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03/05/2024

This girl she was found death this morning,
after Mpape junction in Abuja top bridge that connect Berger and AYA,
there's no any identification or phone with her to reach any of her relative,
any useful information about her relative should visit any hospital in FCT,
please share so that this information can reach any of her relative thanks

02/05/2024

"I'm here to cash out, so don't worry about me." Kizz Daniel

"Nobody should disturb me again, I'm not part of your drama, I'm minding my business. Do I look like the industry to you?" __ Kizz Daniel

Kizz Daniel bîtterly fîres back at a fan who asked him if he hasn't received any jãbs from Wizkid yet😳‼️

13/06/2023

⁣President Bola Tinubu has signed the Student Loan Bill into law. ⁣⁣
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An aide to the president, Dele Alake, disclosed this to State House Correspondents on Monday evening.⁣⁣
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The bill will enable Nigerian students to access loans at interest-free rates. ⁣⁣

ICYMI: Students loan bill proposes jail term for defaulters

Mr Dele Alake, a presidential spokesman, disclosed this on Monday at the end of the signing at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Alake said the bill would boost the educational pursuit of the youths across the country, adding that to enjoy the facility, students must show evidence of being indigent.

He said that a committee drawn from all the relevant education stakeholders would be set up to handle the process of an efficient disbursement of the loans.

Alake said that a percentage of the revenue of the Federation would be used to finance the new initiative.

Mr Andrew Adejo, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, said the bill would rest the case of lack of funds hindering indigents’ educational pursuit.

He said the signing of the bill signified how the Tinubu administration intended to handle the issue of qualitative and quantitative education in its period

13/06/2023

former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, has been elected as the Senate President of the 10th Assembly.

Akpabio is the preferred candidate of the All Progressives Congress.

The voting in the election of a new Senate President had commenced with Akpabio and former Governor of Zamfara State, Senator-elect Abdulazeez Yari, going toe to toe.

After a quick recess, Sani Tambuwal, the Clerk of the National Assembly, declared Akpabio as the Senate President having garnered 63 votes leaving his rival with 46 votes.

Against the announced time of 10 a.m., the election started before 9 a.m.

After the Clerk of the National Assembly called for nominations, the senator-elect for Borno South, Ali Ndume, nominated Godswill Akpabio, senator-elect for Akwa Ibom North-East, as President of the Senate. Akpabio accepted the nomination; while Elisha Abbo, senator-elect for Adamawa North, nominated Abdulaziz Yari, senator-elect for Zamfara West.

The senators protested that Yari was not allowed to stand for the position as a first-time senator.

11/05/2023

A former Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, has been arrested and detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, in connection with an alleged N22bn fraud.
EFCC sources familiar with the matter said Mamman, who was a minister under the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), from 2019 to 2021, was arrested and detained at the EFCC Headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday after he appeared for questioning.
Buhari had sacked Mamman in 2021, following a minor shake-up in his cabinet.
EFCC sources said the ex-minister is being grilled in connection with a probe into alleged corruption to the tune of N22bn in the ex*****on of some power projects.
“The former minister is being detained over alleged embezzlement and diversion of about N22bn.
“He is being investigated for allegedly conspiring with some staff members of the ministry in charge of the accounts of the Zungeru and Mambilla Hydro Electric Power projects to divert N22bn and share among themselves,” a source said.
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According to the source, the investigations uncovered properties in Nigeria and overseas allegedly linked to the suspects, while millions of naira and dollars have reportedly been recovered.
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Efforts by our correspondent to reach the EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, for comments, were unsuccessful, as he neither picked up phone calls nor responded to a text message.
The PUNCH reports that the EFCC had, in November 2022, launched an investigation into the controversial $5.8bn Mambilla Hydro Electric Power project contract to Sunrise Power.
The current Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, had disclosed that the Sunrise litigation on the project was the only problem hampering its commencement.
“The EFCC has stepped into the matter and we ha

11/05/2023

A magistrate’s court sitting in Ilorin has remanded the Chief Medical Director, CMD, of Ayodele Hospital, Dr. Ayodele Joseph, for allegedly ra**ng a patient, who came for treatment in his hospital at Sawmill area, Ilorin, Kwara State.
Police report during court proceeding, yesterday, revealed that the defendant (Dr. Ayodele), sedated the patient, who is a professional nurse and eventually had sexual in*******se with her without her consent.
According to the report, the nurse went to the hospital for medical treatment when the doctor, who claimed to be having 27 years experience in medical field, took advantage of her under sedation.

