MORE than 120 Nigerian women have been deported from Benin on allegations of prostitution. A senior Nigerian immigration official, Ekpedeme King, told the television that the young women were deported last week after a raid by Beninois immigration officials. The girls, whose faces were shown on the television, are currently being screened by immigration and health officials. Nigeria has a common land border on the west with Benin Republic. In the past two years, hundreds of Nigerian women have been deported from Italy, Germany, Guinea and many other countries mostly on allegations of engaging in the sex trade. – AFP