-Agency ReportsSenator Ike Ekweremadu, his wife Beatrice and Dr. Obinna Obeta were found guilty of plotting to harvest organs on Thursday, at the UK’s Old Bailey Court, the Crown Prosecution Service said in a statement.They were found guilty of trafficking a 21-year-old street trader to the UK to provide a
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Protests on Thursday rocked the nation’s capital, Abuja over the just concluded elections, with protesters kicking against the May 29 inauguration of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and instead demanding the invocation of an Interim National Government ING.Asking Presidential Muhammadu Buhari to put the ING in place before he leaves
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin have jointly stressed the need to settle the Ukraine crisis through dialogue.In a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, Presidents Xi and Putin also signed and released the “Joint Statement of the People’s Republic of China and
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Gwadabawa Ward of the Yola North Local Government Area of Adamawa State has suspended the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha.The executives of the ward made this known while addressing the media at the Gwadabawa Ward office in Yola, the
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The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has signed two bills recently passed by the National Assembly into law.The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (House of Representatives), Nasiru Ila, made this known in a statement he issued on Thursday and titled ‘ Buhari Assents to
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Governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Rivers State, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, has denied congratulating the governor-elect, Siminalaye Fubara of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), alleged that there is still ongoing thump-printing of ballot papers of the just concluded governorship election in the state.The allegation is
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Anambra State government has concluded arrangements for 20,000 youths in the state to acquire digital skills.The state governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding with Microsoft and Wootlab Foundation to give the youths the training.Speaking at the ceremony held at the Prof Dora Akunyili Women Development Centre,
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Abia State governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, has congratulated Dr. Alex Otti on his victory at the state governorship election.Ikpeazu asked candidates of other parties in the state not to distract Otti with court cases.Otti, candidate of the Labour Party, polled 175,467 to defeat Okey Ahiwe, his closest rival and candidate of
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The Federal Government is set to install facial recognition technology at the International Airports in Nigeria.This was revealed by the Minister of State , Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Agba, when he played host to Japanese Ambassador in Nigeria, Matsunaga Kazuyoshi, and a team from NEC Corporation of Japan
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The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, is set to release all N1,000, N500 and N200 notes in its custody to Deposit Money Banks.According to reports, the apex bank has concluded plans to disburse old notes to Deposit Money Banks across the country starting from Thursday (today).This comes on the heels
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