The National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has rescued 29 victims of trafficking in Kebbi State. The Zonal Commander in-charge of Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara States, Malam Misba’u Iya-Kaura, confirmed this to newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on Saturday. He said the agency in collaboration with the...
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The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), on Monday handed over a 13-year-old girl from Ogun it arrested in Kebbi on her way to Libya. The girl was traveling alone when she was arrested by immigration personnel in Koko/Besse Local Government Area of Kebbi. The Comptroller of the NIS in the...
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), has warned Nigerians against engaging a child below 12 years as a domestic worker. Its Director-General, Dr Fatima Waziri-Azi, gave this warning on Thursday at the commemoration of the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade...
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP), in collaboration with the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), has rescued nine Liberians from human trafficking in Kano. NAPTIP’s Commander in charge of Kano Zone, Mr Abdullahi Babale, announced made this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) in collaboration with Facebook and the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children, United States, have concluded plans to set up Amber Alert Nigeria. Amber Alert Nigeria is an emergency response system where Facebook sends alerts to targeted...
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has said that Dubai, United Arab Emirate (UAE), had now become the destination of choice of victims of human trafficking. Mr. Nduka Nwanwenne, Zonal Commander, NAPTIP, Benin Zonal Command, made the disclosure on Wednesday, in Benin, at the...
A middle-aged woman, identified as Chinwe Okafor, has been arrested for attempting to kidnap and sell children in Umuchigbo, Iji Nike community in Enugu East LGA of state. She pretended to be insane while perpetrating the act. The woman said she hailed from Iyi-Ozubulu in Nnewi, Anambra State but...
The Benin Zonal Command of National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), says it rescued 105 victims of human trafficking in various operations in 2021. Mr Nduka Nwannwenne, the Zonal Commander, NAPTIP, said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin...
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) in collaboration with the Network Against Child Trafficking, Abuse and Labour (NACTAL) have secured the release of 15 Nigerian girls trafficked to Mali. The girls, whom one of them is having a three-year old boy and two pregnant,...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has commenced a 5-day workshop to sensitize Sokoto community and their leaders especially those in border towns on the ills of human trafficking. The workshop which was held in Sokoto North LGA with...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Government has said that a total of 4,104 cases of Sexual Gender Based Violence (SGBV) have been recorded in the state between six months (January – July, 2021). The state government also said the non availability of gender desk in most...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – A fire outbreak on Saturday afternoon has razed down the Sokoto Zonal Command office of National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in persons (NAPTIP). The fire according to eye witness account started from the shelter section of the office and extended to other...
The Police Command in Ebonyi, on Monday rescued two newborn babies from suspected child traffickers. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Loveth Odah told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abakaliki that the babies were rescued by a team of local vigilantes and Ebubeagu Security...
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says it has rescued 100 children and apprehended 120 suspected traffickers within six months in Akwa Ibom. Uyo Zonal Commander of NAPTIP, Mr Ubong Ekwere, who disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an interview...
The National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), says it has received 88 rescued victims of human trafficking from the authorities in Côte d’Ivoire. Its Director-General, Dr Fatima Waziri, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sideline of a meeting...