Balancing Gender Issues: Nigeria Needs a Robust Legislation to Combat Domestic Violence
…In October last year, 2023, it was reported that a woman bathed her husband with hot oil while asleep over an argument. In the same year sometimes in December, a woman was arrested for a disturbing incident—allegedly pouring scalding hot water on her husband. The Lagos State Government through its Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) revealed 1,108 men to have reportedly been subjected to domestic abuse in six years.