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Activists Decry Lack of Action in Nigeria as Femicide Rates Soar by 240%
The Guardian
|February 25, 2025
At least two dozen women have died as a result of gender-based violence across Nigeria in 2025 alone, activists and civil society organisations have said in a call for a state of emergency.
According to Femicide Observatory, run by the Lagos-based non-profit DOHS (Document our History) Cares Foundation, there were 17 cases reported in January this year - a 240% increase over the same period last year. More than 100 femicides were documented in 2024.
In February, Emrich Effanga, a hairstylist in the southern town of Uyo, was reportedly strangled by her boyfriend, an usher in their church. Just weeks before, Mutiat Sholola reportedly died after her husband stabbed her in the head and attacked her with hot oil in Owode Egba, a few hours' drive outside Lagos.
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