Tag: DG NAPTIP

Teacher, 19, bags life imprisonment for defiling 9-year-old Pupil in Abuja — DG NAPTIP hails verdict as commensurate and deterrent

Lukman Laleye Babalola

A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Abuja has sentenced a 19-year-old school teacher, Abdullahi Abbass, to life imprisonment for raping a 9-year-old pupil in Kwali. The judgment, delivered by Justice M. Osho-Adebiyi, followed Abbass’s conviction on two counts of rape and sexual abuse under Section 2 of the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act, 2015. According to the case details, the convict, who was the victim’s class teacher, lured the boy from home on March 19, 2025, and sexually assaulted him through the anus. Despite threats from the…

NAPTIP to establish Training Academy in Nasarawa

Emporium Reporters

The Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), has disclosed plans to establish a regional training academy for the entire West Africa in Nasarawa State. Director General of NAPTIP, Hajiya Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, made this known when she led her team on a courtesy call at the Lafia Government House, on Monday. While commending Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, for supporting the agency carry out its mandate, the NAPTIP DG, specifically thanked the Governor for accepting the agency establish its regional training academy,…