The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has issued a strong warning to parents across the country against entrusting their children to casual acquaintances, untrusted neighbours, and one-off service providers, noting that such actions expose children to trafficking and abduction. The Director General of NAPTIP, Binta Adamu Bello, gave the warning…
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and other related matters (NAPTIP) has placed Nigerian singer, Darlington Okoye, popularly known as Speed Darlington, on an international watch list over allegations of sexual involvement with a minor. The agency confirmed it has also alerted the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) after the musician…
Nigerian entertainer, Darlington Okoye, popularly known as Speed Darlington, has responded defiantly after the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons declared him wanted for alleged offences including rape, cyberbullying, and cyberstalking. In a video shared online via YouTube on Monday, following the agency’s declaration, the controversial musician insisted he had committed no…
The Anambra State Commander of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, Ibadin Judith-Chukwu, has said human trafficking in the state is assuming an increasingly alarming dimension. Judith-Chukwu also expressed worry over a disturbing trend in the state, where young people are now cohabiting by mutual consent solely to produce babies for…
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has declared Nigerian entertainer, Darlington Okoye, popularly known as Speed Darlington, wanted in connection with alleged offences including rape, cyberbullying, and cyberstalking. NAPTIP made this known via its official Instagram handle @officialnaptip on Friday afternoon. It read, “WANTED BY NAPTIP. Darlington Okoye, aka Speed Darlington,…
Popular entertainer Speed Darlington is currently facing widespread condemnation following a viral Instagram live video in which he seemingly admitted to defiling a 15-year-old girl. The incident, which he narrated in Igbo, has prompted swift reactions from the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency and the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in…
Hajia Binta Adamu Bello, the Director-General, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has revealed that the agency recently rescued 19 girls who were impregnated by one man from an estate in Abuja. Hajia Bello disclosed this during at a strategic meeting with Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission…
Three suspected human trafficking syndicates have been arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) over the sale of a two-year-old girl for N100,000. The syndicates were arrested after the child had been trafficked from Abuja to Aba at the price of N100,000. In a statement issued by the National Agency for the…
An anti-human trafficking mobile application built by Devatop Centre for Africa Development, a Nigeria-based human rights advocacy centre, has won an award from the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC). The award was presented at the UNAOC’s intercultural innovation hub held in Cascais, Portugal, on November 26. The app, TALKAM, is used for reporting abuses,…