Tag: Domestic violence

Policewoman begs court her marriage to fellow Policeman over domestic violence

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Policewoman Angela Adams on Tuesday begged a Customary Court sitting in Jikwoyi, FCT, to dissolve the marriage between her and her husband, Titus, over alleged domestic violence. She said this in a divorce petition filed against her husband in court. “My husband always beats me whenever we have a little misunderstanding. He beats me like a child. “He always targets my eyes. The last time he beat me, he threw a punch on my face, luckily for me, I was able to block it with my hand and the blow…

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Cases of domestic, sexual violence tripled during Covid-19 lockdown – Minister

Aminu Imam

The Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, yesterday said cases of domestic and sexual violence tripled during the Covid-19 lockdown. Recall that the Federal Government imposed the lockdown in April last year in a bid to check the spread of Covid-19 in the country. Tallen, who disclosed this during a programme to commemorate the 110th anniversary of the World Union of Catholic Women in Abuja, was, however, silent on the number of reported cases before and during the lockdown. She also warned on discrimination between the male and the girl child…

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20-yr-old man beats wife to death over Pap in Niger

Aminu Imam

A 20-year-old man, identified as Lawalli Danladi, has been arrested by the men of the Nigeria Police Force, Niger State Command, for allegedly beating his wife, Zulai, to death following an argument over the pap she prepared for him at their home in Kadaura village, in Yakila Gunna district of Rafi LGA. Danladi, who was paraded before newsmen at the Police Command headquarters in Minna, reportedly beat Zulai to a coma; she was rushed to the hospital where she died. Speaking to newsmen, Danladi said that he did not like…

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