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The Oyo State House of Assembly has impeached the state’s deputy governor, Rauf Olaniyan. According to online blog, Oyo Affairs, all the lawmakers voted for the impeachment move except Ayawo Oyebunmi. The deputy governor had on Sunday, announced his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Mr Olaniyan, an Oke-Ogun-born technocrat cum politician, announced his defection while speaking with journalists in his private office at the Ojoo area of Ibadan. He, however, said the defection does not affect his position as the deputy governor of the state, saying he had not resigned. The deputy…

Mrs Mary Ngoshe, believed to be one of the kidnapped girls from Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok, in 2014, has been found by troops of the 26 Task Force Brigade in Borno State. According to the Nigerian Army, Ngoshe, who was found with a child believed to be hers, was intercepted by the troops on Tuesday while on patrol around Ngoshe in Borno State. The Army disclosed this on its verified Twitter page, @HQNigerianArmy, on Wednesday morning. The tweet reads, “Troops of 26 Task Force Brigade on patrol around Ngoshe in Borno State on 14 June 2022 intercepted one Mrs…

The Orji Uzor Kalu (OUK) Movement, Abia’s largest socio-political ideological group, has inaugurated a new chapter of the association. Ojisi Iro Ogbaja, Abia State Chapter Chairman of the group on Tuesday inaugurated the GEJ Barracks Chapter of the movement. Our correspondent reports that the GEJ Barracks Chapter is located at Ohafia local government area, which is the home of the 14 Brigade of the Nigerian Army. During the inauguration ceremony, Ogbaja reiterated that the movement was committed to mobilising the grassroots for political awareness and participation by raising the bar in the orientation and mobilization of grassroots support as part…

There are indications that the South East may have lost out in the battle to produce the running mate to Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party( PDP) Presidential candidate, as committee may have named Nyesom Wike, as his running mate, THE WHISPERER has learnt. The Committee on Atiku’s running mate, THE WHISPERER gathered voted 16 to 3 votes in favour Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and runner up to Atiku in the PDP presidential primary. The committee was earlier given the task to come up with three names for consideration as Atiku Abubakar’s running mate, by the party’s National…

A candidate of the All Progressives Congress and winner of Yobe North Senatorial District, Bashir Sheriff Machina, on Monday night vowed not to step down for Senate President, Ahmad Lawan. The development is coming five days after Lawan lost the APC presidential ticket to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu at the party convention in Eagles Square. Lawan, who had since returned to his base to secure the party’s senatorial ticket for the Yobe North constituency, met strong resistance from Machina. Lawan had earlier replaced himself with Machina, who he entrusted with the task to carry on with the campaign to secure the…

The Labour Party (LP) Presidential flag bearer in the 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi has left Nigeria for a 3-day visit to Egypt to study among others, the Egyptian Power Sector, Education, Planning and Finance Sectors. Obi who left Nigeria on Tuesday shared photos of him at the airport on his verified Twitter page. According to the former governor of Anambra state, he embarked on the journey as part of his detailed study of comparable countries to Nigeria. He wrote, “I just departed for Egypt on a 3-day visit as part of my detailed study of comparable countries to Nigeria.…

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, sentenced two drug traffickers, Chibunna Patrick Umeibe and Emeka Alphonsus Ezenwane, who were linked to the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, to six years imprisonment. The court, in a judgement that was delivered by trial Justice Emeka Nite, convicted Umeibe and Ezenwanne on counts 5, 6 and 7 of the drug trafficking charge the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, preferred against them. It will be recalled that the duo, who were arrested at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu while attempting to smuggle cocaine into the…

Governoship candidate of Action Peoples Party, APP, in Abia State, Chief Mascot Uzor Kalu has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission to extend the Continuous Voter Registration. As the fourth quarter of the CVR exercise will be coming to an end on 30th June 2022, citizens have intensified their efforts in registering for their Permanent Voter’s Card. Many Nigerians have also requested the INEC to extend the registration exercise to enable them register to obtain a PVC. In a letter to the INEC Chairman dated April 12, 2022 and obtained by our correspondent, he said, “I am writing to ask…