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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused former Borno State governor and the vice presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Kashim Shettima, of sabotaging former President, Goodluck Jonathan's efforts to curb the Boko Haram in Borno, which led to the infamous abduction of over 270 Chibok schoolgirls in 2014. The PDP spokesperson, Debo Ologunagba, stated this in his reaction to the reported meeting between the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, and his running mate, Shettima with former President Jonathan in Abuja. Ologunagba knocked the APC candidates in a series of tweets made on Thursday. He wrote, “Nigerians…

Operatives of the Benin Zonal Command of the EFCC have arrested 17 suspected internet fraudsters. They were arrested at their hideout in Benin City, Edo State following actionable intelligence received by the Commisison The suspects are Arebu Julius, Ebiechuwa Victory Ovie, John Uwague, Edward Asuelimhen, Onyeka Sunday, Omorefe Osazee, Kelvin Emmanuel, Osamuliamen Maxwell, Osrmudiamen Aganjele, Godday Osaretin and Osayande Osariemen. Others are Destiny Enobokhare, Daniel Collins, Collins Edobor, Chukwuemeka Johnson, Omofuma Godpower and Progress Edoagu. Items recovered from them at the point of arrest include phones and laptops and seven vehicles of different brands.  

A chieftain of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Abia State and former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Chief Charles Ogbonnaya, has advised Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu to concentrate on how to address the infrastructural challenges in Abia State instead of following Gov. Nyesom Wike around the world. Chief Ogbonnaya who is the Abia State Cordinator of the Campaign Council of the PDP presidential candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubarkar, described as a distraction, the recent meetings in London involving Gov Ikpeazu, Wike, Samuel Ortom of Benue State, and presidential candidates of major parties. According to Ogbonnaya who featured on…

Abike Dabiri, CEO of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), said the government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) would deny entry visas to Nigerians younger than the age of 40. In a post made on Instagram on Friday morning, Dabiri said only those applying for family visas would not be affected by the new rule. She referenced a warning she gave on August 4, when she said there were some Nigerians giving the country a bad name in the Arab country. Her post read, “Recall the recent warning issued a while ago. “The UAE government has now introduced a…

A Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos on Friday discharged and acquitted a former Governor of the state, Jonah Jang, over the N6.3 billion corruption charges levelled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission The court presided over by Justice Christy Dabup also discharged and acquitted a former cashier in the office of the Secretary to the Plateau state government, Yusuf Pam, who was accused alongside the former governor. Details later…  

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…