Tag: Child Trafficking
Child trafficker arrested with 5-day-old baby in Cross River
The Anti-Human Trafficking/Child Labour Unit of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) in Cross River, has arrested a suspected child trafficker,…
America-based Nigerian woman to rot in jail 10 years for buying 3 children
A Magistrate Court in Port Harcourt has slammed 10 years imprisonment on 47-year-old, Lois Obazi, a US-based woman for child…
Edo: Child trafficking, abuse now attract 12, 7 years
Anyone who engages children under 12 years as domestic workers in Edo state now risks seven years imprisonment.
Facebook hammered for Nigerian child trafficking adverts on its platform
The Africans Unite Against Child Abuse, United Kingdom, and Centre for Children’s Health, Education, Orientation and Protection, Nigeria, have criticised…
3 child traffickers arrested in Anambra
Mr Haruna Muhammed, the Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for Anambra police command, has arrested 74 persons for alleged criminal offences,…
Video: See brothel which encourages child prostitution
In an investigative report by BBC, children as young as seven have been discovered to be groomed into selling their…
Child trafficking: ILO executes £28m project in 5 African countries
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has begun a 28-million-euro project, sponsored by the Netherlands, to accelerate the fight against child…
Police bust three suspected child trafficking syndicates in Abia
Abia police command has arrested members of three suspected child trafficking syndicates, including 17-year-old Gift Daniel, who sold her two-day-old…
NAPTIP arrests suspected child traffickers, recovers children
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) on Wednesday said it arrested 11 persons over suspected…
Child trafficking: Bayelsa Govt. cautions parents on children’s company
The Bayelsa Government has advised parents to be cautious about the kind of friendship their female children keep, to avoid…
Plateau decries increase of women in drug abuse, child trafficking
Plateau Government on Wednesday expressed concern over increasing number of women in drug abuse and child trafficking-related issues in the…
Immigration Rescues 134 Children From Traffickers
The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) in Oyo State says it rescued 134 children, who were victims of child trafficking between…
LASG arrests woman for using twins to beg
The Lagos State Ministry of Youth and Social Development monitoring team recently apprehended a woman soliciting alms with two infant…
Woman sells unborn child in Anambra
29-year-old Miss Chidimma Okorie from Amasiri, Ebonyi State, yesterday, stunned people at the headquarters of the Anambra State Police Command…
Police nab child trafficking couple in Asaba
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba Operatives of the Delta State Police Command, have arrested a child trafficking couple, Emeka Odili and his lover…