Tag: human trafficking

The judge also imposed a fine of N24 million on the 62-year-old convict.

To encourage a change in the mindset of the average Edo person away from a fixation on Europe and other ...

Conservatively, 800,000 people are trafficked annually, with 80% of them being women and half of these being minors. The global ...

The case has been transferred to the Criminal Investigation Department, the police said.

The suspected trafficker had been arrested, says an official.

The police said the suspect was planning to take the children to Lagos.

The NAPTIP Commander in the state, Musa Aliyu, said this while briefing journalists on Saturday in Katsina to mark the ...

The assailants left 40 persons dead and over 80 others injured in the attack.

“On arrival in Dubai, their (victims) passports were seized and they were lodged in a rented apartment.”

Mrs Edomwonyi was convicted on Thursday in Benin, for the same offence she was rescued from at Seme borders, a ...

“The victims comprised six males and 29 females, aged between five and 42 years respectively.”

The victims were mostly girls and women who were sexually exploited, according to the agency.

What Itunu's and Kunle's cases demonstrate is the reality of many Nigerian nationals in Cape Verde, Malaysia, India, South Africa, ...

NAPTIP says the victims, who were mostly children, were exposed to sexual exploitation, child labour, violence and baby harvesting, amongst ...

The police said the federal police conducted large-scale raids in several states targeting an alleged people-smuggling ring.

World Day Against Trafficking in Persons is celebrated annually on July 30, following a United Nations’ declaration on the need ...

During COVID-19, the number of women who are trafficked from Nigeria continues to grow—even as local governments curtail legal movement.

The organisation says the victims all came from Benin, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, and Togo.

The victim, who was rescued by the Nigeria Immigration Services and handed over to NAPTIP, aided the agency in the ...

Edo is one of the worst hit states in Nigeria by human trafficking.

The group says the re-orientation will help reduce youth's vulnerability to Boko Haram’s propaganda.

Almost all the states in Nigeria are affected by migration and human trafficking.

Six of the victims are females and only one is a male.

With this “NAPTIP is just a click from you,” the agency says.