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Lagos is a city in Nigeria and one of the largest and fastest-growing cities in Africa. In the context of human trafficking, Lagos is a major source, transit, and destination point for trafficking victims. Traffickers may target vulnerable individuals, including children, women, and migrants, in Lagos and transport them to other parts of Nigeria or other countries for exploitation. The Nigerian government and international organizations have undertaken a range of efforts to combat trafficking in Lagos and other parts of the country, including prevention campaigns, victim support programs, and law enforcement initiatives.
Nigeria’s former deputy senate president, his wife and daughter went on trial in a London court on Monday for allegedly plotting to harvest a street trader’s kidney. Ike and Beatrice Ekweremadu, their 25-year-old daughter Sonia and a doctor, Obinna Obeta, are accused of conspiring to exploit the man for his organ. The kidney was allegedly…
By MOHAMMED MOMOH Nigeria police thought they had wiped out the baby factory menace. That was until a 17-year-old was caught in homestead where he was ‘assigned’ to impregnate ten young women in Nigeria’s Rivers State. The boy was just a stud or a “breeder”. The crackdown in Obio/Akpor last month also saw two women…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has trashed the interim order earlier issued for the forfeiture of 40 landed properties belonging to the former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu. In November 2022, the same court ordered an interim forfeiture of the 40 landed properties belonging to Ekweremadu who is currently being remanded in a…
As New Year’s celebrations began to fade around the world, Free the Slaves and our partners in Senegal and Nigeria worked hard to help 19 women and children freed from severe sex trafficking in Senegal return to their families in Nigeria. Staff from Free the Slaves and La Lumiere (LL) coordinated with authorities in Senegal…
By Ngozi Nwoke and Tony John, Port Harcourt On January 7, operatives of C4i Intelligence Unit of the Nigeria Police Force, Rivers State Command, raided suspected baby factories and made arrests. The alleged baby factories were at two different houses in Igwuruta and Omagwa communities, in Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state. Daily Sun…
Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja The daughter of a former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Sonia, has pleaded not guilty to the organ harvesting charges levelled against her in the United Kingdom. She also denied trafficking a young man, David Nwamini, into the United Kingdom to harvest his kidney. Sonia, 25, is charged alongside her…
Rescue 10 pregnant teenagers Operatives of the Rivers Police Command through its C4I Intelligence Unit have raided two houses at Igwuruta and Omagwa communities in Ikwerre Local Council of the state. he officers arrested four suspected child traffickers. The suspects, who are within the age range of 14 and 17, were said to have operated…
Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested two suspects allegedly involved in child trafficking in the state. According to the State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, the suspects, Favour Bright and Peace Alikor, were arrested when the operatives of C4I intelligence unit of the command raided…
…Four suspects arrested The Rivers State Police Command has said its operatives smashed a child trafficking syndicate and arrested four suspects in Igwuruta and Omagwa, Obio/Akpor and Ikwerre local government areas of the state. Also the police said ten girls, most of whom are pregnant, including teenagers found in two of the locations raided were…
Media Entrepreneur, women, youth and human trafficking advocate Oladapo Adekunle Sofowora, has further intensified his effort to ensure modern-day slavery is reduced to the barest minimum. The head honcho of Rudder Blade Global has been a strong advocate against women and child trafficking more recently playing a pivotal role in the successful training program as…
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