A court in Nigeria has set a world record after becoming the first supposed court of law in modern history to accept witchcraft as a provable crime. The court in Yola of Nigeria’s Adamawa state capital has given six individuals, including incredibly 3 children, an ultimatum to remove a ‘curse’ they have placed on a … Read more
Chief of the Kafaba community Seidu Yahaya has honoured an invitation to the Salaga District Police Command as part of investigations into the lynching of a 90-year-old woman. The chief was at the police station together with some youth of the community. It is still unclear what transpired between the chief and the police but … Read more
Ungovernable women, strong minded women, women who do not conform to the general expectations that society has of them are often labelled as witches. It is a term used loosely to compel women into conforming, just as “ashawo” is used against women who choose their own moral high ways. Labelling women is patriarchy’s weapon, brandished … Read more