The Plateau State government yesterday arrested a bar owner and another woman for allegedly trafficking three girls to Ghana. Our correspondent reports that the bar owner, identified as Mrs. Yakubu, who operates in the Rantya community in Jos, was paraded at the State Gender and Equal Opportunities Commission (SGEOC), headquarters alongside th...
The wife of the Anambra State governor, Dr Nonye Soludo, says girls are treasures, changemakers, better leaders, adding that any society that wants to grow must first acknowledge the uniqueness of the girl child and do all that it can to protect and guard them. •Anambra First Lady, Dr Nonye Soludo The Anambra First Lady, […]
•Jigawa boat tragedy A tragic boat mishap has been reported by the Jigawa Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps. The tragic incident occurred on Sunday, July 27, 2025, at approximately 1700hrs in Zangon Maje, in Taura Local Government Area of Jigawa State, reports The Guardian. In a statement issued and signed by […]
•Bauchi State Commissioner of Police, Sani-Omolari Aliyu Bauchi State Police Command has arrested one Esther Gambo for the alleged theft of a child and murder. According to a press release issued by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil, 19-year-old Esther from Lemoro Village in Toro Local Government Area, Bauchi State, re...
•Some pregnant girls A chilling revelation of 19 pregnant girls rescued from an estate in Abuja, impregnated by a single man, has intensified calls for a coordinated national assault on human trafficking. The disturbing case, disclosed by the Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Hajia ...
•Anambra State Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Ify Obinabo An 18-year-old apprentice has allegedly impregnated 10 girls in just five months, including his master’s daughter and a salesgirl in Anambra State. Reports say he was first sent to learn a trade under a master, but within three months, he got both his boss’s daughter [&helli...
•Igbo masquerades The Igbo-Etiti Local Government in Enugu State has vowed to arrest and prosecute any masquerade caught flogging or molesting women and girls in the area. The council chairman, Dr. Eric Odo disclosed this today during a one-day campaign on the eradication of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in the council headquarters, ...
The Ebonyi State Police Command has arrested two men for allegedly stripping two teenage girls and flogging them over allegations concerning theft. The police vowed to prosecute the suspects to serve as a deterrent to others against taking the laws into their own hands, reports The PUNCH. The teenage girls in a video, which has […]
Delta State Police Command has rescued twenty-three teenagers in a hotel in Ughelli, Ughelli North LGA lured into prostitution by a human trafficking and prostitution syndicate. The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe, in a statement, today, Friday, July 19, said the rescue effort followed a tip-off on the activities of a su...
•Girls trafficked for prostitution The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has repatriated five Benue girls trafficked to Côte d’Ivoire. The Zonal Commander of NAPTIP in Benue State, Mrs Gloria Bai, disclosed this after a State Security Council (SEC) meeting held at the Government House in Makurdi, reports Da...
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