11/05/2023

…You betrayed us, aggrieved aspirants tell Adamu, NWC
…Give us time to address your grievances, APC tells Wase, Betara, others
By Dayo Johnson, Regional Editor, South-West, Dapo Akinrefon, Levinus Nwabughiogu, Omeiza Ajayi & Ezra Ukanwa, AKURE
Plans by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, through its National Working Committee, NWC, to impose leadership on the 10th National Assembly appears to be creating more problems for the party, as some of the lawmakers have called for an open contest and squaring up to confront the party.
This came as the controversy generated by the zoning formula put forward by the NWC is tearing the party apart.
Some aggrieved speakership aspirants, yesterday, told the National Chairman of the APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, that he betrayed them after asking them to ‘slow down’ their campaigns and give room for consultations.
However, the APC has appealed to aggrieved aspirants and tendencies to give the party more time to address their grievances.
On Monday, the NWC zoned the Senate Presidency and Deputy Senate Presidency to South-South and North-West and adopted Senators Godswil Akpabio and Jibrin Barau. It also zoned the Speakership and Deputy Speakership to North-West and South-East and chose Tajudeen Abass and Ben Kalu for the slots. The party said those selected were also the choices of President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, of Ondo State yesterday, picked holes in the zoning template, saying it is unworkable because it reinforces injustice and inequity by excluding the North-Central zone.
He urged the NWC to convene a meeting of the National Executive Committee, NEC, to redress the issue.
This came as some Senators-elect and Reps-elect took steps to ensure open contests while rejecting Akpabio and Abass.
Indeed, some of the speakership aspirants, known as G7, who dismissed the zoning template as a ‘Lagos Affair,’ have started wooing the 181 opposition parties’ members-elect with the deputy spea

10/05/2023

Nigerian Journalist, Ifeanyi Okali, In Tears As His Wife Delivers Their First Child — A Bouncy Baby Girl 11 Years After Their Marriage

He wrote: “I am glad that after 11 years, God has graciously blessed my family in a special way."

My wife and I can now be called "parents", having suffered tantrums and mockery in the past agonising one decade and more. "

We have just welcomed a baby girl and our very first child since our marriage in 2012."

God still answers prayers. May His name be praised.”

08/05/2023

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has revealed Flying Eagles squad for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina.
The NFF released the list on its official Twitter handle on Monday.
Head coach, Ladan Bosso kept faith with majority of the players, who took part at the 2023 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations in Egypt.
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AC Milan defensive midfielder, Victor Eletu, defender Israel Domingo, Lawal Salem Fago, Kehinde Ibrahim and Emmanuel Umeh are some of the new players in the squad.
The Flying Eagles arrived Buenos Aires for a 10-day training programme on Sunday.
The West Africans are drawn in Group B with Dominican Republic, Italy and Brazil for the World Cup.
Bosso’s charges will start their campaign against Dominican Republic in Mendoza on May 21.
The Flying Eagles will also face Italy in Mendoza three days later.
They will travel to La Plata for their final group game against four-time winners Brazil.
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Goalkeepers : Chijeke Aniagboso, Nathaniel Nwosu, Saheed Jimoh
Defenders: Daniel Bameyi, Benjamin Frederick, Israel Domingo, Abel Ogwuche, Augustine Njoku, Solomon Abalaka
Midfielders: Daniel Daga, Samson Lawal, Victor Eletu, Ibrahim Abdullahi, John Joshua, Tochuckwu Nnadi
Forwards: Haliyu Sarki, Jude Sunday, Ibrahim Mohammed, Lawal Salem Fago, Kehinde Ibrahim, Emmanuel Umeh.

