Child labour statistics for 2024 reveal nearly 138 million children globally, including 54 million in hazardous work, as the world misses its 2025 elimination target despite a recent 22 million reduction since 2020

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in last February’s election, Mr. Peter Obi has urged the Federal Government and other relevant stakeholders to put an end to every form of modern day slavery. The former Anambra State governor expressed this in a statement posted on his X handle on Saturday to mark the International Day for the Abolition of …

TGI Group has announced a partnership with the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) to combat child and forced labour in Africa’s cocoa industry. The partnership will involve implementing a system to monitor and remediate child labour risks and cases within the cocoa supply chain of TGI Group’s subsidiaries, Fludor Ghana, WACOT Limited (Nigeria) and Vink Corporation (UAE). According to the company, …

The Anambra State Government has arrested a woman, Eneh Ogechukwu, for using a 10-year-old girl to beg for alms, despite repeated warnings to desist from it. Ogechukwu, aged 27, from the Udi community in Enugu State, was caught at Oyeolisa Ogbunike area of Anambra State using a 10-year-old girl from Benue State for alms begging and other sundry offences. The …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has given the International Labour Organisation (ILO) insight into the reasons behind the upsurge in cases of child labour in the country. Consequently, NLC is pleading for global assistance to address the challenges, explaining that “poverty and socio-economic dispossession are at the heart of the dominant and spiking state of the incidence of child and …