The Police Command in Benue has confirmed the release of 20 students of the University of Maiduguri and University of Jos kidnapped by gunmen in the north-central state on 15 August. Its Public Relations Officer, Sewuese Anene, confirmed their rescue to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at 11.15 p.m. on Friday in Makurdi. NAN … Read more
New Delhi: The Delhi Fire Service Personnel (DFSP) have been trying to douse the fire that broke out at a multi-story building in Mayur Vihar Phase 2 late Sunday night. The fire damaged a uniform manufacturing shop and a cafe located near the Neelam Mata Temple. SK Dua, the Deputy Chief Fire Officer, Delhi Fire … Read more
Ten underaged Nigerian girls who were trafficked to Ghana for prostitution have arrived in Nigeria. The Chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, disclosed this on Friday in a post on her X handle. Trafficking PREMIUM TIMES reported that the girls were filmed recently narrating how they were trafficked to Ghana for … Read more
The Nigerian Army has handed over Lydia Simon, one of the Chibok school girls abducted by Boko Haram in April 2014, and her three children to the Borno State Government for reunification with her family. Waidi Shuaibu, a major-general and Theartre Commander, North-East Joint Task Force, Operation Hadin Kai, handed her and her her three … Read more
Tara is one of 32 rescued elephants housed between India’s only elephant hospital, the Wildlife SOS Elephant Hospital Campus, and the nearby 20-acre Elephant Conservation and Care Centre, both on the outskirts of Mathura, a city three hours’ drive from India’s capital, New Delhi. Tara gets a manicure. Photo: Siddharth Khandelwal “Each of them has … Read more
