Human Trafficking

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said that it is stepping up its fight against human trafficking and migrant smuggling, it announced on Monday. Combating child trafficking will be a top priority under the action by…
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The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) on Monday in Abuja presented to its stakeholders the National Action Plan (NAP) on human trafficking for the year 2022-2026. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs,…
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The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP), has rescued 35 victims of alleged human trafficking in Niger Republic. The Zonal Coordinator of the Agency in Kano, Mr Abdullahi Babale, made this known in an…
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The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) in Katsina on Friday rescued 10 victims of human trafficking. The victims are Austin Naney, Otto happiness, Eyintu Oluwa Adelola, Adams Zainab, Jamilu Zainab, Ogunnwa Yetunde, Andrew Ozugbo, Okafor…
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By Abdulgafar Oladimeji National Agency for Prohibition in Trafficking of Persons, NAPTIP on Monday revealed that sports now constitutes the major route used by human traffickers across the globe. The head of public enlightenment, NAPTIP…
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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission has advised journalists covering human trafficking and irregular migration issues, to exercise caution in reporting them, so as not to jeopardise the lives and future of the…
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The Operatives of Nigeria Immigration Service, Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Command in Lagos, has apprehended another nine girls being trafficked. The girls were on their way to Lebanon, Cairo, Dubai, and India on Ethiopian,…
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The Director-General of National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Mrs Julie Okah-Donli, has warned perpetrators of human trafficking in the year 2020, saying they should be ready to “smell hell’’. She gave the…
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 The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, says no fewer than 368 persons have been imprisoned for trafficking offences from the inception of the agency in 2004 till date. Julie Okah-Donle, the agency’s…
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The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) says it will partner with the National Agency for Prohibition of Traffic in Persons (NAPTIP) to curtail the menace of human trafficking. The Head of Media Unit of NAHCON, Hajia  Fatima…
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