Mercy Abang

Mercy Banku Abang (born 20 September, 1984) is a Nigerian journalist. She is known for her self-funded journalism focused on vulnerable populations. She is described as one of Nigeria's most syndicated freelance journalists and Nigeria's most syndicated storyteller.

Quotes

 * 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.
 * Her reply when asked if she gets time to rest and have her alone moments (9 August 2014)


 * 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.
 * The most emotional part of doing her work (9 August 2014)


 * 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.
 * Mercy Abang‎: Sexual predators on the prowl, Nigeria​n kids the target (26 December 2017)


 * 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.
 * Talking about Most challenges faced when working either in politics, advocacy or media. (August 2014)


 * We need men to look at what women can offer and to hand them the baton to thrive.
 * Rising above challenges (9 August 2022)


 * 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.
 * How she balances her job and the home front without any suffering (2014)


 * 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.
 * Quoted from one of her reports titled: Restoring Hope to Boko Haram’s Theatre of War (12 February 2018)


 * Monitoring elections. I mean the entire process of democracy and where we are today as a people and a nation.
 * Particular experience of her job that has made the most impact on her. (9 August 2014)


 * She condemned police and military “brutality” across the country, and a “generalised system of impunity.
 * UN calls for urgent action to end violence in Nigeria (2 September 2019)


 * I take a deep breath and think outside the box.
 * Her feelings when she meets gridlocks (August 2014)


 * I think it was while I practised as a field reporter on television; I went for an assignment and I needed the speech.
 * Embarrassing moment in the course of her work (August 2014)