The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, Edo Command, says it has arrested a 38-year-old man, suspected to be involved in human trafficking and sales of children.
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The Katsina State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service says it has rescued 10 minors including a nine-month-old baby from a gang of human traffickers.
An Air Peace all-female crew on Sunday frustrated an attempt by a middle-aged woman and her collaborators to traffic a three-day-old baby boy from Port Harcourt Airport to Lagos.
Imabong Sanusi, the Executive Director of the foundation, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Abuja.
An aide to Governor Godwin Obaseki, Solomon Okoduwa, said at the commencement of the campaign that the documentary was in a bid to checkmate the activities of human traffickers.
The convicts, Adesuwa Osaro and Orunmewegbe Omosede Esther, were arrested in a joint operation by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons and the British Government’s Joint Border Taskforce.
Chioma Nwana of Social Affairs and Gender Department, ECOWAS, stated this at the First Africa Regional Conference of the Santa Marta Group in collaboration with the Catholic Caritas Foundation of Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja.
Director-General of NAPTIP, Julie Okah-Donli, stated this while signing a Memorandum of Understanding with Heatfactory ICI Production and Otabor TV in Abuja on Friday.
The Zonal Commander of NAPTIP in the state, Ganiu Alao, made the disclosure in an interview with newsmen on Wednesday in Makurdi.
Foluso Akintola, Assistant Comptroller of Immigration, in charge of Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Labour Unit in the command, disclosed this to News Agency of Nigeria in Ibadan.
Inaugurating the CJ&P catering services, Julie Okah-Donli, Director-General, NAPTIP, said the project was more than just another addition to the hospitality business.
The Edo Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps says it has rescued about 12 victims of human trafficking and child labour in the past five months.
The Benin Zonal Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons rescued no fewer than 52 victims of human trafficking in the third quarter of this year.
The National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has rescued 12,939 victims across the country since its establishment in 2003.
Prof. Yinka Omorogbe, the Chairman of the state Task Force Against Human trafficking and Illegal Migration, restated this position at an advocacy programme at Abudu, Orhionmwon Local Government Area of Edo.
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, say the legalisation of prostitution in some countries of the world has hampered the fight against human trafficking in Nigeria.
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, says it is stepping up measures to prevent, combat and eradicate trafficking in persons in the country.
The Oyo State Government has vowed to bring to book any culprit found to be human traffickers in the state.
The Commissioner of Police in Lagos, CP Imohimi Edgal, confirmed the reports at a press briefing on Monday in Ikeja.
The Director-General of NAPTIP, Julie Okah–Donli, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Friday.