Tag: domestic violence
Delta Govt sets up Special Unit against rape, domestic violence
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba Worried by the rising spate of rape and domestic violence against women and children, the Delta State government…
Emmanuel Ikubese unveils project RAW
KAYODE APONMADE The 2014 Mr Nigeria and first runner up Mr World, Emmanuel Ikubese, is set to launch his pet…
Ambode to launch Domestic Violence Guidelines
Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State is set to launch the Domestic Violence Guidelines to encompass the protocol response by…
Chris Brown vows to raise awareness about domestic violence
American R&B singer Chris Brown has said he will raise awareness of domestic violence if he is granted a visa…
Lagos enlists 400 market leaders as Ambassadors Against Domestic Violence
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT) has enlisted over 400 market leaders popularly called…
Lagos restates commitment to tackling sexual, domestic violence
The Lagos State Government has reiterated its commitment to ensuring total eradication of sexual and gender based violence in the…
Speak out against sexual, domestic violence – Ambode
…Says His Govt Will Stand Up For The Vulnerable In The Society Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday…
Ending Violence Against Women
Seven years after the Lagos State House of Assembly passed the Protection Against Domestic Violence Law in 2007, too many…
Campaign To End Violence Against Women Begins In Lagos
By Simon Ateba Activists met on Tuesday in Lagos to say no to all forms of violence against women as…
1 in 3 Nigerian women experience domestic violence
A United Kingdom based women empowerment coach and cousellor, Ms Felicity Okolo, said on Saturday that one in three Nigerian…
Lebanese wife-beater convicted under new law
A Lebanese man who beat his wife has been jailed for nine months in the first such conviction under a…
Meet ‘Mr Nigeria 2014’
Emmanuel Ikubese, was on Saturday night crowned ‘Mr Nigeria 2014″ at the Eko Hotel and Suites in Victoria Island, Lagos.…
Tackling Gender-Based Violence
By Bilikis Bakare According to the United Nations, gender-based violence, interchangeably used with Violence Against Women or at times domestic…
Lagos Dep Gov Raises Alarm Over Increase In Domestic Violence
By Eromosele Ebhomele The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Mrs. Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, has raised an alarm over the increase in…
Stella Damasus: When Is It Enough?
It was 8 o’clock that morning and I was already dressed in my black dress, black shoes and no make-up,…