Condemning the Systemic Silencing of Women’s Rights Advocates and Naija Feminists Media

On February 20, 2026, Naija Feminists Media X account @naijaradfems was locked, ‘followings’ removed, and platform restricted from visibility, following a series of advocacy against gender and sexual based violence.

The restriction came shortly after we spoke in solidarity with Mirabel, a rape survivor, and exhibited our solidarity with talented singer, Simi, who has faced harassment for condemning rape. This timing is not accidental. It shows how even technological platforms participate in patriarchal systems that silence women and limit access to information.

Even though efforts to get the account unlocked were successful, our tweets’ reach remains restricted. This is a direct attempt to suppress feminist advocacy and women’s voices online. Silencing feminist platforms restricts thousands of women from seeing critical advocacy, survivor support, and accountability work. It reinforces a system where women’s speech is silenced while misogyny circulates freely. 

Similar to the silencing of our X account, women’s rights advocates continue to be harassed for supporting Mirabel and expressing anger at those who derail rape conversations with allegations of false accusation. These have led to the intimidation of young women advocates with lawsuits and death threats against them.

We strongly condemn this coordinated harassment and intimidation of women. Individuals, institutions, and platforms must stop participating in this macroaggression. A just, peaceful, democratic and sustainable Nigeria can not be possible where half of its citizens are silenced and continually marginalised.

We call on X to fully restore Naija Feminists Media’s account, the police should restore order, and not be used as a tool of intimidation against women’s rights advocates, and all well-meaning Nigerians to use their voice to condemn the acts of bad actors.

In solidarity,

Naija Feminists Media