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Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi Happy New Year! It is that time of the year when I reveal my prophecies. For those of you who do not know, I am a well-respected Prophetess, with a track record for accurate prophecies. My inbox has been bombarded…

By Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi In recent times, there has been an astronomical increase in cases of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) in Nigeria. The COVID19 pandemic and the lockdowns that ensued exacerbated an already problematic…

Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi I would like to welcome you all to this year’s Gender Based Violence Summit, convened for us to assess where we are as a State in our response to the menace of Gender Based Violence. This summit is part of our…

By Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi I just got off the phone from talking to a good friend, and she told me that for the past one week she has felt numb and listless. Shespoke about a sense of loss and despair. She described her feeling in one word –…

Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi I am delighted to have been asked by Oxfam-Nigeria to deliver this lecture, My Voice, Our Equal Future, which is the theme of this year’s  International Day of the Girl Child 2020.  It is heartwarming to have a day…

By Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi Years ago, I coordinated a documentary project with five other people. It involved shooting footagein six African countries over a period of two weeks. One of the crew members, let me call her Sheila, was married…

By Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi As my country marks 60 years of independence I say a prayer of hope As I flip through newspapers, switch channels And read one WhatsApp post and Facebook rant after the other Sometimes unable…

By Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi For a few seconds, Temi thought she was going to pass out. Everything and everyone was a blur. People around her were talking loudly, laughing, exchanging greetings and saying things to her.  Her cousin Maggie…

By Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi If only Boma had understood how wrong it was for her boyfriend of just one month to yell at her in public. She had met Sam at a cocktail organised by the chambers where she worked. Sam worked for one of the top…

By Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi This week, I am offering my services as an ‘Agony Aunt’, the one you talk to about all your problems, to which you already have your own solutions, you are just looking for assurance or affirmation. I don’t…