Ekweremadu, his wife, and a medical doctor in the UK are the first human trafficking offenders to be jailed under the Modern Slavery Act.The former deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, have made history as the first defendants to be convicted under the United Kingdom’s Modern Slavery Act.On Friday, May 5, 2023, the Nigerian legislator was jailed at the Old Bailey, the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales, for a total of 10 years an...

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue said there were violations of the Electoral Act in the conduct of both the presidential and national assembly elections.This was contained in a statement signed by his special adviser on media and publicity, Mr. Terver Akase, and issued to journalists on Tuesday.Ortom tasked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to ignore the concerns of Nigerians, emphasizing that many of them have questioned the credibility of the...

The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its judgment in a suit instituted by President Muhammadu Buhari and the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, against the National Assembly.The suit is seeking to void section 84(12) of the Electoral Act, 2022 on the grounds that it is in conflict with a provision in the 1999 Constitution as amended.A seven-man full panel of the Justices of the Apex Court led by Justice Muhammad Musa Datti...