The Director-General, PHEW Foundation International, Mrs Chigbo Uche, on Friday urged government at all levels to intensify campaigns on the dangers inherent in human trafficking.
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NAPTIP to rescue 20,000 Nigerian girls trafficked to Mali –DG
NAN The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says it is making efforts to rescue about 20,000 Nigerian girls trapped in different parts of Mali. Mrs Julie Okah-Donli, the Director- General of NAPTI, who made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abuja, […]
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Edo govt takes campaign against human trafficking to villages, schools
THE Edo State Government on Thursday took the campaign against human trafficking and illegal migration to some communities and schools in the state. The campaign team led by Mr Solomon Okoduwa, the Senior Special Assistant to Gov. Godwin Obaseki, was in Esan North East Local Government Area of the state. Speaking during the visit to […]
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Partial government shutdown over budget impasse grips US capital
An air of chaos enveloped Washington Saturday as the US government kicked off the holidays by partially shutting down, following the failure of leaders to pass a federal spending bill as negotiations stalled over Donald Trump’s demand for money to build a US-Mexico border wall.
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National migration policy to be adopted soon – Buhari
Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that a national policy on internal displacement is in the process of adoption, adding that it will help regulate the internal displacement crisis and complement the fight against the Islamist insurgency in the north east. This follows the president’s assurance that Nigeria will remain a migrant-friendly nation. […]
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Lagos airport: Nigerian Immigration apprehends 4 Ghanaians for human trafficking
Louis Ibah The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has arrested four Ghanaians at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, for attempting to use the airport for human trafficking. The latest arrest comes barely two weeks after the NIS apprehended eight Ghanaians for the same offence at the Lagos international airport. The four Ghanaians apprehended were […]
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Again, four Ghanaians arrested for attempted human trafficking at Lagos Airport
THE Nigerian Immigration Service, Murtala Muhammed International Airport Command has again arrested four Ghanaians for attempted human trafficking two weeks after eight from the same country were earlier nabbed at the same airport for the […]
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NAPTIP records 217 human trafficking cases in 5 years in Benue
NAN The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has recorded 217 cases of human trafficking in Benue in the past five years. The Zonal Commander of NAPTIP in the state, Mr Ganiu Alao, made the disclosure in an interview with newsmen on Wednesday in Makurdi. Alao, who assumed office in Benue […]
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49 year old lady jailed for human trafficking
A Federal High Court located in Benin, Edo State have sentenced a 49 year old lady, Mrs Christy Ehirobo, to nine years imprisonment for human trafficking on Tuesday. Justice Mohammed Liman in his judgment said the “law must take its cause” despite the convict’s plead for mercy adding that human trafficking had eaten deep into […] …
836 victims of human trafficking rescued by NAPTIP from Delta State – DG
NAN The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) on Thursday said that 836 out of the 13,285 victims rescued from the hold of traffickers were from Delta . The Director-General (DG) of NAPTIP, Mrs Julie Okah-Donli, disclosed this in Warri. The DG had led some staff of the agency from its […]
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