Akwa Ibom police intercept suspected child trafficking syndicate, rescue two-day-old baby sold for N800,000

Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have arrested suspected child traffickers and rescued a two-day-old baby sold for N800,000.   The spokesperson of the command, DSP Timfon John, who disclosed this in a statement in Uyo on Monday, April 21, 2025 said the suspects, Nasikpo Sonia Labere and Inemesit Okin Akpan, confessed to…

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Gaza rescue service dismisses Israeli probe into killing of medics as a ‘fabricated investigation’

The main Palestinian rescue service in Gaza on Monday condemned Israel’s probe into the killings of 15 medical workers last month, calling it a “fabricated investigation.” The army announced the results of its investigation on Sunday, saying it had found “professional failures” and dismissing a deputy commander in what it described as an accident. A…

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Judge skeptical that Trump’s Venezuela deportation notices comply with Supreme Court ruling

A U.S. judge expressed skepticism on Monday that the notice the Trump administration pledged to give Venezuelan migrants before deporting them under a wartime law complied with the U.S. Supreme Court’s order that they be given a chance to challenge their removals in court. U.S. District Judge Charlotte Sweeney said during a court hearing in…

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Interim Pope revealed following the death of Pope Francis

The person tasked with leading the Catholic Church until a replacement for Pope Francis is elected, is a man from Dublin called Kevin Joseph Farrell.  Raised in an Irish-speaking household in the working-class suburb of Drimnagh, Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell has risen to become one of the most powerful men in the Vatican.  The 77-year-old’s firm opposition to same-sex marriage stands in…

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