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Ibraheem Alhassan has been replaced as spokesperson of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), THE WHISPERER has learned. Alhassan has been in the news since issuing a statement littered with grammatical blunders and ethnic slurs in defence of his principal, Danladi Umar, who was caught on video hitting a security man. After he was heavily criticised, Alhassan described the statement as an “unedited draft” that had not received authorisation. Confirming his recall by the ministry of information on Tuesday, Abdumalik Shaibu, chief registrar of the CCT, told THE WHISPERER that a replacement has already been sent to the tribunal. “It…

A police officer was shot while trying to foil the abduction of some of Tungan-Maje community in Gwagwalada Area Council of Abuja on Tuesday morning. A resident of the area, Ibrahim Saidu, said the gunmen in their numbers went on rampage as they engaged both the police and some members of the vigilante in a shootout. Saidu said the gunmen, who first attacked residents of Anguwar Samu in Tungan-Maje, whisked away two persons after an exchange of gunfire that lasted over an hour. “The entire residents of Anguwar Samu were gripped with fear because of the gunshots but unfortunately, they…

  The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has condemned the newly created joint security outfit, Ebube Agu, in the South-East region. The group said there was no need for the governors in the region to form another security outfit, adding that such a group is against the Eastern Security Network. IPOB mocked the formation of Ebube Agu for not having personnel on the ground to kickstart its operations, therefore maintaining that the Amotekun and ESN began their operations because they had personnel. The group, then, called the governors in the region timid and traitors in their approach of floating an…

The Senate, on Tuesday, upon resumption from its two weeks recess, adjourned plenary till Wednesday, March 14, over the recent death of two members of the National Assembly. This was just as the upper chamber held a minute silence in honour of both lawmakers who are members of the House of Representatives. The decision to suspend plenary was carried out in line with the tradition of the National Assembly, following a motion moved by the Senate Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi, and seconded by the Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe. Moving the motion, the Senate Leader said, “this Distinguished chamber and, to our…

Bandits on Monday morning attacked Wawan Rafi II village in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, leaving two people dead. The two persons killed were identified as Joshua Dauda and his seven-year-old son Philip Dauda. Also, seven houses, one car and a motorcycle were burnt in the attack. In a press statement, the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said security patrols mobilised to the area forced the assailants to retreat into the forests. The troops recovered eight empty cases of 7.62mm ammunition at the scene of the attack. “So far, two corpses have been…

Ndi Ibe Ohafia Development Union (NDU), Abuja branch has elected a new executive that will pilot the affairs of the union for the next three years. At the election held on Sunday, 12th of April, 2021; Mr. Joe Kalu Ibe emerged as the new President of the union. Other members of the union elected were: the Vice President, Elder Bright Idika; Secretary General, Mr. Chidi Okorie; Assistant Secretary, Comrade Sunny Idika; Financial Secretary, Mr. Friday Isaac; Treasurer, Barr. (Mrs) Nwanneka Okoro; Director Of Welfare, Mr. Friday Ukaha; Provost 1, Mrs. Grace Kalu; Provost 2, Mrs Violet Solomon; Public Relation Officer,…

One Love Foundation Commends Governor Umahi For Transforming Ebonyi from Rural to Investors Destination Through Infrastructural Development Human rights group, One Love Foundation has stated that Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi state has succeeded within just six years to transform and reverse the fortunes of the state and people to investors’ delight and destination, from the shackles of a guinea worm-infested, poverty-ridden backward state. The Global President of the foundation, Chief Patrick Osagie Eholor stated this in a chat with THE WHISPERER after having on the spot assessment of the level of infrastructural development in the 'salt of the nation'.…

Governors of the south-east region have announced the setup of a joint security outfit, codenamed Ebube Agu. The governors announced this in a communique issued after a meeting held in Owerri, the Imo state capital, on Sunday. “The meeting resolved to maintain a joint security vigilante for the South East otherwise known as Ebube Agu,” the communique reads. “The meeting appreciated the formation of South East joint security outfit co. Named Ebubeagu. Headquarters in Enugu to coordinate our vigilante in the South East.”  

He alleged that the two groups were sponsoring a new wave of extremism that could ignite ethnic conflict so as to achieve their aims of dividing the country. The immediate past Minister of Interior, Lt.-Gen. Abdul-Rahman Dambazau (rtd), on Friday said the O’odua People’s Congress (OPC) and the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) are extremist groups like Boko Haram. Dambazau said this at Army War College in Abuja while delivering a lecture to participants of course 5/2021. He alleged that the two groups were sponsoring a new wave of extremism that could ignite ethnic conflict so as to achieve…

Imo State Government Finally Reveals The Powerful Politician Behind Attacks On Police Headquarters, Owerri Prison. The Imo state government has accused a former governor of the state, Rochas Okorocha, of being the mastermind of the recent attacks on some federal facilities in Owerri, the state capital. Armed men had in the early hours of Monday attacked a correctional facility in Owerri, the Imo State capital, freeing some inmates. They also proceeded to the State Police Headquarters where they burnt the building and destroyed all vehicles within the vicinity. In a statement signed by Declan Emelumba, Commissioner for Information, the government…