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Spanish police officials have rescued 39 women and girls smuggled from Nigeria and trafficked into sex work by a notorious Nigerian gang. Europol said the victims were kept in “squalid conditions in caves” and intimidated with voodoo threats. Gang members forced the women into sex work in order to pay off a 30,000 euro ($37,000; £26,000) debt. At least 89 …

For those, who doubted the efficacy of the curse on human traffickers by the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare 11, the calls on trafficked girls to come and take their pubic hairs and pants from shrines are indeed a direct response to the doubts. We learnt that native doctors, who hitherto held the power of life and death over the …

Donald Trump announced on Friday that he has reluctantly signed Congress’ $1.3tn spending bill, despite a threat he made hours earlier to veto the budget and shut down the federal government. The US president had caused consternation with a tweet suggesting that he might exercise his veto right due to the bill’s lack of immigration measures. But in impromptu remarks at …

By Alltimepost.com Efforts of the Edo State Government to grow its rubber stock and boost non-oil receipts with the 2,500-hectare rubber plantation in Urhonigbe, Orhionmwon Local Government Area are being supported the Nigeria government. The Executive Director, Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Mr. Olusegun Awolowo has disclosed that If farmers improve their activities to grow rubber using improved seedlings, they …

A former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday, said the Coalition for Nigeria Movement, has recorded over three million membership, ahead of the 2019 general elections. He disclosed this at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, while fielding questions from women at the 14th annual lecture of the Women in Management, Business, and Public Service. Obasanjo said the …

Benin City – Operatives of Edo State Police Command yesterday rescued a kidnap victim, killing one of the suspected kidnappers in the rescue operation. The Commissioner of Police, Edo State CP Johnson Kokumo disclosed this in Benin City today while displaying bullet-ridden corpse of a young man said to be one of the kidnappers. CP Kokumo stated that a four-man …

Facebook is changing the way it shares data with third-party applications, Mark Zuckerberg announced on Wednesday in his first public statement since the Observer reported that the personal data of about 50 million Americans had been harvested and improperly shared with a political consultancy. The Facebook CEO broke his five-day silence on the scandal that has enveloped his company this …

The Federal Government yesterday explained that the release of 104 out of the 110 Dapchi schoolgirls abducted last month by the Boko Haram sect was secured through back-channel efforts and with the help of some friends of the country. It was learnt that the girls were let go by their abductors around 3:00 a.m. on Wednesday. They were brought and …

The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris said Tuesday that a presidential permission from president Buhari was needed for him to effect withdrawal of police personnel attached to politicians, public officers and senior citizens in the country. This was even as he said the withdrawal of personnel would be nationwide. Speaking during a meeting he held with Squadron, Counter Terrorism …

The Presidency has announced that 101 Dapchi schoolgirls have been released so far. Thw announcement was made at ongoing Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting at the Council Chamber in Presidential Villa, Abuja. This was after the documentation of the Dapchi school girls. The release of the Dapchi school girls is coming few hours after the Amnesty International (AI) alleged that …