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Nigeria: Time to Break the Silence and Stop Sexual Violence in Nigeria
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 24 June 2020
#WeAreTired social media campaigns have shown the devastating impact of rape and sexual abuse. Now, action to toughen laws must follow Read more »
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Nigeria: D'Banj, Apologists and Why Women Are Not Reporting Rape
This Day, 21 June 2020
When the Nigeria Police Force recently published numbers for citizens to call to report cases of rape and sexual violence, many women responded asking what the mobilisation fee… Read more »
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Nigeria: Rape and Nigeria's Pop Culture
Premium Times, 23 June 2020
If we must address the problem of rape in Nigeria, we must adopt a holistic approach which should include paying attention to the way and manner women are portrayed in the media… Read more »
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Nigeria: D'Banj Accused of Rape
Nairobi News, 20 June 2020
Nigeria's high-profile musician D'banj has been accused of rape, according to local media. Read more »
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Nigeria: Rape Allegation - Over 11,000 Sign Petition to Remove d'Banj As UN Youth Ambassador
This Day, 19 June 2020
Few hours after it was launched, no less than 11,000 people have signed the petition for popular musician, Dapo Oyebanjo aka D'banj, to be removed as a United Nations Youth… Read more »
D'Banj, Apologists and Why Women Are Not Reporting Rape
A woman has accused celebrity D'Banj of raping her in December 2018. She demanded a public apology from the artist, who stayed silent on the accusations for a few days. D'Banj then took to his Instagram page to post a letter sent by his lawyers to the woman asking her to pay a large amount of money as compensation for falsely accusing him, or risk legal action. Speaking up remains highly theoretical and there are several dynamics to Nigeria's rape culture that we need to deconstruct for women to be safe, writes Laila Johnson-Salami for This Day.
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