Category: Domestic Violence

  • Domestic violence is a crime known as spousal battery under the federal Violence Against Persons Prohibition Law 2015. Eighteen states of Nigeria have passed state VAPP laws.  They are Federal Capital Territory, Abia, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Benue, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Enugu, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kwara, Nasarawa, Ogun, Osun, Ondo and Oyo. Lagos has the Protection…