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Images of Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party, studying Egypt's education, power, finance and planning sectors has emerged. The photos were posted on Facebook Thursday morning by Valentine Obienyem, Obi's aide on media and publicity. The photos which was sighted by THE WHISPERER was captioned "Obi and the Egyptian trip". Obienyem wrote, "On Tuesday, the 14th of June, 2022, Mr. Peter Obi informed Nigerians via his twitter handle of his trip to Egypt, to understudy by what miracle the third biggest economy in Africa after South-Africa and Nigeria moved their power generation from 20,000 Megawatts to over 40,000…

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…