[responsivevoice] Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim has been appointed as the new Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) by President Muhammadu Buhari. Sulaiman-Ibrahim replaced the sacked Julie Okah-Donli. A lawyer from the South-South zone of the country, who has been the head of the agency since April 2017. According to a…
Fight Against Human Trafficking: NAPTIP Honours Okunbo as Greatest Individual Ally
Names him Man of the Year 2020. The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has named the Chairman of Ocean Marines Solution and prominent Edo son, Idahosa Wells Okunbo as its Man of the Year 2020. The anti-human trafficking agency said the honour, which was in commemoration of the 2020 World…
NAPTIP Warns Students Against Unplanned Travels
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, has warned students against embarking on unplanned trips abroad; stressing that unemployment was not a justifiable reason for young men and women in Edo and Delta states to submit to being trafficked out of the country. The Benin Zonal Commander of the agency, Nduka…
Maids and the Challenges of Life
In South Africa, being a maid is a career option. During the apartheid era, black maids worked in white households, looking after white children. In today’s South Africa, rich people, middle class families and up-and-coming families are able to afford the services of maids. There is no connotation to slavery so people move from the…