Tag: Human Trafficking
UN Increases Fight Against Human Trafficking
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has said it is stepping up its fight against human trafficking and migrant smuggling, it announced...
FCTA Seals Off Orphanage Home Where 23 Trafficked Children Were Rescued
The Mandate Secretary of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Women Affairs Secretariat, Mrs. Adedayo Benjamins-Laniyi, disclosed during a press conference on Monday that the...
NSCDC Arrests Two Suspects Over Alleged Human Trafficking in Taraba
The Taraba Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested two suspects attempting to traffic 16 children.
The suspects were arrested...
NSCDC officers nab man trying to sell son for N20m
Undercover personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have arrested 42-year-old man, Chinana Telpesa-Tali for attempting to sell his eighth years...
NAPTIP rescues 470 Katsina victims of human trafficking in 2023
The NAPTIP Commander in the state, Mr Musa Aliyu, revealed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Katsina.
According to him, within...
Nigeria drops in global counter-trafficking rating
Nigeria last attained Tier 1 status in the U.S. State Department’s Trafficking in Persons Report in 2011 and has not done so since, Saturday...
FG moves to end illegal migration, human trafficking
The Federal government has called for inter-ministerial collaboration to address illegal migration and human trafficking.
Dr Betta Edu, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation,...
Five human trafficking victims rescued at checkpoint in Lagos
The Lagos Seaports and Marine Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has rescued five victims of human trafficking at the Pashi checkpoint in...
NAPTIP arrests 2 human trafficking suspects in Abuja
NAPTIP arrests 2 human trafficking suspects in Abuja
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons, NAPTIP, has arrested two suspects in Abuja...
Navy arrests human traffickers, rescues 18 victims in Kano metropolis
The Nigerian Navy (NN) has rescued 18 victims of human trafficking at about 10pm on Saturday 4 February 2023 at Rijiyar Lemu in Ungogo...