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Body of missing 78-year-old woman found in son’s cupboard

May 14, 2013 no comments

Imo state police has arrested a 64-year-old retired school principal after local villagers found the corpse of his 78-year-old mother in his cupboard, 10 years after she was reported missing. Vanguar...

Baby factory busted in Imo state; 17 pregnant teens, 11 babies rescued...

May 11, 2013 1 comment

Police in Imo State raided a baby factory on Friday, rescuing 17 pregnant teenage girls and 11 babies. The teenage mothers were held against their will and used simply for breeding. Imo state police ...

Beheading of Berom man threatens peace pact in Jos South

May 6, 2013 no comments

A Berom man was beheaded over the weekend by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Gyel, Jos South local government area, fracturing the tentative peace agreement between the warring ethnic groups. Vanguard r...

No ransom paid for release of Ali Monguno, officials say

May 6, 2013 no comments

NAN – No ransom was paid for Monday’s release of Nigeria’s first Petroleum Minister, Shettima Ali Monguno, who was abducted on Friday, Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State has said. The gove...

Lagos police arrest 6 fraudsters who set up fake Jonathan/Sambo founda...

May 3, 2013 no comments

Six suspected fraudsters are being investigated by the Lagos state police for allegedly setting up a fake foundation in the name of the country’s president and vice-president and duping hundred...

90-year-old baker kidnapped in Akure

April 24, 2013 no comments

Residents of Isolo street in Akure formed a small search party on Tuesday to find a 90-year-old man who they say was kidnapped on his way to the neighborhood mosque for early morning prayers. Witness...

Widespread corruption thriving under President Jonathan, US human righ...

April 21, 2013 no comments

The United States Government on Friday condemned the widespread corruption that continues to thrive under President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration. In its 2012 Country Reports on Human Righ...

Police in Abia arrest 7 child-trafficking suspects

April 8, 2013 no comments

Umuahia – The police in Abia arrested no fewer than seven child-trafficking suspects in the last one month, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Usman Tilli, said in Umuahia on Monday. Tilli said tha...

Gunmen kill 11 in early morning attack in Adamawa

April 6, 2013 no comments

Yola (NAN) – The Adamawa Police Command on Saturday confirmed that some unidentified gunmen attacked Midlu Village in Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa, killing 11 people. The Police Public R...

One policeman, one robber killed in Lagos

April 5, 2013 no comments

Two persons were killed when an armed gang of 16 robbers staged an attack on a branch of Diamond Bank in Lagos early on Thursday morning. The deceased include one police officer and one armed robber,...

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