On Women
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A Review of the 2025 National Bar Association General Conference
I felt triggered when the new national anthem was sung. This was the first time I really listened to it, and it reeked of religious and sexist undertones. Words like God and man made it…
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Clicks Before Clinics: Nigerian Women Rely on Social Media to Navigate Sexual and Reproductive Health
Seventeen-year-old Folake woke up one morning to her body exhibiting unfamiliar symptoms. Expected of a teenager, she panicked but could not gather enough confidence to ask questions. Raised a conservative girl child, speaking to her…
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Widows Rights in Nigeria: Can a Next of Kin Bar a Widow From Inheritance?
In Nigeria today, it is not unusual for the infamous āNext of Kin,ā who is usually a parent or sibling, to disinherit wives. All this is predicated on a completely erroneous definition of next of…
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Book Review: We Were Girls Once by Ainawose Odafen
Aiwanose’s debut novel, Tomorrow I Become A Woman, explores Uju’s abusive marriage and systematic injustice toward women. Its sequel, We Were Girls Once, paints a picture of female friendship, sisterhood, and the transition from girlhood…
