Lovers’ tiff or lovers’ quarrel, just as petty as it is sweet, ends with a reconciliation for souls within. But that was not what I had...
One of the things being a development economist on the one hand and a storyteller on the other hand has taught me is the need to...
The #MeToo movement, which initially started in 2006 and gained more ground in 2017, has given more people the courage and support to speak up against...
Sexual harassment has been so normalised. It seeped gradually into every cranny of the country and eroded the line between sexual sanity and insanity. We planted...
So much of it is heartbreaking: that the man had the temerity to do this in public; that his temerity was justified after the girl’s complaints...
Without the backing of the constitution, perpetrators of male sexual abuse and rape cannot be prosecuted and the victims cannot get justice.
The UN women reports estimate that 35 per cent of women worldwide have, at some point in their lives, experienced either physical and/or sexual intimate partner...
When next you are tempted to conclude that rape and sexual assault occurs because women are "indecently dressed", remember that Yul Edochie's 15-year-old daughter was covered...
Mothers spend all energy on the girls, teaching them what to say, do or think and then exempt the boys. Sex education and virtuousness is a...
As sex-related offences like rape, pedophilia, sexual harassment and assault continue to make the headlines in the country, a petition was launched in March, urging the government...
From time memorial, women have been faulted for having 'bodies' that 'attract men' and punished for men's inability to keep their private parts to themselves or...
Yup! It’s actually happening. The Nigerian Senate is sitting to pass a bill that could have lecturers who sexually harass students go to jail for 14...
The University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) has caught up with the movement against sexual harassment in Nigerian universities, and while it’s good that they’re coming up...
As a society, we have failed victims of sexual abuse. There is no law in place for them to get justice and sometimes, there is no...
We need to establish an incorruptible disciplinary system in each school and build an atmosphere where students can not only air their opinions without being harassed,...
Kiki Mordi, alongside other BBC Africa Eye undercover journalists, made a documentary on this after gathering dozens of testimonies from female university undergraduates, with a focus...
A surprising number of women do not discuss these issues even with their spouses or partners mostly because nothing will be done about it. Another underlying...
Part of the trending topics in Nigerian social media this week was a video of a tv host saying even though she trusts her husband, she...
A New York University (NYU) professor of German and Comparative Literature Avital Ronell, 66 has been found responsible of sexually harassing her former graduate student Nimrod Reitman, 34...
Hollywood action hero Steven Seagal has been appointed a special envoy on Russia-US humanitarian ties. The actor, who became a Russian citizen in 2016, shared the news...
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