Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Women Affairs and Social Development, Hon Kafilat Adetola Ogbara, has called for a state of emergency on insecurity, trafficking and drug abuse among married women, young girls and the youths in the country. She…
Police intercept couple trafficking 1-month-old baby in Anambra
The Police Command in Anambra has arrested a couple suspected of trafficking a one-month-old baby from Lagos to Onitsha. This is contained in a statement signed by the State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, and made available to…
Human trafficking: Immigration intercepts eight Ghanaian ladies at Lagos airport (Punch)
Officers of the Nigeria Immigration Service have intercepted eight Ghanaian ladies for attempted human trafficking at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The suspects, who were arrested on Monday, were said to be passing through the Lagos airport to Kuwait…
NAPTIP arrests four over alleged trafficking, rape (PremiumTimes)
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has arrested four Nigerians for alleged human trafficking, rape and domestic violence. At a press briefing on Friday at the agency’s headquarters in Abuja, the acting NAPTIP’s director of…
Nigerian human trafficker has jail sentence increased in UK (Huffpost)
London-based nurse Josephine Iyamu, who used voodoo threats to traffick vulnerable women from Nigeria to Germany to work as prostitutes, has had her 14-year prison sentence increased to 18 years by Court of Appeal judges. Iyamu made her victims swear…