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@AzeezatAdekanye
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Afghanistan is projected to see a 50% increase in maternal deaths, 25% increase in child marriages and 45% increase in teen pregnancies by 2026, according to the UN. What a horrific place this world is to women and little girls.
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Iro ti po ju. Iro ti fo ori won
BREAKING NEWS: The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) today striked a notorious terrorist hideout in Sambisa Eliminating Boko harm t€rrorists
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Doing this after 48 hours is a definitely a choice
I am heartbroken by the abduction of our daughters in Kebbi and the painful loss of Brigadier General Musa Uba and the brave soldiers who fell in Borno. Their families, and the families of the kidnapped schoolgirls, are in my prayers. As the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed
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In 2023, educated people said they were voting him because he paid their WAEC fees in 1832. They argued that the fact that he supported the first failure, Buhari, does not matter. Look at where we are at now.
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Buhari spent years “rehabilitating” terrorists back into the society. No punishment, no justice. Tinubu and co were edging him on because he (they) wanted the presidency. Even now, he’s still posting about people decamping to his party. A wicked man through and through
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I’ve never seen this level of nonchalance in my life.
SOJA WEEKLY UPDATE EPISODE 46 https://t.co/rs5S8cBJgj
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There’s a Marburg virus outbreak in Ethiopia. @Fmohnigeria
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Now that I think about it, Ochanya was definitely not the only victim. For both father and son to have abused her and gotten away with it, it means they had been doing it for a long time. She was probably not the first and most likely not the last. #justiceforochanya
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For 40 years Akina Mama wa Afrika has produced knowledge that documents African women and girls’ experiences, struggles and solutions to contemporary issues on governance, body autonomy, climate, the political economy and so much more. Celebrate with us 40 years of weaving
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Africa’s debt crisis is not gender-neutral. Women pay the highest price. Feminist researcher @AzeezatAdekanye explains how austerity policies deepen inequality, stripping women of income, public services, and time. 🧵👇
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Reading about Ochanya and I’m reminded how justice is always delayed and by extension, denied for women. She was a child and she had to go through that horror over and over again. #justiceforochanya
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A very good one. I hope that there are no technicalities in it. Curious about how it works with the states governed by the Penal Code. Until then, congratulations to us.
BREAKING NEWS: The Senate has today passed a bill stating that, henceforth in Nigeria 🇳🇬 , any man or woman who engages in s€xual intercourse with a minor (child) will face life imprisonment with no option for fines.
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20-10-20. It’s been five years and we are still asking “who ordered the shootings?”
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In fact sometimes Pastors used to close church early so the congregation could watch black slaves being killed for attempting to escape.
This argument was advanced by the Southern Baptists, when they broke off from the wider Baptist congregation over slavery.
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We are calling for papers for our panel titled “Unlearning the Empire: Gender, Sexuality and the Sacred in Pre-colonial and Post-colonial Worlds” Deadline - October 26th, 2025 Abstracts Submission - https://t.co/ie20ktjq7B Conference details - https://t.co/L9BIOgf399
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The last line! The economy nosedived for the first time in 2016. I remembered our Economics lecturers saying it was the first time they had to teach economic depression using a practical reference and then it happened twice in eight years. What did Nigerians do? They handed
The amount of wealth and futures wiped out over the last 10 years. One or two generations. If you had N150m in your pension account in 2015, that's >$1m If you've grown it to N300m today, that's ~ $200k. It took away people’s ability to Iive a good life today and still nuked
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Joining the good people of @JANigeria later today for an enriching conversation about, with and for girls! Happy International Day of the Girl Childđź’ś
Join our IG Live at 5PM! We’re bringing together some incredible women for a powerful convo on Strength, Leadership & Identity. Don’t miss it — it’s going to be real, raw & inspiring. #GirlsLead #DayOfTheGirl #JANigeria
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In case you haven’t heard: Women are suing Pfizer in a class action lawsuit because the birth control shots (Depo-Provera) have been found to cause brain tumors. 1 in 4 women use this birth control. And Black women are prescribed it at double the national rate.
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Only in Nigeria do terrorists get VIP treatment at the negotiation tableđź«
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