he National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has stated that women carry out majority of the human trafficking and adoption crimes in Nigeria. Fatima Waziri-Azi, director-general of NAPTIP, said this on Thursday, May 25, at a workshop organised for non-governmental organisations in Akwa Ibom, Anambra and Cross River states. Waziri-Azi, represented by Arinze Orakwue, expressed sadness over the large number of women who have been involved in trafficking offences in the Nigeria. “The agency …
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Ahead of the anniversary of the October 20 2020 #EndSARS protest in Lagos where gunshots were fired at protesters at the Lekki tollgate, singer Falz has said Nigerian youths will not be silenced by anyone. In a post shared on his Instagram page this evening, the singer reacted to the decision of the state Commissioner of Police barring interested persons from staging any EndSARS remembrance protest. Falz in his post said innocent people were killed just because they were …
The three white men charged with the killing of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery as he jogged through his own Georgia neighborhood in February 2020, have now been charged with federal hate crimes. George McMichael, 65, his son Travis McMichael, 35, and William “Roddie” Bryan, 51, have all been charged with one count of interference with rights and one count of attempted kidnapping according to the U.S. Department of Justice. The two charges accuse the men of interfering with Arbery’s right to use …
Kosovo’s president Hashim Thaci has been has been charged with 10 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity for his role in the country’s 1990s conflict. A special international prosecutor (SPO) in The Hague alleged that Thaci and nine others “are criminally responsible for nearly 100 murders”, torture and enforced disappearances. The court was set up to investigate allegations of crimes committed by the Kosovo Albanian side during the war. Mr Thaci and one of the accused, Kosovo politician Kadri Veseli were also accused …
David Guillod, the Hollywood executive producer of “Extraction” and “Atomic Blonde” has been charged with multiple counts of rape, sexual assault, and kidnap of four women in California. The 53-year-old who ran Primary Wave Entertainment, a talent agency, surrendered to police Monday morning in Santa Barbara, near Los Angeles after a three-year investigation. He is now in custody at the Santa Barbara County Jail, with bail set at $3 million. The charges stem from alleged encounters in 2012, …
Don Jazzy has slammed rapists, rape apologists and those protecting them in reaction to report of the death of 22-year-old Vera Uwaila Omozuwa, the 100-level student of the University of Benin who was raped and murdered in a church in Edo state. In a tweet addressed to rapists, the music producer and record label executive stated that they will all pay for their crimes one day. He also stated that they should be ashamed of themselves. Don Jazzy tweeted; …