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A United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNDOC) report has shown that nine in 10 Nigerian women that are smuggled to Europe come from Edo State. Edo is a predominantly Christian state with a population of 3 million. In a report by Reuters – Cycle of exploitation turns Nigerian sex slaves in Italy into traffickers – traffickers in Nigeria are exploiting Europe’s migration crisis, moving girls to lawless Libya, before crossing the Mediterranean to Italy, anti-slavery activists say. “Edo women started going to Italy to buy gold and beads in the early 1980s and saw a thriving market in…

The Appeal Court in Lagos has nullified the monthly environmental sanitation in Lagos State, saying it is illegal and ordered the Lagos State Government not to restrict people’s movement on that day. The court which delivered its judgment at the weekend banned the state government from further restricting anyone’s movement within Lagos State at any time or day whatsoever on the basis of environmental sanitation as there is no written law to that effect. Justice Ugochukwu Ogakwu of the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division held that in the absence of a written law prescribing the same, the governor’s directive for…

New facts have emerged about the indebtedness of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to defunct Nigerian Telecommunications Plc, twenty months after its sale to core investor – Natcom Consortium – at the sum of $252.25 million. (NITEL) and its mobile arm, Mtel, has put Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of government debts to the defunct telecoms firm at N7.984 billion as of July 13, 2016. Private sector debts to the firm as of same date are put at N597 million. Detailed disclosures pertaining to assets and liabilities of the firm were contained in a report prepared by the liquidator, Otunba…

Over 250,000 refugees from the Central African Republic are living in eastern Cameroon, having fled unrest, violence and civil war in the country in several waves since the early 2000s. Dwindling humanitarian funds for Cameroon, and the prospect of a huge influx of arrivals if Central African Republic plunges back into full-blown conflict, are fuelling fears among aid agencies for the future of the country’s refugees. Here are ten facts about the situation: * Eastern Cameroon is home to nearly 260,000 refugees from Central African Republic, around 60 per cent of whom arrived after sectarian violence erupted in 2013. *…

West Ham United will make a January loan move for Chelsea’s Cesc Fabregas, 29. The Spanish midfielder has played just 87 minutes in the league this season. (Daily Mirror) Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho’s criticism of defender Luke Shaw’s fitness before Sunday’s win over Swansea has left the 21-year-old baffled. (The Sun) Everton will face a fight to keep striker Romelu Lukaku as Paris St-Germain are ready to make a big-money offer for the 23-year-old. (Daily Mirror) Full-back Matteo Darmian, 26, says it is too early to think about a transfer away from Manchester United, despite only playing five times…

Stephen Curry’s 3-point shot returned Monday night, and he came with a vengeance. One game after the end of his streak of 157 consecutive games with at least one 3-pointer, Curry buried 13 triples in a 116-106 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans at Oracle Arena. That snapped the single-game record of 12, held by Kobe Bryant, Donyell Marshall and Curry. Curry’s record-breaker came on a pass from Draymond Green with 2:23 left in the game and pushed his points total to 46. Your browser does not support iframes. Curry is breaking more records with the Warriors after they dropped…

Voters in a New Hampshire hamlet, Dixville Notch have kicked off voting in the US presidential election. Residents of the hamlet cast their votes at midnight. Out of the six votes cast, Hillary Clinton beat Donald Trump four votes to two, a result that may foreshadow voting trends hours later in the rest of polling stations across America. Libertarian Gary Johnson received one vote, and Mitt Romney received a surprise write-in ballot, USA Today reported. According to New Hampshire law, communities with fewer than 100 voters can open their polls at midnight and close them as soon as all registered…

Oyo State Government has announced 50 percent reduction in the salaries of political office holders, their compensation, approval limits and government’s spending with immediate effect. Alhaji Olalekan Alli, the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), disclosed this at a news conference held in Ibadan on Monday. Alli said that the decision was taken at the State Executive Council meeting held on Friday, Nov. 4. He said that it was a measure to shore up the dwindling revenue base of the state. The SSG said that the state had been spending its monthly allocation from the federation account on payment of…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Benin inaugurated the remodeled 200-bed capacity ultra modern central hospital. Buhari noted that the edifice was ”the best way to do things and the best thing to do for the people” by any government. While commending Gov. Adams Oshiomhole’s efforts at uplifting the lives of the people, Buhari said “I respect his sacrificing his personal comfort to constructing the edifice”. He said that he was in the state for the third time to inaugurate projects executed by the governor. Earlier, Oshiomhole said that since the hospital was established in 1902, successive governments had tried…

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has attacked the Somali community in the US state of Minnesota saying “some of them [are] joining Isis and spreading their extremist views”. Trump promised to ensure that local communities were consulted before refugees settled. Around 50,000 Somalis are in Minnesota. Next week nine ethnic Somalis from Minnesota will be sentenced on terror charges for plotting to join the Islamic State group. Trump cited a recent knife attack by a Somali immigrant who stabbed 10 people at a Minnesota shopping centre before being shot dead by a police officer. He said at the rally on…