Hassana Maina speaks on challenging norms, building others, accelerating gender equality

Hassana Maina wears many hats—lawyer, poet, gender consultant, businesswoman—but her most defining attribute may be her commitment to changing narratives around women’s leadership in Nigeria. In this interview with PREMIUM TIMES, the Executive Director of ASVIOL Support Initiative and Managing Director of HUMA Laundry and Linen shares how she turned activism into enterprise and passion…

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Nigerian Army Personnel Arrest, Torture Benue Resident To Death In Alleged Mistaken Identity

Soldiers of Operation Whirl Stroke have been accused of torturing Ernest Owoicho, a 35-year-old resident of Ugbokpo community in the Apa Local Government Area of Benue State, to death.    His family claimed that Ernest was mistaken for another individual, Victor Otache, and violently detained.    Apochi Owoicho, Ernest’s elder brother, told SaharaReporters on Thursday…

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