With Nigeria’s huge population, it is glaringly resesenetd on the scale of human trafficking incidents in the world, but ADEROGBA GEORGE, writes on why the efforts of the country needs to be heightened. The 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in 2013 designated July 30 as the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. […]
A picture speaks a thousand words. It freezes time and smiles and pain and ecstasy to bore through the superficial trimmings of perception into the heart of human tragedy, perseverance, and victory. Behind the world’s most famous photographs are the photographers who clicked them. Mohamad Jasem Alwazzan is one such photographer. A budding photographer who […]
Asaba – The Nasru–lahi-I-fatih Society (NASFAT) has admonished its members and all Muslims to shun any act of discrimination, exploitation, injustice and degradation of human dignity. Its Chief Missioner, Imam Abdul-Azeez Onike, also urged them to uphold equal opportunity for every individual to achieve the goals and needs, being a concept popularly referred to as […]
Enugu – Police Command in Enugu State has announced the restriction of human and vehicular movements in the state on Saturday, Feb. 29, for Local Government Elections. The Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Daniel Ndukwe, said in a statement in Enugu on Friday that the restriction on Saturday would last between the hours of […]
Lagos – The Chief Missioner Nasru-lahi-l-Fatih Society, NASFAT, Imam Abdul-Azeez Onike, has cautioned Nigerians not to give religious colouration to the disgusting discoveries of private rehabilitation centres in some parts of the country. Commenting on the discoveries, Onike said on Saturday in Lagos that emergence of the private rehabilitation centres in some parts of the […]
Some victims of human trafficking in Benin City, the Edo State capital, have vowed to take their pound of flesh from their traffickers who lured them from their parents, with the promise to give them decent jobs in Italy and other parts of Europe. The victims, who would not want their names in print, for […]
Wale Ogunade, a lawyer and human rights activist is the president, Voters Awareness Initiative, Lagos. In this Interview with INIOBONG IWOK assesses the electoral process in the country and the increasing voter apathy in the country. Your group, Voters Awareness Initiative, is a non-governmental organisation (NGO), how does it operate? The NGO is a membership […]
A United Nations Human rights and election monitoring group, People’s Right to Life Development Foundation (PERLDEF) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to veto any legislative proceeding involving contribution of sacked Senator Bassey Akpan. Akpan, hitherto represented Akwa Ibom North-East Senatorial Zone before he was sacked by a Federal High Court, on February 27, 2017. […]