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The effort to replace the late traditional ruler of Afara Ukwu autonomous community, in Umuahia North council area of Abia state, Eze Israel Okwu Kanu, is threatening to tear the community apart as three persons are laying claim to the stool. Late Eze Kanu is the father of the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. According to Vanguard, three sons of the community, Chief Amaechi Ugweje, Sir Chukwuemeka Nwaobiala and Anthony Chukwukwadoro Ndulaka, are laying claims as the Eze-elect of the community. The matter is now a subject of litigation. An Abia State High court…

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has slammed Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, following comments made by the latter on the governor for faulting approaches to ongoing war against insecurity in the country. THE WHISPERER reported that in response to Gov Ortom’s revelation that some high ranking military officials, confided in him that, President Buhari warned them against repelling attacks on armed herdsmen, Garba Shehu had said Ortom “expects the country to believe Nigeria’s top security personnel would share high level confidential information with him. To be clear, they do not”.…

The final list of Presidential, Senatorial and House of Representatives candidates for the 2023 general election will be released on September 20, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed. The Commission explained that the publication of the list of candidates for the national election is in compliance with section 32(1) of the Electoral Act 2022. It said the final list for governorship and House of Assembly elections will be published on October 4. INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, made the disclosure at an event organised in collaboration with the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) on ‘Conducting Election in…

The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, was on Wednesday booed and pelted with sachet water by unidentified persons in Lokoja, Kogi State. Kwankwaso was in Lokoja, the State capital to commission the NNPP secretariat and his campaign office. According to Leadership, the former Kano State governor had earlier visited the country home of his late friend and former governor of Kogi State, Prince Abubakar Audu, in Ogonicha, before returning to the State capital for the commissioning of the party offices. But shortly after the commissioning of the campaign office located beside Dave…

Tension has gripped the camp of Professor Greg Ibe, as an Abuja Federal High Court, has fixed September 12, for hearing in a suit seeking to disqualify him as the governoship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Abia State. The Court sitting in Abuja adjourned the matter involving Etigwe Uwa (SAN) and the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) over the outcome of the May 29 gubernatorial primaries. THE WHISPERER reports that the case presided over by Justice Maha J in suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/1252/2022 came for hearing today. One of the team of lawyers who appeared for the…

Occasioned by the spate of unemployment situation in the country particularly amongst youths, Promotion of Human Aid and community development in Africa (PHACODA) has disclosed its partnership with the Federal Government of Nigeria with the aim of curbing the scourge. Recall that in May this year PHACODA a non-profit organisation had disclosed it’s plans to train 2.5 million Nigerians through the acquisition of vocational skills to empower youths in the 36 states of the federation with vocational training commencing with 25 out of 44 available courses.   As follow up to the plan, the organisation through its director, Mr Chidiomimi…

BENUE State governor Samuel Ortom has alleged that armed Fulani herdsmen cannot be brought to book for violent attacks on agrarian communities across the country because of a Federal Government order prohibiting security agents from apprehending and arraigning them. In an interview with The ICIR, the governor said those being referred to as bandits are members of Miyetti Allah. Ortom also alleged that all Miyetti Allah does is claim responsibility for attacks and collect huge sums of money from the government. He claimed that the Federal Government is protecting them. “I have spoken to some security men who told me…

Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday, took a swipe at an unnamed rapist and a member of the Peoples Democratic Party who attended the return to PDP party of Senator Ibrahim Shekarau in Kano State. Recall that Shekarau who dumped the New Nigeria Peoples Party a few days ago, was on Monday received back in the PDP by presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Speaking on Tuesday in Port Harcourt, the state capital, Wike who has been in war of words with the PDP candidate over the outcome of the party’s primary and the selection of Atiku’s running mate, said…