08/05/2023

A dramatic twist played out on Sunday in Abuja as the South-East Senate caucus cautioned the President-elect, Bola Tinubu and the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, over the zoning of the position of Senate President.
They described the purported zoning of the 10th Senate Presidency to the South-South.
Their stand was contained in a communique issued after several hours of meeting held at the Maitama residence of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, YPP, representing Anambra South Senatorial District.
They rejected the zoning of the Senate President to the South South, saying that since the South East was denied presidency by the two major political parties, the zone should be allowed to produce the 10th NASS Senate President.
Part of the Communique read: “We have observed with dismay the antics of persons with vested selfish interests who have planted themselves around the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and have vowed to shut out the South East from the Senate Presidency of the 10th Senate.”
Expressing anger at the antics of those around the President-elect, the caucus insisted that it would serve justice to the people of the South-East, particularly as the zone has been blessed with ranking Senators-elect, Including members of the APC.
The lawmakers said ranking Senators from the South-East to the 10th Senate have capacity, competence and followership to lead, hence, the ruling party should remember its own creed, which is the principle of natural justice and equity.
“That the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu should extend the same democratic opportunity he received from the outgoing administration which gave all aspirants equal opportunity to exercise their fundamental and constitutional rights during the APC Presidential Primaries.
“That there would be grave implications of zoning and endorsing a candidate from the South-South without any regard for the South-East as it could snowball into restiveness,” the caucus stated.
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08/05/2023

The Supreme Court on Monday fixed Tuesday, May 9, to deliver its judgment in the disputed July 16 governorship election in Osun State.
The apex court fixed the 24-hour period for the judgment delivery after taking arguments from parties involved in the matter.
At the centre of the disputed election is the incumbent Governor Ademola Nurudeen Adeleke, who stood for the poll on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Adegboyega Oyetola who was the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate.
However, while Oyetola is the appellant in the Supreme Court matter, having lost at the Court of Appeal, Adeleke is the major respondent who won the Court of Appeal decision.
The Supreme Court will deliver the final verdict by 2 pm on May 9.
At today’s proceedings, Prince Lateef Fagbemi SAN argued for the APC.
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja had on Friday, March 24, vacated the tribunal judgment that nullified the election of Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State.
The appellate court, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel of Justices, held that the appeal Adeleke lodged to challenge his sack by the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal was meritorious.
Aside from setting aside the judgment of the tribunal, the court, in its lead judgment that was delivered by Justice Mohammed Lawal, awarded N500,000 cost against the All Progressive Congress, APC, and its candidate, Gboyega Oyetola.

08/05/2023

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday arraigned Lagos businesswoman Saadatu Ramalan-Yaro on counts of money laundering.
Ramalan-Yaro, the director of April 1616 Investment Limited and Amsamay Limited, both non-financial institutions, was arraigned for alleged money laundering before Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, alongside the two companies. Also arraigned were Misabs International Limited and Armada Financial Services.
Ramalan-Yaro’s April 1616, on July 3, 2020, in Lagos, allegedly failed to submit to the Ministry of Commerce a declaration of activities of the company leading to the deposit of N1,050,000,000 in its Zenith Bank account.
In another count, April 1616, between 2017 and 2021 in Lagos, failed to submit to the Ministry of Commerce a declaration of activities for the total sum of N42,578,881,137 deposited into the same Zenith Bank account.
According to the charge, the second company, Misabs, between 2016 and 2019 in Lagos failed to submit to the Ministry of Commerce a declaration of N1,930,054,133.26 in another Zenith Bank account.
Similarly, the third company, Armada, between July 5 and December 31, 2021, in Lagos, also failed to submit to the Ministry of Commerce a declaration of N1,950,000,000 deposited into the company’s Zenith Bank account.
Likewise, Amsaymay Limited, the fourth company, between October 12 and November 28, 2020, in Lagos, allegedly retained the sum of N1,417,198,232 in its Zenith Bank account.
The offences violated Sections 5(1)(a) and 16(1)(f) of the Money Laundering Prohibition Act 2011, as amended, and are punishable under Section 16(2)(b) of the same act.
The defendants pleaded “not guilty” to the charges, after which the prosecution counsel, S. I. Sulaiman, asked the court for a trial date.
The defence counsel, Richard Oma-Ahonaruogho (SAN), moved the bail application for Ramalian-Yaro.
The judge granted the defendant bail in the aggregate sum of N10 million, with two sureti

