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AEDC Takeover Controversy: Court Orders Parties To Maintain Status Quo A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered parties in a suit filed over the controversy on the alleged takeover of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) to maintain status quo pending the next date of hearing. Justice Inyang Ekwo, who gave the order following an ex-parte motion moved by counsel to the plaintiffs, Etigwe Uwa SAN, ordered that the defendants be put on notice of the processes filed in the suit within five days of making the order. The plaintiffs: CEC Africa Investments Limited and KANN Utility Company Limited,…

Enyinnaya Harbor, Abia Factional APC Chairman Is Dead The newly elected Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia State, Mr Enyinnaya Harbor is reported to have died at the early hours of today, Thursday, December 9, 2021. Sketchy report coming from the party said he died at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Enugu State, where he was rushed to. A source said he was sick briefly. Enyinnaya Harbor was an unassuming politician who, as a forthright personality in the camp of High Chief Ikechi Emenike, a chieftain of APC, was elected as State Chairman of the party…

Ex-Minister Fani-Kayode Breaks Silence On His ‘Manhood Dysfunction’ Claimed By Embattled Wife Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has reacted after his estranged wife, Precious Chikwendu claimed he has erectile dysfunction. Earlier Precious Chikwendu alleged that Fani-Kayode never consummated his six-year relationship with her because of the alleged challenge. Miss Chikwendu said the four children she had with Fani-Kayode were conceived via artificial insemination. She told the court that she was forced to be celibate during the time they were together as a couple. She also told the court that the former minister did not perform any rites before their…

A former Attorney General of Abia State, Chief Umeh Kalu SAN, has said that he never spoke on the position of the Nigerian Army planting bombs in the Southeast and blaming IPOB. Kalu, in a statement personally signed by him on Thursday, also disowned an online publication which claimed that he spoke on the activities of the Nigerian Army in the South-East. The report was said to have also claimed that Kalu spoke on the "peaceful activities" of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The former Commissioner for Justice described the report as false, adding that the statement was from…

Katsina Commissioner Shot Dead By Unknown Gunmen The Science and Technology Commissioner of Katsina State, Dr. Rabe Nasir, has been killed by unidentified gunmen, THE WHISPERER reports. Mr Nasir was assassinated at his residence located at Daura Road, GRA, Katsina metropolis. According to Katsina Post, the body of the slain politician was still at his residence at the time of this report. Details later.

'She has bipolar disorder' - Fani-Kayode replies ex-wife Precious Chikwendu Femi Fani-Kayode, the former minister of aviation, has denied a claim that any of his sons contracted COVID-19. In a statement signed by Ayodeji Sunday Ibikunle, the ex-minister’s lawyer, Fani-Kayode also slammed Precious Chikwendu, his ex-partner, for spreading what he described as a “specious lie and diabolical fabrication from the pit of hell.” He also claimed that Chikwendu has “bipolar disorder”. “We are constrained to point out the fact that Miss Precious Chikwendu, the former partner of our client Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, Sadaukin Shinkafi, is suffering from bipolar disorder and…

Ex-Abia Attorney General, Umeh Kalu Disowns Online Comments On Nigerian Army A former Attorney General of Abia State, Chief Umeh Kalu SAN, has said that he never spoke on the position of the Nigerian Army planting bombs in the South-East and blaming IPOB. Kalu, in a chat with THE WHISPERER on Thursday also disowned an online publication which claimed that he spoke on the activities of the Nigerian Army in the South-East. The report was said to have also claimed that Kalu spoke on the "peaceful activities" of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The former Commissioner for Justice described…

The Director General of Atiku Project 2023, Dr. Hamza Talba has felicitated with the entire management and staff of Africa Independent Television AIT on its 25th anniversary celebration. In a statement personally signed by him on Tuesday, Dr. Talba said that AIT, as one of the pioneer private television stations in Nigeria paved the way for what has become a very vibrant industry that forever changed the broadcasting landscape in the country. He congratulated the founder of Daar Communications, Chief Raymond Dokpesi for his vision and commitment to excellence saying that the African Independent Television, (AIT) and its sister station,…

Nigerian Senate Grants Second Reading To Senator Orji  Kalu's Bill On Amendment To Criminal Justice Act The Senate on Wednesday approved for second reading a bill proposing some amendments to the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) of 2015. The bill entitled, ‘Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015 (Amendment) bill, 2020' was first introduced to the Senate in June, Wednesday 2020 after Nelson Ayewoh, senate clerk, read its short title. According to a lead debate by the sponsor of the bill, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu(Abia North Senatorial District) during Wednesday's plenary, pointed out that  It is also worthy of note…