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No fewer than 37 people have been reportedly killed by bandits during fresh attacks in the Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The attacks took place separately on Sunday night at Malagum 1 and Sokwong communities of Kagoro Chiefdom in the Kaura Local Government Area of the state. Although the police authorities are yet to confirm the incident, the Speaker of Kaura Local Government Legislative Council, Chairman of Kauru Local Government Area, Hon Atuk Stephen, told Channels Television that the bandits carried out the coordinated attacks at about 11 pm on Sunday where they killed 37 people. He also…

Anambra State governor, Prof. Charles Soludo on Wednesday commissioned the Hon Dozie Nwankwo Centre for Development & ICT as well as the constituency office of Hon. Ferdinand Dozie Nwankwo, member representing Dunukofia/Njikoka/Anaocha Federal Constituency in Enugwu Ukwu, Njikoka Local government area. The facility is said to be housing some enablers that will assist the state government's drive in empowering the youths in skills development, Information & Communications Technology and education which all have special places in the affairs of the government. Speaking at the event, the governor thanked the federal lawmaker for completing the state-of-the-art facility, which he said is…

Former Governor of Abia State and Chief Whip of the Senate, Dr. Orji Kalu has described President Muhammadu Buhari as a genuine and patriotic leader with passion for a just and fair society. Extolling the virtues of the President, Kalu stressed that Buhari has over the years sustained his goodwill and pedigree across the nooks and crannies of the country, owing to his personal attributes anchored on justice and fairness. Acknowledging the developmental strides of the President Buhari-led administration, the former Governor urged the political class to emulate the exemplary leadership qualities of the President, adding that Buhari has consistently…

Operatives of Ogun State Police Command have arrested one Ganiyu Shina, 49, for bathing with blood at a community river in kotopo area of Odeda LGA of the state. A statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, on Thursday said the suspect was arrested when members of the community saw him at the river bank with local sponge and a container filled with blood. Upon interrogation, the suspect claimed that he was instructed by a herbalist to do so to end the spiritual problem that he has. Meanwhile, the state Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has directed…

THE Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) has said the woman crushed to death by a passenger train at the Chikakore axis of the Kubwa area of Abuja on Thursday morning was its worker. In a post by the NTA on its verified Twitter Page Thursday evening, the television station revealed the victim’s name as Selimota Idowu Suleiman, who, until her death, worked at the Channel Five station of the NTA in Abuja. The deceased was on her way to work when the train crushed her in her vehicle. On Thursday, December 15, THE WHISPERER reported that the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)…

Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi has ordered the immediate arrest of the cook who prepared the food served to widows and elders in the state. Umahi gave the order during the elders and widows’ Christmas party held at State Ecumenical Center, Abakaliki. Umahi who failed to disclose the name of the cook said it was terrible for someone to give others what he or she cannot consume. He then vowed that the police would follow due process in investigating the cook for her to refund the funds given to prepare the food. “We are, therefore, going to repeat this party…

Anambra State governor, Charles Soludo, has again thumbed down the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, while hosting Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Atiku was in the state on Thursday to continue his presidential rally but was hosted in the Anambra State government house in Awka by Soludo, who was governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria when Atiku was Vice president. The pair formed a close working relationship as Atiku was head of the economic team while Soludo presided over the CBN. The former CBN governor failed his governorship bid on the platform of…

A train crushed a woman and her car as she tried to drive across the train tracks in the Kubwa area of Abuja on Thursday. Multiple Twitter users claim the incident happened on Thursday morning. Meanwhile, an eyewitness, Olisa Ogbechie, alleged the police used force to chase people, who wanted to help away from the scene. "In an attempt to rescue the victim by first responders and also cover the incident, the policemen at the scene, on-board the train became hostile. "I and a few others were brutally assaulted by the policemen as they hit and sprayed pepper spray in…

Kano-based Islamic cleric, Abduljabbar Kabara has been sentenced to death by hanging for blasphemy by an Upper Sharia Court sitting in Kano. The defendant was arraigned on July 16, 2021 by Kano State government on four counts charge bordering on blasphemous comments against Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). The presiding judge, Ibrahim Sarki-Yola, in four hours’ judgement on Thursday, said the prosecution had proved the case beyond reasonable doubt. “I, Sarki-Yola, sentence the defendant to death by hanging for making blasphemous comments against Prophet Muhammad (PUBH). He also ordered the state government to seize all the 189 books the defendant tendered as…