Four Months After marriage, Man Murders Own wife
…Psychologist says the first violent episode should be the last In recent times, Nigeria has experienced perturbing instances of domestic violence, not affirmative is the opinion that this has been happening from time in memorial, but the digital age has given these incidences a wider reportage. More so, the horror and emotional trauma of these incidences are better felt than in the previous decade and this had left nothing to be desired of these worrisome occurrences. Although much has been heard about violence against women; statistics shows that ‘28 percent of all women, which is almost a third of all women in Nigeria, have experienced physical violence.’ While up to 43 percent of women thought wife beating could be justified on the grounds of ‘burning the food’, ‘arguing with the husband’, ‘going out without asking permission’, neglecting the children, and ‘refusal to have sexual intercourse’. These has bee...