Breaking the Bias: Nigerian Women in Politics Refuse to Be Silenced
POST TO NIGERIAN WOMEN AND MEN! Looking beyond tonight however, women, I hope you know that many Nigerian men don’t have high regards for women in politics? When you are on their side canvassing for them, you are good. So long as you’re not ambitious and are satisfied with being the eye candy around them […]
World Suicide Prevention Day: Overcoming Depression, Battling Suicidal Thoughts, and Building Mental Health Resilience
Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. It takes a journey ridden with hopelessness and helplessness before many get to the point where they decide they’ve had enough and end it. Over the years, I have shared a lot about my struggle with depression, which is a mental health issue and one of the leading causes […]
Breaking the Stigma: My #Unashamed2020 Journey to Mental Health Awareness
unashamed2020 My name is Petra Akinti Onyegbule. In the last 6 years, I have been very open about my battle with depression. This was not always the case because like we do with many things we do not understand, mental disorders had so extensively stigmatized to the point where folks like me dealt with their […]
Life Happens. So Does Healing. Keep Going.
In the last 7 years I have shared my struggle with depression which has led many people to share their own struggles with me. One recurring factor I have noticed as a trigger is disappointment and a feeling of near hopelessness. A few people who had considered Suicide did so because they couldn’t handle the […]
Structure, Strategy, and Stomach Infrastructure: The Real Politics We Don’t Talk About
If I had continued with active politics since my DPN days, I’d have gone very far. But even when I wasn’tparticipating as a member of any political party for years, I was always a part of the process: as a voter or on duty asan election monitor or as a mobilizer/volunteer and as a political […]