Ten years after the abduction of 276 girls from the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, a report at the weekend revealed among others that 21 of the released girls came back with 34 children. This, according to the…
TB Joshua: Should Evelyn Joshua be held accountable?
I watched the three-part BBC documentary on TB Joshua and I was not at all surprised by it. A few minutes into the film, my thought was – are these not disgruntled disciples chased out of the Synagogue after TB…
Sanwo-Olu gives condition for survivors’ discharge from hospital
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has given conditions under which the survivors of the 21-storey building that collapsed on Monday on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, would be discharged from the Lagos Island General Hospital, Marina. Sanwo-Olu during his visit…
Should people truly be forced to get vaccinated?
In the last few weeks, my colleagues and I have been inundated with survivor stories from victims of Covid-19. We got stories about people who thought they would die but somehow, escaped death literally by the skin of their teeth.…
20 years after surviving Columbine shooting, sisters preparing to run Boston Marathon (kdvt.com)
Sisters Sarah Bush and Laura Hall remember exactly where they were on April 20, 1999. Survivors of the Columbine shooting, the sisters are preparing to run the Boston Marathon together. Sarah Hall, a 16-year-old sophomore, was taking a test in…
Survivors of sexual assault less likely to report if they were drunk (medicalxpress)
Researchers from the University of Birmingham have found that survivors of sexual assault are more likely to blame themselves for the incident if they were drunk at the time. People with higher levels of self-blame indicated they would be less…