Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has hailed former President Olusegun Obasanjo over the swift assent to the bill creating Women Trafficking and Child Labour Eradication Foundation (WOTCLEF). He also commended the National Assembly for passing the bill even as he urged that no child should be denied education and no woman should suffer from trafficking. The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections stated this on Monday at the...

The combined and coordinated efforts of the Ghanaian Anti-Human Trafficking Police, Nigerians in Diaspora Organization (NIDO) Ghana, and the Nigerian High Commission in Accra has rescued seventeen young Nigerian girls trafficked to Ghana. Abdur-Rahman Balogun, the spokesman of NiDCOM, said the rescued girls were repatriated back to the country while five traffickers were equally arrested. This latest rescue operation brought the number of girls repatriated back to Nigeria from Ghana alone since July 2024 to 130. Balogun...

Security Chiefs in Imo State have given an assurance of adequate security during and after the burial ceremony of former President General of Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, the late Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, whose burial is slated for November 2, 2024. The security chiefs gave the assurance while paying a condolence visit to the family of the late leader of the Igbo socio-cultural organization at his country home in Umuohii Atta, Ikeduru LGA of the state over the...

The Enugu State Government has approved eighty thousand naira (N80,000) as the new minimum wage for both Local and State Government workers in the state with effect from October 2024. The State Governor, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah announced this on Thursday after a meeting with the Enugu State Minimum Wage Implementation Committee headed by the Head of Service, Kenneth Ugwu and leaders of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, ALGON, Enugu chapter at the...