In the Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court in the United Kingdom yesterday, allegations of child trafficking, potential modern slavery, and organ harvesting were levelled against Senator Ike Ekweremadu, a former vice president of the senate. Ekweremadu is married to Beatrice Nwanneka, and the couple denies all of the charges. The United Kingdom’s Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court denied them both bail. The lawmaker and …
In separate attacks on two Local Government Areas of Benue State, at least five people—two policemen, a university lecturer, and two others—have been killed. According to our correspondent, the three others were shot dead at Jootar in the Ukum LGA, a border town between Benue and Taraba states, while the two policemen were killed in Yelewata of Guma LGA, a …
A multibillion-naira cornflakes plant has been opened by NASCO Group Nigeria in Jos, the capital of the Plateau State. NASCO added that the new facility’s technology is state-of-the-art and among the best in the world. In Jos, the capital of Plateau State, where NASCO Foods is located, Governor Simon Lalong made the following remarks during the plant’s commissioning: “NASCO has …
Sanusi Halilu Kaura, a lecturer at the Abdu Gusau Polytechnic in Zamfara who also serves as the institution’s student affairs officer, was abducted; his abductors killed him after receiving a five million naira ransom payment. After being held captive for five weeks, Sanusi Halilu was killed. Sanusi Halilu Kaura, a lecturer at the Abdu Gusau Polytechnic in Zamfara who also …
Anthony Usihe, a generator engineer, was trapped in a diesel reservoir on BUK Road at Kofar Dan Agundi in Kano Municipal Local Government Area of Kano State and died as a result. Anthony was 37 years old. Saminu Yusif Abdullahi, a spokesman for the Kano State Fire Service, described the incident by saying that a rescue team was dispatched to …
Francis Atuche, a former managing director of the now-defunct Bank PHB Plc, was found guilty of fraud totaling N25.7 billion by the Court of Appeal, which met in Lagos yesterday. In addition, the court upheld Ugo Anyanwu’s conviction for participating in Atuche’s crime and serving as his co-defendant. Justice Lateefat Okunnu’s decision from the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja, was …
The murder of a traditional leader, Chief Francis Kolubo, and the chairman of the Community Development Committee (CDC), Samuel Oburo, by unidentified gunmen has caused palpable tension in the Kalaba community in Yenagoa local government area of Bayelsa State. The killing of the Paramount ruler and the CDC chairman was reportedly attributed to the community’s ongoing chieftaincy dispute and the …
