Religious tolerance - NCPC boss seeks greater cooperation with Hajj commission

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has raised alarm over the persistent practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Nigeria.

National unity - Wike advocates religious tolerance.

Today is the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, a day to remind the world of the cruel, inhuman and degrading practice that deprives #girls and #women their rights to health, security, physical integrity, and life, particularly when the procedure results in death.

Nigeria celebrated 2018 International Day of Midwives with a call by stakeholders on the government to invest more on nurses and midwives in the country.

As part of efforts to combat female genital mutilation in Nigeria, Devatop Africa takes the campaign against the age-long awkward practised to secondary schools.

According to the women's rights organization Terres des Femmes, as many as 65,000 women living in Germany have been subjected to female genital mutilation. One affected woman who has joined the growing call for an end to the practice shared her story.

In recognition of the role of charity in alleviating humanitarian crises and human suffering as well as the efforts of charitable organizations and individuals, including the work of Mother Teresa, the General Assembly of the United Nations designated the 5th of September, as the International Day of Charity.

The world commemorated the International Day of the Girl Child on Friday, October 11, 2019, to highlight and draw attention towards the challenges that girls face. We spoke to some teenage girls on what it means to be a girl child in Nigeria. Some of the responses would shock you.

A doctor who performed female genital mutilation on a nine-year-old girl in the northern Caucasus republic of Ingushetia is on trial. Human rights activists hope the case can help to outlaw the abuse in Russia.

Sierra Leone has one of the highest rates of female genital mutilation in Africa. Despite decades of campaigns, the traditional practice has hardly declined. This doesn't deter Rugiatu Turay from fighting cutting.

Female genital mutilation is still an issue in rural areas of Ivory Coast. Though it has been banned decades ago, girls still die and suffer from the practice.