Tag: Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi

Number of Women Who Beat Their Husbands In Lagos Hits 340 In One Year

Damilola Olonade

Hundreds of male now suffer incidences of domestic violence perpetrated against them by their wives. 340 of them actually reported this between September 2022 and July 2023.   The Lagos State Government has reported 340 cases of women pummeling their husbands to submission in the state in the last one year. Platforms Africa reports that the Executive Secretary, Lagos Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA), Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, disclosed this recently. She said incidence of reporting of domestic violence from male increased during the last one year. READ ALSO: “He Queried…

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Domestic Violence: Who’ll Speak For Men Abused By Their Wives?

By Femi Ogunsola

“Here are the names of Nigerian men (lawyer, rich and influencial men) who were abused and even killed by their wives. Men also suffer but they have difficulty reporting incidents of assault.”   Everyday men abuse women. Until in recent years, such abuses went unreported. Nowadays, due to advocacies by gender activists, violence against women and girls now feature more prominently in the media. Even with the level of publicity that it receives, gender activists insist that gender-based violence remain largely under-reported. In a twist of fate, violence against men…

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