Tag: Trafficking
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Cote d’Ivoire tackles cocoa trafficking to neighboring countries
Ivorian authorities seek collaboration with farmers to tackle cocoa bean trafficking to neighboring countries. “We must stop selling your cocoa to neighboring countries, because this will lead
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In the dark alleys of human trafficking – By Owei Lakemfa
OVER the course of 400 years, 15 million men, women, and children were transported across the Atlantic as slaves, but the statistics for human trafficking, particularly the sex trade, are far worse.
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BREAKING: Ekweremadu’s wife granted bail, Senator remains in custody
The wife of Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Beatrice has been granted bail in the United Kingdom (UK), where they are facing trial over alleged organ trafficking. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Beatrice was granted bail on Monday with Senator Ekweremadu still held in custody.
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Why we can’t effectively fight drug abuse, trafficking – NDLEA
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Idiroko Borderland Special Area Command has lamented a shortage of manpower and logistics to effectively carry out the fight against drug abuse and illicit trafficking in the command. Mrs Archie-Abia Ibibio, Commander, Idiroko Special Area Command, made this known on Friday in Idiroko, Ogun. Archie-Abia also identified multi-plural…
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We have more internal than external trafficking in Nigeria – NAPTIP
The Director-General, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Dr. Fatima Waziri-Azi, says there is more of internal trafficking than external trafficking. Waziri-Azi disclosed this on Thursday in Benin at a meeting she held with stakeholders and partners of the agency in Edo.
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Don’t relocate abroad everything not about money, FG tells youths
The federal government has cautioned youths seeking employment opportunities abroad to be careful, so as not to end up as victims of trafficking. Memunat Idu-Lah, director of international cultural relations in the ministry of information and culture, was speaking in an interview with NAN on Sunday. Idu-Lah, who advised youths to seek opportunities within the…
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26 trafficked women, children rescued in Edo
No fewer than 26 women and children believed to be victims of human trafficking have been rescued by operatives of the Edo state police command. The victims believed to have been trafficked from Ebonyi, Imo, Abia, Anambra and Akwa Ibom States respectively were rescued in a joint operation by the police and vigilante operatives in…
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Two underaged girl abducted by Ogun woman for trafficking to Libya rescued in Kaduna
An alleged 35-year-old human trafficking kingpin, Comfort Innocent, has been arrested by operatives of the Ogun State Police Command over the abduction and trafficking of two underaged girls. The arrest of the woman on December 22, 2020 was confirmed by the spokesman of the Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement on Monday. Oyeyemi said the…
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Trafficking: Immigration rescues 3-week-old baby in Calabar
The Marine Patrol team of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) in Cross River has rescued a three-week old baby suspected to be a victim of child trafficking at the high sea. The Cross River Comptroller of NIS, Mr Okey Ezugwu, who briefed the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the incident in Calabar, said that…
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Couple detained for attempted trafficking
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday imprisoned a couple for attempted human trafficking. Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo ordered Peter Ademehintoye (37) and his wife Abosede (36) to remain in custody of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) pending determination of their bail applications on December 11. The order followed…