South Korea’s truth commission has concluded that the government bears responsibility for facilitating a foreign adoption program rife with fraud and abuse, driven by efforts to reduce welfare costs and enabled by private agencies that often manipulated children’s backgrounds and origins. The landmark report released Wednesday followed a nearly three-year investigation into complaints from 367 adoptees...
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Alleged Kenyan Missing Police Officer Found Dead, Haitians Parades Corpse
The office of the Inspector, National Police Service on Wednesday released a press statement announcing a missing Kenyan officer on Haiti soil. According to the NPS spokesperson, Muchiri Nyaga the force was informed of its missing officer while on duty on the 25th March following an ambush incidence. The statement read in part: “A Kenyan...
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EFCC Busts Ponzi Scheme Academy, Arrests 133 Suspects In Abuja
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, March 24, 2025 busted a Ponzi Scheme Academy and arrested 133 suspects in Abuja. They were arrested at the Compensation Layout in Gwagwalada area of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, following actionable intelligence on the existence of the Academy. The Academy, named Q...
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Court Sentences Celebrated UFC Heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez To Five Years Imprisonment For Shooting At His Four-Year-Old Son Molester
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) champion Cain Velasquez has been sentenced to five years in prison, , with 1,283 days credit for time served, for a shooting in 2022 when he chased after the man accused of molesting his four-year-old son. The DA’s office requested 30 years to life, Velasquez was sentenced to five years,...
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Police Confirms Death Of An Inspector And 12 Bandits
The police in Benue State have confirmed the death of an officer and 12 bandits during a fierce gun duel in Bụrụku Local Government Area of the state. The police spokesperson in the state, CSP Catherine Anene, confirmed the incident in a statement made available to journalists in Makurdi. The statement read: “On 19/3/2025 at...
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Police Arrest Two In Connection With Trans-Niger Delta Pipeline Fire Explosion in Rivers State
An explosion rocked the Trans-Niger Pipeline between the border of Kpor and Bodo in Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State, late on Monday night. It was gathered that incident happened on the major export pipeline which transports crude to the Bonny Terminal, however, what led to it is yet to be ascertain by the...
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49-Year-Old Texas Midwife Arrested And Charged With Performing Illegal Abortions
A midwife in Texas has been arrested and charged with performing illegal abortions and practicing medicine without the appropriate license. Ken Paxton, the state attorney general, announced the arrest, which he said Monday happened earlier this month, after an investigation by his office. According to Paxton, the midwife, Maria Margarita Rojas, 49, is alleged to have...
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Ondo Police Command Arrest Two Okada Motorcyclists Allegedly Spying For Kidnappers In Ondo
The Police in Ondo State say two commercial motorcyclists, Komolafe Sunday and Lekan Temitope, have been arrested for allegedly acting as spies for kidnappers in the state. Mr Wilfred Afolabi, Commissioner of Police in the state, made this known while speaking with newsmen on Tuesday in Akure. Afolabi said that five other suspected kidnappers were...
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EFCC Arrests Suspended Edo Gov’t Official, Kelly Okungbowa For Alleged Naira Abuse.
Operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday March 17, 2025 arrested Kelly Okungbowa (a.k.a Ebo Stone) for alleged naira abuse. Okungbowa, who until recently was the coordinator of the Edo State Public Safety Response Team , PSRT, now suspended by the State Government, was arrested owing...