Babies in the rubble: Inside Lagos’ growing child abandonment crisis
ON a rainy Tuesday morning in Ikeja, sanitation workers made a grim discovery. Tucked inside a carton by a roadside drain was a newborn, still with the umbilical cord attached and wrapped in a thin cloth.
Oghenemine: Dismissed police officers plead not guilty to extra-judicial killing
Prime suspect, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Usman Nuhu and four other police officers have pleaded not guilty to charges over the 26 April extra-judicial killing of 28-year-old Warri musician Oghenemine Ogidi, aka “OG Million,” in Effurun, Delta State.
Flood: ‘We’re going through a lot’ – Lagosians lament
Persistent rainfall since Sunday has caused many to be displaced, schools and workplaces to be shut, among others.
Lagos community blame undredged canal, abandoned road project for flooding
“The flood has taken over our community. We move around in rain boots, not to mention some of our appliances, valuables and chairs have been destroyed by the flood.”
How one resident’s voice rescued road project in Delta community
For 72 hours, progress froze on Imoniyamen Street. What was meant to be a celebratory kickoff for a long-awaited Delta State government road contract in Iwhrekpokpor, an Ughelli North suburb, turned into a standoff between community leadership and the project contractor.
Bayelsa community screams for help as medical facility collapses
Okoroba Cottage Hospital, a once thriving healthcare sanctuary, has been reduced to a haunting symbol of governmental neglect and the natives are crying out for help before it’s too late.
