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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday ordered an interim forfeiture of 40 landed properties belonging to the embattled former Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, who is currently in custody in the United Kingdom. The trial Judge, Justice Inyang Ekwo made the order following an ex-parte motion marked, FHC/ABJ/CS/1242/2022 filed and moved by Ibrahim Buba on behalf of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In a short ruling on the exparte motion, the Judge ordered the anti-graft agency to publish the interim forfeiture order of the properties in a national daily within seven days from the…

The people of Umuasua in Isikwuato Local Government Area said that Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has set an unbeatable record in their history as the only elected political leader who executed verifiable and meaningful development projects in the community and Abia State at large. The people stated this when our correspondent visited the community to verify the state of the installation of the street lights projects attracted to the community by Senator Orji Uzor Kalu. "We've had leaders even from Isikwuato but it is pertinent to state that among those leaders, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu remains the best among our…

Governments across Africa must begin to rethink governance, engender public confidence and trust in government by providing value for taxpayers’ money in line with their obligations under the social contract they have with citizens. This was the call made to African Governments by the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Muhammad Nami at the Opening Ceremony of the African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) 7th General Assembly, held in Lagos, Nigeria, Tuesday. Muhammad Nami who made this call in his opening remarks to the 7th General Assembly, with the theme “Rethinking Revenue Strategies: The Human Face of Taxation,”…

The Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Zamfara state, Sani Ahmad, died on Wednesday in Gusau after a brief illness. This was confirmed by the Deputy chairman of the party, Mukhtar Lugga, to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gusau via telephone. He said that the chairman died in Gusau after a sudden illness. According to him, the late chairman, who was hale and hearty, suddenly took ill after a consultative meeting with the state Council of Ulama on Wednesday in Gusau. The vice chairman explained that Mr Sani was confirmed dead by doctors after he was…

The Lagos State Police Command has detained two of the eight domestic workers of Nigerian singer David Adeleke aka Davido, invited for questioning over the death of his three-year-old son, Ifeanyi Adeleke. The two domestic staff detained are Ifeanyi’s nanny and cook as police begin the autopsy plan. Lagos State police spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said the cook and nanny, whose duty was to cater for the wellbeing of the little boy, have been detained after serious interrogation, Daily Post reports. Ifeanyi reportedly drowned in a pool at the singer’s Banana Island residence on Monday. It was reported that the…

The Abuja Branch of Ohafia Improvement Union (OIU) has concluded plans to hold the 2022 edition of Ohafia day celebration on Sunday, December 4, at Sandralia Hotel, Jabi Abuja. A press statement signed by the Secretary of the Association, Mr. Lopez Okwara Mba Awa and made available to THE WHISPERER disclosed that the theme of this year’s Ohafia Day Celebration is titled: "Ikpirikpe" which literally means “Using culture and tradition to drive development”. According to the press statement, the Central planning committee of the event as set up by the President of Ohafia Improvement Union Abuja Branch, Chief Paul Ibe,…

A community leader, Chief Mba Ebin has expressed confidence that the people of Okon-Aku in Ohafia Local Government Area will deliver massive votes for the Chief Whip of the Senate in the 2023 general election. He noted that the community won't be ungrateful to Kalu who fixed the Okon-Aku road that every politician campaigned with prior to the administration of Orji Uzor Kalu in 1999. He stated this on Tuesday evening when he met with selected stakeholders from Okamu ward, noting that Kalu has been magnanimous to the people of Okamu ward and Ohafia at large. According to him, politicians…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested the Kogi State House of Assembly candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Ismaila Atumeyi, with N326 million and $140,500 cash. Atumeyi who is seeking to represent Ankpa 11 Constituency in the Kogi State House of Assembly was arrested on Sunday, October 30, 2022, alongside one Joshua Dominic, an alleged serial fraudster, in a sting operation at Macedonia Street, Queens Estate, Karsana, Gwarinpa, Abuja. Also arrested in connection with the fraud is Abdumalik Femi, a former bank employee, who allegedly supplied the inside information that facilitated the attack on the bank by…

All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has again restated his administration’s resolve to hit a double figure Gross Domestic Product (GDP) if he wins the 2023 presidential election. Tinubu stated this on Tuesday during his townhall meeting with the Business Community and Organised Private Sector at Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos. The town hall session had in attendance the Vice Presidential candidate, Senator Kashim Shettima, Governors Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Simon Bako Lalong who is also the Director-General of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Atiku Bagudu, Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq, Abubakar Badaru, Dapo Abiodun, Adegboyega Oyetola, Nasir El-Rufai and…