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Lagos Upgrades Five Police Divisions to Boost Response to Sexual, Domestic Violence

Lagos Upgrades Five Police Divisions to Family Support Units

Lagos Upgrades Five Police Divisions to Boost Response to Sexual, Domestic Violence

Korede Abdullah September 8, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – The Lagos State Government has expanded its response to domestic and sexual violence by...

Lagos Records 33,009 Domestic Violence Cases Lagos State officials during the 2026 Domestic and Sexual Violence Awareness campaign.

Lagos Records 33,009 Domestic Violence Cases

Korede Abdullah September 1, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – Lagos State has recorded 33,009 domestic and sexual violence cases between September 2021 and...

Lagos Secures Justice for 2,460 GBV Survivors Lagos State Commissioner for Women Affairs presenting gender-based violence statistics and survivor support initiatives.

Lagos State Commissioner for Women Affairs presenting gender-based violence statistics and survivor support initiatives.

Lagos Secures Justice for 2,460 GBV Survivors

Korede Abdullah June 2, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – Lagos State recorded 6,753 cases of gender-based violence (GBV) in 2025, with 2,460 survivors...

Seven Lives, One Silence: Inside Kano’s Family Killing that Exposed Nigeria’s Deadly Blind Spot Dorayi Chiranchi community in Kano after family killings”

Dorayi Chiranchi community in Kano after family killings”

Seven Lives, One Silence: Inside Kano’s Family Killing that Exposed Nigeria’s Deadly Blind Spot

Hussaini Ibrahim January 31, 2026

KANO, Nigeria – In Dorayi Chiranchi, a crowded suburb on the edge of Kano’s restless metropolis, neighbours...

Lagos Raises Alarm Over 2,213 Abused Girls in One Year DSVA Executive Secretary Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi addressing journalists on child abuse cases in Lagos