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The Plateau State Police Command said it has arrested some suspected killers of AIG Christopher Dega (retd.), a Senior Special Assistant to Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom on Security. THE WHISPERER gathered that the governor’s aide was killed in Jos, the Plateau State capital. The Police Public Relations Officer in Plateau, Ubah Ogaba, confirmed the incident in a statement on Wednesday. The statement read, “The Plateau State Police Command on a sad note received an ugly report of the death of AIG Christopher Dega (Rtd). “On 31/05/2021 at about 2030hrs, AIG Christopher Dega (Rtd) was shot dead by three yet…

First Bank of Nigeria Limited has debunked some media reports that its branches in the South-East part of the country have been closed due to the rising insecurity in the region. The bank noted that its branches in the South-East and in other parts of the country are “fully open for business”. First Bank’s Group Head, Marketing and Corporate Communications, Folake Ani-Mumuney, made this known in a statement on Wednesday. The statement titled, ‘Public Announcement’, read, “This is to inform the public that our South-East branches are fully open for business. Please disregard any news making the rounds that is…

Gunmen suspected to be assassins, on Tuesday, killed the Peoples Democratic Party youth leader in the Oru-East Local Government Area of Imo State, Kenneth Amukamara. The hoodlums also burnt Kenneth’s house and damaged the vehicles of his brother, who is said to be a retired soldier. The incident, which happened at Umuokwe, Eziawo 1, in the local government area, heightened tension in the area. A journalist, Don Uba, who spoke on the killing of the youth leader, said residents of the area were in panic. Uba said, “The Peoples Democratic Party youth leader in the Oru-East LGA, Kenneth Amukamara, was…

A Senior Special Assistant to Benue Governor Samuel Ortom on Security, Christopher Dega, has been shot dead. Mr Dega, a retired police officer, was killed in Jos, the Plateau State capital. Benue and Plateau are neighbouring states in North-central Nigeria. Although the full details of the killing were not available at the time of this report, Mr Dega was confirmed dead by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Terver Akase. Before his retirement from the police, Mr Dega had served as commissioner of police in Borno and Edo states. Mr Dega’s killing occurred few days after the murder of…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday promised to shock those behind insecurity in the country. The President made the promise after receiving briefing from Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, on series of attacks on facilities of the electoral body across the country. The president particularly warned those bent on destroying the country through promoting insurrection and burning down critical national assets. “I receive daily security reports on the attacks, and it is very clear that those behind them want this administration to fail,” President Buhari said. “Insecurity in Nigeria is now mentioned all over the world.…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has sealed off two more houses in Kano allegedly belonging to Brigadier-General Jafaru Mohammed, the director of Finance and Admin in the Office of the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno. Since the beginning of the investigations, sources said the NSA had been using his office, making frantic efforts to frustrate the investigations over fears that the multi-billion naira properties may be linked to him. THE WHISPERER gathered that on Wednesday May 27, soldiers allegedly on the orders of the NSA had threatened to shoot officials of the EFCC that came to mark properties…

Mohammed Babangida, the son of former Military President, Ibrahim Babangida, narrowly escaped death Monday evening when his convoy ran into a trailer loaded with tomatoes along the Minna-Suleja highway. Three of the security guards, all soldiers, died in the accident after their black Prado jeep had a head-on collision with the trailer travelling in the opposite direction. Mohammed Babangida, who was heading to Abuja, was said to be in a Honda Space bus with other members of his family behind the security vehicle. Although no member of the Babangida family was hurt, three of the security personnel in the Jeep…

Tempers rose on Monday among participants at the ‘Nigeria’s 2023 Presidential Transition Inter-Ethnic Peace Dialogue’ organised by Youths Off The Street Initiative when the Middle Belt Forum said it would not go with the North should Nigeria break up. The event, with the theme, ‘Restructuring and 2023 power shift: Nigeria’s make or break factor for political survival’, and convened by the President of YOTSI, Kennedy Iyere, was attended by leaders of ethnic nationalities including the leader of Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo; President, Yoruba Council of Elders, Dr Kunle Olajide, and President of Southern Kaduna Peoples Union, Jonathan Asake. Others were…

The South East Governors’ forum has urged security agencies to immediately arrest those responsible for the murder of late APC Chieftain, Ahmed Gulak. This was contained in a statement issued by the Chairman of the forum and Governor of Ebonyi, David Umahi, on Tuesday after a virtual meeting on the security situation in the Southeast. The forum described the murder of Mr Gulak, in Owerri, Imo State, as a national catastrophe. The statement said: “It is with a rude shock that we received the news of the unfortunate death of Alhaji Ahmed Gulak in the hands of the senseless gunmen.…

The Registrar of National Examinations Council, NECO, Prof. Godswill Obioma has been reported dead. Obioma, according to sources, died Monday night in his sleep in his Minna residence. The Director, Human resources of the NECO, Abdul Mustapha confirmed the death of the NECO boss, said he died in his sleep as a result of heart failure. Mr Mustapha forwarded communication from Obioma’s second son, Prince Godswill Obioma, informing him of the death of his father thus: “Mustapha K. Abdul (Director Human Resource Management, NECO), “Dear Sir, this is to formally inform you that my father, Prof. Godswill Obioma, the Registrar/Chief…