to Nigerians and probe police brutality, Amnesty tells FG

The EndSARS campaign which started trending on the social media on Saturday December 2, 2017 has received the attention of foremost human rights group, The Amnesty International. The campaign was ignited by a message from the Nigerian Police on Twitter through its police public relations and response unit educating Nigerians on how to report any... Read More

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#EndSARS, police, police brutality, The Injustice Blog

Mainagate

December 4, 2017

[The Injustice Blog] #Mainagate: Who is after Abdulrasheed Maina

As the narrative continues on the Mainagate saga it’s important we ask ourselves a pertinent question which remains unexplored. Why is Abdulrasheed Maina in hiding? In a February 2013 article titled Evidently Above the Law, respected columnist and editor in chief of Thisday Newspapers Mr Olusegun Adeniyi describes Maina’s reign at the pension task force... Read More

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maina, Mainagate, The Injustice Blog

Libya

December 4, 2017

[The Activism Blog] Libyan slave trade: CSO’s storm Libyan embassy to protest

Civil rights organisations on Thursday November 30, 2017 stormed the Libyan embassy in Abuja to protest the alleged auction of Africans as slave in Libya. This development which many attribute to the sectarian violence that followed the death and deposition of Libyan dictator Muhammad Gaddafi was made public by CNN which reported that humans were... Read More

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libya, Libyan embassy, slave trade, The Injustice Blog

Falana

December 4, 2017

[The Activism Blog] Falana Sues FCDA N100m for negligent practice

In an unusual development that might give rise to public consciousness and change the shape of recognition for human rights in Nigeria, human rights lawyer Mr Femi Falana has sued the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) the sum of N100 million as punitive damages for an accident he sustained on his leg. Falana last week... Read More

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Negligent practice, The Activism Blog

Canada

December 3, 2017

[The Sexuality Blog] Canada apologises for centuries of discrimination against indigenous LGBT persons

For past wrongs and the unjust treatment of LGBTQ2 Canadians, we apologize and promise to keep working to fight inequality. Click the link in my bio for more on today’s apology. A post shared by Justin Trudeau (@justinpjtrudeau) on Nov 28, 2017 at 12:54pm PST The government of Canada is showing the world that it... Read More

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Canada, Justin Trudeau, LGBT, The Sexuality Blog

Slutwalk

December 1, 2017

[The Sexuality Blog] A SlutWalk is coming to Lagos

I guess this is the last thing you’d expect to happen in Lagos, but it is actually happening. Lagos is having its very Slutwalk. The La Femme Foundation, a women’s right NGO is organizing the very first slut walk as a place where women can safely protest the rampant sexual violence targeted against women, educate... Read More

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Slutwalk johannesburg, Slutwalk Lagos, The Sexuality Blog

firms

December 1, 2017

[The Injustice Blog] The opportunity cost of foreign firms in the Nigeria

The federal government in its bid to bring in foreign direct investment into the country over the years has granted licences to several foreign firms to operate in the country. Its argument is that these firms create jobs for its citizens and to shore up its GDP and promote economic stability in the country, however... Read More

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Pension

December 1, 2017

[The Injustice Blog] Why don’t we forgive the Pension thieves?

This headline may look unpatriotic or any way you chose to look at it but the fact remains we’ve had enough drama from the pension issues and it’s high time we move ahead and reform the much larger ecosystem that has allowed person like Maina to thrive, we’ve channeled so much energy on Maina, energy... Read More

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death, maina, Pension, The Injustice Blog

Shell

November 30, 2017

[The Injustice Blog] Why the FG must take a second look at Amnesty International’s accusation against Shell

At the moment, the table of the Federal Government is filled with lots of unanswered questions being asked by its citizens which has received little or no answer. It hasn’t made a detailed release on the death of 26 Nigerian women on the Mediterranean early November other than condemning the “hurried” burial given to those... Read More

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Amnesty International, The Injustice Blog

Shell

November 30, 2017

[The Injustice Blog] Ogoni killings, Shell and the unburied corpse

The current experience of international oil giant Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) can be likened to the Yoruba proverbial words which says ” oku te sin, ese e yo sita” meaning the corpse you buried, the legs have been exposed. Since the 90’s, Shell has been at the receiving end of accusations and counter accusations... Read More

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Danjuma

November 29, 2017

[The Injustice Blog] DCP Danjuma has been reinstated, lock your doors, hide your daughters

New York based online newspaper Sahara Reporters last week broke the news of a secret reinstatement of one Ibrahim Danjuma, a deputy commissioner of police suspended from the Nigerian Police Force in the year 2005. His suspension was an aftermath of his alleged involvement in the killing of six traders between the night of June... Read More

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Toke Makinwa

November 29, 2017

[The Sexuality Blog] It is not Toke Makinwa’s job to make anybody’s daddy service his debts

If you’ve been following the entertainment and gossip blogs, then you’ll know Toke Makinwa is back in the news. This time around she is being accused of sleeping with a Nigerian billionaire, Festus Fadeyi and apparently ‘squandering’ money he borrowed for his company Pan Ocean Corporation from Skye Bank Nigeria. The gossip attributes her new... Read More

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Festus Fadeyi, Love, rape, The Sexuality Blog, toke makinwa

Justice

November 28, 2017

[The Injustice Blog] When will the mill of Justice stop grinding slowly?

