The Police Command in Anambra has detained four female suspects over the alleged trafficking of a week-old baby girl at Ifite-Awkuzu community in the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, made the disclosure in a statement to newsmen yesterday in Awka. “The command, through its operatives attached ...
•A baby Western lowland gorilla named Zeytin hugs the keeper at the Polenezkoy Zoo in Istanbul Shining down a lamp-post, the tiny male gorilla almost seems to be laughing as he dodges past his keeper at an Istanbul zoo, where he has called home since being rescued from traffickers. He was five months old when […]
•Binta Abubakar A Nigerian-Australian woman, Binta Abubakar, has been arrested by the Australian Federal Police for allegedly trafficking students from Papua New Guinea and forcing them into unpaid labour on farms across Queensland under the guise of educational scholarships. Abubakar, 56, was arrested on Wednesday at the Brisbane Airport upon...
Eight alleged stowaways were taken into custody by Nigerian Navy operations when they were trying to board two speed boats. Director of Naval Information Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu revealed this in a statement yesterday, stating that five of the eight suspects had acknowledged their desire to travel overseas. He claimed that on July 13, 2024, during a...
•Aviation Minister Keyamo and private jets The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, says some private aircraft operating in Nigeria are being used for money laundering, drug trafficking and other illegal activities. Keyamo made the revelation at the Ministry of Aviation in Abuja today, when he inaugurated a Ministeria...
•Obasanjo Former President Olusegun Obasanjo today said that there is an urgent need for a law that will help to check organ harvesting and trafficking in the country. Obasanjo equally demanded legislative support in terms of a new bill to support people with kidney disease, reports The PUNCH. The former president, according to a statement [&h...
The police in Rivers State today said its operatives smashed a drug trafficking syndicate and recovered 300 parcels of weed suspected to be Indian hemp. Speaking during a press briefing today at the command headquarters in Port Harcourt, the state Commissioner of Police, Nwonyi Emeka, said the syndicate was rounded up following credible Intell...

