Cross-posted from my blog at akinblog.nl The harrowing story of a boy Woman Arrested For Battering Son [1] read the news headline and that is just part of what is a long story which has lots of low-hanging fruit starting with the naturally expected revulsion at the pictures of the battered son, the woman, her marriage, the issue of corporal [...]

A husband’s murder of his wife brings into sharp focus our acceptance of the impunity of domestic violence and sometimes the preference of that for the sake of keeping a loveless marriage going to appease the needs for tradition and societal norms.

This opinion piece was originally published at http://www.akinblog.nl/ presaging a hopefully intelligent debate on the issue of wife-battering and society’s response to that issue. A tabloid frenzy On Twitter and Facebook, my fellow Nigerians are getting excited over a case of apparently atrocious conduct which has left some taking sides and expressing interesting viewpoints. The detail of the matter makes [...]

For us Nigerian women there is a huge pressure to tie the knot. Post twenty-five annum, an unmarried status often calls for expressions of concern from family, friends and sometimes even ‘kind’ strangers. This concern can be terribly annoying and in the case that one is single and desperately searching for a partner, distressing. With this kind of pressure placed [...]

I remember getting to work extremely early  a couple of months ago and reading an article from a very infuriated wife that her husband wasn’t allowing her to take care of responsibilities in their home.  Now, I am sure many of you are wondering what I am on about now.  Let me start first by telling her story.   Ms A [...]