The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a couple living on Unity Road, Mosafote, Ibafo, for allegedly trading in children. The suspects were identified simply as Morenike and Shittu. Their neighbours became suspicious a few months ago when the woman would allegedly bring a child home in the evening and take the child away the following day. She was …

20-year-old woman, Chioma Fidelis, has confessed to how she parted with her two months old son, Favour Fidelis, in exchange for half a bag of rice, six chairs, cement and N200,000 cash. Speaking to newsmen on Friday when she and her accomplices were paraded by the police in Imo State, Chioma said she got pregnant out of wedlock, and that being unable …

Owerri—A widow, Ogechi Chukwuocha, has said the desire for a male child made her buy a 10-month-old baby for N650,000 in Imo State, because “my husband is dead and I do not have a male child. I do not know that the child was stolen.” Among those paraded with Chukwuocha, during the handing over of the child to the parents, Mrs Udoka Peter, at the …

The Nigerian army on Saturday said that it has intercepted four child traffickers with 19 under-aged children in Yobe. Sani Usman, army spokesman, confirmed this in a statement. He said the four traffickers, who were arrested by of troops of Bravo Company, 120 Battalion at Katarko, were conveying the 19 children from Potiskum to Garin Tuwo, Bungai and …

Two Indian school girls have received national bravery awards for helping police uncover and arrest a group of cross-border human traffickers. Millions of women and children are victims of sex trafficking in India. The International Labor Organization claims the global human trafficking industry generates around $150 billion annually and India is considered …

A 50-year-old man, Luku Labi, who allegedly trafficked 10 children from Benin Republic into Nigeria, was charged before a Yaba Chief Magistrate’s Court in Lagos. The accused, whose address was not given, is facing a three-count charge of conspiracy, unlawful import and confining children. The prosecutor, Inspector Rita Momah, told the court that the …

IN its bid to rid Imo State of child trafficking, the State police command has arrested another syndi­cate of women involved in sourcing and the sale of newly born babies. Parading the suspects yesterday, at the command headquarters, the Commis­sioner of Police in the state, Mr. Taiwo Lakanu, dis­closed that on September 13, 2015, operatives of the …

A Former Member of the House of Representatives and currently a member of the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Hon. Paul Adah, has been accused of trafficking in children and is alleged to have stolen a set of twins to be raised as his children. A group called the South-South Coalition for Justice and Democracy has called on …

Police Officers attached to Umuoba Police Station in Isiala Ngwa LGA of Abia, on Monday foiled an attempt by two men to steal a child in Amaede, a village under the station’s jurisdiction. NAN learnt that the armed men entered the house of their victim to steal the boy, but met stiff opposition from his parents, which resulted in a scuffle. A source …