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No fewer than 40 Muslim worshippers were abducted by armed bandits while observing Tahajjud, a kind of midnight prayer observed during the Holy Month of Ramadan, at a mosque in Jibiya town of Katsina State. According to residents of the town, dozens of gunmen struck at the mosque around 2am on Monday and took away the worshippers. It was gathered that the kidnappers initially picked 47 congregants, including women and children, but seven later returned. “So far we established 40 people missing after the attack,” said a resident who preferred not to be named. Another resident who volunteered statement, Lawal…

Information and photo reaching THE WHISPERER has it that Ubani Market Police station in Bende Local Government Area, Abia State has been razed down by suspected gunmen. At the moment, we are not aware if police officers were at the station during the attack. Recently, attacks on security operatives and police stations in south east of Nigeria has continued unabated, more than 10 police officers were killed yesterday between Rivers State and Akwa Ibom State. Details later.

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has reacted to the recent attacks on police formations and killing of officers in the State. The Governor said the attacks were carried out by those he described as unidentified gunmen, adding that these people “are bent on plunging Nigeria into another unwarranted crisis.” Seven police officers were killed at different points in the State between Friday and Saturday. The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, SP Nnamdi Omoni, in a statement at the weekend said that the attack which took place at 8:30pm, on Friday was carried out by “unknown gunmen who drove in two…

Some state governors are spending billions of naira to hire private jets despite dwindling resources in their states, investigations have shown. According to Daily Trust, only a few governors use commercial flights to travel to Abuja and other parts of the country from their states as many of them pay for chartered aircraft. While some of the trips are official engagements, others are for private engagements. It was discovered that many of the states are in dire financial situations and can hardly pay salaries or meet other contractual obligations, especially in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Even in the…

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has described Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State as a sycophant, ethnic champion and religious bigot who hates anyone who does not share the same faith with him. Mr Ortom stated this while responding to a statement credited to Governor Nasir El-Rufai, where the latter reportedly accused the Benue Governor of attacking the federal government to cover for his failure to secure Benue state. A statement signed by Mr Ortom’s spokesman, Terver Akase, described Mr El-Rufai as being among the very few persons who have misled President Muhammadu Buhari. Mr Ortom said: “Nasir el-Rufai…

Gunmen suspected to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, on Saturday launched another attack on Odoro Ikpe Police Station, in Ini LGA of Akwa Ibom State, killing six officers on duty. It was gathered that the attack occurred in the early hours of Saturday when people were still sleeping. Photos credit: Inspiration FM, Uyo

Gunmen on Friday night attacked security checkpoints and police stations in Rivers State, with no fewer than seven security operatives feared killed. The hoodlums attacked a police station along the Rumuji axis of the East-West Road in the state. Also, the Rumuji police station in Emuoha Local Government Area was also torched, two policemen feared killed, while some vehicles were burnt. They also attacked a police checkpoint at Ogbakiri junction in the Emuoha LGA with two policemen feared killed and a vehicle burnt. A checkpoint of the security outfit called C-4-i along the East-West Road was also attacked, even as…

A chieftain of the  Peoples Democratic Party, Dr. Samuel Omotoso, has been accused of rape by his family’s house help. THE WHISPERER  gathered that the house help (name withheld) reported the rape allegation through her school. According to the Ekiti State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Olawale Fapohunda, the State Government took over the case after the school reported it. Fapounda said: “Immediately the matter was reported through the girl’s school, we took a statement from the alleged rape victim and forwarded the matter to the police for investigation.” Reacting to the allegation, the wife of the accused, Mrs…

Aisha Alhassan, former Minister of Women Affairs, popularly known as Mama Taraba, is dead. Details of are death are sketchy, THE WHISPERER has learnt. Aisha Alhassan, former Minister of Women Affairs, popularly known as Mama Taraba, is dead. Details of are death are sketchy but THE WHISPERER gathered that she died at a hospital overseas. The deceased battled a protracted illness in her last years. Alhassan contested the Taraba 2015 governorship election under the Platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) but lost to incumbent Governor Darius Ishaku, who ran under the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Shortly…

He said, “as you will actually know, sometimes back, there were certain convictions of Nigerians allegedly involved in terrorism financing in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). That gave rise to a wider and far-reaching investigations in Nigeria. The federal government has fingered high profile Nigerians and institutions for financing terrorism in the country. Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN) disclosed this to State House correspondents on Friday at the Presidential Villa. According to him, the government is profiling for prosecution, well-placed Nigerians who it said have reasonable grounds to be suspected of being financiers…