Reports of the rising spate of organ harvesting, trafficking and kidnapping in Nigeria have been making headlines ,recently. The evil of butchering human beings like animals for the despicable purpose of selling their organs like kidneys, liver, heart, private parts, among others, appears to be a fallout of incessant cases of kidnapping and banditry across the nation. There are emerging indications that kidnappers and bandits sometimes resort to this Satan- inspired trade when victims cannot meet their ransom demands. For them, it is a way of ensuring that they don’t…
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Miranda Replaces Sacked, Lagos Speaker- Obasa, As APC Woman Hail New Speaker
The State Women Leader, Hon. Jumoke Okoya-Thomas, congratulates our State’s first female speaker, Right Hon. Moji Miranda, on assuming leadership of the Legislative Arm of the State Government on behalf of all APC women in Lagos State. We would like to express our gratitude to the Honorable House Members for electing Lagos State’s first female speaker. We hope that throughout her tenure, the Lagos State Government will experience the freshness and resourcefulness that women are renowned for. We congratulate Madam Speaker once more and wish her a successful term in…
Read MoreCOURT RESTRAINS PDP FROM REMOVING ANYANWU AS NATIONAL SECRETARY
A Federal Capital Territory(FCT) High Court has restrained the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and five others from removing the elected National Secretary of the party, Senator Samuel Anyanwu , pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice before the court. The Court also restrained the PDP, the Acting National Chairman, Ambassador Iliya Damagum, the National Executive Committee(NEC) of the PDP, the National Working Committee(NWC) of the party, Board of Trustees(BoT) of the PDP, their privies, officers, agents or servants howsoever described from directing the Deputy National Secretary, Hon.…
Read MoreAlleged Brutality, Homosexuality, Extortion Rife In Owerri Correctional Centre
An ex-inmate of the Owerri Correctional Centre, Victory Nnadi has said the facility thrives in brutality, forced homosexuality, and extortion perpetrated by fellow inmates. Nnadi, one of the four victims of false imprisonment by an Anglican cleric and owner of Enedo General Services, Victory Nnadi, yesterday narrated how he was brutalized for resisting to be forcefully sodomized by male inmates a day after his arrival on November 29, 2024, at the Owerri Correctional Centre. The four people are legal tenants at the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Imo State secretariat…
Read MoreBuhari Is A Hardliner, Tinubu Will Forgive Nnamdi Kanu – Arthur Eze
South-East billionaire businessman, Arthur Eze, has said President Bola Tinubu would listen to the voice of Ndigbo and release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Eze said President Tinubu cares for the region. He stated that most of the concerns of the region on marginalization would be addressed in the current regime. In an interview with AIT, posted on Sunday, Chief Eze noted that the President was already showing love for Ndigbo even though his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) lost the region in…
Read MoreEmir Tussle: Bayero Heads To Supreme Court
Aminu Babba Dan’Agundi, Senior Counsel to the 15th Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, has announced plans to challenge the recent Court of Appeal judgment favouring the 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II. Dan’Agundi, who holds the traditional title of Sarkin Dawaki Babba of Kano Emirate, initially sought enforcement of fundamental human rights through the Federal High Court, alleging violations during the emirship dispute. Speaking at the Nassarawa Mini Palace, Dan’Agundi rejected the appellate court’s decision and vowed to seek redress at the Supreme Court. “The emirship crisis has…
Read MoreNURTW Boss Udeh, Okonkwo Fecilitate Imo Gov On His 2nd Tenure One Year Anniversary
On behalf of the Imo State National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, I Hon. Dr. Samuel Udeh, FCAI, JP, (Ezeumuokorobia), State Chairman of the Union, extend our most heartfelt congratulations to you, the number one citizen of Imo State, Your Excellency, Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodimma,CON,GSSRS as you commemorate the momentous milestone of your First Year in Office of your Second Tenure. Sir, your exemplary leadership, marked by unwavering commitment and profound dedication to the betterment of our beloved state is commendable and worthy of celebration. Under your sagacious guidance,…
Read MoreKidnappers Kills Female Banker, Despite Ransom Payment In Anambra
Gunmen suspected to be Kidnappers have killed a female banker simply identified as Ifeoma in Anambra State after collecting ransom from the family. The unfortunate incident was disclosed by Harrison Gwamnishu, Delta State based human rights activist in a post on his official Facebook page. He said Ifeoma was killed and her body dumped along Ideani Junction in Nnobi/Alor road, Anambra State. Harrison said, “Ifeoma, a banker was kidnapped in Anambra State. Ransom was demanded and the family paid but her abductors still killed her and dumped her body around…
Read MoreSenate Screens, Confirms Ogbede, 17 Others as SEDC Management Board
The Senator Orji Uzor Kalu led Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Regional Development Commissions, has screened and confirmed Dr Clifford Ogbede,as Executive Director Agriculture Rural Development and Natural Resources in the South East Development Commission,SEDC. With this heartwarming development, Dr Ogbede has successfully scaled all the constitutional and institutional checks necessary for his assumption of office as substantive Executive Director,in the SEDC as prescribed by the law. Screened alongside him were the 17 other nominees for the SEDC, led by Emeka Nworgu (Chairman) and Mark Okoye (Managing Director and Chief…
Read MoreCorruption: Oshiomhole To JAMB, Justify Spending N850m On Cleaning, Mosquito Control,N160m On Travels.
JAMB’s contribution may be eliminated in future budgets, the MPs suggested, unless there are strong arguments for why the organization should continue to get government support. Adams Oshiomhole, the senator from Edo North, has voiced reservations about the 2024 spending by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). JAMB registrar Prof. Ishaq Oloyede was questioned by Oshiomhole at the agency’s 2025 budget defense session before the National Assembly Joint Committee on Finance on the N850 million spent on cleaning, fumigation, and security last year. “You spent N1.1bn on meals and…
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