Tag: HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Pope Francis visits former Nigerian prostitutes in Italy
Pope Francis surprised 20 former prostitutes on Friday by knocking on their door in Rome and popping in for a chat.
The Argentine, who has...
More Nigerian women arriving Europe for prostitution
Criminals are exploiting the migration crisis to dramatically increase the trafficking of Nigerian women and girls into Europe - and many could end up...
UK court jails Nigerian human trafficker, Franca Asemota, 22 years
A Nigerian human smuggler who threatened to use "juju" against the women and children she helped to bring into Europe for forced prostitution was...
Notorious Nigerian female human smuggler found guilty in UK
A Nigerian woman who forced dozens of teenage orphans into prostitution and slavery in Europe using the threat of witchcraft is facing jail in...
Papa Wemba: Lagbaja’s fellow anti-war campaigner who was convicted of human...
Congolese music icon, Papa Wemba, who died, aged 66, on Sunday after collapsing on stage was an anti-war campaigner who was later convicted for...
Congo rumba king, Papa Wemba, dies on stage
King of Congolese rumba, Papa Wemba has died aged 66 after collapsing during a concert.
Footage from the show in Cote d‘Ivoire showed him slumped...
Sex slavery: Nigerian nurse deregistered for forcing woman to fly to...
A Nigerian, Florence Obadiaru, has been struck off the UK nursing register for smuggling a woman into Britain to work as a sex slave...
Nigerian couple arrested in US for holding fellow countrywoman captive for...
A couple in Texas, USA have been accused of holding a Nigerian nanny against her will for over two years while they forced her...
Bisi Olateru-Olagbegi (1953-2015), by Reuben Abati
Our sister died. And we are all devastated. We called her Sista Bisi, Mama Kiitan, Olori, Chief (Mrs). To some other people, she was...
British-Nigerian couple convicted in UK of keeping Nigerian immigrant as slave...
A British-Nigerian couple was found guilty on Tuesday of keeping a Nigerian immigrant enslaved for more than two decades, forcing him to work for...