The presidential spokesman says the mandate and ultimatum issued by ECOWAS did not emanate from the office of President Tinubu. The Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), President Bola Tinubu has ordered fresh and heavier financial sanctions on the Republic of Niger and neighbouring countries that …
Read More »Over 25,000 trafficked Nigerian girls, women trapped in Mali
The Commander of the Benin Zone of NAPTIP, Nduka Nwanwenne, gave the figure on Tuesday at a workshop organised for media professionals in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the workshop was to develop capacities of the participants in creating awareness on the dangers of human trafficking. …
Read More »Mali: UN chief ‘strongly condemns’ deaths of two peacekeepers in ‘heinous attack’
In a statement issued on Friday, Stéphane Dujarric said that in addition to the deaths of the male and female peacekeepers in Timbuktu town earlier in the day, four other blue helmets from the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) were injured. Possible war crime Attacks targeting UN …
Read More »Mali PM Choguel Maiga placed on ‘forced rest’ by doctor
Maiga is suffering from exhaustion after working for 14 months without break, his office says. Mali Prime Minister Choguel Maiga has been placed on forced rest by his doctor on Saturday after months of intense exertion, his office has said. “After 14 months of working without a break, the prime …
Read More »Man arrested for allegedly trafficking his wife to Mali for prostitution and selling her 2-year-old child for N600, 000 in Ogun
A 36 years old man Kingsley Essien has been arrested by men of Ogun state police command for allegedly trafficking his wife to Mali for prostitution and subsequently selling her 2-year-old son at the rate of N600,000. A statement released by DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, spokesperson of the state polie command, …
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