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,...

A former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has joined the list of notable Nigerians who have either been locked up in foreign jails in the past or are still serving jail terms.Ekweremadu was sentenced on Friday to about 10 years' imprisonment along with his wife, Beatrice, on the charge of conspiracy to traffic organs.Nigeria's longest-serving deputy senate president is now in the company of notable Nigerians who have tested or are testing prisons on...