The popular maxim “the mill of justice grinds slowly” seems to be made for Nigeria as the rate at which the rights of the citizenry are disregarded in the country is not in the interest of the downtrodden or those experiencing injustice in the society. The rate at which it takes to dispense justice in... Read More

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Banj

November 28, 2017

[The Sexuality Blog] More Nigerian celebrities need to follow D’Banj’s example

We have been hard on Nigerian celebrities here on the Sexuality Blog and rightly so. While they have not chosen to become public images, being the public eye and courting fame through a career in entertainment puts certain pressures on you, especially the pressure to use the influence that your fame gives you to promote... Read More

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Sexual assault, The sexuality blog D'Banj

Chude

November 27, 2017

The Sexuality Blog: Chude Jideonwo is headlining this year’s Human Rights, Sexuality and The Law Summit

The Human Rights, Sexuality and The Law Summit organized by The Initiative for Equal Rights (TIERS) and the Equality Hub is slated to be the most important event this year for people committed to the fight for the recognition of the rights of LGBTIQ persons in Nigeria and by extension the rest of Africa. Since... Read More

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human rights, sexuality, the Law, The Sexuality Blog, TIERs

Magu

November 26, 2017

[The Injustice Blog] Dear President Buhari, you’ve had enough of Magu and Daura

For anyone who choose to take a closer look at President Muhammadu Buhari and the criticism trailing his administration, it won’t take much time for such researcher to see the likely cause of such criticism. Since the President has chosen not to look inward like the proverbial crippled man that people complained of the wrong... Read More

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corruption

November 25, 2017

[The Injustice Blog] Is corruption fighting back again?

One of the maxims that emerged from the Buhari Presidency at the earliest stage of his administration was the term ‘corruption is fighting back” this was coined as a response to accusations of lopsidedness of the “Buhari anti-corruption war” which is yet to change since then. The Minister of information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed who has... Read More

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November 25, 2017

[The Activism Blog] BBOG: No sign that government is genuinely committed to the release of remaining Chibok girls

The Bring Back Our Girls Group (BBOG), the movement agitating for the return of the abducted Chibok girls has replied the statement credited to the President at the launch of a book written in his honour by its media team. The President while addressing the event was reported to have listed as his achievement the... Read More

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#BBOG, Chibok girls, Federal Government

Grace Mugabe

November 25, 2017

The Sexuality Blog: Grace Mugabe is the new Imelda Marcos, we’ve done this song and dance before

Two days ago, after a unofficial coup, intense pressure by members of his party and the international community and a former political ally turned enemy, Robert Mugabe, the former president of Zimbabwe resigned after 37 years in office. His ousting was sudden but not unexpected. He was already in his 90’s, many suspected him senile... Read More

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Ernest Mnangagwa, Grace Mugabe, Joice Mujuru

November 24, 2017

[The Activism Blog] SERAP To Buhari: End obstruction of justice by SSS, NIA officials

Condemnations have continued to trail the November 21, 2017 confrontation between the DSS, NIA and the EFCC as the two security agencies prevented the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from arresting the erstwhile Director General of the DSS Mr Ita Ekpenyong and the former NIA Director General Ambassador Ayo Oke. This action which has... Read More

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DG, DSS, EFCC, NIA, SERAP

LGBT

November 24, 2017

The Sexuality Blog: These are the LGBT themed films from Africa you should be looking to see.

For LGBT film makers, the film festival circuit has become an alternative sanctuary of sorts. The film festival circuit in Africa and beyond provides a safe space for creators of LGBT film and art to promote their art and gain grants and much needed critical acclaim before they push it out into the much wider... Read More

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festival, film, films, Nakhane Toure, The Sexuality Blog, The Would, Under the Shadows

Amaa Ata Aidoo

November 23, 2017

The Sexuality Blog: Listen to Amaa Ata Aidoo and Timehin Adegbeye discussion the ‘F’ word at Ake Festival 2017

The Ake Books and Art Festival 2017 is arguably the biggest literary Festival in West Africa, drawing thousands of book lovers, readers and amateur writers to Abeokuta to meet, interact with and learn from many of Africa’s literary superstars. This year’s festival was extra special though, because its theme was “That ‘F’ Word”. Yup, that... Read More

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Ake Book and arts Festival, Amaa Ata Aidoo, The Sexuality Blog, Timehin Adegbeye. BBC

SERAP

November 23, 2017

[The Activism Blog] SERAP, pensioners seek ECOWAS Court intervention over unpaid pensions, salaries

It’s evident we are in the era of “Not leaving it for God” apologies to Femi Falana SAN as every Nigerians want to handle their issues by themselves. The latest entrant being a group of retired civil servants that are being owed several years worth of their pensions and gratuities. The retirees in conjunction with... Read More

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