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Yerima Defends Controversial Marriage to 14-Year-Old Egyptian Girl; President Tinubu Set to Attend ECOWAS Summit in Guinea-Bissau | 5 Things That Should Matter Today
Yerima Defends Controversial Marriage to 14-Year-Old Egyptian Girl President Tinubu Set to Attend ECOWAS Summit in Guinea-Bissau Taraba Governor Declares Free Education in Primary and Secondary Schools Court in Kano…
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“My husband did something painful from behind”: The UK Guardian spotlights Nigeria’s child brides
Ibrahim Kanuma winces as he recalls the moment a 63-year-old man asked him for his teenage daughter's hand in marriage. The proposal was not unusual in north-western Nigeria's remote, dust-blown…
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#ChildNotBride: Stella Damasus takes on Senator Yerima, live on Al Jazeera (WATCH)
bu Junior Idakula Nollywood actress Stella Damasus has made no attempts to hide her outrage at the #ChildNotBride saga, regarding Section 29, subsection 4b of the Nigerian constitution. One of…
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WATCH: “Maturity is determined by a girl’s parents,” Senator Yerima speaks on ChannelsTV #ChildNotBride
by 'Jola Sotubo Senator Ahmed Yerima was interviewed on Channels TV yesterday to shed light on why he is in support of child marriage. The embattled senator is astonished by…
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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…
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Opinion: Child marriage to gay rights – One good law deserves another
by Caleb Iniolu If we as Nigerians want to start making laws based on religion, then our constitution can as well be set aside. We can then turn the Quran/Bible…
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#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 Damasus expects us to believe. Two days ago the singer/actress…
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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 to be a woman as stipulated in Section 29 (4)…
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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 he appoints an 18 year old SA (has she even started…
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Maryam Uwais takes on Sani Yerima: The Senator and constitutional review
by Maryam Uwais It is interesting that Senator Yerima would rather link the weighty and dispassionate subject of citizenship with his understanding of gender vis a vis his perception of…
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