by Rachel Ogbu Abortion in Nigeria is illegal on more grounds than it is legal yet the number of women who perform the procedure every year is significant. More shocking are the numbers who die from having an abortion. Unless the life of the woman will be at risk if she went on to... Read More

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For the Records: Full details of the Nigerian abortion law

by Rachel Ogbu Many people hold very strong opinions and believe that abortion no matter what is wrong. Others hold that abortion is right in some certain circumstances like if the mother faces life threatening issues and could die. Then there are the pro-choice group that hold abortion is morally acceptable. This week on YNaija,... Read More

#theissueoftheweek, abortion, Nigeria abortion laws, penalties, termination of pregnancy bill

February 27, 2013

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Diaspora returnees: Don’t fool yourself that going back will help anyone other than yourself

by Anonymous for African Arguments, part of the Guardian Africa Network We are not anti-poverty fighters who are going back to help translate the new growth into meaningful redistribution. In the New Rising Africa, no one is apparently hungry. Hunger is a road stop on the journey to infinite riches. The girl on the rubbish... Read More

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February 27, 2013

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Ashley Murrell: Reverse culture shock (Nigerians returning home from abroad)

by Ashley Murrell …every visit home becomes less fulfilling because I don’t understand what they are going through. Culture shock, a phenomenon that occurs when one moves to a foreign country or rather, ‘host country’. This can be from travelling, studying abroad for higher education, family or careers circumstances. Everyone goes through it in their... Read More

#theissueoftheweek, Culture shock, host country, Reverse culture shock

February 11, 2013

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