Category: Crime/Health

Trump Sexually Abused Magazine Writer Carroll – US jury

ADEOLA YUSUF

“He branded her a liar after abusing her, she she is awarded $5m in compensatory and punitive damages.”   Jurors have decided that former US president Donald Trump sexually abused magazine writer E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s and then defamed her by branding her a liar. The jurors’ decision on Tuesday, dealt the former U.S. president a legal setback as he campaigns to retake office in 2024. The nine-member jury in Manhattan federal court awarded about $5 million in compensatory and punitive damages. READ ALSO: Best 100 Universities in…

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“I Feel Guilty My Parents Jailed Because of Me” – Ekweremadu’s Daughter

ADEOLA YUSUF

Sonia, daughter of Nigerian top Parliamentarian. Ike Ekweremadu, has broken silence after the imprisonment of her parents, declaring that she felt guilty that both her dad and mum were Jailed because of her. Platforms Africa reports that the BBC quoted Sonia to have said this in London. “I feel guilty, (that) this thing happened to my parents because of me.” ~Sonia Ekweremadu said READ ALSO Details You Did Not Know About Ekweremadu Case, By Emeka Ugwuonye She Broke Nigeria’s Varsity 42-year-Record, Bagged 4.0 Perfect Grade in US Varsity Meet Ajay…

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BREAKING: Ekweremadu Sentenced To 10 Years In UK Prison

ADEOLA YUSUF

Here is the Platforms Africa’s recap of Organ trafficking, modern slavery and the Nigerian top Parliamentarian’s road to jail   The Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, UK, has sentenced Ike Ekweremadu, former deputy senate president, to nine years and eight months in prison for organ harvesting. His wife, Beatrice, was handed four years and six months jail term during the sentencing on Friday, BBC reports. On March 23, the jury pronounced a guilty verdict on the senator, his wife, Beatrice, and Obinna Obeta, a doctor who acted as the middleman.…

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Details You Did Not Know About Ekweremadu Case, By Emeka Ugwuonye

ADEOLA YUSUF

David Ukpo Nwamini is the 21-year old Lagos street hawker who was to give his kidney to Ekweremadu’s daughter IN London. When he was interviewed at the hospital in London, they asked him if he knew he was to donate his kidney to Sonia Ekweremadu. He first told them that he had no money to donate. They explained to him that it was his kidney that he was to donate. He asked them what was kidney. Initially, the doctors thought it was a question of language, since David’s English was…

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How Editor Lost N70m Property in FAAN Demolition of Ajao Estate Mansions

ADEOLA YUSUF

Felix Abugu reacts, decries corruption in land-ownership regularization processes by FAAN   Details have emerged on how a former Editor of The Guardian on Saturday and former Deputy Managing Director of New Telegraph Newspapers, Mr. Felix Oguejiofor Abugu, lost his house in an early morning demolition of houses carried out at the weekend by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). Valued at over N70 million, the house where Abugu and his family lived until Friday, April 28, 2023, stood on a plot of land bought 12 years ago from…

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We’ve Banned Importation Of Indomie Noodles – NAFDAC

ADEOLA YUSUF

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has reaffirmed that the agency has banned the importation of Indomie noodles into the country. The Director General of the Agency, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, reiterated this in a press statement Monday. This is coming on the heels of the recalling of indomie noodles by Taiwan and Malaysia authorities following the discovery of ethylene oxide, a cancer causing agent. According to the NAFDAC boss, the compound of interest was ethylene oxide said already the Director of Food Lab Services Directorate…

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NATURCOLD Is A killer Cough Syrup, NAFDAC Alerts Nigerians

ADEOLA YUSUF

NAFDAC on Wednesday in Abuja alerted Nigerians about a killer cough syrup, NATURCOLD. Its Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, stated that the cough syrup already caused the death of six children in Cameroon. Adeyeye stated that the cough syrup was not in NAFDAC’s database, and advised importers, distributors, retailers, and consumers to exercise caution and vigilance within the supply chain. READ ALSO: PSC Approves Dismissal Of Three ASPs, Reduces Rank Of ACP, CSP, Three Others JUST IN: Nigerian Government Suspends Fuel Subsidy Removal Transparency, New Master Plan Vital For Niger Delta Development…

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To Save Sudan, These Four ‘Unseen Hands’ Must be Appeased

ADEOLA YUSUF

“Like the African adage says: where greed meets greed, mutual suspicion thrives,” Platforms Africa’s Editor, foreign affairs, Nurudeen Oyewole, writes on why so little should be expected from latest ceasefire in Sudan   After repeatedly failing ceasefires, the two warring factions in the crisis that has engulfed Sudan, the army and its rival – the paramilitary forces otherwise known as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) agreed to a 72-hours tentative ceasefire on Monday, April 24, ten days after the fighting broke out. The ceasefire which was announced by the United…

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Lesser Hajj: Saudi-bound Widower, Divorcee Arrested With 14.4kg Cocaine

ADEOLA YUSUF

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a widower, Ariyibi Ahmed Olaseinde, and a divorcee, Akanbi Silifat Tunrayo, who were going for lesser Hajj in Saudi Arabia at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos, for attempting to export 14.4 kilograms of cocaine concealed in lace and ankara fabrics. The male suspect, Ariyibi was intercepted on Thursday, April 20 at the screening point of MMIA Terminal 2 during outward clearance of Qatar Airways passengers travelling from Lagos via Doha to Medina, Saudi Arabia. READ ALSO: 2.9 Million…

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