08/05/2023

The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has ordered the demolition of all illegal structures built along the waterways in Onitsha.
The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of NIWA, Dr George Moghalu, gave the order on Monday in Onitsha while inspecting the proposed site for the building of a maritime institute.
Moghalu expressed shock at the rising number of illegal structures along NIWA’s Right of Way (ROW), saying the agency was not notified by those who built structures on its property.
Moghalu, while addressing journalists, said his interest was to achieve peace, maintain the law, and ensure that the revenue accruing to NIWA was not tampered with.
He said: “Since people did not give NIWA any notice to go into its property, NIWA will not give them any notice before it demolishes the structures. Why would I give you notice to quit my property when you did not give me notice to enter the property?
“I have ordered that these illegal ones be demolished before Tuesday. I’m in Onitsha today concerning the Maritime Institute that is coming up here in Onitsha.
“We have looked at the site and identified the area that is required for the project, and we have given them consent. What we are saying is that the formal application has to be made; the design of what is going to be done there must be provided for NIWA to do its survey and mark out the area in question for them to pay whatever charges that will be required.”

08/05/2023

Gunmen on Thursday attacked a police checkpoint at Umunze, Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State, killing three police operatives.
A source in the area said the gunmen shot indiscriminately for over an hour, causing pandemonium in the area as residents of the area ran for their lives.
“They operated in an unmarked dark Sports Utility Vehicle and killed the cops at the Joint security checkpoint at Ihite road.
“It was like war. For over one hour, the hoodlums were shooting indiscriminately. I saw three policemen lying dead on the ground during the attack, while others took cover and shot back from a distance. I suspect that some of the policemen also sustained gunshot injuries in the attack.”
Spokesperson for Anambra State Police command, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga confirmed the incident.
He said: “It is an unfortunate incident and is part of the highest price security officers pay in serving the nation but the police command is not deterred by this development.
“The reinforcements teams are already in the area and the manhunt for the assailants is ongoing while joint security patrols have been intensified in the area.”

08/05/2023

About 40 people were on Sunday abducted by gunmen during a church service at Bege Baptist Church, Madala, along Buruku Baringi road, Kaduna, in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Kaduna State chapter, Rev. John Joseph Hayab confirmed the incident to DAILY POST.
He said, “The worshippers were in the Sunday service around 9:30 am when they heard gunshots very close to the church. The gunmen attacked the church and went away with 40 worshippers.”
He added, “Along the way, somehow, 15 of the kidnapped persons returned, remaining the rest 25 who are presently in captivity without any word from their abductors.”
According to him, efforts were being made to get in contact with the abductors concerning the remaining people.
When contacted, the State Police spokesman, DSP Mohammed Jalige promised to contact the DPO of the affected area for prompt action.

08/05/2023

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has anointed former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio as the Senate President of the 10th Assembly, while Hon. Tajudeen Abbas from Kaduna State has also been named as the Speaker of the House.
The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Felix Morka disclosed this while briefing journalists at the end of the NEC meeting held on Monday at the national secretariat of the party in Abuja.
He said: “The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) met today, Monday, May 8, 2023 to consider reports of consultations and meetings held with the President-Elect, His Excellency, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, other Party leaders and stakeholders on zoning arrangement for 10th National Assembly leadership positions.
“The NWC noted with respect the outcome of the meetings held between the President-Elect and the leadership of the NWC. The NWC called for further and better consultation with necessary stakeholders in order to assure the support of the aspirants to the National Assembly leadership positions and members of the Party nationwide.
“The zoning arrangement reported to the NWC is as follows: Senate President – South-South Senator Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom); Deputy Senate President – (North West), Senator Barau Jubrin (Kano).
‘Speaker, House of Representatives North West-Hon. Abass Tajudeen (Kaduna); Deputy Speaker (South East), Hon. Ben Kalu (Abia).
“We urge our party leaders, members and all Nigerians to continue to work for peace and progress of our country during and beyond the current period of leadership transition.”

