Opinion

The return of Slave Trade in the 21st century

Ihesiulo Grace 31 March 2021 0

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,

Africa News

Annual voodoo celebration takes place in Benin

Ihesiulo Grace 13 January 2018

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 […]

News

Slave Trade: Nigerians task to shun traveling abroad for greener pasture

Ihesiulo Grace 9 December 2017 0

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 […]

Headlines News

Slave trade, rights violations: Libyan Govt orders probe

Ihesiulo Grace 2 December 2017 0

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 […]

Headlines News

‘Fellow Nigerians abducted, sold us into slavery in Libya’ –Returnees

Ihesiulo Grace 2 December 2017 0

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 […]

News

Why Nigeria must go to war with Libya over slave trade – Fani-Kayode

Ihesiulo Grace 30 November 2017 0

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 […]

Tourism

Want to know more about history? Visit Badagry

Ihesiulo Grace 30 August 2016 0

  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 […]