Human trafficking: NSCDC rescues 10 victims in FCT
April 22, 2024 The FCT Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has intercepted 10 victims of human trafficking at Zuba motor park in Abuja. A statement…
Businesswoman jailed 7 years for promoting prostitution
Jan. 25, 2024 A Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced a 55-year-old woman, Patricia Igbinovia, to seven years imprisonment for trafficking young girls abroad for prostitution. The court also…
LASG ESTABLISHES ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING CENTRE
Jan. 12, 2024 The Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Agency (LNSA) has set up a Human Trafficking and Taskforce Centre in line with the efforts of the State Government to curb…
NIS apprehends 522 human traffickers, victims
Dec. 12, 2023 The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has arrested no fewer than 522 human traffickers and their victims in 2023, the Comptroller General, Mrs. Caroline Adepoju, has said. Adepoju,…
NAPTIP rescues 14 children trafficked from Plateau
Oct. 31, 2023 The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), has rescued 14 children that were trafficked from Plateau to Lagos State. Mr Adole Agada, the…
NIS rescues 8 victims of human trafficking in Jigawa
Oct. 13, 2023 The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Jigawa Command, says it has rescued eight victims of human trafficking in the state. The NIS Comptroller in the state, Mr. Samson…
EU project moves to protect children in Almajiri schools
Oct. 12, 2023 The Action Against Child Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants in Nigeria (A-TIPSOM), on Thursday organised a workshop to assess the Almajiri system and its impact…
NIS rescues, hands over Libya- bound victim of trafficking to NAPTIP in Kebbi
Sept. 25, 2023 The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Kebbi Command, has handed over a 22-year-old suspected victim of human trafficking to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in…
Beware of traffickers using sporting platforms to traffic youths – NAPTIP
July 29, 2023 The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has warned against persons who pretend to be sports scouts but are traffickers. “Many young people…
NAPTIP arrests 2 human trafficking suspects in Abuja
June 17, 2023 The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP), has arrested two suspects in Abuja over alleged human trafficking. The suspects are Awulonu Franklin and…