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Nigerian Women and Politics

Sheriff Bojang Jnr.Sheriff Bojang Jnr.
April 21, 2011

In this edition of Fifty-fifty, we are looking at the issue of Nigerian women and politics, in reference to the recently-concluded presidential election.

This edition features the following:

Ebiti Ndok - A Nigerian woman who planned to launch her presidential campaign but was arrested before the polls and put behind bar.

Yemisi Ransome Kuti - A powerful woman who contested for a Senate seat in Lagos but lost.

Dr. Uwa Osimir - US-based Nigerian educationist and philantropist.

Toyin Ajao - An award-winning Nigerian blogger who calls her blog 'Gender and Me'.


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