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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has declared Wednesday as a public holiday to enable the people of Rivers State give the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a rousing welcome. The President-elect, during his two-day official visit to Rivers State, is scheduled to commission the Rumuola/Rumuokwuta Flyover and the ultra-modern Magistrates’ Court Complex, Port Harcourt, on Wednesday and Thursday. Wike, in a state broadcast on Tuesday, said during Tinubu’s presidential campaign visit to Rivers State, he had indicated intention to have him commission some strategic projects in the state after the general elections. He said a formal invitation was sent to the…

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has arrested Barr. Hudu Yunusa-Ari, the suspended Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC). In a statement issued on Tuesday by Force PRO, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Yunusa-Ari arrested by the Police Election Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation Team in Abuja on Tuesday. CSP Adejobi disclosed that Hudu is currently in Police custody and was being interrogated to ascertain the motives and motivations behind his alleged improper actions during the supplementary governorship election in Adamawa State. “Other officials and individuals culpable in the saga are being interrogated by the team. “The Inspector-General of Police assured that every individual…

Amidst bitter politicking, the Abia State House of Assembly, on Tuesday voted to impeach its Speaker, Hon. Chinedum Orji. Although details of the impeachment remains sketchy, but a ranking member of the House from Abia North Senatorial District who preferred not to be named confirmed the action of the lawmakers to THE WHISPERER on Tuesday morning. THE WHISPERER gathered that Chukwudi Apugo (Umuahia East), moved the motion of impeachment and was seconded by Hon. Okey Igwe ( PDP, Umunneochi). Mr Orji, representing Umuahia Central State Constituency, lost February 25 national assembly poll for Ikwuano/Umuahia North/Umuahia South Federal Constituency. Mr Orji,…

CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO H.E. DR ALEX OTI OFR, GOVERNOR-ELECT OF ABIA STATE On behalf of Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Abia State Chapter, we write to congratulate you on your recent and well-deserved victory at the just concluded polls, as the next Governor of our dear State Abia. We commend your doggedness and commitment which led to your emergence, as widely celebrated by Ndi Abia. Indeed, your election comes at a time when Abia is in dire need of a great leader like you, with strong visionary acumen to strategically drive Abians' collective agenda and restore the glory of the…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has filed a preliminary objection to a suit instituted by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and a chieftain of the opposition party, Senator Dino Melaye, seeking an order of mandamus to compel the anti-narcotics agency to arrest and prosecute the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, over alleged forfeiture of some funds in his bank accounts over two decades ago in the United States. In its notice of preliminary objection signed and filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday by its Director of Prosecution and Legal Services, Joseph Nbona Sunday, NDLEA…

Senator Chris Adighije, the Chairman Governing Council and Pro-Chancellor of the Federal University, Lokoja, Kogi State, has lent his support to the Senate President’s aspiration of Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, the Chief Whip of the Senate. Adighije gave his support to the Senate Chief Whip when he paid him a condolence visit over the death of his wife, Mrs. Ifeoma Kalu in Abuja. The Pro-Chancellor in his remarks described Senator Kalu as the “oldest National Assembly legislator having been elected to the House of Representatives in 1992. Senator Adighije, the Chairman of the Abia State All Progressives Congress (APC) Stakeholders…

The Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of the Deputy Governor of Abia State, Chief Don Ubani, on Thursday, said the 10th Senate would be in a competent hand under the leadership of Orji Uzor Kalu as Senate President. Ubani, a former Abia State Commissioner for Information and Strategy noted that Kalu is a known nationalist and believes strongly in the unity of Nigeria, saying that a support for the senator representing Abia North Senatorial District is a "support for national integration, cohesion and growth". In a statement personally signed by him titled "Orji Uzor Kalu And His Aspiration To Be…

Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, Wednesday, met with the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Abuja to welcome him back from his vacation. They duo, however, engaged in a closed-door meeting. Speaking after the meeting which lasted for about 30 minutes, Kalu disclosed that the purpose of his visit was to officially welcome and felicitate with the President-elect on his return from a successful vacation in Europe. Kalu recalled saying during the celebration of Mass to mark his 63rd birthday that Tinubu was fit and healthy and would return soon. On his senate presidency ambition, the…