Mutilated body of a toddler found in Ibadan

According to Punch, the body of a two-year-old girl was found on Tuesday at the Olodo area of Ibadan with some parts of her body missing.

It was learnt that residents of the area found the decomposing body about midday with no clue to her identity or how she got to the scene. The residents reportedly alerted the police immediately.

The baby’s left leg had been cut off from the knee, while some of the toes on the right leg were missing.

The body was also said to have been found without one of her hands, while a large chunk of flesh from her lap area, was also cut off.

Residents said that they were not ruling out ritual motive for the act. They also described the development as strange, saying they had enjoyed a peaceful and a crime-free environment before now.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Oyo State Command, Olabisi Ilobanafor, told PUNCH Metro that the body had been evacuated, adding that investigation was ongoing to arrest perpetrators of the “dastardly” act.

She said, “We were alerted by the residents of the area on the finding of a toddler’s body and we responded immediately. We have yet to get to the root of the incident or know the identity of the corpse or how it got to that place.

“That is why we are calling on anyone with any information relating to the mutilation and dumping of the girl’s corpse to come forward. We promise to protect the identity of the informant. The local government authority in the area was alerted by the police and the body was promptly removed from the scene.”

Ilobanafor also said reports of missing persons were on the increase, adding that while some of the missing persons had been found, others were still being investigated.

“We have cases of missing persons but we have yet to find any link to the recent discovery as no one has come out to claim knowing the toddler,” she said.

Serena Williams shows off her athletic figure in clinging black leather dress

Wednesday night, Serena Williams slipped into a sultry leather dress to attend the Late Show With David Letterman.

Proving her talent for tennis isn't her only enviable quality, all eyes were on the the 31-year-old sports star as she displayed her firm, athletic physique as she left the Ed Sullivan Theatre in a sleeveless, figure-hugging frock.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PHOTOS: Nollywood Actress, Ngozi Nwosu's 50th Birthday Party

The Best of Nollywood(BON) celebrated Ngozi Nwosu's 50th birthday, for her on August 21th at the Eagles Park in Ikeja. The nollywood actress, who actually turned 50 on the 1st of August was really looking well and healthy after battling kidney and heart problems which left her hospitalized for a long while.

                                                       

25 Children Rescued From Suspected Trafficker

Officials of the Lagos State Government have rescued 25 children from a suspected child trafficker at Egbeda area of Lagos, southwest Nigeria.




•Mrs. Nwachukwu

The suspect, Mrs Rosemary Nwachukwu, has been arrested and detained at the Alausa Police Station, while the children are currently under the custody of the Lagos State Government.

Nwachukwu is said to operate an illegal orphanage by the name Saint Stephen Charity Foundation, a home for orphans and less privileged located at 30/32 Abiodun Adebanbo Street, Egbeda.

Officials of the Office of Youth and Social Department led by the Director, Child Development, Mrs Alaba Fadairo and officers from the Office of Public Defender, OPD, backed by policemen stormed the illegal orphanage home and rescued the children.

The age of the children range between three months and 12 years. They comprise three infants aged 3-6 months and 22 other children.

According to the Director, OPD, Mrs Omotola Rotimi, it was discovered upon investigation that Nwachukwu trafficked 27 children who were kept in a room.

Raimi said the woman allegedly used the children to raise money and defraud innocent members of the public who needed to adopt children, adding that 25 children were rescued while the whereabouts of the remaining two were unknown.

According to Fadairo, the Director, Child Development, the illegal business was being conducted in a room in the residential building, saying that upon investigation, it was discovered Nwachkwu had been engaging in various anti-child development activities, such as illegal adoption, trafficking and others which she said, were carried out with selfish reasons.

“Investigation also shows that there are no records on each of the children and no evidence of how the children got to her home and no form of police or security report,” she explained.




•The 25 children rescued from the suspected human trafficker



Fadairo warned members of the public to be vigilant and report such cases of child trafficking to the media or the government for necessary action.

She stated people and organizations that operated unapproved or illegal orphanages would be arrested and prosecuted for human trafficking.

The suspect, Nwachukwu said she had been running the illegal orphanage home for the past 18 years and that it was purely on charity basis, denying that she trafficked in children.

Residents in the area said they never knew such orphanage home existed, while the police are still investigating the issue.

The OPD has vowed to charge the alleged culprit to court after investigation had been concluded as the Deputy Governor of Lagos, Mrs. Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire is very much interested in the case.



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The town that never woke up: Inside the devastated Damascus suburb Ain Tarma where 1,300 innocent Syrians were gassed in their beds

• Disturbing photos show the aftermath of the deadly chemical weapons unleashed on a suburb
• Bodies of men, women and children are piled high in makeshift morgues as those who escaped fight for their lives
• Activists claim that government forces were firing rockets at neighbourhoods on eastern outskirts of Damascus  
• Devastating attack that killed hundreds prompts protests and vigils from around the world
• President Bashar Assad's government denies using rockets to release fatal fumes over suburb
• U.S., Britain and France demand a U.N. team should be allowed to inspect chemical attack site
• U.N. team already in Syria to investigate previous attacks but need government permission to examine new site
• U.N. Security Council have not demanded new investigation into site but said 'clarity' into attack was needed
• Diplomats claim U.N.'s statement about attack was watered down to accommodate Russia and China's objections
• Death toll rising, opposition activists claim as '6,000 people suffer breathing problems after attacks'

These are the disturbing images of the Damascus suburb that has been left a ghost town after 1,300 of its residents were gassed as they slept in their beds yesterday.

A street that was hit by a gas attack in the Damascus suburbs of Ain Tarma is completely deserted after yesterday's attack

A dead dog is seen at a site near to where the chemical weapons were unleashed on civilians as they slept in their beds

Men wearing masks walk through the empty streets of Ain Tarma. Syria's opposition accused government forces of gassing hundreds of people on Wednesday

Syrian activists accused President Bashar al-Assad's forces of launching a nerve gas attack in one of the worst reported use of poison gas in the two-year-old civil war

Children, affected by what activists say was a gas attack, breathe through oxygen masks in the Damascus suburb of Saqba. Rockets released deadly fumes over rebel-held Damascus suburbs

A man, affected by what activists say is nerve gas, is treated in the Damascus suburbs of Jesreen

These horrendous pictures were provided by citizen journalists in Syria, and shows children being treated in makeshift hospitals

A town that was attacked while it slept: A young survivor of the alleged gas attack weeps as he takes shelter inside a mosque

This picture shows the dead bodies of three Syrian children after the alleged poison gas attack - what rebels claim is the doing of President Assad's government

The harrowing images of hundreds of dead children and adults, victims of what rebels claim was a poison gas attack by Assad's government, will test the diplomatic patience of the West to the limit

Makeshift morgue: The activists said hundreds of people, including women and children, were killed in a nerve gas attack

An undignified end: This image grab taken from a video uploaded on YouTube allegedly shows Syrians covering a mass grave containing bodies of victims of the attack. The atrocity seems all too familiar to the children and young men standing around the grave site

Grim toll: The fighting in Syria's bloody two-year civil war has killed an estimated 100,000 people so far

Syrian women hold candles and placards during a vigil against the chemical weapons attack on Damascus, in front the United Nations headquarters in Beirut

Lebanese and Syrian women peacefully protest against the chemical weapons in Beirut, Lebanon. The toxic gas attack that is thought to have killed more than 1,300 people

 

 

 

 

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