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06

2021

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BREAKING: Former Senator Kidnapped By Unknown Gunmen

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Nelson Effiong, a former senator that represented Akwa Ibom South at the Nigerian Senate has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen. According to POLITICS NIGERIA, the gunmen who were three in number attacked a popular lounge in the state, owned by the former lawmaker, shooting sporadically into the air on Sunday evening. The Senator was quickly seized by the hoodlums and whisked away in a Toyota Camry vehicle at about 9pm on Sunday. Eight people at the lounge sustained injuries as customers scampered to escape amidst a hail of bullets from the hoodlums. “I have just been shot along Oron Road,”…

Sep

06

2021

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Eholor tackles Obaseki over insecurity, calls for deliberate, proactive solution

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Chief Patrick Osagie Eholor, the Global President of civil society group, One Love Foundation, on Monday slammed the Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki over his inability to protect the people of Edo state as the Chief Security Officer of the state. In a statement sent to THE WHISPERER on Monday, the social crusader opined that despite the billions deducted as security votes, the governor has failed to provide the necessary institutional and moral support to tackle insecurity in the state. Reacting to Saturday’s attack and killing of Mr. Olajide, the younger brother of Omoyele Sowore, Publisher of Sahara…

Sep

04

2021

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President Buhari To Visit Imo State On Thursday, Says Governor Uzodinma

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Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, says that all is set for President Muhammadu Buhari's visit to the state on Thursday, September 9. The governor disclosed this while addressing newsmen at the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Owerri, on Saturday. Uzodinma, who spoke upon his return from an official trip to the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, said that the President would commission some “significant projects” executed by his administration. The governor said that he visited Abuja to “address some political matters and some critical issues that are supposed to be handled in Abuja.” He listed the issues to include getting Federal…

Sep

04

2021

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BREAKING: Herdsmen shot dead my brother in Edo, Sowore cries out

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Omoyele Sowore, Publisher of Sahara Reporters and ex-presidential candidate has narrated how suspected herdsmen shot dead his brother in the Okada area of Edo State on Saturday. According to him, Olajide was killed in the early hours of Saturday on his way from Igbinedion University where he was studying Pharmacy. Sowore, in a tribute on his Facebook page, described his deceased brother who almost clocked 50 as an “out-of-the-box thinker” He wrote, “My immediate younger brother, Olajide Sowore was today shot and killed near Okada in Edo state by reportedly herdsmen /kidnappers on his way from Igbinedion University in Edo…

Sep

04

2021

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BREAKING: Omoyele Sowore’s younger brother shot dead

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Olajide, the younger brother of Sahara Reporters Publisher and human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has been killed. Sowore confirmed this in a Facebook post on Saturday. The activist said his brother was killed by suspected herdsmen or kidnappers. He posted, “My immediate younger brother, Olajide Sowore was today shot and killed near Okada in Edo state by reportedly herdsmen /kidnappers on his way from Igbinedion University in Edo sate where he is studying Pharmacy. “They snuffed out the life yet another real human being! Rest In Power, “Dr. Mamiye!” “This act in itself will not delay their day of justice.…

Sep

04

2021

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Abuja originally a grazing reserve, anti-open grazing law is satanic, herders going nowhere – Miyetti Allah

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Abuja originally a grazing reserve, anti-open grazing law is satanic, herders going nowhere - Miyetti Allah Miyetti Allah scribe described the anti-open grazing law being enforced in the region and in Benue State as satanic. HERDERS will continue to graze their cattle in Southern Nigeria despite the September deadline given by Southern governors to begin the implementation of the anti-open grazing law in the region, the Fulani socio-cultural group, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, has declared. The group, which described the anti-open grazing law of the Southern governors as “satanic,” also proclaimed that the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, was originally…

Sep

03

2021

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Anambra 2021: Uba loses as Appeal Court declares Valentine Ozigbo PDP candidate

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Orders INEC to Publish Business Mogul's Name Awards N10 Million Damages Against Ugochukwu Uba Momentum swings in favour of Nigerian business mogul Valentine Ozigbo as the Court of Appeal Awka Division sitting in Abuja in its judgement delivered today, Friday, September 3, 2021 declared him the authentic governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the November election holding in Anambra State. On July 5, 2021, Senator Ugochukwu Uba, who did not participate in the PDP primary, instituted a suit against the party and its candidate, Valentine Ozigbo and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), challenging Ozigbo’s candidature for…

Sep

03

2021

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One Love Foundation, Others Demands Release Of Enslaved 21-year-old Glory Okolie

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One Love Foundation and other Civil Society Organisations has condemned the continued detention of Glory Okolie, a 21-year-old young woman arrested and enslaved by operatives of the Inspector-General of Police’s Intelligence Response Team (IRT) in Imo State. The police had arrested Okolie for allegedly being friends with a suspected member of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). She was later transferred to Abuja, despite efforts by her family members to secure his release. After 66 days in detention, the police, in a statement said she was arrested for alleged membership of IPOB and for working with one Uzoma Emojiri…

Sep

03

2021

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‘Buhari Told Me Of My Sack Over The Phone’ – Sacked Minister Of Power Speaks On Why He Ended Up At Hospital

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Saleh Mamman, former Minister of Power, has explained while he visited the hospital after he was dropped from the federal cabinet. There have been reports that the former minister landed in hospital after he received the news of his sack. However, in a telephone interview with BBC Hausa, Mamman debunked the reports. The former minister, who admitted that he had been ill, said he has been receiving treatment since last weekend. “Even before the sack was announced, I have been seriously ill. I had not even gone to the office since earlier in the week.” “So, yesterday (Wednesday) and today…

Sep

02

2021

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President Buhari Appoints New Ministers

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President Muhammadu Buhari has named the current minister of Environment, Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar as the new Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development. He also appointed Engr. Abubakar D. Aliyu, Minister of State, Works & Housing as the news Minister of Power. Both are to resume work immediately. The source on Wednesday learned that the President made the surprise move after reports of inefficiency and poor management on the path of the now ex-ministers. Justifying the move, President Buhari disclosed that it was sequel to the “tradition of subjecting our projects and programs implementation to independent and critical self-review” through sector…