by Damilola Jagun Less than two weeks after the release of their colleague Peter Greste, Al Jazeera journalists, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed have been granted bail after spending over 400 days in jail. They were arrested in December 2013 on fabricated charges of assisting terrorists and spreading false news. Fahmy will pay 250,000 Egyptian pounds (about... Read More

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Terrible: Egyptian Islamists attack christian churches

After torching a Franciscan school, Islamists paraded three nuns on the streets like “prisoners of war” before a Muslim woman offered them refuge. Two other women working at the school were sexually harassed and abused as they fought their way through a mob. In the four days since security forces cleared two sit-in camps by... Read More

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July 24, 2013

Opinion: Meet Sani Yerima, the libidinous senator

by Bayo Oluwasanmi What type of people do we elect to run the affairs of our country? What do you expect when law breakers are law makers? What happens when ex-felons, absconded criminals, thieves, empty headed and sin-soaked apostates and “Cows of Bashan” preside over the affairs of a nation? Wise men talk because they... Read More

July 24, 2013

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Opinion: The cradle snatching debate – What are we really fighting for?

by 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 divorce and renunciation of citizenship, this is as obtains in Nigeria’s constitution. So we’ve done the right thing in the fight against child marriage; protested... Read More

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July 22, 2013

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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 binding the Nigerian society… The hullabaloo created by the recent retention of a sub section of the Nigerian constitution was deafening. And once again, Nigerians expressed how much their sentiments have overridden their sense of... Read More

July 16, 2013

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Olusegun Dada: What do young Nigerians really want? (Y! Politico)

by Olusegun Dada The new party comes with a lot of challenges in its baggage. selecting its candidates for elections, among a long list of favourites… What do we really want? What do young Nigerians really want? This is a question I have not been able to find an answer to. This is a question... Read More

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Al-Jazeera journalists released on bail by Egyptian court

Terrible: Egyptian Islamists attack christian churches

Opinion: Meet Sani Yerima, the libidinous senator

Opinion: The cradle snatching debate – What are we really fighting for?

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

Olusegun Dada: What do young Nigerians really want? (Y! Politico)

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