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Our film Nigeria's Miracle Baby Scammers is out now on @BBCAfrica's YouTube channel and BBC iPlayer
A reminder that this covers some difficult subject matter and might be a tough watch.
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Yemisi Adegoke
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- - They made her take her sanitary pad off. - They made her bend over and spread her legs, while coughing. -They didn't let her use the toilet, despite her asking. -They did this to a 15 year old Black girl because teachers believed they smelled weed. -No drugs were found.Another Met Police scandal: a black girl was stripped and searched at school. The search, which involved the exposure of her intimate body parts, took place without an appropriate adult present and with the knowledge that she was menstruating. Case review: chscp.org.uk/wp-content/upl…
- My heart is hurting, man. She actually thought she'd done something wrong and was being arrested justly. Can you imagine how terrified she must have been when she clocked what was happening?
- The HBO documentary about Tina Turner was truly heartbreaking, especially when she said it wasn't a good life & that the good didn't outweigh the bad, because of all the abuse she had suffered. Truly hope she rests in peace.
- Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei has suffered burns to more than 75% of her body after she was allegedly set on fire by her ex boyfriend. The marathon runner, who competed in the Paris Olympics, is in critical condition. She was attacked at home.
- "In Nigeria, one product tested up to 6.8g ." Meanwhile in major European markets there is no added sugar in formulas for kids. Later, when people from these countries say they do not trust the West, it will be written off as ignorance and incidents like this will be ignored.Nestlé adds sugar to infant milk sold in poorer countries, report finds theguardian.com/global-develop…
- When talking about femicide, I think it's important to call these men what they are... men. They're not 'monsters', 'animals,' or 'devils,' they are human beings. They are husbands, boyfriends, fathers, brothers, uncles, cousins, friends. They are men.
- Will there be an investigation into the handling of Richard Okorogheye's case? Why was his disappearance initially classed as low risk, despite him having sickle cell? What happened to the officer who allegedly said "if you can't find your son, how do you expect us to?"
- That's insufferable finalists to you.That country is insufferable
- There are SO many married single mothers.Marriage is not a deterrent for dead beats. They are still dead beating in marriage. Hope you know that.
- More than 800 children have been kidnapped in schools across Nigeria since December. A state of emergency has not been declared, no major press conference has been held. Twitter deleted a single tweet from President Buhari, 48 hrs later and the platform has been banned.
- Trigger warning: femicide 38-year-old model Kristina Joksimovic was allegedly strangled, dismembered and pureed in a blender by her husband, Thomas (a pseudonym). They had two children together.
- Interesting that he touched on how difficult it was to socialise without alcohol in England. We don't talk about it enough, but British drinking culture is really problematic.Tom Holland: ‘I felt enslaved to alcohol’ theguardian.com/film/2023/jul/…
