Human trafficking

The United States has faulted Nigeria over persistent human trafficking and child soldier concerns, raising alarm over alleged official complicity and the failure of authorities to report the prosecution of government employees accused of involvement in trafficking crimes.

July 01, (THEWILL) — The INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB), Abuja, in collaboration with operatives of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command, has rescued a Ghanaian national, Sammed Iddrisu, who was trafficked into Nigeria under false pretences. According to a...

May 11, (THEWILL) – Seventy-eight Nigerian victims of human trafficking, including 75 young women and girls, three babies, and two men, were received at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, late Saturday night after being rescued from Côte d’Ivoire. Their...

May 07, (THEWILL) – Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have apprehended two high-profile fugitives wanted by international authorities for human trafficking and armed robbery. The suspects, Felix Omoregie, also known as Eghosa Johnson Omoregie, and Okwudili Sabastine Ezeje, were...

February 18, (THEWILL) – The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), with the support of its partners, has intercepted 13 girls suspected to be victims of human trafficking en route to Baghdad, Iraq, for sexual...

February 21, (THEWILL) - The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP has reiterated its call to persons to desist from engaging in any form of violence and human trafficking. Bayelsa State Commander, Mrs Abieyuwa Ikhidero made...

December 09, (THEWILL) - The Comptroller of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Rivers State Command, James Sunday, on Friday, alongside his management team, visited schools in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, with the campaign against the dangers of Smuggling of Migrants...

October 29, (THEWILL) - In recent years, we’ve witnessed a striking increase in extreme weather events worldwide. We’ve observed snowfall in regions that were once considered desert landscapes. A notable example of this transformation unfolded in California, USA, where...

April 23, (THEWILL) - No fewer than 15 journalists have been trained in Sokoto state on countering human trafficking by a non-profit organisation, DEVATOP Centre for Africa Development. The trained journalists, according to DEVATOP Executive Director, Joseph Osuigwe, would be...

February 07, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian Navy has arrested two suspected human traffickers and rescued 18 victims in the Rijiyar Lemu area of Kano. Director, Naval Information, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, in a statement, said the rescue operation took place...