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6 pregnant girls arrested for trying to sell their babies in Enugu (PICTURED)

by Rachel Ogbu Six pregnant teenagers were arrested yesterdsay in a home in Enugu where they were being set up to deliver their babies for sale, reports say. In a statement, the Public Relations Officer of the command, Ebere Amaraizu, said that the teenagers arrested at No. 7, Anyansi Lane, Ogui in Enugu were between... Read More

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April 30, 2013

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Boys sell for N450,000, girls for N400,000: Advocates call for tougher laws to stop the baby trade

by Rachel Ogbu A 2011 UNESCO report puts human trafficking as the third most common crime in Nigeria after financial fraud and drug trafficking. At least 10 children are illegally sold every day across the country with traffickers getting away with the crime most of the time, a UN report says. Recently the Nigeria Security... Read More