Slavery Abolition

Lifestyle Nigeria gathered that a former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu; his wife, Beatrice; and their doctor, Obinna Obeta will be sentenced on May 5. This followed their conviction for organ trafficking on Thursday in the first verdict of its kind under the Modern Slavery Act. Ekweremadu, 60; his wife,…

A former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, with his wife, Beatrice, and their doctor have been convicted of organ trafficking, in the first verdict of its kind under the Modern Slavery Act. Ekweremadu, 60; his wife, Beatrice, 56, and Dr Obinna Obeta, 51, were found guilty of facilitating the travel…

OK, we lied when we said we were done with posts about Thursday’s House debate over the proposed Parental Bill of Rights, which would give parents transparency into their children’s school curricula and keep them informed of violent events that take place on campus. As we reported, Democrats argued that…

Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu has been found guilty of organ trafficking by a United Kingdom court. His wife, Beatrice Ekweremadu and Obinna Obeta, a doctor involved in the case, were also found guilty. The three were convicted of organ trafficking, in the first verdict of its kind under…

Following the conviction of a former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice, and their doctor, Obinna Obeta after they were found guilty of organ trafficking, Nigerians have taken to social media to react. Ekweremadu’s conviction was the first verdict of its kind under the Modern Slavery Act, after…

A senior Nigerian politician, his wife, daughter and a doctor have been convicted of organ trafficking, in the first verdict of its kind under the Modern Slavery Act. Ike Ekweremadu, 60, a former deputy president of the Nigerian senate, his wife, Beatrice, 56, daughter Sonia 25, and Dr Obinna Obeta,…

Acknowledge slave ownership and role of enslaved people and slave trade in enriching the church and its members “When we consider a violent, inhumane history of degradation and bondage,” says the Rt. Rev. Andrew ML Dietsche, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York speaking of the diocese’s upcoming Service…

Image source, Lauren/Geograph Image caption, Trinity College has pledged to donate £1m over five years to Cambridge Caribbean Scholarships A Cambridge University college is to appoint an academic to a four-year post to examine its legacies of slavery. Trinity College said its new Legacies of Slavery Research and Teaching Fellow…

Operation Makesafe awareness training has been rolled out to staff from businesses across Westfield Shopping Centre in Stratford and around the local area. The Specialist Crime Command's Modern Slavery and Child Exploitation team and Stratford's Safer Neighbourhoods Team, working in partnership with the Safer Business Network, held an event on…

Participants at a lecture on new ideas for engagement with the African diaspora, have called for the institution of a truth and reconciliation process to help settle and assuage the scourge of slavery and to hasten the integration of African -Americans and Afro- Caribbeans back to the African continent. The…