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Governor Nyesom Wike on Monday donated N200 million to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Kaduna State for their upkeep. Wike made the donation when he visited the state secretariat of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna as part of his campaign tour to seek for the party’s ticket for 2023 presidential poll. “We must not be sentimental about winning 2023 election. “We need people who are courageous and competent to win the election come 2023 and this we will do when you give us the mandate,” he said. Wike said that the first thing any serious government must do upon…

A former Minister of Petroleum resources, Alabo Graham Douglas is dead. He reportedly died at an Abuja hospital. Graham-Douglas became Commissioner for Youths, Sports and Culture in 1986 in the Rivers State government. In 1989, the military government of Ibrahim Babangida appointed him Federal Minister for Social Development, Youths and Sports and later became minister of Petroleum Affairs. In 1992, Graham-Douglas became chairman of the Southern Minorities Movement, one of the groups that eventually merged into the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). He was a candidate in the PDP primaries for the presidential nomination in 1998, losing to Olusegun Obasanjo, who…

Hon. Nse Ekpenyong representing Oron Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives is dead. The lawmaker who was 58-year-old before his death, reportedly died on Saturday. According to Premium Times, the Chairman of Mbo Local Government Area, Asuqwo Eyo confirmed the death of the lawmaker. Eyo disclosed that Ekpenyong who is from the area was not ill before his death. The late lawmaker would have completed his second term as representative of Oron Federal Constituency in the house by May 2023. Ekpenyong had once served as the deputy chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Akwa Ibom State and was…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has announced the arrest of a Nigerian “billionaire drug baron”. The suspect is Chief Afam Mallinson Emmanuel Ukatu, Chairman of Mallinson Group. A statement on Monday by NDLEA Media Director, Femi Babafemi said he is behind the N3 billion Tramadol deal involving Abba Kyari. Kyari, a suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, led Intelligence Response Team (IRT). Ukatu was arrested at the MM2 terminal of the Lagos airport in Ikeja after months of surveillance and evading arrest. NDLEA said he’s been a major importer of large consignments of different brands and high dosages of…

Chief Kalu Idika Okwara, has stressed the need for government at all levels to see investment in education as a veritable tool in the war against poverty, insecurity and other societal ills in the country. Idika Okwara made this call while addressing newsmen at Sam Mbakwe airport Owerri on Sunday. He further called on the government to develop a strong economy and accessible education to end the issues of insecurity in Nigeria. The 2023 governoship hopeful in Abia State said Nigeria had lost many innocent lives, an invaluable quantity of property, and suffered incalculable damage in the area of economic…

The Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has said that his desire is to see his constituents happy. Kalu who is the Senator representing Abia North Senatorial District stated this on Sunday afternoon in a chat with some leaders of Umunneochi local government area of Abia state. According to him, his desire is to facilitate people-oriented projects to the district in the areas of education, health and other key infrastructural development. He noted that he has facilitated over 60 road projects to the Senatorial District and that he was ready to make it 100 before the end…

Ibe Okwara Osonwa has called on government at all levels to make its youths drivers of the economy through investments in the young people. He said that making youths the drivers of the economy will help eliminate crimes and other security challenges facing the nation. He made the remarks in a telephone interview with THE WHISPERER on Wednesday evening. Osonwa who is a House of Representatives candidate for Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency of Abia State under the Labour Party said politicians must stop giving out handouts and peanuts to the youths but must engage them properly to contribute their quota to…

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, has passed on. He was 83 years old. The top Yoruba monarch died in the late hours of Friday, according to palace officials. Adeyemi died at the Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti, The PUNCH was told. The late Alaafin’s first son, Prince ‘Tunde, and other children had received the monarch’s remains at Idi-Igba, Oyo town early Saturday morning. Palace sources confirmed that traditional rites had begun without giving details about his burial arrangement yet. Adeyemi ruled for 52 years before his demise, making him the longest-reigning Alaafin. By tradition, the…

A frontline House of Representatives aspirant for Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency, Chief Ibe Okwara Osonwa has congratulated the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu on the occasion of his 62nd birthday. Osonwa in a birthday message signed by him on Thursday morning said the former Abia State Governor has made outstanding contributions to the unity of Nigeria. He described Kalu as an elderstatesman and detribalised Nigerian for always promoting the unity of Nigeria. He said, "Attaining a milestone of 62 in good health is not a joke. You have distinguished yourself through your contributions to nation building." The…