Nigerians were generally jubilant when news of the rescue of large groups of women abducted by Boko Haram broke. Prior to that many had been under the impression that the Chibok girls were the only casualties of kidnap attacks. Those people probably had not kept up with the news as there were weekly reports of such abductions long before the Chibok scandal ever made international headlines. However, owing to the peculiar circumstances of those abducted (predominantly illitera

By Ben Simon . Lagos (AFP) – A typical day for Deborah includes classes on a manicured university campus and exercise in the evening — basketball, volleyball or aerobics. On weekends, she studies, swims or just relaxes. But the teenager’s life now is one that was unimaginable 12 months ago. On April 14 last year, she was in a packed dormitory at the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, northeastern Nigeria, seeking a night’s sleep before writing end-of-term exams. Bok

The beauty and glory of any democracy lies in the ability of the people to voice dissent–Free expression. In fact, the cardinal pillars of democracy are: free expression, adherence to the rule of law, accountability, transparency, good governance and free and fair election. All will be lost in a democracy where citizens are banned from organizing peacefully to influence the government they supposedly elected. And this is exactly what has happened in Abuja, Nigeria where the F

“Soldiers are not what frightens Shekau and his gang, Boko Haram. What frightens them is a girl with a book” – Laurent Duvillier It’s almost axiomatic and beyond rhetoric that to educate a woman is to educate the world and many generations yet unborn; but if these women are deprived of access to education by acts of aggression and terror, how would they perform their enviable role as gatekeepers of knowledge? This ugly scenario has been playing out in North-Eastern Nig

Staff of Index on Censorship and Rommy Mom Esq of Lawyers Alert give voice to the Campaign #BringBackOurGirls #Chibok

Following the abduction of the nearly 300 School girls at Chibok by Boko Haram and their lily livered Shecow, sorry Shekau, women largely in Nigeria and all over the world have been consistently gathering and marching to  various Embassies and Government Houses demanding action . in this piece Elvis-Wura Towolawi    shares his thoughts on women, protest and marching…… Whenever women march know that humanity is in dire need of rescue; when women march know that mankind is on t