By Evelyn Usman The Nigerian Navy has rescued 18 victims of human trafficking in the  Rijiyar Lemu, Ungogo Local Government Area  of Kano State. The rescue according to  the Director of Information , Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan  was made at about 10 pm, last Saturday, following  a tip off from an officer in the Nigerian Navy […]

By Owei Lakemfa OVER the course of 400 years, 15 million men, women, and children were transported across the Atlantic as slaves, but the statistics for human trafficking, particularly the sex trade, are far worse.  Conservatively, 800,000 people are trafficked annually, with 80 per cent being women and half of these being minors. The global […]

By Biodun Busari The co-founder of Stagecoach Dame Ann Gloag, her husband and other two other members of her family have been charged with human trafficking offences. Gloag, one of Scotland’s richest women was charged after a police interview on Thursday, according to Sky News. According to reports, the 80-year-old was charged alongside her 72-year-old […]

As part of efforts to checkmate social vices and in fulfilment ofits Corporate Social Responsibility, Network Against Corruption and Human Trafficking (NACAT) on Monday had a massive sensitization campaign in UnguwanHausawa Kpaduma 2 Asokoro Extension Guzape district, Federal Capital Territory, that centered on corruption, drug and human trafficking. Led by one of its Executive Director, […]

By Biodun Busari A Circuit Court in Tamale, the northern region of Ghana has sentenced a 41-year-old Nigerian woman to five years in prison for human trafficking and forced prostitution. The woman, Blessing Favour, a resident of Tamale city, pleaded guilty to human and sex trafficking and was convicted on her plea. Read also: US […]