Global Anti-Human Trafficking Organisation (GAHTO) has raised fresh alarm over the rising cases of human trafficking following the rescue of a 22-year-old physically challenged girl from Imo State, Njoku Princess Nnena. The organisation has called on the Imo State government to urgently intervene and provide support systems aimed at empowering...
•Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State Experts and African leaders have sounded the alarm over the surge in ritual killings and human trafficking, urging urgent and united action to confront what they described as a growing continental crisis. The alarm was raised at the first Annual Africa Colloquium Against Human Trafficking, organis...
•Titus Alagba The Continental Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation Africa, Titus Alagba, speaks about the challenges facing Nigerians living across African countries, reports Saturday PUNCH. Excerpts: What role do the Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation play in advancing the collective interests of Nigerians overseas? The main obj...
The Nigeria Police Force says it has recorded a significant breakthrough in its fight against transnational organised crime with the arrest of two internationally wanted fugitives, Felix Omoregie alias “Eghosa Johnson Omoregie,” a suspected ringleader of a human trafficking syndicate wanted by Belgian authorities, and Okwudili Sabastine Ezeje,...
•Nigeria Immigration Service’s women armed squad A new sect, “ACHAD Life Mission International”, has begun operation in North West, Nigeria. The newly established sect is reportedly linked to human trafficking and child separation, reports Daily Trust. According to the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), the sect has its headquarters in K...
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) in Kano has rescued 285 victims of human trafficking and secured 15 convictions in 2024. This was announced by the Zonal Commander of NAPTIP, Abdullahi Babale, during an interview with our correspondent in Kano today, reports NAN. Among the 285 rescued victims, there we...
Delta State Government has expressed disappointment after it discovered that in last year’s report, the state overtook Edo with the highest cases of human trafficking. The state Attorney-General Commissioner for Justice, and Chairman, State Task Force on Human Trafficking, Mr. Ekemejero Ohwovoriole SAN said however that with the signing of the...
The Nigerian Navy in Badagry, Lagos, has transferred nine suspected victims of human trafficking to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). This was confirmed in a statement by Lt. B.C. Awodeyi, the Base Information Officer, today. According to Awodeyi, the victims were handed over by the Forward Operating B...
•The victims Fifty-one victims of human trafficking have been rescued by officers of the Kano State Hisbah Board. The victims who comprised 49 females and two males between 18 to 50 were subsequently handed over to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) for further action, reports Daily Sun. NAPTIP Zonal [&h...

