Andrew Tate has denied being involved in human trafficking. The controversial internet personality was arrested in December 2022 in Romania alongside his brother and two assistants. Over the weekend, Romanian authorities said they have seized nearly $4 million worth of assets belonging to Tate over the past week as he and his brother are investigated on…
Romanian authorities on Sunday, January 15, said they have seized goods and money worth 18 million lei ($3.95 million) as a part of a criminal inquiry into alleged human trafficking that led to the arrest of controversial internet personality Andrew Tate. Andrew Tate, his brother and two Romanian female suspects were detained on December 29 on…
25-year-old Sonia Ekweremadu, daughter of Senator Ike Ekweremadu has denied charges of trafficking a homeless man into the UK to harvest his kidney. Sonia who is being charged alongside her father Ike Ekweremadu, 60, her mother, Beatrice Ekweremadu, 56, and a Nigerian doctor Obinna Obeta, 50, pleaded not guilty today, January 13. Ike, Beatrice and Obeta had also…
Incendiary social media influencer Andrew Tate and his brother were busted in Romania on Thursday related to sex-trafficking allegations, according to a report. Police in tactical gear descended on a villa Andrew Tate and brother Tristan were staying at Thursday to detain the British brothers on kidnapping and rape charges, judicial sources told Romanian outlet Libertatea. Video shows…
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and Other Related Offences (NAPTIP) has reunited a 2-year-old victim of human trafficking with her 18-year-old birth mother. Speaking at the handing over ceremony of the child, NAPTIP Director-General, Mrs Fatimah Waziri-Azi, said the girl was deceptively taken from her mother at birth and…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Jigawa State Command has arrested two suspected child traffickers. NSCDC spokesman in the state, CSC Adamu Shehu, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, November 9, 2022, said the duo was arrested on a suspected case of Trafficking and Criminal Conspiracy contrary to sections 281 and…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a blind Nigerien and his son for drug trafficking in Katsina State. Spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, November 6, 2022, said operatives on patrol at Malumfashi-Zaria road, arrested Bukar Haruna, 52, and his son Saka Haruna, 30 while…
Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted and sentenced a former professional footballer, Okafor Emmanuel Junior to five years’ imprisonment for cocaine trafficking. The judgement was handed down after Emmanuel pleaded guilty to the charge of trafficking in the banned substance made against him by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency…
On the heels of last week’s bullish turn for stocks, the setup is looking slightly less positive for Monday. Hong Kong stocks may be affecting the mood with a giant slump after China’s leader cemented his power. And we’re entering Fed blackout period ahead of next week’s meeting that’s expected to deliver yet another three-quarters…
President Joe Biden on Thursday said he will pardon all prior federal offenses of simple possession of marijuana, and asked U.S. agencies to review how the drug is classified. “There are thousands of people who have prior federal convictions for marijuana possession, who may be denied employment, housing, or educational opportunities as a result,” Biden…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a physically challenged drug dealer, Abdulraham Mohammed, in Ogun State. Director, Media & Advocacy of the agency, Femi Babafemi, in a statement, said Mohammed was arrested on Saturday 1st October, 2022, with 104kg of compressed Cannabis Sativa recovered from him. The spokesperson also…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested an ex-footballer, Okafor Emmanuel Junior at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, on his arrival from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Addis Ababa on board an Ethiopian airlines flight with 1.40kg crack cocaine concealed in his bags. Spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi,…
A teenage sex trafficking victim from Iowa, US who stabbed her rapist to death was sentenced by a judge on Tuesday September 14, to five years of closely supervised probation and must pay $150,000 restitution to her abuser’s family. Pieper Lewis, 17, stabbed her abuser, 37-year-old Zachary Brooks, more than 30 times in June 2020….
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has sentenced a 26-year-old lawyer, Sulaimon Kaosarat Yetunde, to five years imprisonment for drug trafficking. Justice Daniel Osiagor handed down the verdict on Tuesday, September 6, 2022, following Miss Yetunde’s guilty plea to a charge of conspiracy and the unlawful export of 1.10 kilograms of cannabis sativa. The…
Police in Kerala, India have arrested a 36-year-old Nigerian national, Okafor Eze Emmanuel, for alleged drug trafficking. Okafor was arrested by Palarivattam police from KR Puram, Bangalore on Wednesday, August 24. The accused was nabbed by a team led by Ernakulam ACP P Rajkumar, comprising Inspector S Sanal, Sanip Kumar, Mahin Abubakar and Arun Surendran….
Men of the Ogun state police command have arrested a 53-year-old woman, Chinyere Nwozu, for stealing a one-week-old baby boy. The suspect was arrested at about 9 am of the said date, when she was seen with a little baby who was crying but she can not breastfeed him as a mother. This aroused the suspicion of…
Disgraced R&B star, R Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison months after he was convicted on all nine counts against him in a high-profile sex trafficking case. Kelly, 55, was convicted on sex trafficking and racketeering charges last September following a six-week trial. Judge Ann M. Donnelly on Wednesday, June 29,…
Jubril Gawat, a Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos state on New Media, has defended All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu after a Bloomberg article about him. Bloomberg had shared an article titled “Graft Allegations Dog Nigeria’s Main Presidential Hopefuls”, centered of Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and…
The Police in Trinidad and Tobago have arrested a Nigerian national and two others for drug trafficking. The trio appeared at the Tobago Magistrates’ Court on Friday, June 10, 2022, after they were charged with various drug related offences on Thursday. The trio, Ugochukwu Ezenagu, Jaden Thompson, and Josiah Seepersadsingh, were arrested in connection with the seizure of…
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Thursday, June 9, sentenced a 27-year-old woman, Blessing Oamen Aka ‘Omons’ to 4 years and 5 years imprisonment for trafficking three young Nigerian women into Benin Republic and forcing them into prostitution. Omons, who was brought before the court by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), was…
Ten victims of human trafficking on their way to Niger Republic to be used as labourers have been rescued by the Kano State Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP). Zonal Coordinator of the Command, Abdullahi Babale, disclosed this in an interview on Friday, June 10. “The Agency…