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Photos from the wedding ceremony of Dr. Uzo Iwela, son of the Director-General of the World Trade Organization, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, have emerged online. Iweala tied the knot with his heartthrob, Lotte Elsa, in Germany on Sunday. Groom's aunt, Njide Okonjo-Iweala, who shared photos from the ceremony, penned a short note to the couple, writing, "As Nigerians and Ndigbo, there is no marriage unless we as a community celebrate our traditional marriage rites, Igba Nkwu Nwanyi. So, in Heidelberg, Germany, we married our wife. "It takes a village, and Uzo and Lotte had their village there to honour and celebrate them.…

Senator representing Abia North Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Orji Uzor Kalu, has endorsed the ten year development plan of Bende Local Government Area of Abia State. While applauding the members of Bende stakeholders forum, technical working group, project manager and others for a job well done, Kalu said " the comprehensive plan when implemented will lead to equitable growth and development in all communities in Bende Local Government Area. "I have been in the front burner, in the development of Bende LGA and Abia State as a whole right from my days as the Second democratically Elected, Executive…

Few days to the November 11, 2023 off-season governorship polls in Imo, Bayelsa and Kogi states, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has announced the redeployment of the Commissioner of Police in Imo State, Stephen Olanrewaju. “I am aware that there have been allegations on social media against the Commissioner of Police in Imo State but for this election, we are changing the commissioner of police in Imo,” the IGP said on Sunday on Channels Television’s People’s Townhall on Election Security. There had been widespread outrage by the Organised Labour including the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade…

A chieftain of the Labour Party (LP), Hon. Ifeanyi Torty has cautioned its supporters in Aba North/Aba South Federal Constituency to be wary of fake news being propagated by members of the opposition parties alleging the sacking of the lawmaker representing the Federal Constituency, Hon. Emeka Nnamani by the Appeal Court. "Some online platforms had on Saturday made a claim of non-existent ruling of the Appeal Court, whereas the court only delivered judgement on the appeal of the PDP candidate, Hon. Chimaobi Ebesike," Torty said in a chat with THE WHISPERER on Saturday evening. He stated that no such ruling…

The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has sacked Darlington Nwokocha of the Labour Party (LP) as senator representing Abia central Senatorial District. The Appeal Court declared Augustine Akobundu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the February 25 national assembly election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Nwokocha as the winner of the election with a total of 92,116 votes. Akobundu came second with 41,477 votes. Dissatisfied with the result, Akobundu, a former Minister of State for Defence, filed a petition before the election petition tribunal to upturn Nwokocha’s election. His appeal was, however,…

The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos, on Friday, vacated the judgment by the National and State Houses of Assembly Tribunal which nullified the election of the lawmaker representing Isikwuato Umunneochi Federal Constituency in Abia State, Rep Amobi Ogah. The election petition tribunal had declared Nkeiruka Onyejeocha as the winner of the February 25 National Assembly election for Isikwuato Umunneochi Federal Constituency. Details later.

Joint unions in Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA), have kicked against the announcement by Sen. Godswill Akpabio, the President of the Senate, referring to some members of the agency's board as executive board members. The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) and Amalgamated Union of Public Corporation, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees (AUPCTRE) made their position known in a letter addressed to Akpabio on Thursday and made available to newsmen in Abuja. It will be recalled that Akpabio had on Wednesday announced the constitution of a new board for FERMA, but referred to some of the…

The Senate has sworn in Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the senator representing Kogi Central senatorial district. Natasha is now the first female Senator from Kogi State and the fourth female Senator in the 10th Upper Legislative Chamber Senate President Godswill Akpabio directed the clerk of the senate to administer the oath to her on the floor of the upper legislative chamber on Thursday. This followed her presentation with the Certificate of Return by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the duly elected Senator for Kogi Central. THE WHISPERER reports that the Court of Appeal…

Adebayo Shittu, a former Minister of Communications, has said that former President Muhammadu Buhari did not ask his ministers to explain how they run their ministries. Adebayo Shittu was reacting to the current retreat Tinubu’s ministers are attending during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today. “Buhari did not give anybody any threat. As I said, Buhari is not Tinubu and Tinubu is not Buhari. What I know of Buhari with all due respect to him, he is a more reserved person. When he gives a job to somebody, he will never ask how they go about it. “I have…