A Nigerian popular musician, Rudeboy, has subjected a feminist to coordinated online harassment after she alleged on X (formerly Twitter) that he coerced a domestic worker into sex. On September 24, the feminist, known online as Alhájí Ayo (@chubbiedivah), Alhaji…
Late Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, an entrepreneur and the Contact and Mobilisation Committee leader of the United Nigeria Congress Party, has banned his wife, Lolo Frances Iwuanyanwu, from remarrying after his demise. The politician, who died in April 2024 at the…
My Grandmother and the Many Faces of Patriarchy My grandmother is one of the strongest women I know. Compared to people we think are the same age as hers, she can still stand well and do things by herself. She…
We often boast about our progress from the dark days when widows were forced to drink their deceased husband’s corpse wash water to prove their innocence. Yet, have we truly evolved, or have we merely digitalised our cruelty? In today's…