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Gunmen have killed three persons and abducted five girls and a leader of a vigilante group in Jalingo, Taraba State. The incident occurred Saturday and Monday nights at different locations in the metropolis. It was learnt that a resident and a mobile policeman were killed midnight at Lasandi, BabaYau and Sabongari. Similarly, the vigilante leader, identified as Bashir and five girls, were abducted by gunmen around 1.30am at Saminaka Junction on Monday night. According to Daily Trust, the gunmen on motorcycles reportedly invaded the area and shot in different directions before gaining entrance into the resident of the vigilante leader.…

Fresh statistics released by the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC about its ongoing Continuous Voter Registration CVR have shown Lagos overtaking Kano state as per the number of completed registrations. As of last week, Kano had 458,559 fresh registrants, with Lagos coming second with 451,156. However, in the infographics released on Tuesday, INEC said as of 7am, July 25, Lagos was in the lead for the number of completed registrations with 508,936; followed by Kano with 500,207, and Delta with 481,929. It added that over 11 million new applicants have completed their voter registration since the CVR began in June…

Former Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose has undergone a successful surgery to treat recurrent pains in his back and neck. Lere Olayinka, Fayose aide on media and publicity announced this on Tuesday evening through his Facebook page seen by THE WHISPERER. According to Mr Olayinka, the PDP chieftain sustained the injuries during the 2018 Ekiti State governoship election. “Two major surgical operations within five months... One in February (Neck) and another one now (back)... "Results of the attack on him during the 2018 Ekiti governorship election. "It can only be God. "Soonest recovery Osokomole," he posted. Watch video below:

The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata, was on Tuesday conspicuously absent at the meeting of the Body of Benchers (BOB) held in Abuja. The meeting, which was held at the Body of Benchers Complex in Jabi, Abuja, was well attended by key stakeholders in the legal profession, including the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kayode Ariwoola, past Chief Justices of Nigeria – Justice Mahmud Mohammed and Justice Walter Onnoghen. Also in attendance was Justice Mary Odili (rtd), who doubles as the Vice-Chairman of the Body of Benchers. Past Presidents of the NBA, including Paul…

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested popular wig seller, Onuorah Caritas Onyinye a.k.a Smart Beyoncé for drug trafficking after being nabbed at a Nigerian airport with cocaine. The Enugu big girl, Smart Beyoncé was arrested on Saturday July 23 at the arrival hall of an Enugu airport after arriving the country on an Ethiopian Airlines flight from Addis Ababa. NDLEA’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this said she was nabbed with 2.192 kilos of cocaine concealed in two designers women handbags with false linings.

There was anxiety in parts of Lokoja, Kogi State on Tuesday following a loud explosion heard on the premises housing the office of the Secretary to the Kogi State Government, Dr. Folashade Arike Ayoade. According to Daily Post, the incident occurred early hours of Tuesday. Efforts by our correspondent to reach the Kogi State Police Command failed as the command’s spokesman, Williams Ovye Aya could not take his calls and failed to respond to text messages forwarded to him. There have been several incidents of bomb blasts in the state. Recall that on June 3, a bomb blast in the…

Tim Probert-Wood, prosecutor of Senator Ike Ekweremadu in the case of alleged trafficking for organ harvesting, has told a London court how 21-year-old David Nwamini, the alleged victim, fled the senator’s residence and reported him to the police. Speaking in court on Monday, Probert-Wood said Nwamini presented himself at Staines Police Station on May 5, 2022, and told the police he was brought into the country on February 20, 2022, to have his kidney removed, Daily Mail reported. He said Nwamini claimed he did not consent to the removal of his kidney, and when he returned to the apartment where…

The identities of some of the officers who lost their lives in an ambush by terrorists in Abuja have been unveiled. A captain and two soldiers were killed by terrorists in the Bwari area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Sunday night The deceased officers, who were attached to the Presidential Guards Brigade, were reportedly ambushed after they visited the Nigeria Law School in Bwari following a distressed call from the authorities of the school. The school management was said to have alerted that terrorists had dropped a letter indicating an imminent attack. Spokesman of the Guards Brigade, Captain…

Operatives of the Lagos Command of EFCC have arrested two self-acclaimed spiritualists, one Alfa Abiodun Ibrahim and Wale Adifala, who along with one Ifawole Ajibola (aka Baba Kalifa currently on the run), allegedly conspired to defraud an aspiring House of Representatives member in Ekiti State, of the total sum of N24,071,000 which they claimed was to be used to secure spiritual help for the political ambition. They were arrested on July 7, 2022 in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, following a petition against them, alleging that after collecting the said sum, the whole efforts came to a dead end. Under interrogation by…