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Organ Harvesting: Victim Raises Fresh Alarm Over Safety in Nigeria
David Nwamini, the would-be kidney donor in the organ trafficking case that sent Senator Ike Ekweremadu, 60, to jail, has said he wanted to remain and work in the UK, as “they could arrest me or kill me in Nigeria”. His impact statement was read in court, at the sentencing that saw Ekweremadu, his wife,…
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Just In:UK Court Sentences Ekweremadu To 10-year Imprisonment
The Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, UK, has sentenced Ike Ekweremadu, former deputy senate president, to nine years and eight months in prison for organ harvesting. His wife, Beatrice, was handed four years and six months jail term during the sentencing on Friday, BBC reports. On March 23, the jury pronounced a guilty verdict on…
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Tinubu clarifies ‘I owe you nothing’ response to Wike
The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has described as misleading, media reports of his response to Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State over request for refund of funds spent on building flyovers and federal roads in the state. Tinubu had last Wednesday during the commissioning of Rumuokwuta-Rumuola flyover bridge, told Wike to lobby him to…
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2023 UTME: JAMB Activates Change of Institutions, Others on Portal
There are indications that the, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has activated its portal for the 2023 change of institution/course and other corrections. The portal allows candidates who have already registered for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct entry candidates to make changes to their course or institution of choice, as well…
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15-year-old JAMB Candidate Scores 99 in Mathematics
A 15-year-old student of Bishop Otubelu Juniorate, Trans Ekulu, Enugu, Lotanna Azuokeke, scored 99 marks in Mathematics in the just-concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Azuokeke, 15, scored a total of 337 marks in the examination, according to a statement by Dr Chiwuike Uba, Media Adviser to the Bishop…
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Murder of OAU Student: Falana Writes Inspector General of Police, Makes Demand
The law firm of renowned human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has written to Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, requesting information on the brutal killing of one Okoli Ahize Chizoputam, a final year Student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-ife, Osun State. Chizoputam, a 500-Level engineering student, was gruesomely killed by some students on…
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Mother Hacks, Boils, Eats 5-year-old Son, Gives Reason (Photos)
A woman mother reportedly hacked her five-year-old son, Youssef to death with a machete at their home in Egypt before boiling and eating part of his head. According to Daily Mail, the 29-year-old woman identified as Hanaa was arrested by police after Youssef’s horrified uncle found the little boy’s body parts in buckets at the…
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Varsity Lecturer Suspended For Slapping Female Student (Video)
The Imo State University, Owerri has suspended one of its lecturers, Desmond Izunwanne, for allegedly slapping female students who arrived at a class session behind schedule and in non-departmental uniform. The spokesperson for the University, Ralph Njokuobi, in a statement in Owerri, the state capital, said the lecturer’s action was “barbaric and unbecoming.” Njokuobi said…
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NYSC Speaks On Female Corps Members Allegedly Caught With Vibrators at Kwara Camp
The National Youth Service Corps, has reacted to the reports making the rounds on social media that some female Corps members at the Orientation Camp, Yikpata, Kwara State were caught with vibrators. The Scheme described the story as false, insisting that such an incident never happened. A statement signed by Eddy Megwa, Director, Press and…
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I have fulfilled “change” Promise to Nigerians – President Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari said his administration has fulfilled the promise of change to Nigerians. Buhari stated this on Tuesday in when he presented keys to some new homeowners at the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) Zuba, in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The President in his speech at the inauguration of the estate, which covers a…
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