Nigerian singer, Ayra Starr, has recounted how the female teachers in her high school punished her and said she would never become anything in life. According to the singer, they all gathered around her, punished her and talked her down for painting one fingernail pink.
Ayra stated that even after blasting and punishing her, she was confident that she will make it even with the tears in her eyes back then. In her words: “I remember when all my female teachers gathered and knelt me down to tell me I’ll never be anything in life just because I painted one fingernail pink, but even back then with the tears in my eyes I always knew was the shit.” Watch the video below: @ayrastarr The beating I’ve gotten in this life just for a having mind of my own #fyp #fypシ ♬ original sound – 💫
Three Nigerian men, Samuel Ogoshi (22), Samson Ogochi (20), and Ezekiel Ejehem Robert (19), are currently facing accusations of global sexual extortion that resulted in the suicide of a teenage boy in the United States. The trio is awaiting extradition to the U.S., where they have been indicted and charged with sexually extorting several young men and teenage boys in the Western District of Michigan and other parts of the country. Mark Totten, the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, revealed that the federal indictment against the three Nigerians was unsealed on May 3, 2023. One of the accused individuals is also charged with causing the death of Jordan DeMay, a young man from Marquette, Michigan. “On March 25, 2022, 17-year-old DeMay was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. His death prompted an investigation by the Marquette County Sheriff’s Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which culminated in the indictment unsealed today,” the statement read. “Sextortion is a horrible crime that can leave especially younger victims feeling ashamed with nowhere to turn,” Mark Totten said. “My heart goes out to the family of Jordan DeMay. Nothing can bring Jordan back, but my office is committed to securing justice and, alongside Jordan’s family, sending an urgent warning so others can protect themselves and their families. We will travel the world to hold the perpetrators of these crimes accountable.” “Financial sextortion is a global crisis that impacts teens in our country and around the globe. That’s why the FBI is working hand in hand with our domestic and international law enforcement partners to prevent youth from becoming victims of this tragic crime and to hold those who target our teens in this manner accountable – no matter where in the world they may be,” said James A. Tarasca, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI in Michigan. Speaking, EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, said: “International cooperation is critical. In the last two years, this coordination has strengthened efforts connected with the extradition, deportation, and mutual legal or other assistance between Nigeria and the United States involving Economic and Financial Crimes.” 
An Igbo woman took to Twitter to write her opinion about her kinsmen from the Eastern part of Nigeria. According to the lady, identified as @Aphrodiety__, Igbo men are very annoying, arrogant, and have a striking dislike for successful women. As expected, her opinion has been met with a lot of criticism and also stirred up a whole controversy. While most ladies agree with this point, the men are unabashedly unrepentant with their egoistic and snarky responses. However, writer and life coach, Solomon Buchi Bartholomew, has come to the lady’s defence, saying that what she said about Igbo men is true, though she should try not to generalise. Solomon Buchi, who is also an Igbo man, took to his twitter page to weigh in on the controversial post and also call out his tribesmen for being control freaks. He accused Igbo men of acting like “demigods” when they have money and forcefully trying to turn their wives to housewives. He said they see women as the “lesser gender” and are obsessed with male children. He wrote, #Thread If I say that Igbos are hardworking, a lot of y’all will nod and agree with me. But if I say that Igbo men are typically misogynistic, you bash and cuss me out. Why would you agree to a conclusive positive statement and not take criticisms that way too? — Solomon Buchi (@Solomon_Buchi) May 15, 2019 If I say that Igbos are hardworking, a lot of y’all will nod and agree with me. But if I say that Igbo men are typically misogynistic, you bash and cuss me out. Why would you agree to a conclusive positive statement and not take criticisms that way too? First off, there’s really a problem with selective stereotypes. Besides, stereotypes are stereotypes because they have truths in them. We will say Yoruba people love parties. Hausas are hospitable and United. Igbos are hardworking and business oriented. Yeah? Now, in that same light, there are sides to the positives too. Igbo men are highly misogynistic; this is not tribalism. This isn’t fueling ethnocentrism; this is just a truth. If you call it a generalization then let’s look at our hypocrisy.. Nigerians will come online and say the police is tough, bad and tyrannical towards the citizens. The police is mostly painted in bad light. Nobody remembers that’s stereotyping. There are freaking good police men but outnumbered by the bad ones. What am I trying to say? When someone calls out a tribe; criticizing them, don’t even come claiming its stereotyping because we all freaking stereotype and it’s not always bad! We all know every stereotype has exceptions! Do Akwa Ibom people love dog meat? Yes! Many but then not ALL! Are Nigerian politicians corrupt? Most not all! What am I saying? There’s always something peculiar to a group of people! Good and bad! Now back to the main talk.. They usually feel like they are demigods especially when they have money; they feel entitled to a woman and everything about her. Their ego is bloated and honestly usually uncouth. This is the truth. They’d tell you how they can feed you in disdain just because you refused to comply to their proposal. They’d remind you how they have someone your mate that they are taking care of. They’d get married to a woman and turn her to a housewife by force. Control you like you don’t have a mind of your own. The Igbo traditional practices don’t help. They have misogyny so entrenched in them. The woman is seen as a lesser gender. It’s prevalent with Igbos, the obsession with male children is just so much. And even when a there’s a girl child, there are Igbo sayings like: “Nwoke bu ugwu nwanyi”. This means that a man is the dignity of a woman. Like saying a woman is incomplete without a man. There are many instances. Ask women around you. Many of them will conform to you. I am not saying all Igbos are this way but trust me it’s more difficult to make a typical Igbo man to consider gender equality than any other tribe. We are very traditional. Always clenched to how our fathers did it. Always. Well, this isn’t a hate post. This is a call out post that we can do better. There are good Igbo men who are progressive. So yeah, Igbo men should strive to be more open and shed the stripes of misogyny. I know it’s how we were conditioned but you should make the difference. Gracias! 
