NAPTIP
27 Mar
Yobe State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Saleh Samaja, has said human traffickers are taking advantage of the Almajiri system and the insurgency in the North East to traffic children across the region’s porous borders
26 Mar
National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) rescued, received and supported 2,112 victims of trafficking in persons in 2023.
25 Mar
National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has issued an alert on new tricks by human traffickers, who now offer juicy job opportunities in the oil and gas sector in West Africa.
18 Mar
The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has urged the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Dr. Musa Aliyu...
18 Mar
National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, (NAPTIP), has taken to court, Abuja based private hospital, Alliance hospital and Service Ltd and four others on an 11 count charge bordering on allege involvement in organ harvesting
6 Mar
The Zonal Commander, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Nduka Nwawenne, yesterday, declared that Delta State has overtaken Edo State in human trafficking in Nigeria.
6 Feb
Nigeria has launched the School anti-Trafficking Education and Advocacy Project (STEAP), following a 2021 report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), which found that children made up 75 per cent of trafficking victims detected in West Africa.
31 Jan
A human rights organisation, Civil Rights Realisation and Advancement Network (CRRAN), has petitioned National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), seeking justice for a 14-year-old girl, who was allegedly abused serially by the husband of her boss and his friend.
12 Jan
The Director General of National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Prof. Fatima Waziri-Azi, yesterday, said 68 persons were convicted for human trafficking in 2023.
6 Jan
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says it rescued 470 victims of human trafficking in Katsina in 2023.
16 Dec
The House of Representatives Committee on Human Rights has commended the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTiP) over its efforts in effectively tackling of Trafficking in Persons (TIP).
15 Dec
An anti-corruption organisation, Network Against Corruption and Human Trafficking (NACAT) has stressed the need to addres the plight of most vulnerable Nigerians, irrespective of class, race, tribe, color, or religion.
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