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South-East governors recently announced the establishment of a joint security outfit, codenamed ‘Ebube Agu’ to battle rising insecurity. Gunmen have killed policemen in Abakaliki, Ebonyi state. THE WHISPERER could not verify the number of officers killed by the gunmen. It was gathered the officers were killed on Wednesday night while on a ‘stop and search’ operation along Onuebonyi/Nwezenyi Road. The gunmen were said to have ambushed them and carted away their rifles. They were said to have operated with a bus with which they escaped the scene. Their bodies have been deposited at the hospital’s mortuary. The incident is the…

The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it foiled a jailbreak attempt by inmates at the prison in Ubiaja, Esan South East local government area. In Benin, Richard Ogbebor, spokesman for the NSCDC, disclosed that the attempted jailbreak occurred from 15:00 hours to 17:00 hours on Wednesday. Mr Ogbebor explained that the corps received a distress call on the attempted jailbreak and subsequently mobilised its operatives led by Samuel Ogbeide, an Assistant Superintendent of Corps 1, to the facility. He added that the inmates had broken out from their cells and attacked the prison officers by the time…

Suspected Fulani herdsmen have attacked the Goh community, Km4 along Naka-Agagbe road in Gwer-West LGA of Benue State killing six residents and whisking away others to an unknown destination, THE WHISPERER has learned. According to Daily Post,  the armed Fulani herders stormed the community during a wake keep and opened fire on mourners. The incident happened in the early hours of Wednesday. An eye witness, Mrs Eunice Tyokosu who was abducted but later released by the abductors, said, aside from those killed and the ones abducted, other victims are currently undergoing Suspected herdsmen reportedly kill 6 mourners, abduct scores in…

Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), on Monday slumped before being revived during an official assignment in Sokoto, THE WHISPERER has learned. According to a report by THE WILL, He was immediately surrounded by anxious aides and dignitaries who raised him up from the ground after successfully reviving him. Malami, who recently returned from an official visit to Turkey was in Sokoto for the inauguration of the reconstructed State High Court complex. The Justice Minister, whom witnesses said looked exhausted after his speech, collapsed and was revived. A closed source to the AGF who confirmed…

The police have arrested and arraigned a trader, Abba Shekarau, in an Upper Area Court, Mpape, Abuja, over a stolen church drum. The police charged Shekarau, 42, of Dutse Panteka, Abuja, with one count of receiving stolen property. The prosecution counsel, Stanley Nwaforaku, told the court that the complainant, Ajiboye Kayode of Power Deliverance Ministry, Duste Apo, reported the matter. He added that on March 13, Aminu Sani stole a blue drum worth N3,000 and sold it to the defendant. During a police investigation, he said, the said drum was recovered in Mr Shekarau’s possession. The offence, Mr Stanley said,…

Graphics Content: 8 Unidentified Bodies Consisting of 7 males, 1 female evacuated from valley along Calabar-Odukpani Road  Yesterday, 8 bodies were discovered dumped in the Five Miles region on the outskirts of Calabar. THE WHISPERER reported the dead bodies, which included both males and females, were deposited in a steep valley along the double carriageway under construction. As at time of this report, the names of the remains, as well as those who may have dumped them there, is yet to be determined.  

A former Military Administrator of Oyo State, Colonel Ahmed Usman, is dead. He was said to have died around 3.00am on Wednesday in Jos, the Plateau State capital, during an illness. It was gathered his remains were being moved to his village, Okura-Lafia, Kogi State for burial according to Muslim rites. Usman was military administrator of Ondo State from August 1994 to August 1996. He governed Oyo from August 1996 to August 1998 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha.  

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…