The NAPTIP boss who expressed mixed feeling over the 2020 United States Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report which elevated Nigeria from the previous Tier 2 Watch list to Tier 2 ranking, said the Agency is presently studying the report with a view to identifying areas of improvement and scale up the activities of the agency.
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The Comptroller, Isma’il Abba, revealed this to newsmen in Dutse on Friday.
Adeniran made this known during a one day workshop on: “The Basic Knowledge and Skills in Assisting Victims of Human Trafficking,” held at the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology Conference Room, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, the State capital.
The movie is an exposé on money laundering, human and drug trafficking. It opens the eyes of its teeming audience to the flow of illegal money crippling economies, especially in third world countries.
Sponsored by the US Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs and implemented by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the retreat provided an opportunity for members of the judiciary and prosecutors at the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons to discuss admissibility of electronic evidence in human trafficking cases under Nigerian law.
Adejoke, who was testifying in a case of human trafficking levelled against her, claimed one Ayomide Philips deceived her to travel to Libya for a good job.
The State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, who doubled as Chairman of the Committee on Child and Human Trafficking in the State, Akingbolahan Adeniran, made this submission during the constitution of Coordinators and Subcommittee of Task Forces to tackle incessant human trafficking and molestation of child, held at his office, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.
Jamilu, a resident of Brigade Quarters in Kano, was accused of procuring illegal entry for 11 youths, comprising 10 female and one male, to go to Libya.
Comptroller Olugboyega Peters, the new Coordinator of Joint Border Operations Drill, Sector 3, said this during a news briefing in Ilorin, Kwara State on Thursday.
NAPTIP Kano Zonal Commander, Desmond Garba, made this known on Saturday during a sensitisation and advocacy to `Child Molestation and Trafficking’ in Dawakin-Kudu Local Government Area.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the convict was arraigned in court by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons.
Julie Okah-Donli, the Director-General, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, gave the advice in a statement on Friday in Abuja by the Public Relations Officer of the agency, Adekoye Vincent.
Speaking during the inauguration of the task force at the Lagos House, Ikeja, Sanwo-Olu urged all members of the task force to see their appointment as a call to service.
The Director-General of the agency, Dame Julie Okah-Donli, disclosed this during an interactive with newsmen in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, on Thursday.
This was revealed by the spokesman of the Command, SP Gambo Isa, on Saturday.
Charles Akpan, Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Labour and Employment, said this in a statement signed on Friday in Abuja.
Governor Adegboyega Oyetola has also approved funds for the repatriation of the girls, which has been scheduled for August 12, 2020.
The spokesman of the Command, SP Isah Gmabo, revealed this on Wednesday in a statement.
Bolanle Sarumi-Aliyu, the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Seyi Makinde on Diaspora Matters, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Abuja.
Trafficking in Persons is a billion dollar illicit business fuelled by the high demand and supply in the value chain of modern day slavery. Majority of the victims of Human Trafficking are coerced into exploitative sex trade which includes prostitution, pornography and sodomy.