Alhaji Shehu Umar, NAPTIP Kano Zonal Commander, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano.
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A trafficked Nigerian lady, Oluwatosin Adetula, 26, has begged Nigerians to help in returning her to Nigeria before she dies in Oman.
A suspected human trafficker, Abubakar Suleiman, has admitted to Operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team that so far, he has assisted in the trafficking of over 100 Nigerian ladies to Libya through the desert and usually charges N10,000 for each of them.
Barely two months after the rescue of the much publicised victim of trafficking from Lebanon, operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons have rescued two Nigerian trafficked victims from Beirut, the capital City of Lebanon.
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Person on Friday said the agency apprehended no fewer than 130 suspected human traffickers and rescued 190 victims within three years.
The Service Public Relations Officer, Sunday James, made the disclosure in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.
Omolola Ajayi, the 23-year-old Nigerian woman recently suspected to have been trafficked to Lebanon, has arrived in Abuja and handed over to National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons on Friday.
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons says the Agency on January 13, rescued 21 victims from suspected human traffickers.
Abdullahi Usman, the Comptroller in charge of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, made this known to newsmen, while receiving the management of Access Bank at the airport.
The Nigerian Immigration Service says it has arrested a suspected human trafficker with five female victims enroute Niger Republic to Europe.
Security Agencies in Edo have pledged to work together in the fight against trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants.
No fewer than 100 N-Power teachers in Edo are being empowered with relevant skills that will enable them equip female students to resist trafficking.
Peter Mrakpor, the Chairman of the Task Force on Anti-Human Trafficking and Irregular Migration, led the campaign in Asaba.
Dayo Apata, the Solicitor General of the Federation, made the call at the 2019 World Day Against Human Trafficking on Tuesday in Abuja.
Kehinde Akomolafe, the agency’s Osogbo Zonal Commander, made this known during the 2019 World Day against Human Trafficking programme on Tuesday in Osogbo.
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons says it has apprehended a senior official of a travel agency in Edo for suspected human trafficking offence.
Sigrid Kaag, Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of the Netherlands, has expressed her country’s commitment to helping Nigeria fight human trafficking and other related crimes.
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has secured no fewer than 379 convictions of traffickers since the criminalisation of the offence in 2003.
The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has urged the United States Agency for International Development to step into the fight against human trafficking and the rehabilitation of victims.
The Women Trafficking and Child Labour Eradication Foundation has warned Nigerians to be extra- vigilant in detecting new tactics of human traffickers in the country.