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Christians, Non-Hausa/Fulani from the Southern part of Kaduna and their counterpart Muslim Hausa/Fulani dominated part of Northern Kaduna, have agreed for the split of Kaduna State into two new states. Speaking during the presentation and defense of their memos at the Senate ad-hoc Committee and the House of Reps Special Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution at the Hassan Katsina House on Wednesday, both parties that have been engaged in infamous inter-ethnic and religious clashes for decades, said creating new states from the present Kaduna State will go a long way at solving the bloody violence that seemed…

President Muhammadu Buhari refused to attend the late Chief of Army Staff Ibrahim Attahiru’s burial because he did not want to cause a traffic jam on Abuja road, says his media aide Garba Shehu. Mr Buhari failed to attend the funeral of Mr Attahiru and six other senior military officers who died in a plane crash in Kaduna last Friday, although they were interred at National Military Cemetery, just a few kilometres away from the State House. Mr Buhari was represented at the funeral held at the National Mosque and National Christian Centre, Abuja, by defence minister Bashir Magashi. Many…

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Tuesday asked the federal government to count the state out of its planned rehabilitation of grazing reserves. Governor Ortom stated this while reacting to the earlier statement of the Senior Special Assistant on Publicity and Media to the President, Mallam Garba Shehu, that the federal government was planning to rehabilitate grazing reserves across the country. Ortom in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase, said that there is absolutely no land in the state that had been gazetted for grazing reserve. The governor said that his state had since embraced ranching…

The presidency has expressed reservation over the position of Southern Governors’ Forum on open grazing, saying their decision to ban open grazing in their states is of questionable legality. Garba Shehu, the president’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, observed that the governors’ anti-open grazing stance contradicted the constitutional right of all Nigerians to enjoy freedom of movements irrespective of the state of their birth or residence. He said banning of open grazing by the governors was unnecessary in view of the fact that the president had since approved a number of…

Following the demise of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, the permutations are on in effort to zero in on a final choice to replace the late Army Chief. Lt General Attahiru and 10 others died on Friday in a plane crash involving Nigerian Air Force’s Beachcraft 350 aircraft in Kaduna. A new Chief of Army Staff is expected to be named between Tuesday and Wednesday, according to sources familiar with the ongoing consultations over the matter. About five senior military officers were being considered for the post, THE WHISPERER has learnt. According to Daily Trust,…

The member representing Oyi/ Ayamelum federal constituency in the House of Representstives, Hon. Barr. Vincent Ofumelu has commiserated with Senator Margery Okadigbo family, Ogbunike Community and his entire constituents on the tragic death of their son, Mr Pharaoh Okadigbo, describing the incident saddening and devastating. Ofumelu stated this in a statement personally signed by him, on Monday in Abuja, the lawmaker also condoled with the people of Oyi over the tragedy. He recalled that the late Okadigbo, who died in a fatal accident, was a vibrant and hardworking personality who lived a humble yet fulfilled life. Ofumelu said the news…

Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has announced the death of the state Commissioner for Agriculture, Arzika Tureta, who died on Sunday night. Tambuwal in a statement, titled, ‘Transition Announcement and Burial’, which he personally signed said, “With submission to the will of Allah, on behalf of the government and good people of Sokoto State, I hereby announce the death of our Commissioner for Agriculture, Hon. Muhammad Arzika Tureta (1959-2021). “Honourable Tureta, who had variously served as Commissioner in the state before his last appointment, battled with protracted illness, died yesterday night. “An agricultural entrepreneur, administrator and politician, he attended…

Chief Patrick Osagie Eholor of One Love Foundation has commiserated with President Muhammadu Buhari, the Nigerian Army and the Attahiru family on the tragic death of Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, describing the incident as a sad and devastating tragedy. Eholor stated this in a statement personally signed by him, on Monday in Abuja, the human rights activist also condoled with the deceased’s Doka community, the people of Kaduna North Local Government Area and Kaduna State Government over the tragedy. He recalled that the late Attahiru, who died in a plane crash along with 10 other…

The President, Major Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has directed that the national flag be flown at half-mast for three days in honour of late Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen Ibrahim Attahiru, and 10 others who died in an air crash on Friday. He also approved Monday as a work-free day for members of the Armed Forces. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. He said the national flag will fly half-mast from Monday to Wednesday. The statement titled, ‘National flag to fly at half-mast in honour of late Chief of…

First Lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari, on Sunday, paid a condolence visit to the family of the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, who died alongside 10 other military personnel on Friday when a Beachcraft 350 aircraft crashed at the Kaduna International Airport. Lt. General Attahiru and the others were buried at the National Military Cemetery in Abuja on Saturday afternoon but the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has since been under fire for not attending the funeral rites despite his recent trip to Paris. However, Mrs Buhari shared photos of her visit to the family of…