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Nigerian Court Reverses Self, Vacates Interim Order For Forfeiture Of Ex-Deputy Senate President Ekweremadu’s 40 Properties
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Nigerian Court Reverses Self, Vacates Interim Order For Forfeiture Of Ex-Deputy Senate President Ekweremadu’s 40 Properties

A Federal High Court in Abuja has trashed the interim order earlier issued for the forfeiture of 40 landed properties belonging to the former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu. In November 2022, the same court ordered an interim forfeiture of the 40 landed properties belonging to Ekweremadu who is currently being remanded in a…

Parents must ensure the safety of their children over the festive season – Alex News
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Parents must ensure the safety of their children over the festive season – Alex News

The Alex Kidz Clinic, which runs counselling and rehabilitation services for abused and neglected children, has issued a passionate plea to parents to always guard their children and to know their whereabouts at all times. Social worker and manager of the clinic Elizabeth Mokwena issued the plea as the township draws nearer to the festive…

Organ Harvesting Saga: Ekweremadu, Wife Sue NIMC, NIS, Others
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Organ Harvesting Saga: Ekweremadu, Wife Sue NIMC, NIS, Others

Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, have sued the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and others over controversy surrounding David Ukpo’s real age. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), others mentioned in the suit are: the Comptroller General (CG), Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS); Stanbic-IBTC Bank; United Bank of Africa…

Organ Harvesting Allegation: Court Grants Ekweremadu’s Wife Bail, Senator Remains in Police Custody
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Organ Harvesting Allegation: Court Grants Ekweremadu’s Wife Bail, Senator Remains in Police Custody

The wife of a former Deputy Senate President, Mrs. Beatrice Ekweremadu who alongside her husband are standing trial for allegedly plotting to traffic a Nigerian into the United Kingdom to harvest his kidney for their ailing daughter has been granted bail by the court However, her husband, Senator Ike Ekweremadu was denied bail. Beatrice Ekweremadu,…

All you need to know about organ transplants
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All you need to know about organ transplants

Editor’s note: this article contains great information about transplants and a good general overview of the transplant process.  Globally, about 20 people die every day while waiting for a transplant. There are several organs and tissues that one can donate including kidneys, heart, blood, lungs, liver, pancreas, intestines, thymus, bone marrow, bones, tendon, ligaments, corneas,…

London’s First Organ Trafficking Trial
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London’s First Organ Trafficking Trial

A Nigerian senator’s arrest marks the spread of a common Third World crime into new territory. Nigerian Senate president Bukola Saraki (R) and his deputy Ike Ekweremadu (L) leave the courtroom after being charged with falsifying parliamentary rules to get elected in Abuja, on June 27, 2016. (Philip Ojisua/AFP via Getty Images) The only surprising…

Organ trafficking: Ebonyi govt backs Ekweremadu, reveals victim’s real age
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Organ trafficking: Ebonyi govt backs Ekweremadu, reveals victim’s real age

Following the detention of former Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife in the United Kingdom, the Ebonyi State Government has said it is currently reaching out to the family of David Okemini Ukpo. Recall that Ekweremadu had facilitated the travel of Ukpo to the UK for kidney donation to his (Ekweremadu) daughter, Sonia, who…