A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), True Life Worldwide Organisation, has raised concerns over threats to the lives of its members due to their advocacy against female genital mutilation (FGM). According to the organisation’s Public Relations Officer, Madam Victoria Ayodele, the family…
A family in Benin City has been forced to flee their home following an attack by relatives who demanded that their daughters undergo female genital mutilation (FGM). Mrs. Obanor Mary, the mother of the girls, told reporters that she was…
By Akintunde Jacobs, Akure Adewale Akinyele, a member of the ‘Gender Frontier Development Initiatives’ (GFDI), has narrowly escaped an assassination attempt by some hoodlums in Akure, the Ondo state capital. Akinyele, who disclosed this while speaking with journalists said some…
A young couple is in hiding after their newborn daughter died from complications following a forced Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) ritual carried out by family members in Ibadan, Oyo State. Olalekan Taofeek Adesanya and his partner, Esther Sedode Egbeton, welcomed…
