President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of seven qualified Nigerians to head strategic agencies and programmes under the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development. According to a statement by Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, on Tusday night, the decision was to facilitate the needed relief to Nigerians and ensure the effectiveness of humanitarian and social development …

The House of Representatives has summoned the Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Fatima Waziri, over an alleged unlawful detention of the Chief Executive Officer of Alliance Hospital, Abuja, Dr Christopher Otabor. Otabor was arrested on the orders of the NAPTIP boss for alleged organ harvesting. The Chairman of the House Committee on …

The National Agency For the Prohibition Of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Makurdi Zonal Command has rescued five victims and apprehended eight suspects. Among those arrested were an 80-year-old woman, Innocent Josephine, and a 56-year-old woman, Ude Rosaline, both identified as key players in the trafficking. Other members include; Samuel Takura (50), Williams Minde (35), Mrs. Celina Obiasogu (52), Virginia Okonkwo …

The National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has apprehended the founder of Arrows of God Community Children’s Home, Anambra State, Rev. D. C. Ogo for illegal child adoption. A statement on Wednesday by Chidinma Ikeanyionwu, the media aide to the Anambra State Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Ify Obinabo, said the ministry handed over Ogo to …

More that 2,000 trafficked Nigerian girls are currently stranded in Mali, according to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). The agency’s Benin Zone Commander, Nduka Nwanwene said that the agency had intelligence that girls from Mali were being trafficked to Edo State for prostitution. During the 2023 World Day Against Trafficking in Persons in Benin, …

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), on Tuesday, said about 1.6 million Nigerians are living in modern slavery daily. At a briefing in Abuja to commemorate the agency’s 20th anniversary, its Director-General, Prof. Fatima Waziri-Azi said: “Only recently did the 2023 Global Slavery Index opine that globally, it is estimated that 50 million people were living …

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 dismissed a Deputy Director and four other personnel for various offences. The offences range from corruption; demanding and receiving bribes from suspects and relatives; leaking confidential information to suspects that endangered the lives of colleagues; violation of oath of secrecy; stealing and alteration of official records, and absence …

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 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 …