Human Trafficking
EU to fund €8 million project to combat human trafficking in Nigeria
The European Union has announced that it will fund two new projects to further combat the menace of human trafficking in Nigeria. Franklin Nguendia, EU Migration Liaison Officer, revealed this on Monday in Abuja at a policy high-level meeting on the implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP) on human trafficking in Nigeria. The meeting […]
Two women arraigned for trafficking Osun lady to Libya
Two residents of Osogbo, Osun State, Akinniyi Temitope (41) and Abiodun Oluwakemi (31), on Thursday, appeared before a Federal High Court, sitting in Osogbo for offences bordering on human trafficking. Details of the offences committed by the two women as contained in the charge sheet, indicated that they conspired and procured a 20-year-old Kehinde Opeyemi, […]
470 Human Trafficking Victims Rescued In Katsina
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says it rescued 470 victims of human trafficking in Katsina in 2023. The NAPTIP Commander in the state, Mr Musa Aliyu, revealed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Katsina. According to him, within the year under review, the command […]