Ololade Alayi, a femicide researcher and COO of DOHS foundation, had decried the rising cases of femicide in the country. Her foundation, which tracks femicide cases across states, revealed that the cases tracked in January and February of 2025 alone is 34…
Nigeria is grappling with an alarming surge in femicide cases, with at least 50 women murdered by intimate partners or family members between January and March 2025, according to DOHS Foundation data. Ololade Alayi, the foundation’s COO, revealed 34 cases were recorded in January-February, with 16 more in March, including incidents occurring before International Women’s Day. “The numbers keep rising,” Alayi told Weekend Trust, highlighting the epidemic of gender-based violence.
The victims—wives, girlfriends, and even mothers killed by their children—represent a growing national crisis leaving trails of trauma and unresolved legal cases. Experts warn these documented figures likely underrepresent the true scale of the tragedy, as many cases go unreported in Nigeria’s underfunded justice system.
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