Mercy Abang

"Tweeting for me is a hobby and not what I do my whole life. I’ve had people ask me if I have a day job and if I go."

"It’s the number of people who don’t know me that I can join in to do a thing or two for those who need them even more than I do."

"Experts say most sexual abuse offenders are acquainted with their victims; approximately 30% are relatives of the child, most often brothers, fathers, uncles, or cousins; around 60% are other acquaintances, such as “friends” of the family, babysitters, or neighbours; strangers are the offenders in approximately 10% of child sexual abuse cases."

"Challenge is not forgetting who you are and what you stand for and also ensure that when you are a plumber you wear the hat of one and when you then become a mechanic the next day, you do same."

"We need men to look at what women can offer and to hand them the baton to thrive."

"I’d say I am lucky being married to a man who understands what I do and sure does appreciate me as a wife who sometimes moves from city to city."

"On the 5th of January 2018 scores of people went missing with 9 soldiers killed when Boko Haram attacked Kannama near Geidam. The likes of Falmata Shettima continue to live precarious lives in spite of the seeming degrading of Boko Haram."

"Monitoring elections. I mean the entire process of democracy and where we are today as a people and a nation."

"She condemned police and military “brutality” across the country, and a “generalised system of impunity."

"I take a deep breath and think outside the box."

"I think it was while I practised as a field reporter on television; I went for an assignment and I needed the speech."