At least 100 students from just one secondary school (Idogbo Secondary School) in Benin, have been trafficked to Libya in the last four months. This was disclosed in Benin on Sunday during an advocacy programme by the Senior Special Assistant to Gov Godwin Obaseki on Human trafficking and illegal migration, Mr Solomon Okoduwa. Okoduwa said […]
Continue Reading
Some returnees from Edo State on Tuesday staged a protest over what they described as a “systematic delay” in the payment of their monthly stipends. It was alleged that the state Task Force against Human Trafficking, had breach the terms they had, the placard-carrying returnees therefore called for the dissolution of the task force. Some […]
Continue Reading
The Network of Civil Society Against Human Trafficking (NCAHT), has hailed the Benin Monarch, Oba Ewuare II, over his collaborative efforts in the war against human trafficking, irregular migration and other social vices. President of NCAHT, Ms. Jennifer Ero, in a statement she issued in Benin, described last Friday’s meeting convened by the Monarch, at […]
Continue Reading
Nigeria’s U-20 female team, the Falconets, on Saturday in Benin qualified for the Female World Cup in France after a six-goal victory over Basetsana, their South African counterparts. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Falconets, who won 2-0 in the first leg a fortnight ago in South Africa, qualified on an eight-goal […]
Continue Reading
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie Oyegun, on Thursday explained that his loyalty to the present administration led by Muhammadu Buhari, was reason why he is being persecuted by some disgruntled elements in the party who want him out as National Chairman. Oyegun who spoke in Benin, Edo State, […]
Continue Reading
The level of insecurity in Edo State is becoming alarming. Amongst many cases, a Benin-based freelance photo journalists, Mr. Lucky Agie, was on Monday night attacked by suspected armed robbers, on his way home from work. Agie who was attacked when he boarded a taxi along Akpakpava Road in Benin City, the Edo State capital, […]
Continue Reading
Patients at the Edo Central Hospital in Benin and their caregivers on Tuesday staged a protest against alleged robbery and rape in the hospital. The patients and their caregivers, who protested around the central hospital premises, appealed to the management of the institution to put in place security measures to ensure the safety of their […]
Continue Reading
The Benin Command of the Nigerian Police Force, has arrested four “fake soldiers”; Iyoragie David, Emmanuel Musa, Kingsley Egharevba and Chibuike Nwabali, for posing as men of the Nigerian Army. It was gathered that the suspects wore uniforms of the Nigerian Army when they were arrested at Okhuaihe village, along Benin-Asaba Road by local vigilante […]
Continue Reading
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) on Sunday said it has arrested a notorious human trafficker and rescued three victims from his residence in Benin. Mr Josiah Emerole, the Head, Press and Public Relations, NAPTIP, said this in a statement issued in Abuja. Emerole disclosed that the 33-year-old man, Monday […]
Continue ReadingTwo hundred and forty-five persons were convicted by two separate Mobile Courts on Saturday in Benin for violation of the state’s Sanitation and Pollution Management Law No 5 of 2010. The two courts sat at Ramat Park and Sapele roads within Benin metropolis. Mr Samson Erhaze, Senior State Counsel, Edo ministry of Justice and Mr […]
Continue Reading