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The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal in Asaba, Delta State, has invalidated the election of Labour Party’s Ngozi Okolie as the representative for the Aniocha/Oshimili Constituency in the House of Representatives. The tribunal ruled on Monday that Okolie had not been a member of the Labour Party by May 28, 2022, the date of the primary election, and thus, he was not properly sponsored by the party. As a result, the tribunal declared the runner-up in the February 25, 2023 National Assembly election, Ndudi Elumelu from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as the winner. Elumelu, the immediate past Minority Leader…

Senator representing Abia North Senatorial District, Orji Uzor Kalu has extended his condolences to Senator Mao Ohuabunwa over the death of his wife, Nimi Faith Ohuabunwa. The former Abia State Governor in a condolence message, said: “It’s with a heavy heart that I received the news of your wife’s demise. The loss of a woman who was a significant part of your life, being the mother of your children, is particularly a deep pain to handle. “As you mourn the death of your dear wife, on behalf of Abia North Senatorial District, I send you my heartfelt sympathy over this…

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has announced a total tax revenue collection of N5.5 trillion for the half-year period of January to June 2023. This is the highest tax revenue collection ever recorded by the Service in any first six months of a fiscal year. Mr. Muhammad Nami, Executive Chairman of the FIRS stated this while presenting the 2023-2024 tax revenue outlook to the National Economic Council at its meeting held on Thursday 20th July 2023, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The presentation, which contained FIRS’ 2023 Half-Year Collection Report, showed that the FIRS achieved over one hundred percent…

Senators are currently meeting behind closed-doors few minutes into the commencement of today’s plenary, largely necessitated by the list of ministerial nominees believed to have been submitted by the Presidency. Soon after taking the petitions, which is the fifth item in the Order Paper, the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, announced that the Senators should go into an executive session after the leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele (APC, Ekiti Central) had made the announcement. The Senate entered into the closed-door session at 11.59am. THE WHISPERER gathered that the meeting may be about the Ministerial Nominees from President Bola Tinubu. A…

Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke yesterday swore in a lawyer, Sola Akintola, as the Commissioner for Health among the 25 newly appointed commissioners he assigned various portfolios to. The governor, who assigned the Works portfolio to himself and that of Sport and Special Needs to his deputy, Kola Olawusi, warned the commissioners against corrupt practices. The House of Assembly had confirmed the 25 commissioner-nominees after screening and Speaker Adewale Egbedun had announced the confirmation of the appointments. Speaking during the inauguration at his office in Osogbo, Governor Adeleke said he would not condone what he called a solo show by…

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the last elections, on Tuesday celebrated his 62nd birthday in Plateau, where he donated food items to Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in the state. Obi in a post on his official Twitter handle shared photos of his visit to the state. In recent weeks, gunmen attacked and killed many residents in the communities of Bwoi, Sabon Gari and several others in Mangu LGA. He also visited Caleb Mutfwang, governor of Plateau, to commiserate with him over the killing of over 300 persons in Mangu LGA of the state. “In…

Peter Obi, Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party at the 2023 elections, says he can’t celebrate his 62nd birthday with over 327 Nigerians killed in Plateau and Benue this month. Mr Obi, however, humbly appealed to all those who desired to celebrate him with any kind of gifts, to look around them and extend such gifts to the people in need, especially in these difficult times. Mr Obi, who was a former governor of Anambra, made this known in a statement in Lagos on Wednesday. He said he doesn’t have any reason to celebrate his 62nd birthday due to the…

Abia State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, says, its attention has been drawn to another futile attempt by the Labour Party government of Alex Otti to paint the former governor, Okezie Ikpeazu and the PDP in a bad light by saying that it discovered over 2000 ghost workers — and in the process saved N200m for the State. The Abia PDP Vice Chairman/Acting State Publicity Secretary, Hon. Elder Abraham Amah made this declaration Tuesday evening in a statement he signed and made available to newsmen in Umuahia, stating that the claim by the state government of the discovery…

Barring any last minute changes, Senate President Godswill Akpabio will on Wednesday read the letter containing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s nominees for ministerial positions. A source close to the leadership of the Senate disclosed in a terse WhatsApp message to The Nation. The source confirmed that the list is already with the Clerk to the National Assembly Magaji Tambawal for onward delivery to the Senate President who is expected to officially read the letter on the floor. “The Senate President, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, will read H.E. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Ministerial Nominee list on the floor of the Senate on…