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EndSARS protesters in Osogbo, Osun State in 2020. Photo: Taiwo Fatola By Taiwo Fatola Police brutality and other forms of social injustice provoked the October
Protest by women’s rights organizations in front of the Nigerian Police Headquarters in Lagos in demonstration against gender violence. Photo Credit: Umar Faruq Akinwumi/CNN By
By Umo Akwang One Tuesday morning, 14-year-old Sarah Israel* sat at home waiting patiently for a verdict that would see her step father, 47-year-old Emmanuel
By Peace Oladipo When Akpan Affiong was accused of being a witch in October 2022, she was dragged by her children and villagers to Iwangukwu
By Makinde Ajayi Alfred ONITSHA, ANAMBRA: A daughter cannot inherit her late father’s property, so says a long-standing tradition that punishes people for being women or
By Makinde Ajayi Alfred ENUGU, NIGERIA: Divine Amara, a junior secondary school two or JSS2 student, was on the verge of dropping out of school when
By Gbenga Salau Bazhigla Haruna The Insurgency crisis in Nigeria has led to the displacement of many. While some seek protection outside Nigeria, a number
By Magdalene Ukuedojor, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) At 18, every Nigerian who is registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and possesses a
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