Forced to drop out of school and get married before her 18th birthday, Khadijah is a 12-year-old adolescent from the Northern part of Nigeria. Her greatest anxiety is that she is destined to be a child bride, in a society where her rights are denied and her voice is not heard. Growing up in the…
There’s a very popular picture (I think it was on Twitter, Instagram or some other platform as well) and the words go as thus, Interviewer: What’s your advice to the coming generation? Us: DON’T COME! Now, how many of us ‘adults’ can relate to that? How often have we thought to ourselves, “what I wouldn’t…
The year 2020 was welcomed with so much hope and great expectations. Individuals, institutions and governments everywhere had projections on ways to improve lives and livelihoods as well as laid down patterns to navigate the new year. Unfortunately, the world was shut down by the negative impacts of the coronavirus disease in March 2020 and…
There is no better time than now to reemphasize the importance of Education. With the unprecedented coronavirus pandemic that overwhelmed the world’s systems and institutions, it has become necessary to strategize ways to improve policies or structures that would align with the ‘new normal’. This is to ensure no one is left behind. According to…
Introduction: The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) is a creation of the Nigerian Constitution. Being a creation of the constitution, the NPF’s existence has validity. The constitution also provides that, “members of the Nigeria Police Force shall have such powers and duties as may be conferred on them by law.” Given this provision, any power and…