08/05/2023

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has initiated an extradition proceedings at the Federal High Court, Abuja against three young Nigerians.
EFCC Head of Media, Wilson Uwujaren confirmed the lawsuit in a statement on Monday.
The defendants, Samuel Ogoshi, 22, his brother Samson Ogoshi, 20, and Ezekiel Ejehem Robert, 19, face a four-count indictment.
They were indicted in a United States Federal Court on December 1, 2022 on
charges of exploitation of minors and production of child po*******hy resulting in death.
The trio are also accused of conspiracy to distribute child po*******hy and conspiracy to commit stalking through the internet.
Prosecutors say they sexually extorted numerous young men and teenage boys in the Western District of Michigan and across America.
The gang hacked some social media accounts, posing to be young attractive women to entice unsuspecting victims to send explicit photos.
Samuel is charged with causing the death of Jordan DeMay, 17, of Marquette in Michigan on March 25, 2022 who shot himself. It carries a maximum penalty of life in prison, minimum of 30 years.
The other charges carry minimum sentences of 15, 5 and 5 years respectively in a case expected to commence once the Nigerians get to U.S. soil.
“While the Ogoshis were arrested sometime in February, 2023 around the Ojo axis of Lagos, Ezekiel was picked up in Nasarawa by operatives of the EFCC,” Uwujaren disclosed.

08/05/2023

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07/05/2023

The riverside town of Otuan in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State was, yesterday, thrown into confusion when a 10-year-old boy accidentally killed his 12-year-old friend with his grandfather’s gun.
Sunday Vanguared learned that the father of the deceased and his grandfather who owned the gun, were out of town when the incident occurred.
The tragedy, it was learned, struck after the deceased, his sister and friend returned from the bush where they had gone to pick bush mango.
A community source who pleaded anonymity said the girl sent her brother to get a cutlass from their father’s room to split open the bush mango.
The friend, who joined in going to get the cutlass, stumbled on the gun where it was hidden.
On seeing the gun, he picked it up and aimed it at the deceased.
“As the deceased shouted at the friend to drop the gun, it fired and hit him.
“The fatally injured boy was rushed to a nearby chemist in the community, accompanied by his heartbroken friend who was wailing when somebody whispered to him to run for his life,” the source said.
When contacted, spokesman of the state police command, Asinim Butswat, said: “It has not been reported to the police, but we will find out if such an incident happened.”

07/05/2023

Fierce battle has continued for the principal offices of the 10th National Assembly as about 37 senators-elect of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have vehemently rejected the advanced choice of Senators Godswill Akpabio and Jubrin Barau for Senate President and Deputy Senate President respectively, Sunday Vanguard understood at the weekend.
The choice of the pair, it was learnt, was communicated to the senators-elect by the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, at a meeting of the leadership of the APC on Friday night in Abuja.
The meeting also had the leadership of the National Assembly in attendance.
Akpabio, who is the immediate past Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, hails from Akwa Ibom North West senatorial district while Barau represents Kano North.
It also learnt that the president-elect also told the gathering that his choice for speakership of the House of Representatives was Hon. Tajudeen Abbas who represents Zaria federal constituency of Kaduna State.
A source, who was privy to the meeting and preferred not to be mentioned, told Sunday Vanguard that many of the senators-elect at the occasion, numbering about 37,said no to the choice of Akpabio, citing national unity and cohesion as their reason.
In the alternative, the senators reportedly pointed to the direction of the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, and a former governor of Zamfara State, Senator Abdulaziz Yari for Senate President and Deputy Senate President respectively.
While Kalu represents Abia North Senatorial District, Yari was recently voted to represent Zamfara West.
The source added that the APC senators, who visibly showed their disapproval of the preferred choices, demanded the neutrality of the president-elect in the elections of the presiding and principal officers of the 10th National Assembly.
Akpabio’s choice, it was learnt, came after Tinubu had given Akpabio the condition that he must have about 60 senators-elect backing his bid a development which ha

