human trafficking

National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP) has rescued 35 victims of alleged human trafficking in Niger Republic. Zonal Coordinator of the Agency in Kano, Mr Abdullahi Babale, made this known in an interview…

Operatives of Anti-Human Trafficking Unit of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Akwa Ibom State Command have arrested one Elisha Effiong for allegedly conniving with his wife to sell their two daughters aged 6 and 4 respectively.…

National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has arrested a middle-aged man, Emmanuel Stephen, for allegedly trafficking his 21-year-old girlfriend, (name withheld), to Mali for prostitution and sexual exploitation.…

National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has said that it would leverage every avenue to spread its message, including local town criers. The agency’s Director-General, Basheer Muhammed, said this on Friday…

Federal High Court sitting in Kano state has sentenced a 28-year-old man, Abubakar Suleiman, to two years imprisonment without an option of fine for trafficking 30 women to Libya. National Agency for the Prohibition In Persons (NAPTIP)…

Lebanese Ambassador to Nigeria, Houssam Diab has said contrary to public opinion, most Nigerians in Lebanon especially ladies were not trafficked but entered the country legally. Diab said this during a visit to the Foreign Affairs…

Nigerian lady identified as Adetomisin has cried out from an unknown location in Oman, calling for help to be rescued and returned back to the country. The young lady, who claimed to be from Ondo State, said she was tricked into…

Lebanese man who advertised a Nigerian woman for sale on Facebook, has been arrested. It would be recalled that there was outrage on social media on Wednesday over the Lebanese identified as Wael Jerro who on Facebook put up a sales…

Nigerians have expressed outrage after Lebanese, identified as Wael Jerro, puts up a Nigerian woman for sale on Facebook. Jerro, who resides in Beirut, Lebanon, put up the passport of the victim, Busari Peace, on a Facebook group,…

The Edo State Government has withdrawn the operational license of Famous Faithland Orphanage Home, over alleged involvement in the selling of a baby girl for over N1.7 million. This was done as part of the commitment by the Edo State…

A 10-year-old girl who was stolen from her family in 2018, has been rescued by Anambra State Police, after being taken away from Akwa Ibom and sold to a couple for N800,000. Confirming the arrest of the couple who bought her, Anambra…

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Command in Lagos, has rescued 9 girls from being trafficked out of the country. The Public Relations Officer of NIS, DCI Sunday James made this known…

Enugu State Police Command has on Friday arrested and paraded two suspected child traffickers who specialize in moving children from one part of the country to another. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Ahmed Abdurrahman, while…

Omolola Ajayi in tears while recording the viral video A 23-year-old lady, who allegedly claimed to have been trafficked to Lebanon in a video that went viral on social media on January 9, has been rescued and handed over to the Nigerian…

A Federal High Court sitting in Makurdi has sentenced 18 year old Awua Mzehemen, male, and 40 year old Mbaikpeveyol Pius, female, to two years imprisonment each for human trafficking. The suspects were arraigned by the National Agency…