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Translate Home » News » Reps probe illicit harvest, export of 7,200 male organs, other human parts to China Reps probe illicit harvest, export of 7,200 male organs, other human parts to China On By Levinus Nwabughiogu Piqued by reports of a seized cargo ship that sailed from Nigeria with 7,200 refrigerated male organs found in 36 boxes labelled as plantain at Shanghai port, known as Red Market in China, the House of Representatives yesterday resolved to probe the circumst...

Isa Pantami And The Concept Of Criminal Responsibility Under Buhari By Usman Masara Kim, Jos Nigeria Listen to article In many countries, ignorance of the law is never an excuse for an offence. Simply put, a person who does something without realizing its legal implications could still be punished if such an action is against the law. A slight exception in West Germany, based on the Federal Court of Justices 1952 verdict, states, if a person engages in criminal conduct but is unaware of its c...

ANALYSIS: One in five Nigerian state governors attended this university Half of the 36 state governors obtained their first degrees at one of three universities in the country. 4 min read Northern Nigeria’s premier university, Ahmadu Bello University, located in Zaria, Kaduna State, produced more members of the current set of Nigerian state governors than any other tertiary institution in the country, a PREMIUM TIMES review of official documents shows. An extensive review of t...

Punch Newspapers Sections Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja Published 5:30 am  There were indications on Wednesday that finding $4bn has substantially stalled the construction of Nigeria’s most ambitious power project – the Mambilla Hydroelectric Power project in Taraba State. The first sign that the project may have run into a financial alley was in was in February when the Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, tweeted that the capacity of the Mambilla project had been revised downward by 50 per cent. T...

Punch Newspapers Sections Leke Baiyewu, Abuja Leke Baiyewu, Abuja Published 3:36 am The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Wednesday inaugurated the new member representing Aba-North/South Federal Constituency in Abia State, Mr Chimaobi Ebisike.  Ebisike of the Peoples Democratic Party replaced Ossy Prestige, a member of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, who died in Germany on February 8, 2021. After the inauguration, Gbajabiamila said he expected the new membe...

Share IN any democratic setting, human rights are sine qua non to societal development. In fact, they are the fulcrum on which the society rests. This may be the rationale for a joint admission of the concept by member states of the United Nations as contained in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Nonetheless, Nigeria seems to be operating from the rear view with respect to human rights observance. This is not minding the sanctions by the United Nations on countries that fail to ...

There are indications that security operatives in Taraba State are gradually being overpowered by armed militia who have continued to launch attacks on communities spread across the southern part of the state. Within the week, DAILY POST observed three different attacks carried out successfully in the zone by hoodlums which include suspected arm militias and bandits, resulting in the loss of lives and properties of both civilians and military personnel, although, there was no loss on the hoodlu...

Vanguard News Translate Home » News » Reps probe illicit harvest, exportation of 7, 200 p*nises, other human organs to China Reps probe illicit harvest, exportation of 7, 200 p*nises, other human organs to China On By Levinus Nwabughiogu-Abuja Piqued by the reports of a seized cargo ship that sailed from Nigeria with 7,200 refrigerated penises found in 36 boxes labelled as plantain that harboured at the Shanghai port called Red Market in China, the House of Representative...

Nigeria: Cameroonian Refugees Operational Update, March 2021 Format Over 4,000 new refugee arrivals were reported in Taraba State, forced to flee violence in Cameroon. Urgent needs included food, sleeping mats, blankets, and health care. Some 27,000 refugees received cash for food of their choice in Ikyogen, Adagom and Ukende Refugee Settlements in Benue and Cross River States this month. Operational Highlights Over 4,000 new refugees, mostly women and children arrived in Taraba State, followin...

Given the increasing cases of ethnic crisis across geopolitical zones and states in Nigeria, the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Group in collaboration with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and the European Union recently held a multi-stakeholders’ consultative forum on peace and security challenges in Nigeria themed “Ethnicity, Ethnic Crisis and National Security: Implications and Consequences”. Chiemelie Ezeobi reports Nigeria has over 400 ethnic groups, which ordinarily should amplify i...