ABUJA — The jailed former governor of Taraba State Jolly Nyame and former governor of Plateau State Senator Joshua Dariye have been released by the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS). The Federal High Court, Abuja in 2018 presided over by Justice Adebukola Banjoko convicted the two former governors of corruption allegations. However, in April 2022 the state council under President Muhammadu Buhari pardoned them alongside 157 other convicts. Jolly Nyame, who was Taraba governor from 1999...

By Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)   The Borno State Ministry of Local Government and Emirate Affairs has pledged the full commitment of the Ministry to support the processes that would lead to the successful implementation of the Transitional Justice Project flagged off by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) with the support of the European Union (EU) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in 2021.  Permanent Secretary, Alhaji Tahiru Shettima, disclosed this while receiving...

A London court on Monday granted Beatrice Ekweremadu, wife of a former deputy senate president, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, bail. Recall that Ekweremadu and Beatrice, his wife, were arrested by the British police on June 23 on allegations of human trafficking and organ harvesting that violate the country’s Modern Slavery Act. The police authorities had accused the couple of conspiring to bring a 15-year-old boy, to the United Kingdom to harvest his kidney for their daughter. However, the...

By Handel Patrick (Staff Reporter)   The presence of two massive coffins and charms could not prevent a determined Anambra State Taskforce from demolishing illegal structures built on government land near Governor’s lodge, Onitsha over the weekend. The exercise will mark the fifth time the state government is demolishing structures on the land to which an Onitsha lawyer, Barr Harold Ekwerekwu is laying claims to. The lawyer is claiming that the land belongs to the...

The Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court in the United Kingdom has ruled that David Ukpo, the alleged kidney donor for the daughter of Senator Ike Ekweremadu, is not 15 years old. The West African Pilot reports that Ekweremadu, a former deputy president of the Nigerian senate, and Beatrice, his wife, were arrested by the British police on June 23 on allegations of human trafficking and organ harvesting that violate the country’s Modern Slavery Act. The police authorities...