The Ogun Security Network Agency, known as Amotekun Corps, confirmed on Wednesday the rescue of 16 women and girls allegedly forced into prostitution. While parading the victims and their trafficker in Abeokuta, Amotekun Corps Commander, Alade Adedigba, said the girls…
By Umar Akilu Majeri, Dutse The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) in Jigawa State has rescued 10 individuals suspected to be victims of human trafficking. The rescue operation, which took place in the Tsamiya Kwance area of Babura Local Government, was…
Cross River State Police Command has arrested one Victor Eyop for alleged trafficking of girls from Nigeria to Libya. The State Police Commissioner, Gyogon Grimah, confirmed this on Monday at a news conference in Calabar, the state capital. Grimah noted…
Operatives of the Imo State Police Command’s Quick Intervention Unit have arrested a 36-year-old woman over alleged child trafficking. The operatives also rescued two children suspected to have been stolen in Anambra State. In a press statement issued by the…
The Network Against Corruption and Trafficking, NACAT, has warned students against sextortion, saying the consequences are devastating. NACAT’s Operations Manager, Stanley Ugagbe, gave this warning while addressing university students in Abuja on Thursday. He urged students “to speak up when…
By Sodiq Adelakun A Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced a 55-year-old woman, Patricia Igbinovia, to seven years imprisonment for trafficking young girls abroad for prostitution. The court also ordered the convict to pay the sum of N1 million…
By Fatai Kasali A couple suspected to be trafficking a one- month old baby from Lagos to Onitsha, has been arrested by the Anambra State Police Command on Tuesday. This was contained in a statement issued to the press in…
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). has commenced a two-day training for 50 public schools principals and counsellors in the FCT on combating violence against children and trafficking in persons. The Director-General of NAPTIP, Prof.…
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday convicted and sentenced four foreigners to six years imprisonment for wildlife trafficking. The convicts are three Vietnamese nationals -Phan Chi, Phan Quan, and Duong Thang, and a Guinean, Mory Berrette. Justice Yelim…
Illegitimate ventures in Nigeria have grown to the degree that the expansive wings have begun to assume narratives that are clustering challenges confronting the Country. Of these, have been the growing wings of trafficking in persons. The venture has grown…
