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Ekweremadu: Bamidele urges  Tinubu  to deploy diplomacy in securing  Ekweremadu,’s release 

Ihesiulo Grace 11 June 2023 0

By Tunde Opalana At the Valedictory session of the ninth Senate, Chairman, Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Senator Michael Opeyemi Bamidele has urged the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to deploy diplomatic shuttle to ensure the release of Senator

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Organ trafficking: How former US agent warned UK about Ekweremadu

Ihesiulo Grace 8 May 2023 0

An expert on Nigeria at the US state department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Mathew Page, had reportedly warned the UK’s national crime agency (NCA) of the activities of former Senate President Ike Ekweremadu before his organ trafficking case came to light. Recall that Ekweremadu was on May 5th sentenced to nine years and eight […]

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More pleas to British Court as Ekweremadu, wife risk 10 years in jail

Ihesiulo Grace 4 May 2023 0

By Tunde Opalana The Senate on Wednesday joined the House of Representatives to plead clemency for former Deputy Senate Presidency, Senator Ike Ekweremadu who alongside his wife, Beatrice are awaiting sentencing after having been convicted by the Central Criminal Court, London, United Kingdom, (UK) for offences relating to breach of novel Modern Slavery Act, 2015. […]

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Organ trafficking: OBJ begs UK on behalf of Ekweremadu

Ihesiulo Grace 6 April 2023 0

By Abiodun Taiwo Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has written the United Kingdom Court trying the former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and wife, over allegation of organ harvesting of a 21 year old boy. Obasanjo in a letter dated April 3, and addressed to the Chief Clerk, the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, London, […]

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Ekweremadu to remain in custody till Oct 31

Ihesiulo Grace 4 August 2022 0

Former Deputy Senator President, Ike Ekweremadu may continue in detention with the UK authority over the alleged case of organ harvesting. TheCable reports that the Central Criminal Court in UK has adjourned the case to October 31, 2022, DailyTimesNGR gathered. It was gathered that Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice are facing charges bordering on conspiracy […]

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Uzodinma’s intervention brightens Ekweremadu’s APC move

Ihesiulo Grace 31 May 2022 0

Former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu is now on his way to the All Progressives Congress, APC. This came days after the Enugu State Chairman of the party, Barr. Ugo Agballa had said the lawmaker would not get the party’s governorship ticket, DailyTimes gathered. However, a source within the party confirmed that following a […]

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Igbo Presidency: Ekweremadu Advocates dialogue with North

Ihesiulo Grace 26 November 2020 0

Dr. Ike Ekweremadu, a former Deputy President of the Senate, has weighed in on calls for ceding the presidential tickets of the major political parties to the South East, saying while it is possible to have a president of Igbo extraction in 2023, the zone must engage the northern part of the country in dialogue.  […]

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Igbo can actualize their potentials in a structured Nigeria – Ekweremadu

Ihesiulo Grace 6 November 2019 0

Former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has said that he believes that Igbo can actualize their potentials in a structured Nigeria. Ekweremadu speaking at the 2nd Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Memorial Lecture at the Igbariam campus of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University also said that ‘Ndigbo have many grouses which have made them not to […]

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PDP decries FG’s assault on Ekweremadu, Melaye, Wamakko, Kwakwanso, others

Ihesiulo Grace 25 April 2018 0

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has decried what it described as continuous assault and harassment by the Federal Executive against some lawmakers and the institution of the National Assembly, particularly, the Senate. The party was irritated by the arraignment of Senate President Bukola Saraki, Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and other senators on trumped-up

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Ekweremadu: Stop Playing partisan Politics, PDP Cautions Military

Ihesiulo Grace 11 March 2018 0

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Nigerian military not to allow itself to be dragged into partisan politics, particularly the politics being played with the patriotic call by the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, on the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government and some of its State Governors to […]

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Ekweremadu canvasses state of emergency to curtail insecurity in Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 16 January 2018 0

Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has canvassed declaration of state of emergency on security across the country over alarming insecurity in the nation. Speaking at Tuesday’s plenary in contribution to a report on national security, he explained that killings in Benue and other parts of the country has reached its peak, adding that if nothing […]

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Ekweremadu, Andy Uba lament demise of former VP Ekwueme

Ihesiulo Grace 20 November 2017 0

Ike Ekweremadu, Nigeria’s deputy senate president, has expressed grief over the demise of former Vice President of Nigeria, Chief Alex Ekwueme. Ekweremadu described the death as a sad event for Nigeria and her democracy, noting that Ide Oko, as he called him, was a pillar of the nation’s democracy and the struggle for a restructured, […]

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Minority leaders in closed meeting with Ekweremadu, Akpabio

Ihesiulo Grace 19 October 2017 0

*Predict PDP Will Dislodge Ruling APC By 2019 Olufemi Samuel, Abuja The Minority leadership of the Senate on Wednesday met with the Forum of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Minority Leaders of State Assemblies, assuring that the party was stronger and set to dislodge the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, from power in 2019. Briefing […]