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Background: COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in global health and economic crisis. We investigated the experiences of frontline health care workers recovering from COVID-19 in Lagos State Nigeria.Methods: We conducted a qualitative study among frontline health workers recovering from COVID-19 in Lagos State, Nigeria. We interviewed 12 respondents before achieving data saturation. We used a checklist to guide the interview according to the phenomenon under study. Data obtained were analyzed using Colaizzi's phenomenological method.Results: The study was summarized under five themes: knowledge of COVID-19, exposure, reactions, challenges and recommendations. The respondents were quite knowledgeable on COVID-19, their reactions when informed of their status were denial, anxiety, distress, disorientation, crying for fear of stigmatization, while some were psychologically prepared. Reactions from colleagues, family and friends were encouraging and provided solace for them with a few colleagues and families that had negative reactions. Challenges include anosmia, movement restriction, loneliness, worries about the state of their families, nondisclosure of status to family members, non-conducive isolation centre with limited space, insomnia, stigmatization by health workers at the isolation centre, extended duration of stay, delay in the release of test results and use of ambulance for evacuation to the isolation centres. Coping strategies were watching movies, phone calls, use of social media, listening to music, attending webinars, working on projects and reading spiritual books. Recommendations were early laboratory testing of samples and conveying of results, increase testing capacity, the need of health care workers to be more compassionate, better method of evacuation of people that tested positive to COVID-19, aside the use of ambulance that increases the likelihood of stigmatization and standard guideline for the case management of people recovering from COVID-19 in Lagos state.Conclusions: Respondents felt stigmatized and psychologically and morally traumatized. Isolation is a difficult experience and some negative emotions as expressed by previous studies were experienced by the respondents. There is need for increased testing capacity, timely results dissemination, early evacuation and creation of more isolation centres in Lagos State due to the rising number of cases and shortage of bed space. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article examines rape in Nigeria in the light of 2 Sam 13:1-39. In the pericope, Tamar was a beautiful and fair lady. Amnon was her brother from another mother, with David as their father. Amnon was sexually aroused any time he sees Tamar. On this day, he pretended to be sick and when Tamar came to cook and serve him, he forced himself on her and raped her. Tamar was emotionally, psychologically, and socially traumatised. She tore off her clothes and put ashes on her head. Clearly, in the narrative, each of the male characters, whether it be David, Amnon, Jonadab, the servants, or Absalom, played a role in the rape of Tamar, though their roles were different. This is how many men it takes to rape a woman. This narrative is similar to what is obtainable in Nigeria. Rape issues have risen to a point where it is now culture. Ladies are most times the victims of rape and they suffer both long-term and short-term trauma. Literature on rape from the Old Testament perspective is scanty. It is on this basis that 2 Samuel 13:1-39 was used as an approach towards curbing rape culture, especially against the female gender in Nigeria. The narrative analysis was used as the research method. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Obstetric fistula is a condition that affects women and can lead to identity changes because of uncontrolled urinary and/or fecal incontinence symptom experiences. These symptoms along with different emerging identities lead to family and community displacement. Using narrative inquiry methodology that concentrates on the stories individuals tell about themselves; interviews were conducted for 15 fistula survivors to explore their perception of identities of living with obstetric fistula. Within a sociocultural context, these identities consist of the "leaking" identity, "masu yoyon fitsari" (leakers of urine) identity, and the "spoiled" identity, causing stigmatization and psychological trauma. The "masu yoyon fitsari" identity, however, built hope and resilience for a sustained search for a cure. Identity is a socially constructed phenomenon, and the findings reveal positive community involvement which reduces obstetric fistula stigmatization and improves women's identity. Sexual and reproductive health issues remain of grave concern within a contextualized societal identity of women's role. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Studying at school under specific distress condition such as war requires resilience and persistence among students to survive. This paper is written with the intention to highlight war experiences among Nigerian youth at school under the pressure of war condition. Studies have shown that they struggle in their learning at school. The tension between educational requirement and the safety of life become common dilemma that most of Nigerian students were facing in their everyday schooling life. The difficulties have been found by many studies to affect not just to their schooling life but their personal development. They are to develop emotional and psychological problems that affect their personality development which manifest the symptoms of psychological distress such as irritability, insomnia, sleeping disorders, fear, aggression, confusion and an inability to concentrate. These developments facilitated the emergence of behavioural problems that lead to the prevalence of negative attitude towards schooling among secondary school students in Nigeria. As a result it affect the amount of motivation to display by youths in order to achieve success in school activities and all other extra-curricular activities that aims at development of social interaction among youth irrespective of their socio-economic, tribal or religious inclination. The discourse is intended to highlight what need to be done in order to assist how the youth can survive in their educational life at school under the hard condition like war experiences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Divergent views emerge on the rationale behind Boko Haram Islamic insurgency in Nigeria. Some see it as an attempt to Islamise the secular Nigerian state, while some believe it to be an attempt to change the status quo in order to concretise the perceived dominance of the Northerners over the rest of the country. The 2014 invasion of Chibok Girls High School in the north-eastern part of the country, which led to the kidnap of over 250 girls continues to generate public and academic curiosity. The psychological effects of this insurgency on various stakeholders are unquantifiable, which is going to be our departure point because its impacts are still unfolding. The psychological trauma effect will direct our theoretical discussion. Methodically, qualitative and secondary sources of information will dominate our argument. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]