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6 women arrested in Imo for stealing, trafficking children

The operatives of the Imo State Police Command have arrested a syndicate of six women who engage in child stealing and trafficking in the state. The suspects include Perpetual Iwuji (46), Isong Ifara, (46), Immaculata Edward (31), Grace Nwachukwu (58), Ifeoma Ndubuisi (27) and Stephen Ezenwa (31). Parading the suspects before newsmen, the State Police…

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Oyo now leading Edo as hotspot of girls’ trafficking in Nigeria, says NIS official

The Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, on Saturday revealed that the Oyo State is now hotspot of human trafficking of girls, noting that Oyo has overtaken Edo State with recorded 464 Victims in three months ahead Edo state. Assistant Comptroller, Anti Human Trafficking and Child Labour unit of the Nigerian Immigration Service, Foluso Akintola, who stated…

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Trafficking: Nigerian girls sold more than N210,000 to work as prostitutes in Mali (Read details of the report)

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, is seeking an agreement between Nigeria and neighbouring West African countries to end the practice of Nigerian girls being used as sex slaves in Mali. At a presentation to the ECOWAS Parliament during its First Ordinary Session on Saturday, NAPTIP Director-General, Julie Okah-Donli told…

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NAPTIP alerts public on new tricks of traffickers

NAPTIP DGThe Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Julie Okah-Donli, has alerted members of the public on new tricks employed by human traffickers.Okah-Donli made this known during an interactive meeting with the Edo State Task Force against trafficking in Benin City on Tuesday.She lamented that the menace…

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