The Towulade of Akinale, Oba Olufemi Ogunleye has reiterated the need for advocacy and inclusion of traditional rulers across Nigeria to strengthen the fight against human trafficking. At the launch of a ‘Compendium of Good Practices of State Taskforces in Combatting Trafficking in Persons from 2017—2022’ at Transcorp Hilton, Abuja recently, the royal majesty, who is also Head of Legal …

At least 1,200 victims of human trafficking have been rescued and 10 suspected human traffickers have been arrested and convicted by the Katsina State Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). According to the state commander of NAPTIP, Musa Aliyu, the victims comprising men, women, and their children were rescued between last year and …

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has revealed that a larger percentage of trafficking and adoption crimes in the country are committed by women. NAPTIP Director-General, Prof. Fatima Waziri-Azi disclosed this on Thursday at the ongoing workshop in Awka, organised for Non-Governmental Organisations from Anambra, Akwa Ibom and Cross River States. Represented by the Director, …

The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) sitting in Maitama, Abuja, yesterday discharged and acquitted the President of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN), Mr. Innocent Bola-Audu and three others, of the allegation of human trafficking. Justice Charles Agbaza cleared Bola-Audu and three others on the ground that the prosecution failed to link the defendants …

Osun State Police Command on Monday said its operatives have arrested a suspected human trafficker, Muideen Adebisi, while he was trying to move four teenage girls from Ile-Ife, Osun State to Libya. In a statement, the Command’s spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola said the suspect had invited the victims to a birthday party in Ile-Ife, during which he offered them food and …

The Federal Government has been urged to declare a state of emergency about human trafficking, illegal migration, unemployment, and other causes driving Nigerians out by a faith-based organisation called Symbols of Hope Project, a global programme of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF). The organisation lamented that the challenge of irregular migration and human trafficking affects all regardless of one’s religious, …

The Nigerian Navy has rescued 18 victims of human trafficking in the  Rijiyar Lemu, Ungogo Local Government Area of Kano State. According to the Nigerian Navy’s Director of Information, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan the rescue was made at about 10 pm last Saturday, following a tip-off from an officer in the Nigerian Navy Finance and Logistics College, NNFLC Dawakin Tofa, whose …

The Kebbi State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has rescued and handed over a 13-year-old girl, Temitope Marvellous to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). While handing over the girl to NAPTIP officials in her office, the state Comptroller of Immigration, Rabi Bashir Nuhu told journalists that the girl was intercepted by patrol …