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.
Man, 55, drowns in well while attempting to rescue sheep
A Fifty-five-year-old man, identify as Abdulhamid Muhammad has been confirmed dead after felling inside well while attempting to rescue his sheep from the well.
Poor disposal of plastic wastes worry Polymer Institute of Nigeria
By Chidi Nkwopara – Owerri The Polymer Institute of Nigeria, PIN, has expressed worry over the poor disposal of non-degradable plastic wastes in Nigeria. The Institute’s National President, Professor Paul Mamza, who disclosed this during a courtesy call on Governor Hope Uzodimma in Owerri, also said that they are developing an environmentally friendly method for […]
Two miners meet untimely death in Enugu
Tragedy struck at a sleepy Obimo community in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State ,Tuesday, when two sand miners were trapped to their untimely death while loading a tipper lorry at a mining site.
Man shot by suspected armed robbers while returning from commercial bank in Ibadan finally dies
As police begin manhunt of hoodlums By Adeola Badru A middle-aged man, Taoreed Olusola, who was shot by two yet to be identified armed robbers, while returning from a commercial bank where he had gone to transact business, had finally died from the gun injuries he sustained. The ugly incident occurred along with Oyo State […]
Alleged selling of baby: Village head, Hisbah Commander, couples granted bail
By Bashir Bello – Kano The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, says four persons indicted in connection with alleged selling of a one-year-old baby from Kano to Imo state have been granted bail. The NAPTIP Zonal Commander in Kano, Shehu Umar, who confirmed this to Vanguard on Monday said the […]
Crisis brewing in Ogun community over monarch’s installation— Ipokia ruling house
Chief Obanla Oteni, the head of Oteni Dodo ruling house in Ipokia Kingdom, Ogun State, has warned of the looming crisis in the town over the installation of a monarch.
3-year-old girl dies in Lagos well
By Olasunkanmi Akoni Residents and sympathisers on Saturday night, wailed and cried as men of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, state Fire Service recovered a three year old girl, Miss. Seyi Jebose, who fell into a well at her residence, located at Number 1, Gemini Bus Stop, Baruwa, Ipaja, Lagos. It was gathered […]
Hisbah destroys 588 bottles of beer in Jigawa
Hisbah, the Sharia law enforcement agency in Jigawa, said it had destroyed no fewer than 588 confiscated bottles of beer in Ringim Local Government Area of the state. Malam Ibrahim Dahiru, the State Commandant of Hisbah, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on Sunday that the beer was destroyed on Aug. 20. […]
BREAKING: Police re-arrest Oyo suspected serial killer
A suspected serial killer, Sunday Shodipe, who escaped the Oyo State police custody has been re-arrested. Shodipe was earlier arrested by the Oyo State Police Command in connection with serial killings in Akinyele Local Government Area of the state. According to the police command through its Public Relations Officer, SP Fadeyi Olugbenga, the suspect was […]
NGO ‘recruits’ Kaduna community leaders for exclusive breastfeeding campaign
Civil Society-Scaling Up Nutrition in Nigerian, CS-SUNN, has mobilised religious and traditional leaders to promote optimal breastfeeding practices among nursing mothers and women of childbearing age in Kaduna State.
