Disturbed by the alarming rate of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in society, the Adamawa state House of Assembly recently passed into the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Act now awaiting Governor’s assent. It against this background that, Stand To End Rape Initiative (STER) a Non-governmental organization with support from Spotlight Initiative organized a three-day capacity stakeholders workshop in Yola, Adamawa State on the need to adopt some components of the VAPP Act in Adamawa state and on...

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Nyanya, Abuja has ordered the remand of a policeman, Johnson Samanja, accused of shooting a 19-year-old boy. The court directive was issued on Monday after he was arraigned on a culpable homicide charge. Johnson was charged to court over the death of the 19-year-old who was shot in October last year. The trial judge, Peter Kekemeke, ordered Mr. Samanja, 51, to be remanded at the Nigerian Correctional...

Three men who abducted a housewife and her one-year-old son at Yolde Pate in Yola South Local Government Area, Adamawa state have been convicted and sentenced to 150 years imprisonment without an option of fine. The convicts, Layi Musa, Buba Siddiki and Shanu Kori will serve 50 years each behind bars conspiracy. The convicts were earlier arraigned before Justice Nathan Musa led High Court I on 14th January, 2021 on charges bordering conspiracy to commit kidnapping...