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A young barber, identified as Elijah Ode has been allegedly arrested in Kano state for ‘insulting’ Islam by giving customers worldly haircuts. Barber allegedly arrested for giving customers haircuts that 'insults Islam' in Kano In a Facebook post by a Benue state activist, Smith Akoko, the barber stepped bound for his hairstyles deemed blasphemous to the Islamic religion. Smith however added that the cousin of the young man confirmed his arrangement to court on Tuesday, 2nd of February. In a lengthy post, the activist wrote; “Elijah Ode, a resident of Kano from Adum East, Obi LGA of Benue State, who…

The Department of State Security Services, DSS, has again warned against plans by some persons and groups to exploit some fault lines to cause ethno-religious violence in some parts of the country. The Public Relations Officer of the Service, Dr Peter Afunanya, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Recall that the Service had on Jan. 11 issued an alert of plans by some elements working with external forces to incite religious violence across the country. The alert stipulated that the targeted States were Sokoto, Kano, Kaduna, Plateau, Rivers, Oyo, Lagos and those in the South East. It…

Report reaching  TheWhisperer indicates that women storm out in their numbers to protest against atrocities of killer Fulani Herdsmen in Esan North East Local Government of Edo State, ranging from Kidnapping, Armed Robbering, Raping and Destruction of Crops among others. The Protesting women who block major roads at Uromi are demanding that Fulani Herdsmen to immediately evacuate from their lands. According to the protesting women, they can no longer go farm as Herdsmen has taking over their farmlands. More details later

Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, has described Enitan Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ife; Bola Tinubu, APC national leader, and Seyi Makinde, Oyo state governor, as Fulani slaves. Igboho also flayed some Yoruba leaders, including traditional rulers, alleging that have not shown enough support for the struggle to liberate the Yoruba from their ”Fulani oppressors”. Speaking during a virtual town hall meeting monitored by TheWhisperer, Igboho said the Ooni and others are interested in their own gain even though they claim to represent the Yoruba interest. The meeting, which started at 11:15pm on Tuesday, ended at 1am on Wednesday.…

Social media giant, Facebook, has banned the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. The whisperer reports that the account of the IPOB Leader on Facebook was suspended on Tuesday, 2 February, 2021. Reason for suspension of Kanu’s account by the popular social media platform is yet to be made known. Kanu has since the beginning of his advocacy made highly controversial comments on various occasions. Sometime in 2017, a video of Kanu was released wherein he issued an open death threat to former Nigerian president Chief Obasanjo. He had told a gathering of supporters at…

  A Foremost Southeast democracy advocacy group has condemned the retrial of former Governor of Abia State and Chief Whip of the Senate , Senator Orji Uzor Kalu by a federal high court in Abuja following a re-arraignment by the Economic and Financial Crimes despite the verdict of the apex court which nullified the trial. The group known as Southeast Patrons for Good Governance (SPGG) disclosed that the development was clear attempt to cripple the chances of the South East producing the next President of the country in 2023; the group while expressing it's disappointment said that Senator Kalu's re-arraignment…

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has reiterated his administration’s commitment to protecting lives and properties of Abians. The Commissioner for Information in the state, John Kalu, said in a statement on Monday that the Abia State Government condemned “without reservations, the activities of criminal herdsmen suspected to have masterminded recent brazen kidnap of innocent citizens around Abia North Senatorial Zone of the State”. Mr Kalu said the herdsmen have also destroyed farmlands in the state, with their cows “grazing openly in violation of extant laws of the state and Nigeria”. “Government also frowns seriously at the wanton destruction of…

See photos of the Chief Whip of the Senate,  Senator Orji Uzor Kalu's arrival and departure from the Federal High Court Abuja for hearing of the allegations leveled  against him by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission

The leading aspirant of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in the November 6 Governorship election in Anambra State, Engr Chris Azubogu, says that Ihiala Local Government Area (LGA) harbours the key ingredients for the industrialization of the State. Engr Chris Azubogu made the statement in Ihiala LGA when he visited the LGA yesterday, February 1, to notify his party, PDP of his intention to contest for the governor of Anambra State. Azubogu who is a member of the House of Representatives also stated that the 2021 Governorship election is not just about an election, but a call for us to…