The Ondo State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Sunday announced that operatives of the command had arrested a welder, Femi Onifade, for allegedly defiling his two daughters. The Commandant of the NSCDC in Ondo State, Mr Philip Ayuba, made the announcement in a statement, signed by the command’s Public…

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says it has apprehended two suspects for human trafficking in Akwa Ibom.

Justice Rosemary Oghoghorie of the Federal High Court, Enugu, yesterday sentenced four women to six months and N10,000 fine each.

Experts comprising academics, non-governmental organisations and government officials yesterday brainstormed in Abuja to proffer solution to increasing cases of baby factories, child trafficking and child abuse in Nigeria.

The National President, Association of Orphanages And Homes Operators In Nigeria (ASOHON), Reverend Mrs. Dele George told GERALDINE AKUTU, that the association wants to participants or observers in adoption panels in view of its role in the survival and development of adoptable children.

The Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will from today, November 15 to Friday, December 14, 2018, begin its second ordinary session for the year in Abuja. The parliament, in collaboration with development partners such as the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), UNICEF and a host…

The police in Rivers State have arrested 15 suspects over alleged involvement in child trafficking. The Commissioner of Police, Zaki Ahmed, disclosed that the intelligence unit of the command, acting on a tip off, stormed four baby factories in the state and arrested the operators, including 12 pregnant young girls. Ahmed said one of the…

The Police Command in Akwa Ibom says it has arrested seven suspects over their alleged involvement in child trafficking. This is contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by the command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Odiko Macdon, and made available to newsmen in Uyo.

The Lagos State police command has uncovered a suspected home of a child trafficking syndicate at the Ejigbo area of Lagos. Seven children, whose ages were between two and 10 years, were rescued while the suspected leader of the gang, one Comfort from Akwa Ibom State was arrested. The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Imohimi Edgal, who…

Addressing a press conference yesterday, the director of the Christian missionary clinic insisted that the buying and selling of human parts, which Itohan was accused of, was criminal under the extant laws and she must face the consequence.

Two alleged child traffickers, Stephen Udoh and Ede Thomas, have been arrested by operatives of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for trafficking 32 minors to Ekiti for a yet-to-be ascertained purpose.

Bose (surname withheld) is a young girl from Togo. Ten years ago, the mother who was residing in Cotonou, Republic of Benin handed her over to her Nigerian friend, who plies her trade in Cotonou.