As all nations celebrate this year’s International Women Day, Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa state has reiterated his commitment to implementing policies and programmes that will empower and protect women and girls in the state. The Governor gave this assurance during a press briefing as part of activities marking 2021 International Women Day with the theme “Choose to challenge” and the sub-theme “Women in leadership, Achieving An equal future in a Covild-19 World” held...

At least 10 gunmen mounted a roadblock near Chanchangi town, located along Takum-Wukari road in Taraba state on Monday evening and forced a commercial van conveying 10 passengers from Takum to Wukari town into the forest. Maiwada Takum, relative to one of the abducted travelers, told Daily Trust that the kidnappers took eight people hostage including a one-year-old boy from his mother, who was travelling on the bus. Maiwada said the mother of the infant...

The United Nations representative on Spotlight Initiative Dr. Graci Ilori has appealed to government and non-governmental organizations to put an end to gender-based violence against women with disabilities in the country. She made the call during a press conference to commemorate this year’s International Women’s Day organized by the UN in collaboration with Spotlight Initiative held at Tufini Hotel Jimeta. “During Covid-19 pandemic, women and girl’s child have been exacerbated in the country. “The UN...