"Senator Yerima and Constitutional Review" - By Maryam Uwais

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Lawyer and child rights advocate Maryam Uwais weighs in on the child bride marriage: 

Once again, Senator Yerima is in the news, claiming Islam as the basis for his argument that a girl automatically transforms into an adult of ‘full age’ once she is married, with the attendant responsibilities that relate to the renunciation of citizenship, irrespective of her age or mental capacity. Because the Senator from Zamfara State has gone public with his personal comprehension of the Shari’a, it has become necessary to respond publicly to his utterances.

It should be pointed out, however, that several media reports on the constitutional review debate at the Senate give the impression that underage marriage has been endorsed by the Senate Chambers. Facts are that S.29 of the 1979 Constitution permits a Nigerian citizen of ‘full age’ to renounce his or her citizenship by declaration in a prescribed manner, for which purpose ‘full age’ was stated to be 18 years and above.

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Man arrested after argument over constitutional right to have s-ёx with goat

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A man was arrested after fighting with another man.

The fight started after the two had a discussion about the right to have s-ex with an animal.

Shaun Keith Orris, 41, of Waukesha, Wisconsin, is accused of harassing bar patrons about their feelings on the constitutionality of the human right to bestiality.

Orris threatened a bar owner with a knife after the bar owner asked him to leave the bar for bothering customers about the constitutional right to have s-ex with a goat. Orris called police about 2:45 am to report that he had been “battered and bloodied” for asking a question in a bar.

PDP govs compile constitutional breaches against Tukur, others

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The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party is taking a new turn as governors of the party are reportedly compiling constitutional breaches against the party’s National Chairman, Dr. Bamanga Tukur, and other members of the National Working Committee.

Investigations by our correspondents indicated that the governors were determined to remove the chairman and members of the NWC from office.

Some of the governors, it was further gathered, were angry with the roles being played by some NWC members, who they claimed to have helped to assume office but who later turned around to become their enemies.