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A court in the United Kingdom has found Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, guilty of organ trafficking. The couple were found guilty alongside a medical doctor, Dr. Obinna Obeta. They were convicted after a six-week trial at Old Bailey for facilitating the travel of a young man to the United Kingdom […]
There was clash between some of the House of Representatives members on Wednesday over a bill seeking to legalise cultivation, sale and use of cannabis, also known as marijuana, for commercial purposes. Two members of the House, Benjamin Kalu and Olumide Osoba, had sponsored a fresh bill seeking to amend the National Drug Law […]
Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu, has travelled to Europe to seek medical care. According to the Independent National Electoral Commission, Bola Tinubu fell sick on Saturday after the gubernatorial and state house of assembly elections. Authoritative sources revealed on Wednesday that Tinubu left for Europe on Tuesday night. “He was attended to by local […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, will today, Wednesday, 22nd of March, 2023 announce the winner of the just concluded March 18, Abia State governorship election. INEC Head of Voter Education and Publicity, Mrs. Rebecca Jim, told ChannelsTV on Wednesday that the collation of the Abia governorship election which was earlier suspended by […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has denounced an online report accusing its Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu of attempts to violate its guidelines and consequently distort the Governorship election result in Abia State. Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi said the only communication sent to the State Returning Officer was […]
Former terrorist negotiator, Tukur Mamu has pleaded not guilty to a 10-count charge bordering on terrorism financing, among others, against him by the Federal Government. On Tuesday Mamu was arraigned before Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja, by the office of the Attorney General of the Federation but denied having […]
After the just concluded governorship election in Lagos state, Funke Akindele the actress turned politician has polled down all posts regarding her political race from her Instagram page. Funke was the running mate of Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran aka Jandor, the gubernatorial candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP in Lagos State. The actress […]
The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC on Sunday, said it would invite Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State and the Chairman of Lagos State Parks Management Committee, Musiliu Akinsanya a.k.a. MC Oluomo for questioning, following their behaviours and alleged inciting comments during the 2023 general election. The PUNCH reports that a day before […]
The governor of Anambra State, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo, had denied the involvement and arrest of Twitter critic, Nnamdi Chude. On Saturday Chude was said to have been arrested by police in Anambra state and allegedly taken to Abuja. Some social media users claimed that the Twitter user was arrested over an alleged […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has declared Abba Kabir Yusuf, the New Nigeria People’s Party governorship candidate the winner of the Saturday election in Kano State. Yusuf defeated the All Progressive Congress candidate, Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna his close rival with a margin of over 100,000 votes. The INEC Returning Officer for the […]
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