The Rivers State Police Command has announced that its operatives have dismantled a child trafficking syndicate and rescued four children in the Rumukwachi Community near Port Harcourt. The police also revealed that a suspect, Esther Anthony, and an alleged accomplice were arrested in connection with the trafficking. The spokesperson for the command, Grace Iringe-Koko, disclosed […]
The European Court on Human Rights (ECHR) has ordered the Spanish government to pay a €27,000 compensation fee to a yet-to-be-named Nigerian lady who was trafficked into the country as a teenager. The court, in its October 10 ruling, ordered the Spanish government to pay the sum to the Nigerian after it confirmed Spanish officials failed to carry […]
Police operatives in Enugu have apprehended Dr. Emmanuel Ugwumba over allegations of child trafficking and forgery in Udenu Local Government Area. The spokesperson for the Enugu State Police Command, Daniel Ndukwe, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued on Wednesday. According to the statement, officers from the command’s Anti-Kidnapping Tactical Squad took Ugwumba into custody […]
Two women, Ujunwa Una and Chinelo Igbechionwu, have been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly taking part in the selling of newborn twin girls in the state. The women were arrested by officers from the Ojodu Division while on patrol at Berger bus stop, following a tip-off from concerned citizens. According to […]
Ogun State Government has revoked the provisional licenses of 20 private orphanage owners operating in the state due to non-compliance with regulations and laws prioritising the well-being and safety of vulnerable children. The Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Adijat Adeleye, made this known on Friday during a meeting with the private orphanage owners, […]
The Lagos State Police Command has rescued a two-month-old baby boy from a couple, Mr and Mrs James Uwam, during the naming ceremony of the child in the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, in a statement on Saturday, said the couple paid N2,350,000 to buy the baby from a suspected […]
Another group of 58 Nigerian women and children have been rescued from human traffickers in Ghana, the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has said. The Chairman of Nigerians In Diaspora Organisation (NIDO) Board of Trustees in Ghana, disclosed this to the NiDCOM boss, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, when she stopped by to visit the trafficked […]
Anambra State Government through the Ministry of Women and Social Welfare has handed a couple and an accomplice to the police over alleged human trafficking in Ifitedunu, Dunukofia Local Government Area of the state. This was made known in a statement by the media aide to the Women Affairs Commissioner, Chidinma Ikeanyionwu, on Facebook […]
Abike Dabiri-Erewa, chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), says over 10 teenage girls trafficked to Ghana have been rescued. In a series of videos that went viral on Twitter on Friday, the young girls between the ages of 15 and 18 were said to have been lured into prostitution in Ghana. They […]
Deborah Ogo, the founder of Arrows of God Orphanage Home, has been remanded in prison, according to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), FIJ reports. Justice Hauwa Yilwa of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, ordered the 83-year-old Ogo to be remanded in the Onitsha Correctional […]
