Eleven suspected commercial sex workers have been reportedly arrested in a police swoop on Friday. The suspects were said to be Nigerians, trafficked to The Gambia to do commercial sex work.
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Nigeria Threatening To Quit Ecowas?
Since the mid 1970s the West African grouping Ecowas and Nigeria were seen as inseparables but of late the regional powerhouse is threatening to quit the bloc it helped found in 1975 to promote economic integration. Why? According to reports from the bloc’s headquarters based in the Nigerian federal capital[Read More…]
Nigerian Army To Deploy 197 Troops To Gambia
The Nigerian Army is set to deploy 197 troops for ECOWAS Peacekeeping Mission in The Gambia. Chief of Operations, Army Headquarters, Olufemi Akinjobi, a major general, disclosed this on Thursday at the graduation ceremony of Nigerian Company 7 which will soon head for the tiny West African state. The ceremony[Read More…]