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The Court of Appeal in Abuja has sacked Senator Godswill Akpabio as the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate for Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District. Delivering Judgement, a three-member panel of justices led by Justice Danlami Senchi, held that Akpabio failed to file a proof of arguments within the time provided by the rules. According to Channels Television, the panel further ruled that Akpabio, being a presidential aspirant of the APC, could not participate in the valid primary of the party held on May 28 and monitored by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which produced Udom Ekpoudom as a…

Anambra Governor Chukwuma Soludo has declared that Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi will not win the 2023 poll. Soludo said this on Monday in an article titled ‘History beckons and I will not be silent (Part 1)’. He said: “Let’s be clear: Peter Obi knows that he can’t and won’t win. He knows the game he is playing, and we know too, and he knows that we know. “The game he is playing is the main reason he didn’t return to APGA. The brutal truth (and some will say, God forbid) is that there are two persons/parties seriously contesting for…

The Defence Headquarters on Monday declared 19 terrorists wanted and placed N5 million bounty on each of them. The details of the 19 terrorists are contained in a poster released by the Director, Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Jimmy Akpor, on Monday in Abuja. The information on the poster revealed that the N5 million cash reward is for anyone who could provide information that could lead to arrest of any of the terrorist. The wanted persons are notorious bandits/terrorists that have been terrorising Katsina, Sokoto and Zamfara States, it said. The wanted terrorists are Sani Dangote who hails from Dumbarum Village in…

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday adjourned indefinitely the trial of the Biafra nation agitator, Nnamdi Kanu in the terrorism charges brought against him by the Federal Government. Justice Binta Nyako put off the trial sine die at the instance of Kanu, pending the resolution of the Federal Government’s appeal against the October 13 judgment of the Court of Appeal that discharged him from the terrorism charges. The Federal Government’s appeal seeking reversal of the Court of Appeal judgment is pending before the Supreme Court. Two other cases billed for hearing before the court were also put off…

Omoyele Sowore, Presidential Candidate of the African Action Congress, has claimed that officials of the Department of State Services (DSS) were busy with Big Brother Naija (BBN) when he was in detention. He said this at the ongoing debate for presidential candidates, organised by the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) and Arise Television. Sowore, who is the convener of #RevolutionNow, was arrested by the operatives of DSS on August 3, 2019, for allegedly calling for a regime change. He was let off the hook of the DSS along with his Co-accused Olawale Bakare, after spending five months in detention.…

Supporters of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of Labour Party in Rivers have been in ecstasy over his invitation by Governor Nyesom Wike to commission the iconic Nkpolu-Oroworukwo flyover bridge in Port Harcourt, the State capital. An invitation card obtained by THE WHISPERER showed that the bridge will be commissioned on Thursday, November 17, 2022 and it is being shared ‘aggressively’ by supporters of the Labour Party candidate since it surfaced online. However, political analysts believe that the invitation of Obi is one of Wike’s political mind games against the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party,PDP, and its presidential candidate,…

The Senator representing Abia North Senatorial District, Orji Uzor Kalu has sunk boreholes in Ohafia Local Government Area to alleviate the plight of residents who travel far distance in search of potable water. Our correspondent reports that the boreholes are located at Federal Government College Ebem and Market Square, Amaoba section of Amaekpu Ohafia. A community leader from Ohafia, Chief James Ndukwe said that the water project would minimise the level at which residents contract water-related diseases. He explained that the boreholes would be a source of potable water, not only for the immediate communities, but other adjoining communities too.…

Nigerian businessman and billionaire, Femi Otedola has reportedly gifted a £5million country home, to celebrate his daughter, DJ Cuppy's 30th birthday on Friday. In a trending screenshots of a conversation between Cuppy and her dad, the billionaire said, “Ifemiii of course not! I could never forget #CuppyDay! Happy Birthday to my Angel Ifemi. "I’ve instructed Andy at Barclays Bank to buy you a £5,000,000. (Five million pounds) country home as your 30th birthday present. “Can’t think of any other befitting present you deserve for this special birthday. You have continuously made Papa proud year by year and have been a…