Nine killed in Oyo kidnap victims’ rescue operation — DSS DG
IBADAN — Nine people, comprising four civilians and five security personnel, were killed during an operation to rescue victims abducted by suspected members of an international terrorist organisation in Oyo State, Director-General of the Department of State Services, Tosin Ajayi, has disclosed. Ajayi made the disclosure in an interview published by Premium Times, explaining that […]
Two die in fatal motor accident in Rivers
By Davies Iheamnachor – Port Harcourt Two people have lost their lives while many others sustained various degrees of injuries in a fatal motor accident in Rivers state. The accident happened around 7 am, Friday, occurred at Rumuji axis of the East-West road, Emohua Local Government Area of the state. This came after a speeding […]
Police burst Kidnapping/gun running Syndicate, parade child trafficker in Calabar
By Ike Uchechukwu The Cross River State Police Command has neutralized a kidnap syndicate, gun-running gang while parading a mother of three for selling her three-month-old baby. Briefing journalists on the achievement of the Command, the Commissioner of Police, CP Aminu Alhassan said his men were ready to smoke pit criminals from the state as […]
I sold my baby for N150,000 to pay house rent ― Woman confesses
By Ike Uchechukwu A 23-year-old mother of three, Miss Mercy Okon who sold her 3-month-old baby for 150,000 naira has revealed that she needed the money to pay her house rent and offset other bills. She told Vanguard that it was out of poverty and desperation that she did what she did in a bid […]
Celebrities react to Mercy Johnson’s story of daughter’s ‘bully-teacher’
Since when has it been a crime to be Mercy Johnson-Okojie’s daughter?
FCTA arrests 217 defaulters over street begging
The FCT Administration Social Development Secretariat (SDS) on Friday, in Abuja, arrested 217 defaulters over street begging. This is even as the secretariat declared zero-tolerance against destitution, child abuse, street begging and all forms of activities that constitute environmental nuisance in the territory. Malam Sani Rabe, Acting Director, Social Welfare Services of the SDS, made […]
