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The Ministry of Women and Social Welfare apprehended a 38-year-old woman identified as Chinyere Chukwu for attempting to sell her two sons.

The Anambra State government has arrested a 38-year-old woman, who claimed to have 11 children, for attempting to sell her nine-year-old and seven-year-old

A 38-year-old mother of 11 children identified as Mrs. Chinyere Chukwu has been arrested by the Anambra State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Welfare for attempting to sell her two sons. Mrs. Chukwu, who hails from Okija in Ihiala Local Government Area of the state was said to have connived with her 17-year-old daughter identified as Joy, who is the eldest of the children, to sell her two sons citing reason of “due to the economic hardship in the country.”

The Anambra State First Lady, Dr Nonye Soludo, has condemned the violent abuse of a child live-in maid.

The week began with a controversy in Enugu State over the reported demolition of some properties by the state government in Centenary...

Many alleged witches are languishing in exile. They are unable to return home or go back to their families and communities. In Ghana, they are banished and forced to live in make shift shelters called 'witch camps' in the northern region. The Advocacy for Alleged Witches encourages states and traditional rulers to emulate this initiative and work together to reintegrate all alleged witches and end witch-hunting in other parts of the region.

Obi and Obete were arraigned in court on a five-count charge bordering on child stealing, abduction of children and illegal dealing in children.

The court handed down the sentence after the women failed to produce a stolen baby.

The woman, a 54-year-old mother of two, was banished by her three brothers from Umunankwo Community in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State.

This is a review of top events which occurred in Nigeria’s south-east within the past week