Opinion
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When Adults Fail the Girl Child Multiple Times
As a Nigerian girl born in Nigeria, you are already minus 100 against life. You have to hope you are not born into a family where female genital mutilation is the norm. If you escape…
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Why Being without Job, Stay-at-Home Mom is a Bad Idea
It needs to be emphasised: careers, jobs, and professions hold value beyond being a source of income. People can tag these honest conversations as “Gender Wars,” but a significant number of men don’t even consider…
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She Earned It. Yet, They Said She Slept For It.
Women are breaking ceilings across every profession in Nigeria. The response from society, especially men, is not admiration, not acknowledgement, not professional respect. It is a question about who she slept with to get there.…
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“We Are Celebrating a Convicted Child Sex Offender And Calling Ourselves a Just Society” — Roberta Edu
Editor’s Note: This piece was first published on Facebook Nothing has shocked me more in Nigeria than what I have seen in recent days. Over the years, I have watched this country surprise me in…
