By Aluta News Jan. 20, 2024 The Taraba Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has arrested two suspects attempting to traffic 16 children. The suspects were arrested on Thursday at the Jalingo Main Motor Park with the 16 children heading to Benin in Edo. The stateContinue Reading
By Aluta News Jan. 12, 2024 The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Anambra on Friday said it arrested 18 suspected human traffickers and rescued 41 victims from January to December 2023. Its state Public Relations Officer, Mr Anthony Okafor, made the disclosure in an interviewContinue Reading
By Aluta News Aug 2, 2023 The United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) and the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) have called for a holistic approach to ending human trafficking in Nigeria Abimbola Adewumi, UNODC Team Leader, Trafficking in Persons/Smuggling of Migrants Portfolio, gaveContinue Reading
By Aluta News June 13, 2023 The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says no fewer than 25,000 trafficked Nigerian women and girls are trapped in Mali. The Commander of the Benin Zone of NAPTIP, Mr Nduka Nwanwenne, gave the figure on Tuesday at a workshopContinue Reading
By Aluta News March 12, 2023 Abuja: The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has handed over 11 victims of human trafficking to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) Sokoto. The Service’s Public Relations Officer (SPRO), Controller of Corrections (CC), Mr Tony Akuneme said this in aContinue Reading
By Aluta News Nov. 29, 2022 The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has handed over to NAPTIP, a 17-year-old girl from Oyo State arrested in Kebbi while allegedly on her way to Libya. The girl was traveling alone when she was arrested by immigration personnel in Yauri Local Government Area ofContinue Reading
By Aluta News Nov. 17, 2022 The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on thursday handed over four girls and a driver from Oyo, to the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). They were arrested in Kebbi on their way to Libya and Liberia. The four girls, aged betweenContinue Reading
By Aluta News Sept 20, 2022 No fewer than 19 survivors of human trafficking have been rescued by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP), Kano zonal command. Mr Abdullahi Babale, Zonal Commander of the agency, made this known in Kano while speaking with the NewsContinue Reading
By Aluta News Sept 13, 2022 Police in Ebonyi have arrested a 20-year-old mother of a baby boy and her lover who sold their baby to a maternity home operator for N500,000. The mother, Ola China, 20, of Amangwu Edda in Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi was impregnatedContinue Reading
By Aluta News Aug 2, 2022 National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says it has rescued six victims of human trafficking and arrested one person for allegedly facilitating an illegal trip in Kano. NAPTIP’s Zonal Commander in charge of Kano, Mr Abdullahi Babale, said this in anContinue Reading