One of the biggest misconceptions of the century is that femicide happens as a singular event and not as a coalesce of a series of abusive behaviours over time. Often,
When the sun was golden brown at its apex, Oluwakemi Adeyemi, a hairdresser at Aguda-Ogba, Lagos, had her first customer on a weekend. She told me that in previous years,
What did the women before us do? We don’t know enough about them because Nigerian history has habitually underrepresented women. They are rarely the main characters in the stories that
Today, on International Women’s Day, Nigeria will again witness an outpouring of solidarity. Social media will be flooded with hashtags, organisations will roll out themed flyers, and politicians may deliver
“I miss her! I really miss her!” Olajumoke Falade, a resident of Kokumo Street, said as she counted the naira notes in her hands. She frowned at the boy she
In many professions—aside from those once considered women’s work—women have had to fight for recognition and the right to be seen. In Nigeria, this reality is evident in the entertainment
Vice President Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang hosted a high-level delegation from the Shenzhen Energy Group on January 27 on behalf of President John Dramani Mahama. The delegation was led by
Nigeria’s climate change projects are severely deficient in gender considerations, an Oxfam report has said, raising questions about the country’s commitment to using its international climate finance to address the
Following the US official recognition of only two sexes, US President Donald Trump has ordered that all transgender male prisoners be housed in their corresponding sex-based prison. The directive, titled
The Lagos State government has issued a stern warning against the distribution and forwarding of child pornography and other explicit content involving children, emphasising that offenders could face up to
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