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Some suspected Yoruba Nation agitators, on Saturday, invaded the Oyo State Government Secretariat, Agodi in Ibadan, the state capital. Eyewitnesses told Punch Online that the masked men were stationed at different locations within the area. This situation, according to an investigation by Punch Online sent panic to the residents and road users along the routes. Businesses and residents around Bodija, Ikolaba, and Awolowo were said to have quickly locked their shops and doors as some who were about to open for the day’s business turned back. It was further learnt that the security operatives on duty at the secretariat were…

Controversial crossdresser, Idris Okuneye (Bobrisky), will be kept in the male section of the prison facility throughout his six-month imprisonment. Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court on Friday sentenced Bobrisky to jail after he pleaded guilty to a four-count charge of naira abuse. Bobrisky told Ms Awogboro that he was a man when asked to clarify his gender status before the court. His answer would later inform the prison officials to keep him in the facility designated for men. “Since he admitted to being a male in court, then we have to abide by…

Controversial crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, has admitted to being a male during his appearance at the Federal High Court in Lagos State, on Friday. Justice Abimbola Awogboro sentenced him to six months imprisonment without the option of a fine for abusing the naira. Before the sentence, the judge asked about his gender, and he quickly replied that he was a man. When the judge asked, “Are you a man or a woman?” Bobrisky responded, “I am a man.” Awogboro said the judgment would be a deterrent to others who are found abusing and mutilating the naira, The…

A Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced a celebrity transgender, Idris Okuneye, a.k.a Bobrisky, to six months in jail without the option of fine. Recall that Bobrisky was convicted by Justice Abimbola Awogboro last week Friday, April 5, 2024, for abusing and mutilating the Naira notes following his arrest and arraignment by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFFC). The court had fixed the date for sentencing after Bobrisky pleaded guilty to a four-count charge of tampering with the N490,000 by spraying brought against him by EFCC. Details later

TC Okafor, a Nollywood actor and survivor of the boat accident that took the life of popular actor, John Paul Odonwodo, known as Junior Pope, and three others, has narrated how the tragic boat accident happened and how he survived. Pope who drowned while attempting to cross the River Niger during the making of a movie titled "The Other Side Of Life" being produced by Adamma Luke, had finally been confirmed dead. The National President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Emeka Rollas, confirmed Jr Pope’s death in an Instagram post in the early hours of Thursday. The 39-year-old…

In a rare twist of events in Rivers State politics, former Governor Peter Odili has endorsed Governor Siminalayi Fubara as the political leader of the state, praising him for defending the interests of the people. Odili, who served between 1999 and 2007, stated that Fubara, having secured his electoral victory both through the ballot and the courts, is now the political leader of the oil-rich South-South state. Odili spoke on Thursday at the commissioning of a Primary Healthcare Centre donated by his PAMO Foundation in Ndoni, his hometown in the Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni Local Government Area, according to a report by Channels…

The lawmaker representing Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency in the National Assembly, Chief Ibe Okwara Osonwa, has expressed shock over the death of the former Governor of old Abia State and one time Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu. Rep. Osonwa in a statement personally signed by him in Abuja on Thursday, said he received with shock the sad, devastating and shocking news of the passing of Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, a man he described as “intellectually mobile, humble and loved”. Dr. Onu, 72, was confirmed dead at an undisclosed hospital at the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Thursday, a development…

Chairman, Senate Committee on Privatization and former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Kalu has expressed sadness over the passing of former Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr. Ogbannaya Onu. Describing the frontline politician as a nationalist with passion for unity and progress of Nigeria, Kalu acknowledged the invaluable contributions of the former Minister to nation building. The former Governor while admonishing the Onu family to take solace in the fact that their late patriarch lived a purposeful life, urged the deceased's children and loved ones to sustain his worthy legacy. In a condolence message, Kalu said, "the demise…

Former governor of Abia state, Ogbonnaya Onu is dead. According to BBC Igbo, Onu died at a hospital in Abuja this morning. The American trained scientist, teacher and politician was 72 years old. Ogbonnaya Onu was a lecturer at University of Port Harcourt before he made a foray into National Politics during the scuttled transition to civilian rule of former president Ibrahim Babangida from 1991 to 1993. He was elected governor in 1992 and served till the late Sani Abacha overthrew Ernest Shonekan's administration in 1994. Onu remained in politics and made a few attempts to run for President. He…

The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has partially restored electricity supply to Nkporo and Ohafia communities, in Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State following a petition presented to the House of Representatives by Hon. Ibe Okwara Osonwa on behalf of the communities. An indigene of Ohafia community, Mr. Kalu Obasi, confirmed the development to The Whisperer on Wednesday, saying: “There is light right now in Uzo Ofuru in Ebem and its environs.” In a chat with The Whisperer on Wednesday afternoon, the lawmaker representing Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Chief Ibe Okwara Osonwa said “it was…