150 Women Killed In Nigeria In 2024, Group Alleges 

A female rights advocacy organisation, DOHS Cares Foundation, has alleged that Nigeria recorded 150 femicide-related deaths in 2024.

The founder of the group, Mrs Ololade Ajayi, disclosed this during a presentation titled, ‘Unseen, Unheard, Uncounted: Femicide and the War on Women’, where she spoke on the alarming rates of femicide.

Ajayi said the data was tracked by the DOHS Femicide Observatory.

According to her, over 88 femicide cases were recorded between January and June 2025, representing a woman being killed by an intimate partner, relative, or acquaintance every 49 hours.

“Femicide is war. It’s a war on women’s right to breathe and to be, so each rescue we make is a life reclaimed from violence. Each child rescued from abuse is a future restored. Our interventions at DOHS are not just statistics, they are testimonies to the power of collective care and advocacy,” she said.

Ajayi also stated that the group had rescued 216 women and children from various forms of abuse, including sexual assault, domestic violence, and child molestation, in the last 18 months.

She warned that without accurate data, legal recognition, and protection mechanisms, the silent war on women would continue unchecked.