By Julie Okah Donli Many people cast suspicious stares at me when I tell them that we are still in the era of slave trade. Before you begin to tow that line of thought and jump to consult your history books that talks about how slave trade has been abolished in different countries of world, […]
Thousands of voodoo followers on January 10th converged at the beach in Ouidah, Benin where they worship spirits and pay homage to the millions of slaves who have passed by this road, when Ouidah was a key location for slave trade in West Africa. Born in the kingdom of Dahomey (present-day Togo and Benin), voodoo […]
Following the repatriation of Nigerians from Libya by Federal Government, Director General of Jos Business School, Mr. Ezekiel Gomos, has discouraged young Nigerians from travelling abroad to look for greener pasture and urged them to believe in the prosperity of the nation. He admonished Nigerian youths to think inwards and generate ideas that will make […]
The government of Libya has ordered full investigation over the alleged human trade and human rights violations taking place in the country. The CNN had in a documentary exposed the establishment of human trade markets in Libya, saying that human beings were sold for mere $400 while others were subjected to various degrees of inhuman […]
This emerged as more Nigerians are repatriated by the International Organisation for Migration with the backing of the European Union in an ongoing exercise that has seen 1,295 retrieved from Libya in November alone. Since the beginning of 2017, IOM-facilitated repatriation has brought back 5,578 Nigerian migrants, who were trapped in and outside prisons across […]
Femi Fani-Kayode, former Nigeria’s Aviation Minister, Thursday asserted that the Libyans have given Nigeria reason to go to war with them. The former Minister made the assertion while sharing a photograph of some victims of alleged slave trade in Libya. He noted that the Libyans gave “us” reasons to go to war by enslaving and […]
The road trip to Badagry, Lagos Nigeria was organised by Social Prefect Tours and it held on Saturday, August 6, 2016. On Saturday morning, we met at the Archbishop Vining Memorial Church Field in Ikeja GRA where the trip started at about 9:15am. The road trip from Ikeja GRA to Badagry took about approximately […]