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PRESS RELEASE Youth Migration: NAPTIP Boss Calls for Conducive Environment for Employment Creation The Provision of a conducive environment for direct foreign investment into Nigeria remains the panacea to the mass unemployment problem in Nigeria. The Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) Dame Julie Okah-Donli said this in Benin City, the Edo State capital while delivering a lecture at the University of Benin as part of activities marking the 60th birthday ceremony of businessman and philanthropist, Captain (Dr) Idahosa Wells Okunbo. She was speaking on the topic: Youth Migration, Deportation and Rehabilitation: The Way Forward, under the theme: Youth Migration, Consequences and Current Realities, Some of the issues she identified as capable of making the environment conducive for foreign direct investments include: development and maintenance of Infrastructure, security, strengthening the Economy and provision of Social Sec...

A bill which seeks to provide for the registration and monitoring of convicts of sexual offences against children has passed second reading in the House of Representatives. Sponsored by the lawmaker representing Bekwarra/Obudu/Obanliku Cross Rivers, Ochiglegor Idagbo, the bill proposes the establishment of a monitoring unit under the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) and keep records of those convicted for the rape of minors. The bill, which enjoyed the support of most members will also ensure that a website is created to make it easy for members of the public to check the identity of those that seek to work with them before employing them. “History has taught us that people that commit sexual offences against minors have the tendencies to commit this sexual offence again and again. “So, this bill seeks to establish a monitoring unit under NAPTIP that will register and monitor these sexual offenders. Whenever these sexual offenders seek employ...

The Daily Trust Newspaper has reported that a senior nurse with Federal Medical Centre, ( FMC ), Katsina Ogugua Okoh , 43 years has been apprehended for allegedly selling a four months old baby boy at the cost of N200,000.  Others detained are the biological mother of the boy Aisha Idris, 18 years, of Daki Tara quarters, Katsina, one Hauwau Ibrahim, 32 years old, of Kofar Kaura and Mrs Grace Ohuhu, of Uba-Kala town, Abia state. The state commissioner of police Abdullahi Usman who confirmed the development said further investigation were still ongoing to unravel the situation. Daily Trust gathered that trouble started when the biological mother of the child, Aisha, an alleged prostitute was delivered of the child by the Nurse, Okoh at the Federal Medical center Katsina. Aisha was told that she had a still birth and the baby had since been buried. However, when a fracas ensued between her and Hauwa'u she was accused of selling a baby which prompted the police to step in. Late...