Sunday Times examines how young ladies turned social media apps to prostitution hub at the expense of social values. BY ADA DIKE Many prostitutes have shifted their base from hanging in front of hotels, streets and roads to operating online using mostly Facebook and TikTok to lure customers. An observer, Ntaka Yote said the quest […]
In this undercover investigation, our reporter, Sikiru Obarayese, exposed how security operatives abet child prostitution, trafficking and make millions of Naira from the illegal activities in Osun communities. Sometime in early 2021, a 17-year-old girl, Victoria, who came from Southern Nigeria, followed a boyfriend to an Osun community in search of greener pasture. After she […]
Prostitution by young girls and ladies has become a thriving business in Onitsha, the commercial city of Anambra State, and its environs. The hot spots are Nsugbe, Obosi, Nkpor, Ogidi, all in Idemili North Local Government Area; Nkwelle-Ezunaka and Ogbunike in Oyi Local Government; Umueri and Aguleri in Anambra East; Oba, Umuoji and Akwaukwu, in […]
A 13-year-old girl, John Agnes, who was rescued by operatives of the Lagos State Police Command has disclosed that men patronise them with N1,000. Agnes was Akwa – Ibom State to Lagos State for prostitution and rescued alongside 23 others. She disclosed that they were promised attractive pays for maid and sale representative jobs in […]
A 13-year-old girl, John Agnes, who was trafficked from Akwa – Ibom State to Lagos State for prostitution, have been rescues alongside 23 others. The girls who were rescued by operatives of the Lagos State Police Command, were promised attractive pays for maid and sale representative jobs in Lagos. The girls who were trafficked by […]
A two man human trafficking syndicate who specialises in recruiting teenage girl from Rivers, Imo and Akwa-Ibom States for prostitution have been arrested by operatives of the Lagos State Police Command. The suspects, Ikechkwu Egbulefu and Vera John who are lovers were arrested at their hideout at Wagbas Hotel Ajah, Lagos, where they camp the […]
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday heard how the masterminds of the alleged trafficking of a 27-year-old, Udeogu Ann Ugochi, to Dubai for prostitution were arrested by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP) A prosecution witness, Mrs Ibrahim Omolara, in the ongoing trial of three persons facing trial […]
France’s Senate has rejected a planned 2013 law penalising people who pay for sex, and has chosen to maintain the offence of soliciting. Although prostitution is legal in France, soliciting in public and pimping are not. The National Assembly voted 16 months ago to impose a 1,500 (£1,090; $1,600) fine on clients, shifting the criminal […]