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No fewer than 60 residents of Izzi, Ekile Ward of Ado Local Government Area of Benue State were killed by suspected Fulani Herdsmen during the weekend. Governor Ortom’s Deputy, Engr. Benson Abounu confirmed this on Tuesday while addressing hundreds of residents who were displaced as a result of the attack. Abonu called on President Muhammadu Buhari, the Sultan of Sokoto, Lamido of Adamawa and other opinion leaders in the North to caution Fulani herdsmen over the current genocide in the state. According to him, their intervention could deter them from carrying out further attacks and killings in the country. The…

Unknown gunmen have allegedly attacked the country home of Chief Olugu Kalu Ugba, at Amangwu Ohafia, Ohafia Local Government Area. It was alleged that the gunmen invaded Amangwu on Monday evening, setting ablaze his palatial home, burnt all his cars and looted some valuables. An unconfirmed news also has that the gunmen equally attacked his mother's house. Chief Olugu Ugba is the Special Adviser to Governor Okezie Ikpeazu on Special Duties. He is also the President General of Amangwu Ohafia Development Union. Confirming the incident on a WhatsApp group monitored by THE WHISPERER, Chief Ugba alleged that his home was…

KASU students protesting and praying against Governor Nasir El-Rufai on the road to the Kashim Ibrahim Government House, State Kaduna over hike in tuition fees. They started the procession from the School premises and have marched several streets up to the State House of Assembly. Watch video below:

Four people have been killed in what the police in Ebonyi described as IPOB members and armed robbers’ attacks in the state. The police command added that it arrested six suspected IPOB members. Police spokesperson in the state, Loveth Odah, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, noting that the arrest was made on Monday. Ms Odah also said the police killed three suspected armed robbers, recovered three expended cartridges, a jackknife, an axe, a cutlass, and charms. She explained that some hoodlums barricaded Ogbaga road and set vehicles ablaze. “The hoodlums on sighting the police opened fire. In the…

Unknown gunmen have allegedly attacked the country home of Chief Olugu Kalu Ugba, at Amangwu Ohafia, Ohafia Local Government Area. It was alleged that the gunmen invaded Amangwu on Monday evening, setting ablaze his palatial home, burnt all his cars and looted some valuables. An unconfirmed news also has that the gunmen equally attacked his mother's house. Chief Olugu Ugba is the Special Adviser to Governor Okezie Ikpeazu on Special Duties. He is also the President General of Amangwu Ohafia Development Union. Confirming the incident on a WhatsApp group monitored by THE WHISPERER, Chief Ugba alleged that his home was…

The Chief Provost of Nigerian Immigration Service, Imo State Command, Okiemute Mrere, has been assassinated. Mrere was murdered on Saturday night on Owerri- Port Harcourt Road in Owerri, our correspondent learnt on Monday. A senior officer of NIS, who confirmed to the incident to Punch, said the slain officer’s corpse was discovered in a bush on Sunday morning. Mrere was riding a Hilux van belonging to NIS when he was allegedly waylaid, shot and killed. The source told Punch that the assailants did not take the victim’s service pistol as it was found on him when his corpse was discovered,…

Many persons have sustained different degrees of injury after an explosion rocked parts of Mile 3 market in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. It was gathered that the explosion occurred at the dry fish section of the market around 6.20am when traders were bringing in their goods and others were opening for business. In the confusion that ensued, two persons were severely injured, while scores, mostly women, suffered various degrees of injuries. Confirming the development, the spokesman of the Rivers State Police Command, SP. Nnamdi Omoni, told newsmen that police operatives have been deployed to the scene of the…

A newly completed office of the Independent National Electoral Commission has been set ablaze at Okwudor community in Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State. INEC said that the arson attack took place around 11:30 am on Sunday. It was learnt that the burnt office was commissioned shortly before the 2019 General Elections. In a statement titled, ‘INEC office in Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State set ablaze’, the electoral body’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, said the latest attack makes the total number of INEC offices attacked nationwide 42. “Our resident electoral…

Bandits have kidnapped about 200 students of Islamiyya School at Tegina in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State. One person was shot dead while another was critically injured during the operation. The bandits struck at about 4:30pm on Sunday, Channels TV reports. A resident, Zayyad Mohammed, said the Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School was built by a retired Immigrations officer. In February, bandits abducted staff members and students of Government Science College, Kagara. They were released about 10 days later after ransom payment.

A Fulani settlement near the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja has been demolished by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) Joint Task Force (JTF). The development was disclosed by Ikharo Attah, Chairman, FCT Ministerial Committee on City Sanitation, on Sunday in Abuja. He said the Ruga settlement contravenes sanitation regulations. He explained that the FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, had expressed displeasure over the continuing contravention on in and out-bounds of the roads. Mr Attah stressed that the airport road was a major gateway to the city centre of the nation’s capital and therefore all occupants would have to comply…