After several weeks of being stucked, the trial of Ike Ekweremadu resumed yesterday. The embattled former Deputy Senate President (DSP) who is facing charges of organ trafficking, on Tuesday March 7, told the court that he thought was being "scammed" by doctors.60-year-old Ekweremadu is accused of conspiring to facilitate the travel of a 21-year-old man, David Nwamini, to Britain to use him as an organ donor for his sick daughter, Sonia.Nwamini, a street trader from...

On Monday, May 16, a South African traditional healer was convicted of murdering his partner by burning her alive and stabbing her while she was on fire.Thapelo Ramoruki, 29, was convicted in the North West high court, sitting at Mogwase regional court. In addition to the murder conviction, he was also found guilty of pointing a firearm. He was acquitted on a charge of kidnapping and unlawful possession of a firearm. It is alleged that on January 12, 2021, Ramoruki,...

The immediate past governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, on Tuesday pleaded not guilty before the Federal High Court, Lagos, to a charge of illegal possession of firearms brought against him by the Ministry of Justice.He was arraigned on a two-count charge bordering on unlicensed possession of firearms.In the first count, Emefiele was accused of possessing a single-barrel shotgun (Jojef Magnum 8371) without a license, which is contrary to Section...