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The Governor Of Edo State, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has inaugurated the state Anti-Human Trafficking task force that he believes would proffer a new set of home-grown solutions to the age-long social problem. Speaking during the ceremony at the government house in Benin City the state capital, Governor Obaseki said a situation where the state is fast becoming synonymous with human trafficking is no longer acceptable. He, therefore, charged the task force to urgently redeem the state’s image saying that the Edo people do not want to be associated with the stigma anymore. Furthermore, he emphasized the need for the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) as well as other international organsations to join Edo State in the fight against human trafficking. SOURCE: http://www.channelstv.com/2017/08/15/obaseki-sets-task-force-human-trafficking/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=channelstv

News monitored on Al Jazeera Network has it that Mauritanians have voted to abolish their senate and alter their national flag by referendum. The electoral commission announced this on Sunday, in a clear victory for President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz the day after the vote. While turnout was 53.73 percent, 85 percent of voters on Saturday declared "Yes" to changes put to a referendum when they were defeated in the Senate in March, despite fierce criticism from a boycott movement that called mass protests during campaigning. Abdel Aziz, who last week described the senate as "useless and too costly," has said the move to abolish the governing body would improve governance by introducing more local forms of lawmaking. But the boycott movement drew broad political support from figures as diverse as religious conservatives and anti-slavery activists. Members of opposition parties spearheading the boycotters held a press conference on Sunday during which they denoun...

ANAMBRA MASSACRE: Analysis on How a murder that occurred four years ago in South Africa led to the massacre in Ozubulu. Ginika, an Mbaise native, grew up in Ozubulu, and was taken to South Africa by Aloysious a.k.a Bishop, to start a "joint venture". It was reported that the "Joint Venture" became a boom, and Bishop opted to pay off Ginika, and Ginika refused thus ensued a quarrel. Ginika,raised in Ozubulu, but of Mbaise parentage, took the matter to Mbaise Kin in South Africa and accused Bishop of plotting to kill him. Sometimes later, Ginika was assassinated in South Africa, with accusing fingers pointed towards Bishop, who denied the killing. This event set of retaliatory killings, with many of Bishop's associates murdered in South Africa and Nigeria. It was said that Bishop escaped several attempts to kill him, and have always come out unscathed during each attack. But back home in Ozubulu, Bishop is well loved. He placed elderly women on monthly cash t...

The United Nations (UN), African Union (AU), and ECOWAS have condemned and deplored the Boko Haram terrorists ambush in Maiduguri, against a convoy of personnel of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company accompanied by geologists, under military escort. Different sources revealed that around 50 persons were killed during the attack. The AU, UN, and ECOWAS reaffirmed their support to the people and the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in their implacable struggle against terrorism. The Unions also reiterated their support to all ECOWAS states to fight against terrorism, by encouraging them to implement the ECOWAS counter-terrorism strategy aimed at eradicating this menace in the region. In a statement, the Unions sincerely wish the injured a swift recovery and express their deepest condolences to the victims and their families, as well as the people and Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Earlier, Acting President, Prof.  Yemi Osinbajo said t...

The next edition of the Africa Cup of Nations will be held in June and July 2019 and feature eight extra teams, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced. CAF said on Thursday after a meeting of its executive committee that the tournament will expand for the first time since 1996 and be switched from its usual slot in January and February. The move will result in AFCON no longer clashing with the middle of the European season, meaning clubs will not have to cope without African players who are called up for the tournament. AFCON will also be held exclusively in Africa and feature only nations from the continent following suggestions CAF could host the tournament elsewhere and invite non-African teams to compete. Cameroon, the holders of the AFCON title after beating Egypt in February’s final, will host the next finals in 2019, with 24 nations to be included in the competition for the first time. An inspection will be conducted in ...

A 39-year-old housewife, Mrs. Omotayo Salawudeen, has confessed that she covered the mouth of her husband, Alhaji Hakeem Salawudeen, while the 24-year-old man she hired to kill him stabbed him to death. Omotayo, who was paraded by the police in Osogbo on Monday for alleged murder, made the confession while being interviewed by journalists. Omotayo said her husband was loving, adding that she had sex with him before 24-year-old Dolapo Oladapo, who she allegedly hired to kill her husband, stabbed him to death. She said, “I hired Oladapo Dolapo to kill my husband. We were married for about 17 years. We are blessed with three children. They are aged 17, 15 and 12. My husband did not not offend me, I was just mad at him “I choked him with pillow after having sex with him; and Dolapo stabbed him to death with a knife. “I don’t know what came over me, but I am regretting my action. I didn’t know it would end this way.” Oladapo, who the woman ...

Police detectives attached to Nnewi Division of the Anambra State Police Command on Saturday, July 8, arrested a 24-year-old mother Oluchi Emeobi, of Nnewi Ichi, Nnewi local government Area of the state.  The suspect conspired with her 26 year old female friend ,Nchedoch Richard, of the same address and sold her two months old baby to a woman popularly known as First Lady, who is now at large. In order to conceal her dastardly act, the suspect reported at the Police Station under false pretense that she left her baby under the custody of a yet to be ascertained woman who absconded with the baby to unknown destination.  Exhibits recovered from the principal suspect include: The sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira (250,000) cash and one motorcycle the suspect allegedly bought with part of the money realized from the sale of her baby.  The case is under investigation and effort is being intensified to arrest the fleeing suspect and recover the baby. http://www.n...