Ebonyi state to jail those who practice female genital mutilation

Ebonyi State Government has issued a warning to anyone caught cutting practices female genitals, saying a jail term of five years awaits such person.

Ekiti state first lady partners UNPF to end female genital mutilation

The wife of the Ekiti State Governor, Mrs Feyisetan Fayose will today in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital host critical stakeholders, including  three other first ladies from South-West Nigeria to strategize on how to eliminate female genital mutilation in the region.

Nigerian circumcisers' conditions for ending Female Genital Mutilation

The Circumcision Descendants Association of Nigeria have advocated the provision of alternative means of livelihood for their members as a way of curbing Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) practice in south-west Nigeria.

How medical professionals should treat victims of female genital mutilation- World Health Organisation

The World Health Organization today released its first-ever guidelines on how medical professionals should treat victims of female genital mutilation (FGM), hoping to ease the terrible suffering caused by the widely condemned practice.

Nigerian mum lied about Female Genital Mutilation so her daughters can stay in the UK

via Express.co.uk

In what has been described as an 'immigration scam', to stay in Britain, a Nigerian mother told a court that her ex-husband was forcing their daughters to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM).