In The News: I’ve Sold Over 42 Children, Trafficker Confesses
A 45-year-old child trafficker, Alimot Haruna, has confessed to selling off over 42 children into child labour in the last five years to the police at Lagos State Command.…
Two women imprisoned for child theft in Anambra
A Chief Magistrate Court of the Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Court, sitting in Awka, Anambra State has sentenced one Faith Obi and Chinenye Obete to multiple jail terms.…
Nine arrested for trafficking children
The Kano State Police Command has arrested nine suspects who specialised in interstate trafficking, abduction, buying and selling of minors. The state Commissioner of Police, Usaini Gumel, disclosed this…
We kidnap children to sell in Benin Republic, suspect tells police
A suspected kidnapper and child trafficker, Tayo Adeleke, had confessed to the Ogun State Police Command how he and other members of his gang had been kidnapping children to…
Police arrest couple over selling of one-month-old baby for N30,000 in Anambra
The Police Command in Anambra has arrested a couple suspected of trafficking a one-month-old baby from Lagos to Onitsha. This is contained in a statement signed by the State…
Woman arrested for selling over 120 children
A woman known to have sold over 120 children has been arrested by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP), according to the Director-General, Prof…
Woman Arrested With Missing 3-Year- Old Girl In Niger
Police in Niger State have arrested one Blessing Jeremiah (51) of Keteten-Gwari area of Minna, Niger State, for allegedly stealing a three years old girl to sell. The spokesperson…
Anambra woman sells three-month-old grandson for N50,000
A grandmother identified as Oluchukwu Nwosu from Nkwelle, the Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State, is in police custody in the state for allegedly selling a newborn for…
We have secured 631 convictions, rescued 22,000 victims – NAPTIP boss
Mrs Fatima Waziri, Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), says the agency has secured 631 convictions since its establishment. Waziri made this…
70 year-old woman caught with stolen child
70-year-old woman, Bisi Egberongbe, was on Saturday caught with a stolen child in the Agege area of Lagos State. According to a report, the septuagenarian had succeeded in luring…
Pandemonium as woman disappears with 7-month-old baby in Imo market
Fear has enveloped the Amaraku market in the Isiala Mbano council area of Imo state, following the stealing of a 7-month-old baby by a suspected child traffic syndicate, on…
Seven Arrested As Army Raids Baby-Making Factory In Nigerian-Cameroon Border
Troops of the Nigerian Army have raided a baby-making factory in Adamawa State, arresting seven suspects. Channels Television reports that the suspects were apprehended during the operation on June…
‘Trafficking’: Police intercept three men with 41 children in Kwara
Police operatives have arrested three men found with 41 children along the Okolowo expressway in Kwara state. According to a statement by Ajayi Okasanmi, spokesperson of the Kwara police…
Rivers Police Bust Child Trafficking Syndicate, Rescue Pregnant Teenagers
In a move being hailed as a major achievement, the Rivers State Police Command has busted a child trafficking syndicate operating in Port Harcourt, the state capital. Acting on…
Ghanaian court jails 41-yr-old Nigerian woman for human, sex trafficking
A Circuit Court in Tamale, the northern region of Ghana has sentenced a 41-year-old Nigerian woman to five years in prison for human trafficking and forced prostitution. The woman,…



















