Category: Counter Culture Blog
7 years since the Chibok kidnap and government’s failure to protect schoolchildren
On April 14, 2014 in the remote town of Chibok, Borno, trucks belonging to the insurgent group Boko Haram invaded ...
Here’s what’s wrong with Bauchi planning a census for sex workers
Sex work has globally been a contentious issue, arising from different views on morality to religious doctrines and cultural mores. ...
The cyber harassment of women won’t stop because it’s rooted in patriarchy
While today’s world of social media has made communication easier, with a proliferation of platforms meeting different needs and purposes, ...
Buhari’s UK medical trip is once again showing the failure of Nigeria’s healthcare
Just before the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) embarked on an indefinite strike on April 1, 2021, President Buhari ...
Against homophobia in Ghana, LGBTQ Ghanaians are changing their profile pictures red on Twitter
For some time now, LGBTQ Ghanaians have been living in fear and isolation stemming from the constant attacks that Ghanaian ...
Why Nigerian youths must sustain activism beyond social media
Social media has formed a pseudo-reality many believe is the real deal. But, if we wanted to cause progressive change ...
The lifestyle audit is just another means to exploit Nigerians
Starting yesterday, Nigeria has made it legal to have a lifestyle audit for its citizens. Who needs a lifestyle audit? ...
Police violence continues unabated, the stories are piling
Many Nigerians have argued that the Nigeria Police Force learnt nothing from the #EndSARS protest. “They will wait, then return ...
The reactions of Nigerians to #RepealSSMPA proves that they are no better than SARS
Apparently, last year’s #ENDSARS protests haven’t taught Nigerians anything about intersectionality, or simply showing solidarity to other marginalised groups by ...
Kwara Hijab crisis | The state government makes a bad situation worse
An inter-religious clash that has been doused in the interim rocked Kwara earlier today. It reincarnated from years of simmering ...
The unlawful detention of Itunu Babalola in Cote d’lvoire is rooted in xenophobia
Today on social media, many Nigerians galvanised to push the #JusticeForItunu hashtag after journalist and political critic David Hundeyin posted ...
What we know about the latest school abduction in Kaduna
Banditry and kidnap is on the fast rise and the Federal College of Forestry in Kaduna is the latest site, ...
What the #ENDSARS movement can learn from protests in Myanmar and its LGBTQ inclusion
Last year’s protests against police brutality, under the banner of the #ENDSARS movement, pushed against several injustices and human rights ...
Nude women from stills of Bella Shmurda’s ‘Rush’ video isn’t body positivity
Bella Shmurda, one of the industry’s fast-rising musical acts, has been at the center of the internet’s latest talking point. ...
Oil spillage is still a thing in the Niger Delta and why environmental justice is needed
Just last week, we reported on the resurfacing of Niger Delta freedom fighters stating the injustices their region grapple with ...
Maybe it’s time to finally address the injustices faced by the Niger Delta
In a viral video posted by AIT on Twitter, a militia group from the Niger Delta known as the Supreme ...
The attack on LGBTQ people in Ghana is an attack on us all
In the past days, LGBTQ people living in Ghana have been facing heightened homophobia from the Ghanaian government, human rights ...
Nigerian TV stations directed to have sign language in their news is what disability inclusion looks like
About 30 million people are living with various forms of disability in Nigeria and considering the ways ableism manifests individually, ...
Bovi took the #ENDSARS protest to the Headies as a reminder of the Lekki shootings
As celebrities turned for the cameras, Bovi's outfit was more than just a fashion statement
The military patrol in Orlu is an abuse of power
In the last 72 hours, reports emerged about the Nigerian army descending on Orlu, Imo, in an operation believed to ...
The #BeLikeNgoziChallenge has been weaponised to hold women to a standard of appearance
Yesterday’s announcement of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation was a huge feat for the ...
What’s next after the #OccupyLekkiTollGate protests?
Saturday’s turn of events on the #OccupyLekkiTollGate protests confirmed what we already know: that the government would mount a resistance. ...
Here’s what we know about the violent ethnic clash in Oyo
The state of Oyo has been seized by violent clashes between Hausa and Yoruba residents in Shasha area of Ibadan, ...
Going for the #OccupyLekkiTollGate protests? | Here’s what you should bring along
As Nigerians peacefully protest the reopening of the Lekki Toll Gate tomorrow with #OccupyLekkiTollGate, it is important we take lessons ...
#EndSARS and Igbos: Nigerians still don’t see divisive tactics when it is glaring
About three months since the Nigerian Army opened fire on peaceful protesters. More than three months since government thought of ...
#OccupyLekkiTollGate is proof that the government can’t be trusted to deliver justice
In response to the decision to reopen the Lekki Toll Gate by the Judicial Panel of Inquiry set up by ...
Nigerians are resisting the CBN’s crypto ban with #WeWantOurCryptoBack hashtag
Nigerians on social media are expressing their displeasure in what they perceive is an attack on their financial autonomy by ...
How women from IDP camps are getting back their livelihoods
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) are persons who have been displaced by natural disaster or conflicts from their homes, and with ...
The Nigerian police has launched a crime-reporting app, but tech illiteracy is the problem
The Nigerian police has just launched a crime-reporting mobile application called NPF Rescue Me, which will also provide intervention for ...
The #SilhoutteChallenge gives us an opportunity to interrogate our gender bias
So much has been written about the inherent bias with which we judge the actions of people based solely on ...