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Murder Shock at Kumasi Pankrono; Family offers desperate pleas with the IGP, the police over suspects arrest

A Kumasi family is living a nightmare, haunted by the unsolved murder of their loved one, 48-year-old Akwasi Baako, also known as Kudjo Kibbs. The man was brutally killed in his own bedroom in Kumasi Pankrono Kodua on March 6th, and now, his family fears justice is slipping through their …

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Desperate mother sells 18-month-old baby to settle bank debt

A 33-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly selling her 18-month-old daughter to an unknown buyer for N600,000. The suspect, Olaide Adekunle, was apprehended last week following a complaint by her husband, Nureni Rasaq, that she had left home with their baby, Moridiat Rasaq on March 15, girl but returned …

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‘I was desperate’: Young job seekers scammed, abused in Nigeria

When Blessing* boarded a bus early on a January morning in 2017 for the 60km (37 miles) journey from her home in Calabar, in Nigeria’s Cross River State, to a village in neighboring Akwa Ibom State, she thought she was going to meet a corporate executive about a potential job …

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