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Professor Hafsat Ganduje, the wife of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano, shunned an invitation extended to her by the anti-graft agency, EFCC, to report for questioning, last week, over a bribery and land fraud case reported by her son, Abdualzeez. Mrs Ganduje was invited to report last Thursday to the Abuja headquarters of the EFCC. Abdulazeez had dragged his mum, Hafsat Ganduje, to the EFCC, sources familiar with the matter said, suggesting a pattern of corruptly using family access to power for private enrichment. Mr Ganduje, the governor, had previously been involved in a corruption-related scandal. He has struggled to…

A top intelligence official of the Department of State Service (DSS) was on Sunday night killed by a Flash flood in Trademore on the Umaru Musa Yar’adua Expressway, popularly known as Airport Road, Abuja. According to the reports, the flood also killed three others persons, swept 26 cars and aw well affecting 166 houses within the neighbourhood. The DSS top executive was said to have gone out to get drugs from a pharmacy while it was raining. Residents in the area tried unsuccessfully to dissuade the DSS operator from driving through the flooded area, but their warning came too late.…

Bandits have set the home of the Speaker of Zamfara State House of Assembly, Nasiru Muazu Magarya, and other residents ablaze in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Chairman of the Committee on Security and Prosecution of Bandits in Zamfara State, Abdullahi Shinkafi, confirmed the incident on Monday. He said the bandits invaded the community and set ablaze some houses including that of the speaker. According to him, this was coming as a result of the ongoing onslaught by the military in Zurmi Local Government Area of the state. The Chairman of the committee, who visited the affected community…

A prominent chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo South Senatorial district, Pa Owere Dickson Imasogie has been abducted by some unidentified gunmen suspected to be kidnappers. He was said to have been abducted alongside his driver and another person, whose identity had not been ascertained, at the Benin-Agbor highway in the early hours of Monday, September 13. THE WHISPERER gathered that Pa Imasogie was on his way to one of his farms when the gunmen struck. A group known as “Edo State Decide Movement” confirmed the abduction in a statement and urged Governor Godwin Obaseki to, as…

The much expected list of Commissioners will be sent to the Edo State House of Assembly this week by Governor Godwin Obaseki according to a high ranking government official. According to ChrisOsa, The list has Barrister Leslie Ebhotemhen, an Abuja based lawyer. Another nominee is Barrister Damian Lawani, former Commissioner for Youth, and former member of the Edo State House of Assembly. The full list is expected to be read at the floor of the House on Tuesday, September 14th, 2021.

At least 240 inmates have escaped the Medium Security Custodial Centre (MSCC) in Kabba, Kogi State, following an attack by yet to be identified gunmen. The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) spokesman, Mr Francis Enobore confirmed the incident in a communique on Monday, stating that the attack took place at about midnight on Sunday. According to him, the attackers in their numbers arrived at the custodial centre heavily armed and immediately engaged the guards in a fierce gun battle. Mr Enobore further disclosed that the Comptroller–General, Haliru Nababa has ordered a recapture procedure to be activated immediately and detailed investigation carried…

Mben Political Assembly (MPA), the think tank pushing for a governor of Ohafia descent for Abia State in 2023, has applauded Governor Okezie Ikpeazu for appointing two illustrious sons of the community commissioners and also naming a daughter of the area, in a recent political appointment. Governor Ikpeazu approved 27 commissioner nominees, including Chief Kingsley Imaga and Chidiebere Uwagwu Kalu, both from Ohafia clan, according to government statement on Sunday. The government had earlier appointed Chief Mrs Love Ezema, Principal Secretary for the Office of the Wife of the Governor. The MPA in a statement signed  by Chief Emele Onu,…

The Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN, has officially named the wife of late Prophet Temitope Balogun, aka T.B Joshua’s wife, Evelyn, as the new leader of the church. SCOAN said the church activities would be under the guidance of God and leadership of Mrs Evlyn Joshua. In a statement on its verified Fcebook page, SCOAN urged members and followers to pray for Mrs Evelyn as she takes on her new role. According to the statement: “Good Morning. We thank you for all your prayers and your love for the ministry since the glorious home call of our dear father,…

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has sent a list of 27 commissioner-nominees to the state House of Assembly. The nominees include former Secretary to the State Government, Mazi Donatus Okorie; ex Super Eagles player, Karibe Ojigwe; immediate past Commissioner for Transportation, Chief Kingsley Eke Imaga; Ndom Godwin; Chief Okezie Erondu; immediate past Commissioner for Agriculture; Professor Ikechi Mgbeoji; Mrs Uwaoma Olewengwa; former Commissioner for Local Govt and Chieftaincy Affairs, Prince Christopher Enweremadu; Barr. Charles Esonu, Chief Chinagorom Nwankpa, Hon. Monday Ajaegbu, Deaconess Rose Nna, Chief Kingsley Imaga, Chidiebere Uwagwu Kalu, Barr. Chijioke Mark and Chief Chisom Nwachukwu, Other are…

Unknown gunmen kill Igwe Aguleri, Alex Edozieuno Gunmen on Friday allegedly killed the former traditional ruler of Aguleri, in Anambra State, Alex Edozieuno, and his driver, identified as Chukwuemeka. Both men were said to have been allegedly ambushed and killed at Otuocha in the Anambra East Local Government Area of the state in the early hours of Friday. The former monarch had been deposed last year, after he joined 11 other traditional rulers to travel to Abuja with an oil magnate, Prince Arthur Eze, to see President Muhammadu Buhari, without authorisation by the government. The state police command’s Public Relations…