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Human trafficking and the Nigerian society – Tribune Online
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Human trafficking and the Nigerian society – Tribune Online

TRAFFICKING in persons, as defined by the United Nations Special Report of the UN Commission on Human Rights, means the receipt of persons by threat or use of violence, abduction, force, fraud, deception or coercion including the abuse of authority.  It also involves debt bondage for the purpose of placing or holding such a person…

NIS Rescues Six Human Trafficking Victims in Jigawa – THISDAYLIVE
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NIS Rescues Six Human Trafficking Victims in Jigawa – THISDAYLIVE

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Jigawa Command, said it rescued six victims of human trafficking in the state. The NIS Comptroller in the state, Mr Ahmed Bagari, told newsmen in Dutse yesterday  that the victims were rescued by men of the command on Sunday. Bagari, represented by DCI Muhammad Yako, said the victims were rescued at…

Two women bag two years imprisonment for human trafficking | The Guardian Nigeria News
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Two women bag two years imprisonment for human trafficking | The Guardian Nigeria News

NAFDAC arraigns businessmen over alleged importation of fake drugs Justice Hadizat Rabiu-Shagari of Federal High Court, Lagos, yesterday, convicted and sentenced two women, Osunabi Fatimoh and Olayinka Eniola, to 24 months imprisonment for human trafficking, The judge sentenced the two after they were found guilty as charged by the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking…

NGO Takes Campaign Against Human Trafficking To Secondary Schools – Naija News
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NGO Takes Campaign Against Human Trafficking To Secondary Schools – Naija News

An NGO, Network Against Child Labour (NETACL), has sensitised secondary school students to the dangers of child trafficking and child labour. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the sensitisation took place in two different schools, Nagari College and Government Girls Secondary School, Junju both in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State capital. The sensitisation, which is…

NAPTIP rescues 29 victims of trafficking in Kebbi – Ripples Nigeria
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NAPTIP rescues 29 victims of trafficking in Kebbi – Ripples Nigeria

The National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has rescued 29 victims of trafficking in Kebbi State. The NAPTIP Zonal Commander in-charge of Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara States, Misba’u Iya-Kaura, confirmed the development to journalists on Saturday in Birnin Kebbi. READ ALSO: NAPTIP rescues teenager from suspected human traffickers in Anambra He said…