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10
Oct

Prostitute sells her newborn child for N20,000 in Bayelsa

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The police in Bayelsa have been called in to investigate after a woman allegedly sold her day-old child for the sum of N20,000. The mother, said to be a commercial sex worker who operates within Yenagoa, the state capital, is said to have made the trade with a family resident in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. News of the incident was confirmed by the …
01
Oct

The toddler with the 23-inch head: girl whose skull has filled with fluid – yet her parents can’t afford to get her treated

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These heartbreaking pictures from rural India show the tragic suffering of a 14-month-old toddler. Dhabuhi Parmar suffers from an extreme form of hydrocephalus, a rare condition where fluid accumulates inside the skull. Her head has swollen to 23 inches – almost three times its normal size – and she is now bedridden and in danger of losing …
01
Oct

Pastor impregnates house help, aborts it

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Members of ‘United Methodist Church, Oshodi‘ chased their pastor away from the church premises for allegedly impregnating his housemaid and aborting it. The clergyman, Barkuma Andrew is said to be residing with  his wife, children, relatives and a housemaid in a 3 bedroom apartment in the church premises. According to The punch, members …
26
Sep

POLICE MAN KILL A MOTHER OF FOUR CHILDREN BECAUSE OF N50 BRIBE

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12-year-old Elizabeth narrated how a trigger-happy police corporal shot her parents — Mr and Mrs Godwin Ekpo — in the head. According to the girl, they were returning from church in her father’s “keke marwa” (tricycle) when they were stopped by a group of policemen who were carrying out a “stop-and-search” operation. While the father was …
26
Sep

Boy, 6, seeks N3.5m to save his eyesight

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SIX-YEAR-OLD  Joshua Takon is partially blind. His right  eye has lost total function, while the left eye is severely threatened. His parents are desperately seeking help to raise money for a crucial surgery that would save him from going completely blind. Joshua who was diagnosed with cleft palate at childbirth, requires N3.5 million to undertake …
26
Sep

Couple Arrested For Stealing 10 Babies In Anambra State

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A young couple who specializes in stealing babies in Anambra State has been arrested by men of the Nigerian Police. The couple Friday Chibueze and Amauche Chibueze, were paraded before newsmen on Friday, October 31 where the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Hassan Karma revealed the modus operandi of the evil couple. Disclosing the breakthrough of …
24
Sep

Doctor, two others arrested for selling baby 1

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THE Lagos State Police Command, yesterday arrested three persons, among them, a trado-med­ical doctor, over alleged theft and sale of a two-week old baby. The state Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr. Fatai Owoseni, who paraded the suspects yesterday at the command headquarters, Ikeja, identified the trado-medical doctor as Ono­laja Olawale and the two …
24
Sep

Notorious Isialangwa Child trafficker arrested

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Notorious child trafficker, Mrs. Mma Achumba, has finally been arrested in her hideout at Akwa Ibom State. Achumba, who owned an illegal maternity home at Umunkpeyi in Isialangwa South Local Government Area of Abia State that had been raided severally by security operatives, had evaded arrest for five years. While parading the suspect on Friday,the …
24
Sep

Father arrested for selling son in Abuja

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A 36-year-old man in Abuja, identified as Kevin, has been arrested by the Karmo Division of the FCT Police Command for allegedly selling his own child to a Port Harcourt, Rivers State based woman. According to the police, Kevin had deceived his girlfriend and mother of the child that he was taking the toddler to his sister but ended up selling the child. …