A Federal High Court sitting in Sokoto, Sokoto State of Nigeria, presided over by Hon. Justice Idrissa Kogu, has sentenced two men, 25-year-old Lawali Alhaji Gado and 21-year-old Umar Abdullahi to jail for human trafficking offences. The Suspects, who hail from Sokoto State, were charged to court on 8th December, 2016
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The Honourable Attorney - General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has approved the dismissal of six Officers of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) Agency, one compulsory retirement and sanctioning of two others for various offences that were inimical to the operations
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“Leadership is behavioural, not positional: the capacity to integrate, innovate and mobilize others to bring a common aspiration to life is what leadership is all about, not holding positions of formal authority” The above thought of Late President Nelson Mandela was re-echoed in NAPTIP when a batch of public servants comprising
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FOR VIOLENCE AGAINST PERSONS IN FCT, PLEASE REPORT TO NAPTIP WHAT DOES THE VAPP ENTAIL? 1.0 The Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act 2015 was signed into law on 23rd May, 2015. 1.1 NAPTIP was mandated to administer the provisions of the Act, by virtue of Section 44 of the Act. The main thrust of
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Director – General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Dame Julie Okah – Donli, has said that human trafficking remains one of the components of terrorism and a major threat to good governance and rapid economic recovery of any nation. She stated that
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A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Tuesday sentenced three women to jail for human trafficking offences. The Convicts: 29 years old Precious Owoh from Delta State, 25 years old Blessing Gabriel (aka Precious) from Edo state, and 25 years old Rose Gabriel from Edo state were arraigned in court
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A Federal High Court sitting in Jos, Plateau State has sentenced two men and one woman to jail for child trafficking. The Convicts, 49 years old Emeka Christopher, from Anambra, Ayamelum Local Government Area of Anambra State, 30 years old Kenneth Anajemba, from Oyi Local Government of Anambra State, and
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Director – General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Dame Julie Okah – Donli, has described the conviction of a British based- nurse, Josephine Iyamu as the beginning of the renewed determination by NAPTIP to bring all foreign - based human traffickers to
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The attention of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has been drawn to the statement by the spokesperson for the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Police Command, DSP Joseph Alabi exonerating the Police Officer, Mathew Esan, who was arrested by the Agency’s Operatives over his involvement
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Operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) have intercepted and rescued 10 Nigerian youths who were being trafficked to Moscow, Russia. They were intercepted on Saturday night at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in an operation code named ‘’Operation BLOCK’’ while trying to
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