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The Ondo State Government has made it compulsory for all pupils and students in the state to recite the Oodua Anthem in their schools. The order reportedly affects all the private and public institutions from primary to tertiary level in the state. This was contained in a circular sent to all stakeholders from the state Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. The circular was signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mr Akin Asaniyan. The circular was titled ‘Recitation of Oodua Anthem in all schools’. It read in part, “Please note that at the just concluded inter-schools debate and…

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia state has promised to deliver on his promise to reconstruct Ngwa, Ohanku, Obohia and Portharcourt roads. The Abia state governor who is well known for his quality road construction in the state stated this in a tweet seen by TheWhisperer through his verified account. The Governor also promised to end the issue of perennial flooding at Ndiegoro that has defied previous administrations in the state. Tweet reads; "Despite the initial teething challenges, our watershed management & road construction projects is finally underway and gaining momentum. In some areas especially near Asa triangle, we had to…

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has sent his condolences to the family, friends and political associates of Hon. Yuguda Hassan-Kila over the death of the lawmaker in Abuja on Thursday. Lawan also commiserates with the people and Government of Jigawa State over the incident. Hon. Hassan-Kila until his death represented Gwaram Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives. The Senate President describes the death as sudden and shocking and prays Allah to grant his loved ones and constituents the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss. Lawan also prays Allah to accept the soul of the deceased into Aljannat…

The case between One Love Foundation and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mohammed Bello has been adjourned by the FCT Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting at Gudu, FCT Abuja. One Love Foundation had in a Public Interest case against the Minister, and the Nigerian Police, challenged the legality of the Minister’s proscription of protests of any kind in the FCT by a Resolution/Public Order dated the 15th October 2020. According to our correspondent who covered the court proceedings, Justice A Muhammed adjourned the case to the 29th March 2021, the case scheduled for today,4th March 2021,…

The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, NIPR, Thursday extolled Cross River state governor, Professor Ben Ayade's sterling achievements in the area of aggressive industrialisation of the state despite paucity of fund. Members of the Institute are in Calabar for a 3-day workshop with the theme "Lobbying and Social Change in Nigeria" Speaking at the Transcorp Hotel, Calabar, venue of the workshop, while conferring the governor with Distinguished Leadership Industrialisation Award, national president of the Institute, Mallam Mukhtar Zubairu Sirajo said: "This award is in recognition of your Industrialisation feats. It takes a combination of education, intellect, dedication, foresight, visionary leadership…

A pregnant woman was shot while three persons, including her husband, were abducted when gunmen raided Kwaita community in Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). A resident, who preferred anonymity, told Daily Trust that the incident happened around 11pm on Wednesday. He said the kidnappers invaded the houses of their victims and whisked them away after shooting sporadically. He said the pregnant woman was hit by a stray bullet. “The entire community was thrown into panic because of the sporadic gunshot. “They wanted to take the woman along, but when they discovered that she sustained bullets wound…

The leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra and founder of the Eastern Security Network, Nnamdi Kanu, has advised the 101 soldiers accused by the Nigerian Army of fleeing the Boko Haram attacks in New Marte and Dikwa towns in Borno State to join the ESN. Kanu added that soldiers were leaving the military and the army had ordered for their arrest, noting that the ESN's doors were open to such soldiers. The IPOB leader stated these in a live broadcast on Wednesday, saying the gunmen who were burning police stations were “avenging for us.” Kanu said, “Sometimes I wonder,…

A 45-year-old Nigerian man, Ekwegbalu James Nzube, has been sentenced to death by a court in the southern Tay Ninh Province, Vietnam, for trafficking nearly four kilograms of methamphetamine from Cambodia. Nzube, who was convicted on Tuesday, March 2, said he got acquainted with another Nigerian, Jone, in China in 2014, and the latter had hired him to transport drugs from Cambodia to Vietnam. VN Express reports that in March he came to Ho Chi Minh City before going to Cambodia to fetch the drugs for which he was paid $2,000. But while illegally crossing the border into Vietnam last…

  The cold war at the Imo State House of Assembly, Owerri, on Thursday, took another dimension as the lawmakers impeached their majority leader, Uche Ogbuagu. Ogbuagu, who represents Ikeduru state constituency, had defected to the All Progressives Congress from Peoples Democratic Party shortly after Emeka Ihedioha was removed in January 2020 by the supreme Court as governor in order to emerge a principal officer of the house. At the Thursday’s plenary which was held under tight security, Ogbuagu was removed by a majority vote. The speaker, Paul Emezim, who was presiding the plenary announced that the majority leader of…