Fatima Waziri-Azi
16 Dec
The House of Representatives Committee on Human Rights has commended the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTiP) over its efforts in effectively tackling of Trafficking in Persons (TIP).
5 Dec
As human traffickers continue to evolve tactics luring young people into their nets, Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, (NAPTIP), Professor Fatima Waziri-Azi, has caution the youth to beware of individuals always posing as helpers because that is a major effective tactics employed by human traffickers.
29 Nov
Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons, (NAPTIP), Professor Fatima Waziri-Azi, has called on partners in the fight against Sexual and Gender Based Violence, (SGBV), to step up advocacy efforts towards preventing and tackling the issue.
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Justice Geraldine Imadegbelo of a Benin High Court has sentenced 62-year-old popular Benin-based socialite, Felicia Osaigbovo, alias Mama Masha to 12 years imprisonment for human trafficking.
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Director General, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Prof. Fatima Waziri-Azi, has disclosed that the agency, since 2004, secured 624 convictions. She made this known during the Anti-human Trafficking Awareness Walk...
31 Jul 2023
Director General, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Professor Fatima Waziri-Azi, has said that the agency has so far secured 624 convictions since 2004 of which 80 were secured last year, the highest ever and 48 in 2023. She made this known at an Anti-human Trafficking Awareness Walk themed 'Footprints of…
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The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has sensitised Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) in Edo on new methods of human trafficking and exploitation in the state.
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