Tag: child trafficking
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Niger assembly speaker raises alarm over child trafficking in IDP camps
The Speaker of Niger Assembly, Mr Abdulmalik Sarkindaji, has disclosed a disturbing case of child trafficking in some Internally Displaced Persons Camp (IDPs) in the state. He disclosed this at a plenary on the need for regulation of proliferation of unlicensed orphanages and
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Man arrested with 59 children in suspected child trafficking case
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) said it has intercepted a suspect in connection with alleged trafficking of 59 male children in Abuja.
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Police burst child trafficking syndicate, arrest suspect in Enugu
The Police Command in Enugu State has burst a child-trafficking syndicate and arrested a suspect at Igogoro village in Enugu-Ezike community of Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of the state.
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UK police set to investigate Mo Farah’s child trafficking revelations
Recall that Farah revealed in a documentary that a woman he didn’t know brought him to the United Kingdom when he was about age 8 and forced him to take care of her children. He further revealed that he wasn’t allowed to go to school until he clocked 12 years.
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NAPTIP DG orders nationwide crackdown on child trafficking
Dr Fatima Waziri-Azi, Director-General, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), has urged stakeholders to intensify actions against child trafficking in the country. Waziri-Azi made the call in a statement by by Mrs Stella Nezan, Head, Public Relations unit in Abuja on Monday.
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Child Trafficking: Police rescue 2 newborn babies in Ebonyi
Child Trafficking: Police rescue 2 newborn babies in Ebonyi
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Swedish-Nigerian detained for child trafficking
A Federal High Court in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has sentenced a Swedish-Nigerian woman, Stephany Isaksson (43), to four years imprisonment for child kidnapping. Justice Fatun Riman jailed Isaksson on a two count charge of receiving an 18 months’ baby fraudulently from one Uduak, at large, for exploitation. Isaksson, who hails from Mbiayon, Uruan Local…
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Police arrest fake army captain, 5 suspects for child trafficking [photo]
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested a fake army captain and his accomplices for car snatching, and five suspects for trafficking, theft and abduction of underage children. The Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Nudam Fredrick said in a statement made available to newsmen on Friday in Uyo, that the fake captain who was…
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Osun pastor arrested for Child trafficking
The Osun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested a pastor, Isaac Akanasema, for child trafficking. The pastor, a Tiv from Benue State, who resides in Ede, Osun State, the command alleged, took custody of under-aged children and placed them in care of foster parents as domestic workers. The command,…