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Court jails 36-year-old woman for human trafficking

Ihesiulo Grace 21 April 2018 0

Efforts by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) to eradicate incidence of human trafficking in Nigeria has yielded another result as a Benin High Court in Edo State presided over by Honourable Justice Alero Edodo Eruaga, sentenced Mrs. Vera Imoh, 12 months’

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World Day of Peace: Obaseki calls for active participation of religious leaders to curb human trafficking

Ihesiulo Grace 1 January 2018 0

Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has called for sustained collaboration among world leaders including religious leaders to combat the upsurge of migrant crises and mitigate the ugly trend of human trafficking across the world. Obaseki made this submission in commemoration of the World Day of Peace declared by Pope Francis to be marked […]

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Human trafficking: Returnees vow to expose traffickers to security agencies

Ihesiulo Grace 8 December 2017 0

Some victims of human trafficking in Benin City, the Edo State capital, have vowed to take their pound of flesh from their traffickers who lured them from their parents, with the promise to give them decent jobs in Italy and other parts of Europe. The victims, who would not want their names in print, for […]

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Organ Trafficking: Booming trade amidst denials and fears

Ihesiulo Grace 7 October 2017 0

– Erring doctors will be punished – NMA President Piqued by what she described as the new trend in human trafficking, the Director General of National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Julie Okah-Donli, recently read the riot act to organ traffickers and their accomplices in Nigeria. According to the anti-trafficking czar, […]

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Will Nigerians Learn from the Indonesian Executions?

Ihesiulo Grace 28 April 2015 0

Barring last minute shift or change of mind, four Nigerian drug convicts will, alongside five others from Australia, France, Brazil and the Philippines, be executed by firing squad by the Indonesian authorities anytime from now. In spite of spirited efforts to discourage Nigerians from drug trafficking, many still persist in it, thus embarrassing family, friends […]