A Bosnian husband and wife have been arrested in Rome, Italy, on suspicion of physically abusing and enslaving their 14-year-old daughter, forcing her to beg outside a supermarket. The police in the Italian capital reported on Sunday. The police said…
Abuse knows no gender, fear women!
Have you heard about or followed the Johnny Depp/ Amber Heard trial. The facts are quite simple. The two parties were married for 23 months and later got divorced. Sometime last year, Depp filed a defamation suit against Heard in…
Divorce-The Christian’s dilemma- Tara Aisida
The death of Osinachi Nwachukwu this past week has again brought to the fore, the issue of domestic violence. Her death seems to be more painful because a lot of people connected with the emotions wrought by her sonorous and…
Dear woman, when will you stop brutalising other people’s children?
The news report of Favour Anigbogu, the nine years old girl burnt with a hot iron by her mistress, one Ginika Nabefe is one too many acts of wickedness by adults to children in recent times. From dislocating a child’s…
Japan child athletes ‘punched in the face, kicked, beaten’
Child athletes in Japan have suffered physical, verbal and sexual abuse while participating in sport activities, according to a new Human Rights Watch (HRW) report. Released on Monday, the 67-page report (PDF) documented the experiences of more than 800 athletes…
Don’t bottle it all up-Tara Aisida
I had seen the video in many of the whatsapp groups that I belonged to but I wasn’t eager to watch it until I began to read the comments which seemed to decry all the new fangled methods of raising…
Father forgive them for they were once bullied – Peju Akande
Bullying, according to Wikipedia’s definition is – the use of force, threat, or coercion to abuse, intimidate, or aggressively dominate others. The behaviour is often repeated and habitual. I can still recall several incidents of being bullied particularly when I…
Oga employer, why are you bullying your staff? – Sisi Lucia
Last week I wrote about a new wave of young people who are against stable 9-5 jobs in Lagos. They call it slavery, etc. Some people messaged me in support to say: “you can’t just build a business overnight, young…
No be only man dey beat woman o – Viola Okolie
Recently, I developed a television series binge watching habit. I have no particular preference to speak of, but once I latch onto a series, I want to start from the first season and run through all the episodes, extras, tell…