By Sylvia Akpan The Cross River State House of Assembly has called for a thorough investigation into alleged criminal activities at the Temporary Tanker Park along Lemna Road, Calabar, following a petition by landlords and residents of the area. The petition, considered during plenary, alleged that the facility, originally established as a temporary holding area
By Hafeez Hanafi, Punch Newspaper The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Person, NAPTIP, has begun profiling 22 teenagers rescued from a brothel on the premises of Kolab Hotel on Ayetoro Road, Ogun State, with a view to rehabilitating them. The agency had also launched a manhunt for the syndicate involved in the
By Ogar Monday Men of the Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS Cross River State Command over the weekend arrested two suspected human traffickers in two buses at its Itigidi border post in Itigidi, Abi Local Government area. The two suspects who are from Obubra and Yakurr were arrested with 29 young boys and girls travelling in
By CrossRiverWatch admin Blessing Gabriel, a 25 year old indigene of Calabar South Local Government of Cross River State was among five suspected members of a human trafficking ring, paraded last week by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, for running a prostitution syndicate. The suspects who have confessed to
by crossriverwatch admin The Abia State Police Command, on Tuesday, paraded different groups of suspected child traffickers in Umuahia the state capital. Among the suspects that were paraded included one Joseph Edet Essien a native of Ifetai in Calabar, Cross River State, who allegedly stole a three-year-old child, Dorcas Emmanuel Usen. Parading the suspect, Police
by crossriverwatch admin A 42 year old Cameroonian lady who gave her name as Evelyn Atemkeng was on Wednesday arrested in Calabar with a three day old baby she allegedly bought at the cost of 1.2 million Naira. Mrs. Atemkeng accompanied by her 70 year old mother, Anastasia Fambong was said to have bought the