Human Trafficking
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Niger State Governor Mohammed Bago has urged state governments to collaborate with the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) to combat human trafficking and violence across Nigeria, particularly in the North. Bago disclosed this while speaking during a meeting with NAPTIP’s Director General, Binta Bello, in Abuja on Tuesday; he emphasised…
23 Jan
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says its operatives have rescued nine pregnant women from a baby factory in Abuja. This is contained in a statement by Mr Vincent Adekoye, Press Officer, NAPTIP, and made available to newsmen on Thursday in Abuja. Adekoye revealed that the baby factory is situated…
22 Jan
After spending almost two years out of her six-year sentence, Beatrice Ekweremadu, the wife of former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, has returned to the country. The Guardian gathered that Beatrice was released on good conduct while the former deputy senate president still serves his 10-year sentence in the United Kingdom. In 2023, Ike Ekweremadu…
21 Jan
The Nigeria Immigration Service, Illela Border Command, Sokoto State, has apprehended two female victims of human trafficking heading
16 Jan
The Delta State Government said it plans to partner with the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP)
3 Jan
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) said Eniola Isaac, a 28-year-old Nigerian woman who was trafficked to Iraq is set to return to Nigeria. “Eniola Isaac, a 28-year-old trafficked Nigerian girl in Iraq, is expected to return to Nigeria January 3rd with the intervention of the officials of the Nigerian mission in Jordan, that…
9 Dec
The Joint Border Patrol Team (JBPT), Sector 2, South-West, Lagos, has foiled 280 suspected cases of human trafficking and intercepted 130,954 bags of foreign rice (50kg), equivalent to 218 truckloads in Oyo State between August 20, till date.
16 Nov
News Central TV, closely working with Ghanaian authorities, has successfully uncovered a human trafficking syndicate leading to the rescue of two Nigerian boys, Zeal and Daniel, who were trafficked across borders and exploited in Ghana. This high-stakes operation sheds light on the dangers of cross-border trafficking and the impact of joint efforts in investigative journalism…
4 Oct
The Forward Operating Base (FOB) of the Nigerian Navy in Lagos has handed over 15 rescued victims of human trafficking to Nigeria
25 Sep
The Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Dr. Anthony Ojukwu, SAN, has implored media practitioners to take an active role in dismantling the pervasive architecture of human trafficking. Speaking at a capacity-building workshop held in Keffi on Wednesday, Dr. Ojukwu stressed the media's crucial responsibility in shaping public discourse and influencing policy…
4 Sep
The Zamfara State government has requested a partnership with the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) to combat drug abuse and human trafficking. The Executive Secretary of the Zamfara State Substance Abuse Control
14 Aug
Former Comptroller-General of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammad Babandede, has warned that unless the government takes concrete steps to provide jobs for youths and reduce the poverty rate in the country, human trafficking might not be eradicated.
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