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Video of bald women’s gala falsely captioned as “club of widows under 50”
Claim: An X user shared a video of bald women dancing at a gala, claiming they are a “club of widows” all under 50 years of age who shaved their heads as a widowhood requirement.…
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NFM Weekly Digest: Women, Violence, and the Fight to Take Up Space
It was another week of stories showing just how differently women are treated in marriage, in society, at public events and even in death. Eight women were killed in Cameroon in one week; a Celestial…
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Nigerian Olusegun Onidare Charged with Sexual Assault of Woman, Teenage Girl in Canada
On August 31, 2026, Peel Regional Police in Ontario, Canada, arrested and charged Olusegun Onidare, a 33-year-old Nigeria-born man, with two counts of sexual assault and one count of breaching a probation order, after he…
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Marital Rape Can Attract Life Imprisonment — Lagos State Warns Husbands
The Lagos State Government has warned husbands that forcing their wives into sexual intercourse without consent can attract life imprisonment under the Lagos State Criminal Law. The warning was issued by the Director of Public…
