Tag: #ChildNotBride

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July 23, 2013

#ChildNotBride: SK Johnson – Stella Damasus, I’m sorry, I just can’t take you seriously

by SK Johnson See that? That face up there? That is the face of fury. At least that’s what Stella ...

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July 23, 2013

Opinion: A brief legal perusal of the child marriage campaign

by Oluwatosin Falaiye I believe a large part of the raging debate lies is who exactly the law would construe ...

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July 23, 2013

Now that we know our lawmakers cannot read – and more, in today’s news roundup with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze ….Ayo Akinyelure claimed that he cast the vote in error. “I pressed the ‘No’ button during the electronic ...

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July 23, 2013

It gets real: Ondo senator weeps for endorsing child marriage, women leaders disown him

by Rachel Ogbu Senator Ayo Akinyelure representing Ondo Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly was said to have wept ...

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July 23, 2013

Gov. Dickson sure has a thing for under-age girls too – and more, in today’s news roundup with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze ….Bayelsa etibo, Dickson, shows it is not only Yerima that has a thing for under-age girls as ...

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July 22, 2013

Opinion: The Child-Not-Bride campaign – A representation of our collective ignorance

by Habeeb Kolade The Child-Not-Bride campaign was uncalled for and insightfully a representation of our collective ignorance of the law ...

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July 22, 2013

YNaija Ombudsman: Why we align ourselves with the #ChildNotBride campaign

by Editorial Board After the initial burst of emotions and passion following the Senate’s constitutional amendments last week, a counter-movement ...

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July 22, 2013

Naomi Lucas: What’s all this noise about the girl child?

by Naomi Lucas Last week Nigeria’s Senate Constitution Review Committee proposed the deletion of Section 29, Subsection 4b of our ...

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July 22, 2013

Opinion: Child marriage debate and the ignorance of emergency activists

by Adeola Adelabu All the energy and airtime we spend criticizing President Jonathan can address legal and political impediments to ...

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July 22, 2013

Cheta Nwanze: I am sick and tired of ignorant people with BlackBerrys (Y! FrontPage)

by Cheta Nwanze Changing that discussion requires actually going to the National Assembly and putting the issue on the table. Until we ...

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July 22, 2013

Opinion: We are fighting the wrong battle on child marriage

by Ezebuike Temple ….section 277 of the Act supra defines a child as any one below 18 years of age, ...

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July 21, 2013

Egghead Odewale: Child marriage – Let’s elevate this discussion

by Egghead Odewale I dare say that in the face of the multitudes of adversity confronting Nigerians daily and the ...

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July 21, 2013

Opinion: Now that your 10-year-old girl is of marriageable age…

by Ayo Sogunro What the law tries to do is simple: it tries to give a woman who finds herself ...

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July 20, 2013

Opinion: Child marriage and the leadership question

by Philip Amiola Underage marriage is just another euphemism for child abuse. Actually, it is tantamount to pedophilia. Merely contemplating ...

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July 20, 2013

#InCaseYouMissedIt: SEE the full list of senators who voted “against” forbiding underage marriage in Nigeria

by Chi Ibe Recently,  the Senate voted against the proposed amendments to the Constitution which forbids underage marriage in Nigeria ...

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July 20, 2013

Myne Whitman: Child marriage – Where we ALL got it wrong!

by Myne Whitman It is said that a large number of Nigerians don’t really know the law or their rights, and ...

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July 20, 2013

Femi Fani-Kayode: A nation of depraved perverts and paedophiles

by Femi Fani-Kayode …Every single member of the Nigerian Senate that voted with Yerima on that day and that supported his ...

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July 20, 2013

Opinion: Child marriage – Stealing their right to inocence

by Hannatu Musawa Every child should, at the very least have the right to grow up and every child should, ...

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July 19, 2013

Nigerian lawmakers and the age of consent – and more, in today’s news roundup with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze ….in the last few days, we have had our Senate more or less tell us that the moment a ...

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