DOHS Cares Foundation Blog

Alleged killer of an Unnamed Woman in Enugu State  DOHS CARES Foundation strongly condemns the gruesome killing of a woman whose decomposing body was discovered in a residence in the Agbani community of Enugu State. Verified through our DOHS Cares Femicide Observatory's Tracker as the 93rd documented victim of femicide in Nigeria in 2026, her body was found in the bathroom of a male associate after neighbours reported a foul odour emanating from the property. Preliminary information indicates she was killed and her body concealed for approximately five days before discovery.   This latest atrocity underscores the escalating crisis of gender based violence and impunity across the country. The tracked number of cases in the DOHS Femicide Observatory represents only confirmed and publicly reported cases. Many more go unrecorded due to underreporting, systemic gaps, and community silence.   The circumstances of this death (concealment, isolation, and a failure of any interven...

DOHS CARES FOUNDATION condemns in the strongest possible terms the brutal and senseless killings of two women in Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State, in separate incidents occurring within less than one month of each other.   On July 28, 2026, Nora Abombay was allegedly killed by her husband Emma Abombay following a domestic dispute after returning from a visit. Her eldest child, barely eight years old, reportedly witnessed the violence that took his mother’s life. The suspect remains at large.   On August 26, 2026, barely four weeks later, Blessing Oghwoghwo, a mother of two young boys aged 5 and 3, was reportedly beaten and strangled to death by her husband, identified only as Favour. He fled the scene immediately, leaving behind their terrified children.   These are not isolated incidents. They are the visible tip of a deadly national epidemic; femicide, the most extreme form of gender-based violence, and it is happening, with frightening frequency and near-tot...

Femicide in Nigeria, State by State Statistics by DOHS Femicide Observatory.  By H.T Jagiri.  Across Nigeria, women and girls continue to be killed simply because they are women. These killings often occur in the context of intimate partner violence, family violence, sexual violence, harmful gender norms, and misogyny. Yet many of these cases are routinely reported as "domestic disputes," "relationship issues," or isolated incidents, obscuring the systemic nature of the violence.   In 2024, We documented Over 150 women and girls killed in gender-related violence in Nigeria in 2024 and by 2025 December, we had tracked and documented over 350 cases of femicide in Nigeria, amounting to A W oman killed approximately every 49 hours.  This year, we have already recorded over 40 cases of   gender related killings of Women and Girls. These figures represent mothers, daughters, sisters, students, professionals, and breadwinners whose lives were violently cut short. Ye...