Tag: EDO
Former Edo assembly aspirant convicted of sex trafficking in UK
A former Edo House of Assembly aspirant, Josephine Iyamu, has been convicted of trafficking five Nigerian women into Germany to work as prostitutes after...
Libya returnees disrupt empowerment programme in Edo
Some Libya returnees in Edo, on Monday, disrupted the town hall meeting organised by the State Task Force on Human Trafficking and Illegal Migration...
Edo bans night grazing over herdsmen/farmers clash
The Edo State Government has banned night grazing in the state to avert further herdsmen/farmers clashes.
The ban also prohibits the carrying of guns by...
Why we engaged witch doctors to fight human trafficking – NAPTIP
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has restated its engagement of witch doctors to improve prosecution cases of human...
Policemen arrested over death of Edo commercial driver
The Police Command in Edo says it has arrested members of its patrol team allegedly responsible for the killing of a commercial driver on...
NAPTIP engages witch doctors to fight human trafficking in Edo
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says it has engaged some local witch doctors in Benin, Edo, as ambassadors...
NDLEA secures 31 convictions of illicit drug dealers in Edo in...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Edo Command, says it has secured 31 convictions of illicit drug dealers in 2017.
The State Commander, Buba...
I consulted Ifa for safe return of my daughter from Libya...
Kehinde Enabulele, father of Eki, one of the 846 Edo indigenes who were repatriated from Libya on Tuesday, said that he visited an “Ifa...
Kidnapped reverend sisters regain freedom after 53 days
Three Catholic reverend sisters and three other females who were kidnapped by gunmen in Edo State have been released.
The sisters of the Eucharistic Heart...
Obaseki appoints SSA on human trafficking, illegal migration
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo as appointed human rights activist, Solomon Okoduwa, as senior special assistant (SSA) on human trafficking and illegal migration.
Mr Okoduwa,...