Rape

“Give me my baby! Give me my baby! Give me my baby!!!” this was the pathetic cry of a poor young girl who had her four months baby taken from her by allegedly child traffickers. But for the intervention of the men of the Immigration…

The Business of Female Genital Mutilation By Olutosin Oladasu Abedowale TRIGGER WARNING: Graphic descriptions of FGM included. Ibadan - Western Nigeria At the appointed date for another opportunity to practically 'prove' to the world that…

By Olutosin Oladasu Abedowale TRIGGER WARNING Ondo State – Western Nigeria  The journey into the secrecy shrouding Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) continued into Ondo State. My first point of stop was Akure, the state capital. I stopped at…

By Olutosin Oladasu Abedowale TRIGGER WARNING: the following article describes female genital mutilation and male circumcision in detail. Oyo State – Western Nigeria We sat on a long bench amongst Baba Oloola’s clients-in-waiting. This is…

By Ojoma Akor In recent years there has been increased incidences of sexual violence against women and girls, particularly rape and child sexual abuse, in Nigeria.  The attacks occur in the streets, in schools and in the work place, and…

By Nsikan Edak Port Harcourt the Rivers State  Capital is a highly populated city of the oil- rich state in Niger Delta, South-South, Nigeria. As an industrial city of the ''Treasure base of the Nation”, with great  economic potentials,…

The Nigerian government has promised to clear an eight-month arrears owed midwives employed under the Midwives Service scheme. The payment will be made by May, according to a communique signed by the Executive Director, National Primary…

By Nnenna Ibeh When 27-year-old Emmanuella Okoli graduated from Midwifery College, and landed a job with a Nigerian government health agency three years ago, her top concern was the pay. She had grown tired feeding off her mother who sent…

By Nicholas Ibekwe When Blessing, a 300-level undergraduate female student of the Sociology Department, University of Lagos, approached one of her lecturers for extra tutorial on a problematic module, she did not bargain to be the object…