Human Trafficking
26 Mar
National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) rescued, received and supported 2,112 victims of trafficking in persons in 2023.
25 Mar
National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has issued an alert on new tricks by human traffickers, who now offer juicy job opportunities in the oil and gas sector in West Africa.
6 Mar
The Zonal Commander, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Nduka Nwawenne, yesterday, declared that Delta State has overtaken Edo State in human trafficking in Nigeria.
11 Feb
The operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command attached to the Rapid Response Squad 74 (RRS 74), at the weekend rescued 12 children from suspected child trafficking ring.
2 Feb
Cocreate Humanitarian Aid, yesterday, lamented the plight of Nigerians trafficked to Italy and other parts of the world. It said families are giving out their brood for as low as N30,000, equivalent to $20.
6 Jan
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says it rescued 470 victims of human trafficking in Katsina in 2023.
29 Dec
Kano State Police Command has dismantled a human trafficking syndicate, arrested nine suspects and rescued seven victims. The Command, in a statement, said the syndicate specialised in the abduction, buying and selling of minors. Speaking at a news conference in Kano on Thursday, Kano State Police Commissioner, CP Muhammad Usain Gumel, said that preliminary investigations…
15 Dec
Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, and the Ambassador of Belgium to Nigeria, Pieter Leenknegt, yesterday, called for collaboration and sustained advocacy against human trafficking and irregular migration.
23 Nov
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) and it's partners have validated a Standard Reporting Handbook for Journalists covering human trafficking cases in Nigeria.
17 Nov
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, (NAPTIP), has said that it is working with organisers of ‘Stop Human Trafficking’ exhibition in New London, the ‘Send Them Home Group’, to return three Nigerian victims home
14 Nov
Benue State has been ranked Nigeria’s epicentre of human trafficking between 2021 and 2022, with Ondo, Edo, Delta, Kano and Imo states following closely respectively in the infamous list. This was disclosed yesterday by the Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Prof. Fatima Waziri-Azi, in Abuja at the…
7 Nov
National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, (NAPTIP), has strengthen the capacity of principals and counsellor's of public secondary schools' to boost Nigeria's efforts in combating violence against persons, human trafficking for the protection of children.
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