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President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed a replacement for Effiong Akwa, who has just been sacked as the interim administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Emmanuel Audu-Ohwavborua, a director in the Delta State office of the NDDC, has been asked to take over the running of the commission, pending the setting up a new management team and a governing board, according to a letter from the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Umana Umana. According to the letter, Mr Audu-Ohwavborua is the most senior director in the NDDC. The NDDC is under the ministry’s supervision. “President Buhari has approved that…

....Urge FG Not to Appeal Appellate Court Ruling The South East Caucus in the Senate on Thursday urged the Federal Government to obey the Appeal Court ruling, which ordered the immediate release of leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The Caucus in a statement released in Abuja also advised FG against appealing the ruling at the Supreme Court, but rather asked the Presidency to utilise the opportunity presented by the Appeal Court ruling and consider political solution to solve the lingering problem in the interest of the country's unity and peaceful coexistence of Nigerians. The Caucus…

President Muhamadu Buhari has sacked Effiong Akwa, the sole administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). In a statement on Thursday by Patricia Deworitshe, director of press, ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, the president also announced the constitution of a new management team and governing board of the NDDC. In December 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari removed Kemebradikumo Pondei as acting managing director of the NDDC — appointing Akwa as the head of the agency. According to the statement, the names of the new management team and governing board will be transmitted to the national assembly for approval. “President Muhammadu…

The Federal Government yesterday took its case against the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu to the Supreme Court. It has asked the apex court to stay the execution of the October 13 Court of Appeal judgment that freed the leader of the separatist group. The request forms one of the reliefs in a motion for a stay of execution filed yesterday before the apex court by the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF). According to TheNation, the motion contained a seven-ground notice of appeal, in which the Federal Government not only faulted the lower court’s…

Two vessels, MT Platform and MV Caribbean Crest alongside a crew of 22 suspected oil thieves were on Tuesday, October 18, 2022 handed over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for further investigation and possible prosecution by the Nigerian Navy. Commanding officer of the Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base, Bonny, Rivers State, Lieutenant Commander MG Munza disclosed that the vessel, MV Caribbean Crest and her crew members were arrested on the 15th of February, 2022 at the Bonny Fairway Buoy with an unspecified quantity of stolen Petroleum Product suspected to be automotive gas oil (AGO), while MT Platform…

Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has threatened to expose persons who had surreptitiously stopped the release of loans from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to Abia and Benue States. He stated that the motive was to punish Governors Okezie Ikpeazu and Samuel Ortom for standing with him to demand for the resignation of the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Iyorchia Ayu. Wike spoke on Tuesday night at the 58th birthday celebration of the Abia State governor, Ikpeazu, in his country home of Umuobiakwa community in Obingwa local government area of Abia State. The Rivers…

Pandemonium broke out at the popular Alaba International market in Lagos this morning October 19, as traders clashed with area boys. In a video now trending on social media posted by one Saint Olivia and obtained by THE WHISPERER, the traders were heard chanting war songs. Unconfirmed reports claim the traders are against the unnecessary demand of money by the area boys also known as Agberos in the area. The spokesperson of the Lagos state police command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, says the police are working to restore order in the area. Some persons injured in the fracas have been taken…