Human Trafficking
23 Nov 2023
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 2023
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 2023
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 2023
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.
5 Oct 2023
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.
4 Oct 2023
A popular socialite in Benin City, Edo State, Felicia Osaigbovo, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined N24 million for human trafficking.
28 Aug 2023
President of the National Cashew Association of Nigeria (NCAN) Mr Ojo Ajanaku has called on the Federal Government and the International Community to take....
21 Aug 2023
United Nation's International Organisation for Migration, (IOM), has said that the art of storytelling in short films is a major means of creating awareness on the dangers of human trafficking in Nigeria. IOM Chief of Mission, Laurent De Boeck, said that in the face of daunting challenge of human trafficking, hope and inspiration can be…
6 Aug 2023
The Archbishop, Catholic chdiocese of Ibadan, Most Rev. Gabriel ‘Leke Abegunrin, yesterday called on the government to curb the menace of human trafficking, lamenting that it is as worse as kidnapping and other crimes. Abegunrin made the call on a day the police arrested two suspected child traffickers and rescued a two-year-old child at Issele-Asagba, Aniocha North…
1 Aug 2023
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, (UNODC), has launched a Compendium of Best Practices in Combating Human Trafficking in Nigeria to promote efficiency in stakeholders' intervention.
1 Aug 2023
Nigeria is not winning the war against human trafficking, child labour, modern slavery and other forms of trafficking, as the cartels involved have adopted sophisticated methods of luring victims from their homes.
31 Jul 2023
Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Ignatius Kaigama, has called for strong collaboration between religious institutions and National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) to fight human trafficking and other vices. He made the call at a thanksgiving service, yesterday, to mark the International Day Against Human Trafficking and 20th anniversary of NAPTIP, in Abuja.…
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