Senator Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice, and their doctor, Obinna Obeta will be sentenced on May 5 after they were convicted of organ trafficking, in the first verdict of its kind under the Modern Slavery Act in the United Kingdom. The former deputy senate president, his wife, Beatrice, 56, and Dr. Obinna Obeta, 51, were found guilty of facilitating the travel of a young man to Britain with a view to his exploitation after a six-week trial at the Old Bailey. They conspired to bring the 21-year-old Lagos street trader…
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Oseni Rufai: Complete Adversarial Journalist
Adversarial journalism refers to a kind of journalism or a journalistic role where the journalist adopts an oppositional and combative style of reporting and interviewing. [The goal of adversarial journalism is to reveal supposed wrongdoings of actors under investigation. Instead of being completely impartial, adversarial journalists take sides in what they believe to be true. They deliberately combine information with commentary or opinion in their writing. In particular, adversarial journalists remain relentlessly hostile and highly skeptical regarding government, big business companies, and political events, questions, institutions and personalities. Adversarial journalism…
Read MoreShocker! Humphrey Anumudu Is Dead
By Austin Obinna Imo State Labour Party governorship aspirant, Barr. Chief Humphrey Anumudu is dead. National Newsblast Newspaper investigations revealed that Anumudu who donated 27 Toyota Sienna SUV vehicles to the party in January, attended the meeting of the National Working Committee, governorship aspirants and stakeholders of the party in Abuja on Thursday, 23rd March, 2023. He had to rush to Lagos the next day, Friday, to collect vital documents needed for the governorship primaries billed for April 15th, 2023. When National Newsblast contacted his aide, Mr. Godson Anumudu who…
Read More2023 Elections: Attack On Ndigbo In Lagos, Condemnable, Uncivilised
Elections are supposed to be predicated on issues rather than crude and civilised touting, senseless tribalism and brigandage. In every sane society, it is normally by appealing to reasons that candidates of political parties win elections or come to power. However, the show of shame that took place in Lagos State of Nigeria during the concluded general elections calls for reflections on the usual singsong about the unity of Nigeria. Why on this earth would some Yoruba political leaders in that state resort to crudity by provoking unwarranted attack on…
Read MoreORLU ASSEMBLY: Nwadike Moves To Reclaim Stollen Mandate, As Court Orders INEC, Allow Him Inspect Election Materials
…Campaign team vows to get back victory from APC Following the rape of Democracy in Imo state which saw APC purportedly sweeping all the House of Assembly positions in the 27 Local Government Areas of the state,the Candidate of Labour Party for Orlu State Constituency,Comrade Precious Nwadike has not only applied to have the declaration of the APC candidate,Barr Ikenna Ihezuo as purported winner of the election reviewed,he also appraoched the election tribunal sitting in Owerri through an exparte motion to allow him inspect all the materials used in conduct…
Read MoreImo Labour Party Governorship Aspirant Dead
Chief Humphrey Anumodu an aspirant for the ticket of the Labour Party in the upcoming Governorship election in Imo State has been found dead in his house. Chief Anumodu, a native of Mbieri Ancient Kingdom of Imo state was reportedly found dead in his house in what family sources described as “spiritual attack.” It was gathered that the late politician had paid the sum of 25 million Naira for Labour Party’s Governorship form for the November 11th 2023 Guber contest. Chief Anumudu, a respected legal luminary and an astute politician…
Read MoreEzekwesili Flays Keyamo, APC Over Petition To Arrest Peter Obi, Datti
Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, a former minister of education, has criticized Festus Keyamo, a spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress, APC, campaign, over his recent request that the Department of State Services, DSS, arrest the Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate and his vice, Datti Ahmed. Wednesday, Keyamo disclosed that he had petitioned the DSS to order the secret police to detain Peter Obi. Keyamo, the current Minister of State for Labor and Employment, claimed he requested DSS to detain and charge Obi and Datti Ahmed over allegations of “incitement and treasonable…
Read MoreWe May Forgive MC Oluomo, We Won’t Forgive Onanuga
By Steve Osuji When an MC Oluomo, Bola Tinubu’s iron fist and enforcer made the viral video warning that Igbo in Lagos would only vote at their peril in the March 18 guber poll, it was quite understandable. Though his message was not to be dismissed, it could be perceived as the ranting of an unthinking errand boy for a desperate candidate and political party. But when a Bayo Onanuga unleashed salvos of ethnic hate and genocidal incitement against the Igbo ethnic group living in Lagos, then the world must…
Read MoreAbia Elections: FUTO Students Hail Oti
From Isi gate, Umuahia’s busiest area, to Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Umuahia, the people of Abia state on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, went into a frenzy as they celebrated the declaration of Dr Alex Otti of the Labour Party as the state’s Governor-elect. As commercial tricycle operators conveyed passengers to their destinations without collecting fares, sound of gunshots and local landmines were heard in some parts of the capital city as the people celebrate Otti’s victory. Abia’s Gubernatorial election gained more national prominence when the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) suspended…
Read MoreChimamanda Ngozi Adichie: My Country, In Fragile Place
Imagine standing patiently in line, waiting to vote, and suddenly men with guns arrive on motorcycles and start shooting. Imagine men dashing into your polling unit, violently seizing ballot boxes and taking them away. Imagine other ballot boxes being destroyed. Imagine being beaten to keep you from voting for a particular candidate. Imagine a crowd of people chanting “We must vote! We must vote!” when polling workers failed to arrive as expected. Imagine the police doing very little. All these things happened during the Nigerian presidential elections on Saturday, February…
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