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Anosike Chimobi, one of the suspects arrested over the murder of Ahmad Gulak, has confessed committing the crime. Chimobi, who hails from Ahiazu Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo state, was paraded by the police on Monday. Gulak, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was murdered on May 30, 2021, at Obiangwu along Aba-Owerri road in Imo State, while on his way to the airport, apparently to board a flight to Abuja. The deceased was a political adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan. Parading the suspects, Public Relations Officer of the Imo State Police Command, Mr Mike Abattam,…

President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn Justice Kayode Ariwoola in as Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). He performed the ceremony in the Executive Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Justice Ariwoola became the presumptive lead justice of the Supreme Court, following the sudden resignation of Justice Tanko Muhammad as CJN over health reasons. Ariwoola, who arrived in the company of fellow Justices of the Supreme Court at about 2.45pm in a white tinted coaster bus, headed straight for the Council Chambers. Ariwoola is the third Supreme Court Justice to occupy the top judiciary job of the country in…

The former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), who is currently the Executive Governor of Anambra State, Prof Charles Soludo is expected to deliver the Keynote Address at the forthcoming " ANNUAL INTEGRITY LECTURE/ Award" organized by Nigerian Association of Christian Journalists (NACJ). In a Press Statement signed by the President of the Association, Dr Charles Okhai, Prof Soludo will deliver the Keynote Address alongside Prof. Pat UTOMI who is also expected to give a brief speech on the theme of the event tagged, "INTEGRITY IS EVERYTHING", while the title of the Keynote Address is," INTEGRITY; THE ESSENTIAL INGREDIENT…

The International Fiscal Association (IFA) has thrown its weight behind Nigeria for refusing to endorse the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) G20 inclusive Framework two-pillar solution to the taxation of the digital economy, saying it will be an infringement on Nigeria’s sovereignty. The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) had last month said Nigeria’s cautious approach to the agreement was in the best interest of the country, and to ensure that Nigeria does not lose out on potential revenue from the digital economy. Chair of the IFA Africa Region and IFA Nigeria, Dapo Oladimeji noted that the OECD proposal…

Following the resignation of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed on Monday over alleged ill-health, Justice Olukayode Ariowoola is expected to be sworn in any moment as the acting CJN. He is the next in rank to Mohammed who suffered a vote of no confidence from 14 of the 15 Surpreme Court Justices. Justice Ariwoola was born on August 22, 1958. His Lordship studied law at the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Ile Ife and bagged his bachelor of laws degree with honors in July, 1980. In July 1981, Olu Ariwoola was called to…

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad has resigned. Sources told Channels Television’s Judiciary correspondent, Shola Soyele that he resigned last night on grounds of ill-health. Information also has it that arrangements are now on to swear in the next most senior justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria. Reports also indicate that a formal announcement will be made shortly. Until his resignation, reports had it that Justice Tanko Muhammed was seriously ill. Only last week, 14 justices of the Supreme Court had written him a letter to lament the decrepit…

David Nwamini, the alleged victim of attempted organ harvesting, is 21 and not 15 years old as widely reported, the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has confirmed on Sunday. The NIS Comptroller-General, Isah Jere Idris, confirmed this during a briefing with journalists held via Zoom. Nwamini, according to the NIS boss, applied for his international passport using the agency’s online portal where he filled October 12, 2,000, as his date of birth. Idris said Nwamini subsequently “visited the Gwagwalada office of Immigration in Abuja with his birth certificate issued by the National Population Commission, National Identification Number (NIN) and a letter…

The younger brother of David Ukpo Nwanmini, an alleged victim of organ trafficking, involving Senator Ike Ekwerrmadu and his wife, Beatrice, in the United Kingdom, said his sibling is 25 years old as against 15 claimed by the British Police. The brother, Jonathan Ukpo Nwanmini, who claimed to be 22 years old, told Sunday Vanguard that the victim is his elder brother. He said: ”David is my elder brother, we are both of the same father with different mothers and we hail from Ebonyi State. I will be 22 years old by next month and David is 25 years old.…

Public sympathy appears to be growing by the day for former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and his family in their current travails in London, United Kingdom. From Ilorin, the Kwara State in North-Central Nigeria, a lady, who identifies herself as Martha Uche has volunteered to donate her kidney to save Sonia, the sick daughter of the lawmaker. The woman, in a short video that has gone viral, claims she saw Sonia in her dream and had received a divine instruction to donate a kidney to her to save her life. She said it was the second time she was…

Possible disqualification is staring the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, in the face over his education qualification filing to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC ahead of the 2023 presidential election. In his personal documents filed at INEC shared with The Whistler on Friday evening, Tinubu’s 2022 educational qualification claims contradict the 1999 and 2003 claims he filed with the electoral umpire. In 1999 and 2003, the man regarded as the APC National Leader claimed, when he ran for office as a governorship candidate in Lagos, that he attended primary and secondary schools. In his…