Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice, have been found guilty of organ trafficking in the United Kingdom. The duo alongside their daughter, Sonia, and a medical doctor, Dr. Obinna Obeta, were found guilty of facilitating the travel of a young man to Britain with a view to his exploitation after a six-week trial at the Old Bailey. They criminally conspired to bring the 21-year-old Lagos street trader to London to exploit him for his kidney, the jury found on Thursday. The judge, Justice Jeremy Johnson, will pass a sentence at a later date, The Guardian UK…
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Tebatso Mokoana, popularly known as Blue Aiva, one of the evicted housemates of the Big Brother Titans show, says she loves showing her body to encourage the young ones to be comfortable in their skins. Blue Aiva, who was often found showcasing her body in the course of the show disclosed this during a virtual interview with newsmen on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the trio of Blue Aiva, Nana and Miracle Op, were evicted during the live show on Sunday as they had the least votes among eight housemates nominated for eviction. “I love to…
FEC also approved N5 billion for the provision of accommodation to staff of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
Peter Lifu, a federal high court Judge in Lagos has struck out a suit by the federal government seeking to recover the sum of N70 trillion alleged to be stashed in 29 bank accounts by some individuals. The suit held that the federal government’s lawyers failed to prosecute the case diligently. The plaintiffs/applicants in the case are the federal government of Nigeria and the attorney-general of the federation/minister of Justice. The 19 defendants/respondents include Zenith Bank Plc, Polaris Bank Plc, Citi Bank Ltd, Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc, Standard Chartered Bank Plc, Sterling Bank Plc, Union Bank Plc, Unity Bank…
Former Netherlands manager Dick Advocaat has defended Calvin Bassey after ex-Dutch international Andy van der Meyde criticised the Nigerian defender for a poor display in Ajax’s 3-2 loss to Feyenoord in their Eredivisie fixture on Sunday. The Nigerian has struggled since making a £19m switch from Glasgow Rangers to Amsterdam and his performance in their recent derby defeat by Feyenoord has come in for serious criticisms. The defender has faced several backlashes from former Dutch internationals since making a move to the Netherlands last summer. Ex-Dutch international Andy van der Meyde demanded they release him on a free transfer…
The ward of Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, has suspended him. In a letter signed by Muazu Kabiri, an official of the party in Gwadabawa Ward of Jimeta, said the SGF did not make meaningful contribution to the party during the elections. Kabiri lamented how the SGF lost his polling unit to the Peoples Democratic Party at the presidential and governorship polls. Mustapha is not the only prominent APC member who lost his polling unit. Abdullahi Adamu, National Chairman of the ruling party, lost his own polling unit during the governorship and presidential elections. But the…
Bandits have shot dead a soldier during exchange of gun fire in Akoti village near Kagarko town in Kaduna State. Daily Trust learnt that three other soldiers and a civilian were injured in the incident. Also Read: Military Gun down Notorious Bandit Kingpin, Nagona A resident, Yahaya Ubaidu, who confirmed the incident through telephone on Wednesday, said it happened around 5pm on Tuesday when some soldiers engaged bandits in Akoti, one kilometre from Kagarko town. He said the soldiers were alerted after the bandits rustled over 100 cows from neighbouring Kasangwai village and were passing through Akoti village. The soldiers…
Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, of installing a third-party device he said was used to intercept and switch results of the presidential election that was held on February 25 in favour of ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and its candidate, Bola Tinubu. Atiku, in a 66-page petition lodged before the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting at the Court of Appeal in Abuja, further alleged that INEC had prior to the election, redeployed its in-house ICT expert, Mr Chidi Nwafor, and replaced him with an IT Consultant that…
The United Kingdom has said it has started collating relevant information about people who disrupted the 2023 elections in Nigeria, with a view to taking action against them. The UK Minister of State for Development and Africa, Andrew Mitchell MP, said on 21 February, that the UK is prepared to take action against those who engage in or incite electoral violence and other anti-democratic behaviours, and action could include preventing people from obtaining UK visas or imposing sanctions under the country’s human rights sanctions regime. “We can confirm that we are collating relevant information, with a view to taking…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Mbah, as the winner of Saturday governorship election in Enugu State. According to the results announced on Wednesday night, Mbah polled 160,895 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Chijioke Edeoga of the Labour Party (LP), who scored 157,552 votes. While announcing the result, Prof Maduebibisi Ofo-Iwe, who is the Vice Chancellor of the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, said, “That Mbah Peter Ndubuisi of Peoples Democratic Party, having satisfied the requirement of the law is hereby declared the winner and returned elected.”…
President-elect Bola Tinubu on Tuesday night travelled out of the country to spend some time in Paris and London. According to a statement by Tunde Rahman for the Office of the President-elect, the trip will enable Tinubu to rest and plan his transition programme ahead of his inauguration on May 29. Rahman added that the President-elect will head to Saudi Arabia from Europe to partake in the Lesser Hajj and Ramadan fasting period. The statement read in part, “The President-elect left the Murtala Mo hammed International Airport, Ikeja, for Europe on Tuesday night. “The President-elect decided to take a…
In Abia Celebration mood, Enugu LP tells INEC to declare Party’s ‘Victory The Labour Party has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission not to abort the wishes of the Enugu State people by shortchanging its victory during Saturday’s governorship election. The LP National Chairman, Bar. Julius Abure, in a statement on Wednesday, said the party had at its disposal information that the ongoing review of the Enugu governorship election results by INEC was being tailored towards short-changing the party to allegedly favor the Peoples Democratic Party. The party chairman urged the electoral umpire to cancel elections in places where…