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Igbo Land Bleeds

Global UpfrontFeb 18, 2025February 18, 20250

By Uzoma Ahamefule Since the extradition of Nnamdi Kanu from Kenya to Nigeria sleep has eluded Ndigbo and many people have been killed as Igbo

UK Court Jails Nigeria’s Ike Enweremadu 9 Years 8 Months For Kidney-harvesting Plot

Global UpfrontMay 5, 2023May 5, 20230

– Ekweremadu’s wife Beatrice, 56, sentenced to 4 years and 6 months, Doctor jailed 10 years while Sonia is free A wealthy Nigerian politician, his

Lessons From The Travails Of The Ekweremadus

Global UpfrontMar 30, 2023March 30, 20230

By Lillian Agbeyegbe Senator Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, and a “middle-man” have been found guilty of an organ-trafficking plot in the United Kingdom. The findings

Ike Ekweremadu: How A Millionaire Nigerian Politician Trafficked A Lagos Street Hawker To London To Harvest His Kidney For His Ailing Daughter

Global UpfrontMar 24, 2023March 24, 20230

One day last May, a dishevelled young man from Nigeria walked into the police station at Staines, in Middlesex, saying he was homeless and destitute,

Ike Ekweremadu’s Wife, Beatrice, Opens Her Defence In London Court Over Kidney Transplant Plot, Says Family Is `Everything´

Global UpfrontMar 14, 2023March 14, 20230

The wife of a senior Nigerian politician accused of plotting to arrange an illegal kidney transplant for their sick daughter has told jurors that her

Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Accused Of Organ-harvest Plot, Tells London Court He Is A `Victim´

Global UpfrontMar 10, 2023March 10, 20230

A senior Nigerian politician accused of plotting to arrange an illegal kidney transplant for his sick daughter in the UK claimed he is a “victim”,

British Prosecutor Grills Ike Ekweremadu In Court, Accused Of Not Considering Any Family Member To `step Up´ For Organ Donation For Daughter, Sonia

Global UpfrontMar 9, 2023March 9, 20230

A senior Nigerian politician failed to seek a family member to “step up” and donate a kidney to his sick daughter as it was “far

Nigerian Senator Ike Ekweremadu Tells UK Organ Harvesting Trial Of Scam Fears

Global UpfrontMar 8, 2023March 8, 20230

Nigeria’s former deputy senate president on trial in London for allegedly plotting to harvest a street trader’s kidney for his sick daughter told the court

57 CSOs Demand Independent Probe Of CSP Agbazue, SP Nwode, Other ‘Rogue’ Police officers For Alleged Extortion, Kidnapping, Extra-judicial Killings, Organ Harvesting

Global UpfrontFeb 23, 2023February 23, 20230

No less than 57 civil society organisations under the banner of the Action Group on Free Civic Space (AGFCS), have demanded an independent panel to

Ike Ekweremadu: Alleged Organ-harvest Plot Victim Thought He Was In UK To “Work,” Court Told

Global UpfrontFeb 20, 2023February 20, 20230

A Nigerian street trader at the centre of an alleged organ-harvesting plot has told jurors he thought he was coming to Britain to work. The