The United Kingdom court has sentenced former Deputy Senate President of Nigeria, Ike Ekweremadu, to nine years and eight months in prison for an organ trafficking plot. The court also sentenced his wife, Beatrice, to four years six months while the medical doctor who acted as a ‘middleman’ in the …

A 22-year-old man identified as Ibrahim Musa stabbed his biological mother to death in Kano . According to report, the incident happened around 6:pm on Wednesday, May 3, in Rimin Kebbe Quarters, Nassarawa Local Government Area of the state. Spokesperson of the command, DSP Abdullahi Kiyawa Haruna, who confirmed the incident …

Former Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice and their middleman medical doctor, Obinna Obeta, will receive their sentence on Friday, May 5, 2023, following their their conviction for organ trafficking in March, in the first verdict of its kind under the Modern Slavery Act. Ekweremadu, …

Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has approved unified USSD codes for all mobile networks in Nigeria. The harmonized shortcodes (HSC) will work across all mobile networks in the country. This means all mobile network services will be using the same customer care number, the same code for checking data balances, the …

After receiving 99 out of 100 possible points in mathematics on the just completed 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), one Lotanna Azuokeke reportedly shattered a school record. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) announced the results of this year’s UTME on Tuesday, May 2, according to Newsmen. Azuokeke, …

A UK-based husband and wife have confessed to independently seeking the services of same witchdoctor to kill each other.   The man identified as Baba Gamu, made the first visit to the witchdoctor, requesting the demise of his wife. He defended his actions during the family gathering by claiming that he …

The first batch of Nigerians who were evacuated from war-torn Sudan arrived in the country late Wednesday.The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission made this known in a terse statement on its Twitter page early Thursday. Sharing photos of the evacuees, the commission tweeted, “The first batch of Nigerians who fled war-torn …

Alhasan Doguwa, the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, on Wednesday, hit back at his critics, stressing that any leader who can manage four wives and 28 children like him can aspire to become the Speaker in the 10th Assembly. Doguwa’s statement was a response to criticism that he …

Superstar footballer, Lionel Messi has reportedly been suspended by Paris Saint-Germain for two weeks for making an unauthorised trip to Saudi Arabia on Monday May 1. The Argentina World Cup winner had pre-arranged the visit for one of his commercial commitments as an ambassador for tourism there. PSG players were supposed …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, or NDLEA, has informed all eligible candidates who successfully submitted their applications in the superintendent cadre (Professional and General Duties) for its 2023 recruitment exercise that access to their assessment platform will be available from 10:00 am on Monday, May 8, until 23:59 pm …