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Chairman of Southeast Governors Forum and Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. Dave Nweze Umahi has described operatives of the Eastern Security Network established by the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), as criminals. He disclosed this on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ programme on Wednesday. Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi Describing ESN operatives as bandits doing a lot of evil, Umahi said South-East governors won’t allow illegality to thrive in the region. He said, “Where there is conflict, it’s not resolved by conflict. If there are farmers/herders' conflicts which we agree is in the South-East, but it’s not only in the South-East,…

“We cannot establish the cult groups that were involved until after arrests might have been made, as investigation is ongoing,” he said.   The Police in Bayelsa on Tuesday confirmed the death of a suspected cultist during a clash by two rival cult groups in Yenagoa. The News Agency of Nigeria gathered that the clash left many injured, as machetes, knives, axes and other dangerous weapons were freely used. The spokesman for the police in Bayelsa, Asinim Butswat, said one person was killed during the clash in Obele area of the state capital. Butswat said the corpse of the person…

By Engr. Chris Azubogu Last week, I was coming back from Owerri to Anambra State. On approaching the Ihiala Checkpoint, we noticed that the road was blocked. I remembered the road I facilitated around there at Okohia Ihiala that can help us bypass the blocked portion of Onitsha/Owerri Expressway. I asked my driver to make a turn. We located the Okohia road which connects the expressway. As we turned, we noticed that many other cars were following us. Immediately we drove into the rural access road, we noticed that the Village Youths mounted roadblocks, probably to reduce heavy traffic from…

A gas explosion has rocked the Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State. The gas explosion was said to have happened around 7pm on Tuesday at Iyasoko street, Agboju, Amuwo-Odofin. Nosa Okunbor, spokesperson for the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said officials of the agency were on their way to the scene. As of the time of the report, it was not clear what caused the explosion. Some residents are said to have sustained varying degrees of injury while attempting to put out the fire. However, no casualty has been confirmed. The incident comes months after an explosion rocked…

Fifteen beheaded bodies were on Tuesday morning found dumped at Five Miles area on the outskirt of Calabar, capital of Cross Rivers state. The dead bodies comprising both males and females were dumped in a steep valley along the double carriageway under construction, Vanguard reports. The identities of the bodies have not yet be determined or those who might have dumped them there. The gory spectacle was discovered by farmers early Tuesday morning. A crowd gathered around 11.00 am to observe the gory sight while a horde of flies fluttered around the decapitated bodies. “Some persons may have brought these…

Ibraheem Alhassan has been replaced as spokesperson of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), THE WHISPERER has learned. Alhassan has been in the news since issuing a statement littered with grammatical blunders and ethnic slurs in defence of his principal, Danladi Umar, who was caught on video hitting a security man. After he was heavily criticised, Alhassan described the statement as an “unedited draft” that had not received authorisation. Confirming his recall by the ministry of information on Tuesday, Abdumalik Shaibu, chief registrar of the CCT, told THE WHISPERER that a replacement has already been sent to the tribunal. “It…

A police officer was shot while trying to foil the abduction of some of Tungan-Maje community in Gwagwalada Area Council of Abuja on Tuesday morning. A resident of the area, Ibrahim Saidu, said the gunmen in their numbers went on rampage as they engaged both the police and some members of the vigilante in a shootout. Saidu said the gunmen, who first attacked residents of Anguwar Samu in Tungan-Maje, whisked away two persons after an exchange of gunfire that lasted over an hour. “The entire residents of Anguwar Samu were gripped with fear because of the gunshots but unfortunately, they…

  The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has condemned the newly created joint security outfit, Ebube Agu, in the South-East region. The group said there was no need for the governors in the region to form another security outfit, adding that such a group is against the Eastern Security Network. IPOB mocked the formation of Ebube Agu for not having personnel on the ground to kickstart its operations, therefore maintaining that the Amotekun and ESN began their operations because they had personnel. The group, then, called the governors in the region timid and traitors in their approach of floating an…

The Senate, on Tuesday, upon resumption from its two weeks recess, adjourned plenary till Wednesday, March 14, over the recent death of two members of the National Assembly. This was just as the upper chamber held a minute silence in honour of both lawmakers who are members of the House of Representatives. The decision to suspend plenary was carried out in line with the tradition of the National Assembly, following a motion moved by the Senate Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi, and seconded by the Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe. Moving the motion, the Senate Leader said, “this Distinguished chamber and, to our…

Bandits on Monday morning attacked Wawan Rafi II village in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, leaving two people dead. The two persons killed were identified as Joshua Dauda and his seven-year-old son Philip Dauda. Also, seven houses, one car and a motorcycle were burnt in the attack. In a press statement, the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said security patrols mobilised to the area forced the assailants to retreat into the forests. The troops recovered eight empty cases of 7.62mm ammunition at the scene of the attack. “So far, two corpses have been…