By Naza Alakija Climate change and issues relating to it has recently been at the forefront of much public debate. Nations globally are implementing new policies to win the race against climate change whilst others (minority) neglect to acknowledge that it is actually happening. The United Nations has now intervened and has urged leaders that […]
Category: Opinion Women
By Bukola Nwonah It’s about that time of the year again when women in Lagos State converge under the auspices of the Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials (COWLSO) for the annual National Women’s Conference. For the past 19 years, COWLSO, which is a community-based gender organisation established principally to complement the effort of […]
Bisi Fayemi By Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi I have been asked why I have not released my prophecies for 2020, and I have had to explain that I cannot share visions I have not received yet. Now, the visions have come and I am ready. For those of you who might be skeptical, I have a pretty […]
Bisi Fayemi By Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi The COVID19 crisis has led to a reordering of our lives as we know it, at least for the foreseeable future. Many important events have had to be postponed. One of them is the public presentation of ‘Naked Abuse: Sex for Grades in African Universities’, written by Mr Olusegun Adeniyi, […]
Bisi Fayemi By Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi ‘Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves’, Abraham Lincoln. The headlines are unrelenting: ‘Woman docked for locking maid in the toilet for 20 days’ ‘Woman called out for burning 10-year-old housemaid with hot iron’ ‘Police arrest madam who brutalized maid, cuts her hand with hand saw’ […]
Bisi Fayemi By Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi On June 1st 2018, I was in a convoy from the Akure Airport to Ado-Ekiti. My husband, Dr Kayode Fayemi was being led back into Ekiti by excited party people and Ekiti citizens. As we got to the outskirts of Ikere-Ekiti, I saw two old women running besides our vehicles, […]
By Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi Amele: This is unbelievable! How did this happen? When will these lawmakers stop treating us like second-class citizens? Making us beg for rights that should rightfully be ours? How come they can’t make a connection between the low status of women and the inability of our country to meet any of its […]
Bisi Fayemi By Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi A few days ago, we received the news of the passing of Ms Tolulope Arotile, the first ever female combat flying helicopter pilot in the history of the Nigerian Air Force. She died in a car accident and she was in her early twenties. It is such a dreadful loss […]
Bisi Fayemi By Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi There was a report some days ago about a group of women in a rural community in Akwa Ibom State who were rounded up and burnt on allegations of witchcraft. In the year 2020. While we wait for the police and government to confirm or refute the news, here is […]
Bisi Fayemi By Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi Chief Thomas Dejo winced as he got out of bed. The discomfort in his back was nothing new, he had grown accustomed to it. At his age, it was to be expected, but it did not stop him from feeling annoyed all the same. When Tony, his houseboy, came in […]