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Most of my mates were almost grandmothers when I married at 24 – Aisha Yesufu

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The co-convener of the Bring Back Our Girls group, Aisha Yesufu, tells Ademola Oloniluaabout her family and love life You became quite popular through the Bring Back Our Girls campaign after the Chibok girls were abducted in 2014. How did you become an activist? For me, activism has been part of me all my life. I am somebody that stands up against injustice because I have a ‘big mouth.’ While I was growing up, I always asked questions; be it from my parents or when I was in school. I…

How Man Slipped Hand Into My Bra To Squeeze My Breasts – Adichie

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Nigerian author, Chimamanda Adichie has narrated how a ‘big media’ man slipped his hand under her clothes and then into her bra to squeeze her breasts when she was 17 years old. Adichie, who joined the #MeToo movement’ shared the story of her sexual assault at age 17. She spoke at the Stockholm Forum for Gender Equality. According to her, she had written a book of poems and took it to a “big man in the media” who she felt would support her quest to have it introduced to the…

How poverty worsens child marriage, Almajiri system in Nigeria By Aminat Yusuf and Salmat Abdulwaheed

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Just as needle injects content into the body, poverty remains a systemic menace breeding insecurity, socio-economic deprivation and instability, especially in Northern part of the country where high level illiteracy and child destitution prevail. Poverty in the analysis of United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), is a denial of choices and opportunities, a violation of human dignity. By this, it denotes susceptibility to violence, inaccessibility to basic needs, economic incapacitation and social exclusion. The resultant impact of poverty continues to prey on community and family’s socio-economic decisions with rising perception of…

Women with high pedigree supports Arise O Nigeria Nationwide sensitization campaign on PVC Registration

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Determined to ensure that all eligible voters in Nigeria who have not registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the on-going voters’ registration exercise do so and collect their Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs), The Arise O Nigeria directorate of women affairs is set to embark on an aggressive awareness/sensitization campaign across the 774 LGAs across the Federation. Arise O Nigeria, A United Nations women Endorsed NGO registered in Nigeria, established for empowerment and advocacy of vulnerable youths, women (widows) and also promoting peace and good governance in Nigeria…

Only 15 Of Chibokgirls In Custody Of Boko Haram Still Alive – Salkida

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Ahmed Salkida, a Nigerian journalist known for his rare insights into the working of Boko Haram group has sensationally revealed that only 15 out of the 113 Chibok schoolgirls believed to be in the custody of insurgent group are still alive. In a series of tweets this Saturday, April 14 which marks the fourth-year anniversary of the abduction of the over 200 girls from their school in Chibok, Borno State, Salkida said his painstaking investigations revealed that many of the girls died from cross fires and bombardments of the security…

2019: Let the others simply run away By Femi Adesina

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There are two options for those in contention for the presidency in 2019: run, or run away. Now that President Muhammadu Buhari has indicated his intention to run, dwarfs trying to wear a giant’s shoes should simply run away. The cat has returned from a journey, let the rats scamper for safety. Show clean pairs of heels? But this is a democracy! Everybody is free to run in the direction he or she fancies. True. So, what I’ve said is mere advice, which they can take, or choose not to…

COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF THE MEETING OF THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF MUSLIM LAWYERS’ ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA DATED THIS 3RD DAY OF APRIL, 2018

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INTRODUCTION The Muslim Lawyers’ Association of Nigeria at its National Executive Committee [NEC] Meeting held at The NBA Benin Branch Secretariat, Behind High Court Complex, High Court Road, Benin City, Edo State on Saturday 31st of March, 2018 considered several issues of urgent national importance including, but not limited to: the insecurity in the country; National Integration; Firdausa Al–Jannah Amasa Hijab impasse; Press Release on Dress Code by FCT High Court; NBA politics; 2018 MULAN Conference; misguided remarks and disparaging utterances by politicians and certain personalities on security issues in the…

Reps Deputy Majority Leader, Buba Jibril Is Dead

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The member representing Lokoja/Kogi Federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Umar Baba Jibril, is dead. Aged 58 years, Jibril, a three time member of the house, died in the early hours of Saturday in Abuja, one of his political associates, Mr Amuda Dan Sulaiman confirmed to the News Agency of Nigeria He was until his death, the Deputy Majority Leader of the house. He was also a former Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly. Meanwhile the late lawmaker has been buried in Lokoja. Jibril was buried amidst…

Why I Want To Be Nigeria’s President – Sowore, SaharaReporters Publisher

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In this exclusive interview with POSTERITY MEDIA, Omoyele Sowore, Sahara Reporters Publisher, speaks on his Presidential ambition, his activism and contributions to Nigeria’s democracy, his scandals and why he should be voted as Nigeria’s President in the 2019 elections. POSTERITY MEDIA: You’ve built Sahara Reporters into a respected online media platform within and outside Nigeria. Why do you want to leave it to go into the difficult terrain of politics to contest for the Presidency in 2019? SOWORE: When I established Sahara Reporters in 2006, I had three goals in…

AKÍNWÙMÍ ÌṢỌ̀LÁ (Ẹ wá w’ẹwà èdè l’ẹ́nu Àwòko) By Níyì Ọ̀ṣúndáre

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AKÍNWÙMÍ ÌṢỌ̀LÁ (Ẹ wá w’ẹwà èdè l’ẹ́nu Àwòko) Ẹní bá m’agbe, kó bá wa dárò aró Ẹní bá m’àlùkò, kó bá wa dárò osùn Ẹní mọ lékelèké, kó bá wa dárò ẹfun Gbogbo ẹ̀yin tó m’Akínwùmí Ìṣọ̀lá Ẹ mà wá dárò ẹni ire tó lọ. Akínwùmí, ọmọ Ìṣọ̀lá Àwòko tó f’èdè ìjìnlẹ̀ kọ́lé ọgbọ́n Tó wá fi làákàyè ṣe òrùlé rẹ̀ Oyin to to to l’ọ̀rọ̀ l’ẹ́nuu rẹ̀ Àgbáyunun l’ọgbọ́n tó b’áhán-an rẹ̀ ṣè’mùlẹ̀ Ọgbọ́n wọ’nú ọgbọ́n Ìmọ̀ràn w’ọnú àgbékà Làákàyè di baba ìsàlẹ̀ l’áwùjọ apínrọ̀ Akínwùmí fì’mọ̀ ìjìnlẹ̀ ṣẹ̀ṣọ́…