Tag: HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Obaseki appoints SSA on human trafficking, illegal migration
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo as appointed human rights activist, Solomon Okoduwa, as senior special assistant (SSA) on human trafficking and illegal migration.
Mr Okoduwa,...
Pastor arrested for hypnotising students, running sex camp
A self-anointed pastor has been arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Lagos State Command, for allegedly running a human trafficking...
Dogara leads delegation to Italy after burial of 26 Nigerian women
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, is leading Nigerian delegation to Italy to discuss fight against human trafficking following the death of...
Italy buries 26 Nigerian women who died crossing Mediterranean Sea
More than two dozen young Nigerian women who drowned during a migrant crossing from Libya were honoured Friday with an interfaith funeral.
The ceremony closes...
43-year-old man bags 18 years in prison for human trafficking
A Benin High Court, presided over by Justice Alero Edodo-Eruaga, on Friday sentenced a 43-year old, Henry Omoike, to 18 years imprisonment for human...
Nigeria urges UN probe into deaths of 26 female migrants
Nigeria on Wednesday called for an international inquiry after 26 women and girls drowned attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe.
The bodies of...
Sex slavery and trafficking fund Boko Haram – Report
Offering kidnapped women and girls to jihadist fighters as sex slaves or wives helps militant groups lure and retain members, while sex trafficking can...
Gang providing Nigerian women as sex slaves in Spanish resorts arrested
A human trafficking gang providing women from Nigeria as sex slaves in Spanish resorts popular with European holidaymakers has been seized by police.
Investigators arrested...
Seven arrested in Italy for forcing Nigerians into prostitution
Italian police said on Thursday that seven people who lured Nigerian women to Italy and then forced them into prostitution have been arrested in...
Prostitution: 4000 Nigerian girls arrive Italy so far in 2017
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on Friday said thousands of Nigerian migrant girls brought to Italy were in great danger of being forced...