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Hook-Up: As prostitution moves from streets to social media

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 28 January 2024 0

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

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Exposed: Police, brothel owners make millions as child prostitution, sex trafficking reign in Osun

Ihesiulo Grace 29 November 2021 0

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

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Meet Rev. Sister Dorothy Okoli a catholic Nun who harbors prostitutes in Onitsha

Ihesiulo Grace 10 September 2021 0

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 […]

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Men patronise us with N1,000, says 13-year-old trafficked for prostitution in Lagos

Ihesiulo Grace 16 May 2020 0

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 […]

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Police rescue 13-year-old girl, 23 others trafficked for prostitution in Lagos

Ihesiulo Grace 16 May 2020 0

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 […]

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Trafficking for prostitution: Lagos Police rescue three victims, arrest two suspected traffickers

Ihesiulo Grace 9 July 2018 0

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 […]

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How we arrested masterminds of human trafficking for prostitution- NAPTIP

Ihesiulo Grace 12 January 2018 0

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 […]

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French Senate Overturns Fines for Prostitutes' Clients

Ihesiulo Grace 1 April 2015 0

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 […]