Teenage Nigerian girls ‘trafficked for prostitution’ rescued in Ghana

No fewer than 10 Nigerian teenage girls ferried to Ghana to engage in prostitution has been rescued. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), disclosed  this after the teenage girls were fished out at their hideout in Ghana. In a series of videos that went viral on Twitter on Friday, the young […]


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