Tag: HUMAN TRAFFICKING
NEMA receives 174 Nigerians from Libya
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has received another batch of 174 stranded Nigerians from Libya.
The returnees arrived at the Cargo Wing of the...
NEMA receives 121 more Nigerians from Libya
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has received another batch of 121 stranded Nigerians from Libya.
Mr Segun Afolayan, Acting Zonal Coordinator, NEMA, South West...
NAPTIP rescues 52 victims of human trafficking in Edo/Delta
The Benin Zonal Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) rescued no fewer than 52 victims of human...
Edo APC women leader jailed for trafficking in UK
An influential All Progressive Congress (APC) women leader in Edo State, Josephine Iyamu, has been sentenced to 18 years imprisonment in the United Kingdom for using black...
Nigerian brothers sentenced to jail for human trafficking in South Africa
Two Nigerians brothers have been jailed for human trafficking by the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, South Africa.
Obioma Benjamin Abba, 32 was sentenced to an...
Omotola, Tonto Dikeh, Siasia pledge support in fight against trafficking
Nollywood actresses, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde and Tonto Dikeh, on Saturday pledged to support the fight against human trafficking.
The superstars, along with former Super Eagle’s Coach,...
UK court jails Nigerian nurse 14 years for voodoo sex trafficking
A British court on Wednesday sentenced a Nigerian nurse, Josephine Iyamu, to 14 years in prison on Wednesday for trafficking five women to Germany...
Former Edo assembly aspirant convicted of sex trafficking in UK
A former Edo House of Assembly aspirant, Josephine Iyamu, has been convicted of trafficking five Nigerian women into Germany to work as prostitutes after...
Nigeria named ninth most dangerous country in the world for women
Nigeria has been named as the ninth most dangerous country in the world for women in a survey of global experts released on Tuesday.
India...
I was going to France for prostitution, Libya returnee confesses
A 22-year-old Libya returnee (names withheld) on Wednesday told newsmen in Lagos that she made the perilous journey to the North African country en...