Females between the ages of 16 and 25 were the most trafficked within and outside Nigeria in 2019 and 2020, the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed. In 2019, 523 females within this age bracket were trafficked for various reasons, and in 2020, a further 428 became victims, taking the total to 951 […]
At least 615 victims of human trafficking have been rescued in Katsina State from January to date. The Commander of the State Command of National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Musa Aliyu, gave out the figure on Saturday in a joint Press Conference to mark World Day Against Trafficking in Persons […]
Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have uncovered a baby factory located within Obodogba community in the Okpanam Oshimili North Local Government Area of the state. Disclosing this to journalists in a signed press statement on Thursday, the spokesman for the state Police Command, DSP Bright Edafe, affirmed that three pregnant women were […]
Anambra State Police command has arrested a 29-year-old woman, Miss Chinwendu Umegbaka for allegedly stealing her neighbour’s child at Nwawulu Sreet, Okpoko, Onitsha. The suspect was arrested on Saturday at 4:30 pm in Okpoko. Confirming the incident, the command spokesman, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu said, “The police have arrested, one Miss Chinwendu Umegbaka, 29 years, […]
The Anti Kidnapping Unit of the Imo State Police Command has arrested a suspected serial child trafficker who specialises in snatching and stealing children from their parents. Parading the suspect before newsmen on Tuesday at the Imo State Police Commands Headquarter Owerri, the Command’s Public Relations officer, CSP Michael Abattam, said that the suspect, […]
CHAIRMAN of the Southern Governors’ Forum, Rotimi Akeredolu, yesterday, said that the directive by the Zamfara State government to citizens to arm themselves for self-defence “confirms the pervasive loss of confidence in the current security arrangement of the country.” Akeredolu, in a statement by his Aide on Special Duties and Strategy, Dr. Doyin Odebowale, […]
Nemesis has finally caught up with two young men as Abia State Police Command has paraded them as suspects involved in the gruesome murder of a young Lady and a nursing mother, of an 11 months old baby boy and took away the baby which they allegedly sold and got N150, 000 naira reward. […]
Operatives of the Ogun Police Command have arrested a 36-year-old man, Kingsley Essien, for allegedly trafficking his wife to Mali for prostitution. The suspect also allegedly sold his 2-year-old son for N600,000. The Police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the suspect was arrested following the report lodged at Agbara divisional headquarters by the suspect’s wife, […]
A Makurdi Federal High Court presided over by Justice Abdul Dogo has sentenced a 24-year-old lady, Mercy Sese to seven years imprisonment for trafficking young girls to Mali for sexual exploitation. The court, however, availed the convict an option of N4.5million fine for the offense after she had pleaded guilty to the seven count […]
The National Security Adviser, Maj. General Babagana Monguno (Rtd), has denied accusing Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State of divulging classified information. Monguno had addressed State House correspondents after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari and Service Chiefs. Some newspapers had reported that the NSA accused El-Rufai of divulging sensitive information. But in a […]
