Month: January 2025
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News
Beatrice Ekweremadu Returns to Nigeria Following Early Release from UK Prison
Beatrice Ekweremadu, wife of former Deputy Senate President Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has been confirmed to return to Nigeria on Jan. 21, 2025, after being released from a UK prison. According to Arise News, a former…
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Female Supremacy
Cynthia Erivo Makes History with Multiple ‘Best Actress’ Oscar Nominations
British actress, songwriter and singer Cynthia Chinasaokwu Onyedinmanasu Erivo has earned a Best Actress nomination for her role as Elphaba Thropp in Wicked. She is the second Black woman to receive multiple Oscar nominations in…
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Misogyny
Middle-Aged Man Obiozor Nwake Murders Wife as Femicide Continues in Nigeria
In another case of femicide, Obiozor Nwake, a middle-aged man, burned his wife, Chioma Nwanna, to death. This incident which occurred on Tuesday, January 21st, 2025, took place at Njikoka local government area in Anambra…
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Misogyny
Femicide Denials Raise Concerns with Increased Cases in 2024
In Bama, Borno State, Nigeria, during the holy months of Ramadan, which ran between March and April 2024, 17-year-old Falmata was murdered by her paternal uncle, Awana, who accused her of disrespecting the family hierarchy.…
