{"id":46738,"date":"2026-09-29T07:18:54","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T05:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=46738"},"modified":"2026-09-29T07:18:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T05:18:54","slug":"nigeria-probes-discovery-of-28-human-remains","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/nigeria-probes-discovery-of-28-human-remains\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria probes discovery of 28 human remains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Police in Nigeria are investigating the discovery of at least 28 human remains.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The bones were found in a shallow grave in the South-Eastern State of Abia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Investigators think the remains may belong to victims of kidnapping which has become a key source of income for criminal groups.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Local reports say more than 80 people have been seized in two separate mass kidnappings in the north of the country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":30000,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-46738","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Nigerian police are investigating the discovery of 28 remains","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46739,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46738\/revisions\/46739"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=46738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}