07/05/2023

Heavy fighting is reportedly continuing Friday in and around the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, despite a truce agreed to by both sides in the conflict.
Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Defense Forces each appeared to be trying to push the other out of central Khartoum and control areas around the presidential palace and army headquarters.
In Washington, U.S. President Joe Biden deplored the continuing violence. He imposed sanctions to block any Sudanese who are impeding the push to democracy in the northeast African country from carrying out financial transactions linked to any U.S. accounts or property they may hold.
“The violence taking place in Sudan is a tragedy—and it is a betrayal of the Sudanese people’s clear demand for civilian government and a transition to democracy,” Biden said in a statement. “This violence, which has already stolen the lives of hundreds of civilians and began during the holy month of Ramadan, is unconscionable. It must end.”
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appealed for an end to the fighting in Sudan and international support for the Sudanese people, who he said are facing a humanitarian catastrophe.
“Aid must be allowed into Sudan, and we need secure and immediate access to be able to distribute it to people who need it most,” Guterres said during a news conference in Nairobi, Kenya. “Civilians and civilian infrastructure must be protected, and humanitarian workers and their assets must be respected.”
“The situation in Sudan is teetering toward catastrophe, and children are increasingly caught in the crossfire,” UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell said in a statement Thursday.
Russell said UNICEF “has received reports that 190 children have been killed and another 1,700 injured in Sudan since conflict erupted almost three weeks ago.”
Sudan’s Health Ministry says more than 500 people have been killed and nearly 5,000 wounded since the fighting began April 15, during a power struggle between the lead

07/05/2023

Aid supplies from World Health Organization (WHO) and UAE-AID are loaded into a plane for Port Sudan, at the Abu Dhabi International Airport, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, May 5, 2023.
The World Food Program said earlier this week that nearly 17,000 tons of food had been stolen from its warehouses across Sudan.
“This would translate to about 13 or 14 million U.S. dollars,” Eddie Row, the WFP country director, said in an interview Thursday with Reuters. " Almost every day we are receiving reports of additional looting."
WFP has said it is working to determine what supplies remain. Before the fighting, WFP had more than 80,000 tons of stocks in the country. The agency still plans to provide food assistance for 384,000 people in the coming days.
The U.N. refugee agency’s Darfur coordinator said looting has long been a problem in Darfur, and many of their facilities have been robbed since April 15.
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said Thursday it has launched an emergency appeal to support the Sudanese Red Crescent Society to deliver assistance to 200,000 people.

07/05/2023

ABUJA — Nigerian rights activists are reacting with outrage after a Nigerian politician and his wife were charged by British prosecutors with human trafficking with the intent to harvest organs.
Ike Ekweremadu is alleged to have smuggled a Nigerian boy into Britain to harvest his kidney for their sick daughter. The former deputy senate president and his wife appeared before the Uxbridge Magistrate's Court on Thursday, two days after they were arrested by London police.
Prosecutors accused them of luring 15-year-old David Nwamini Ukpo from Nigeria to the UK to donate his kidney to their daughter. Prosecutors also accused them of forging documents to make Ukpo appear to be 21 years old.
It's not clear if Ukpo was aware of the reason he was traveling, but a letter written by Ekweremadu to the British High Commission in December stated they were going to the UK for organ donation.
Ekweremadu's daughter is reportedly battling a kidney disease. He and his wife were arrested on their way to Turkey to procure another organ after they allegedly were unable to continue the process with Ukpo.
They denied the allegations on Thursday but did not enter a plea and were held without bail.
Prominent Nigerian human rights activists have denounced the politician on social media. The co-founder of the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) Movement, Aisha Yesufu, tweeted, "How many missing people are related to organ harvesting? This is scary."
Another activist, Rinu Oduala, said, "They really thought they would get away with it in the UK. Because Nigeria is a place where criminals occupy public offices, commit crimes and go scot-free."
"That the former deputy Senate president might be involved in organ trafficking is disappointing to say the very least," Oduala told VOA via a voice messaging app. "The Nigerian image, our reputation keeps dwindling out there. Every day our public officials make it harder for Nigerians to thrive out there, we're forced to prove a point that we're not that image of

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