by SK Johnson See that? That face up there? That is the face of fury. At least that’s what Stella ...
by Oluwatosin Falaiye I believe a large part of the raging debate lies is who exactly the law would construe ...
by Cheta Nwanze ….Ayo Akinyelure claimed that he cast the vote in error. “I pressed the ‘No’ button during the electronic ...
by Rachel Ogbu Senator Ayo Akinyelure representing Ondo Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly was said to have wept ...
by Cheta Nwanze ….Bayelsa etibo, Dickson, shows it is not only Yerima that has a thing for under-age girls as ...
by Habeeb Kolade The Child-Not-Bride campaign was uncalled for and insightfully a representation of our collective ignorance of the law ...
by Editorial Board After the initial burst of emotions and passion following the Senate’s constitutional amendments last week, a counter-movement ...
by Naomi Lucas Last week Nigeria’s Senate Constitution Review Committee proposed the deletion of Section 29, Subsection 4b of our ...
by Adeola Adelabu All the energy and airtime we spend criticizing President Jonathan can address legal and political impediments to ...
by Cheta Nwanze Changing that discussion requires actually going to the National Assembly and putting the issue on the table. Until we ...
by Ezebuike Temple ….section 277 of the Act supra defines a child as any one below 18 years of age, ...
by Egghead Odewale I dare say that in the face of the multitudes of adversity confronting Nigerians daily and the ...
by Ayo Sogunro What the law tries to do is simple: it tries to give a woman who finds herself ...
by Philip Amiola Underage marriage is just another euphemism for child abuse. Actually, it is tantamount to pedophilia. Merely contemplating ...
by Chi Ibe Recently, the Senate voted against the proposed amendments to the Constitution which forbids underage marriage in Nigeria ...
by Myne Whitman It is said that a large number of Nigerians don’t really know the law or their rights, and ...
by Femi Fani-Kayode …Every single member of the Nigerian Senate that voted with Yerima on that day and that supported his ...
by Hannatu Musawa Every child should, at the very least have the right to grow up and every child should, ...
by Cheta Nwanze ….in the last few days, we have had our Senate more or less tell us that the moment a ...