“There is no point having a Family Support Unit but asking survivors to fund investigations. It’s better not to have the unit.” SP Bala Elkana on Public Eye. On Sunday, November 15, 2020, Funmi Iyanda sat with the CEO of…
I divorced my wife because she was moaning while being raped
My wife is a young woman, she is in her thirties and she has been a good woman to me, let’s speak the truth and shame the devil. But I have divorced and the reason I divorced her is because…
How to survive on Nigerian campuses – Lucia Edafioka
As it has become imminent that students will soon return to Nigerian campuses, I recall one Sunday morning, some time ago, I was in a bus going to Yaba. Inside was a woman taking her daughter to the bus park.…
#Endsars: My sister was raped by the motherf@#@#$%!
We won’t stop the protests until something concrete happens! My sister’s story is a story we had been banned from sharing; yes we share that she was a victim of police brutality, but we never share the part that she…
*1 feared dead as #EndSARS protest turns violent in Surulere (Punch)*#EndSARS protesters boo Sanwo-Olu at Lekki toll gate (Guardian)
1 feared dead as #EndSARS protest turns violent in Surulere (Punch) Protest against police brutality, extortion and extra-judicial killings turned violent in the Surulere area of Lagos State on Monday. The PUNCH gathered that police officers shot indiscriminately to disperse…
Sanwo-Olu’s wife, others canvass indigenous languages against rape, others
Wife of Lagos State Governor, Dr. (Mrs.) Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, has said that sensitisation campaigns against rape should be carried out in indigenous languages to allow members of the public to understand the need to shun rape and other social vices.…
I shouldn’t speak ill of the dead but my father was an evil man
We were friends at school. And for a long time, my siblings and I had no idea our father was sleeping with our friend. We wouldn’t have known if my mother hadn’t confirmed it when Baba died suddenly. And when…
Let’s call it what it is, rape is evil! Tara Aisida
I can still hear his laughter as I ran from the room, out of the house and into the streets to wait until my father or another adult came into the house. I was about 9 years old and I…
Alleged rape: Uti Nwachukwu says he’ll surrender to probe
The winner of the fifth edition of Big Brother Africa, Uti Nwachukwu, who was accused of rape by a Twitter user, has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to launch an investigation into the allegation. Nwachukwu, who said he…
Rape epidemic: Four masked men gang-rape 12-year-old girl in Lagos
A 12-year-old girl, Blessing (not real name), is said to be experiencing trauma after she was allegedly gang-raped by four masked men at her residence in Abijo area of Ajah, Lagos State. She was said to have been raped while…