Customs Repatriates Trafficked Baby Gorilla to Congo After Three Years in Nigeria

Customs Repatriates Trafficked Baby Gorilla to Congo After Three Years in Nigeria

Zainab Uzomah ABUJA — A baby gorilla rescued from wildlife traffickers in Nigeria has been returned to the Republic of Congo after spending more than three years in rehabilitation, in what the Nigeria Customs Service described as its first full-cycle international wildlife enforcement operation. The female gorilla, named Bili, was rescued by Customs officers in August 2023 and subsequently cared for by the Pandrillus Foundation in Calabar. A DNA test […]

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Former Lagos Councillor Arrested as NDLEA Seizes Drugs Hidden in Baby Diapers

By Zainab Uzomah|Abuja Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has arrested a former councillor in Lagos State and intercepted several drug consignments across the country, including narcotics concealed in baby diapers. According to a statement signed by the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, the former councillor, Sheleru Sadiq Olalekan, was arrested on 2 March at his residence in Ilado, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, following intelligence linking […]

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Infant Rape: Women Affairs Minister Applauds 21-Year Jail Term for Rapist of 3-Month-Old Baby

By Toffa Momoh, Abuja The Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development has lauded the 21-year prison sentence handed down to Ahmadu Yaro, who was convicted of raping a three-month-old baby in Adogi village, Nasarawa State, Nigeria. In a statement made available to Eagles FM Online on Tuesday, Honourable Minister Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim described the ruling by Chief Judge of Nasarawa State, Justice Aisha Bashir-Aliyu, as a courageous and vital […]

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Day-old baby dumped in polythene bag rescued in Lagos

A day-old baby boy abandoned in a polythene bag has been rescued at Alhaji Masha Road, in the Surulere area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that a yet-to-be-identified social worker attached to a hospital in Surulere, while on her way to a destination, heard the sound of a crying baby emanating from the polythene bag. Upon observing what was in the polytene bag, the social worker saw the baby boy […]

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