The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission says it has uncovered a warehouse in Ado-Ekiti, the capital of Ekiti state where expired and mislabeled goods were being sold. In a statement statement released on social media. FCCPC said following intelligence reports, its operatives raided the warehouse suspected of selling harmful products, including vegetable oils, cereals and other fast moving consumer goods. The agency stated that during the raid, the FCCPC found evidence of expired goods still on the …
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A 40-year-old widow and mother of two, Mrs. Theodora Ita was on Monday 8th of April, arrested at Bassey Edom, Calabar, by NDLEA operatives for producing and selling a lethal new psychoactive substance, NPS, locally called ‘Combine’, which is a mixture of different strains of cannabis and opioids soaked in raw gin. At the time of her arrest, 18 litres of the dangerous substance in used paint drums were recovered from her. In her statement, she claimed she started …
A maid who was recently employed by a family through an agent has sold the baby she was employed to care for. The maid, identified as Ruth Okezie, reportedly absconded with the baby from the home in Shomolu at about 2a.m. on Saturday morning, Feb. 3. After a missing person’s report was publicised on social media, the maid was found in Ikorodu, without the baby. She has now confessed to selling the baby for N800,000. An …
The Edo State Task Force Against Human Trafficking has apprehended a 48-year-old man identified as Anthony Igbinogun, and his girlfriend, Joy Umukoro 28, for allegedly selling their one-month-old baby to fund their drug addiction. Parading them before newsmen today June 23, the Head of Investigation Unit of the taskforce, Abigail Ihonre, said the suspects were arrested with their friend, 26-year-old Precious James, who facilitated the illegal transaction and linked them to the baby’s buyer in Port Harcourt, Rivers …
Five women were nabbed in Port Harcourt while negotiating the sale of a two-week-old baby. Mrs Roseline Nwokocha from Umuahia was arrested with her sister, Chioma, at Rumuokuta junction in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Chioma had accompanied her to Rivers State to see the baby, Roseline told police. It isn’t her first time, she revealed. She said the last time she came to Port Harcourt to buy a baby, her sister Chioma accompanied her because she was sick. …
A young woman who began suffering rape at age 5 and ran away from home to escape her rapist, has told of how she became a prostitute at the age of 11 to survive. Kelly, 21, recounted how her foster father came into the sitting room drunk when she was only 5. She was watching TV with her foster mum and he asked her to follow him inside, where he proceeded to rape her. The Skid Row sex …