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A policeman has shot and killed his colleague in Aba, Abia State while attempting to make an arrest, THE WHISPERER has learned. According to IgbereTV, the incident occurred at the popular Bata Junction linking the Aba main motor-park with the Ogbor-Hill and the Umungasi axis of the city.   The policeman, according to eyewitness, was trying to shoot a civilian for resisting arrest when he mistakenly shot his colleague. Witnesses said the policemen were trying to force an occupant of a tinted sport utility vehicle (SUV) into their patrol van around Aba Sports Club axis when the incident occurred. One…

Yusuf Buhari, the son of President Muhammadu Buhari, is planning to marry the daughter of Emir of Bichi in Kano State, Nasir Bayero. Zahra Bayero is currently a bachelor’s student in the United Kingdom, studying architecture, THE WHISPERER has learned. Yusuf is a 2016 graduate of University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom. Credible sources told DAILY NIGERIAN that the wedding ceremony will take place “in the next two to three months”. “Preparations are on top gear for the grand event. As the tradition provides, the parents of the groom have met with the parents of the bride to express Yusuf’s…

Bamidele elected as the new Chairman, Southern Senators Forum (SSF), Sen. Stella Oduah his Deputy. The Southern Senators Forum (SSF) has elected new leadership to run the affairs of the Forum in the current 9th Senate. After a meeting that lasted about two hours on Wednesday, Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, unveiled the new leadership of the group at a briefing with journalists at the National Assembly complex. Omo-Agege said the Forum agreed to be united behind the leadership of the 9th Senate under Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, adding that they also resolved to support one united Nigeria during the…

The NBA Benin Branch Human Rights Committee calls for a restructuring of Nigeria Police Stop and Search Operations. Says Attitude of Police Officers Hostile and Intimidating. The Chairman and members of the Human Rights Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) the Lion Branch, paid a courtesy visit on the Commissioner of Police, Edo State on the 9th day of March 2021. The Chairman of the Committee seized the opportunity to inform the Commissioner of Police of the persisting problem of stop and searches in the state and that the attitude of a lot of officers conducting stop and searches…

Bandits kidnap six persons in Abuja community No fewer than six persons were abducted by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers in a community in Abuja, Eons Intelligence reports. The attack occurred during the wee hours of Wednesday at Kuje Area Council of the FCT. The assailants invaded the residents homes around 3:00 a.m. and whisked away with their victims to an undisclosed location. The security blog noted that the bandits abducted their victims from six different homes they invaded during the attack. Reacting to the development, Mariam Yusuf, FCT police command spokesperson told Peoples Gazette by phone Wednesday that it…

Again, Unknown Gunmen Kill Police Inspector in Delta, Set Van Ablaze, Cart Away Arms Unknown gunmen have attacked a police patrol team at Ashaka, in Ndokwa East Local Government Area, Delta State, stabbing an inspector to death, inflicting injuries on others and setting a patrol car ablaze, THE WHISPERER has learned. According to Vanguard, the gunmen also dispossessed the police officers of some riffles and made away with them during the incident. However, details of the attack were sketchy at press time, sources said the deceased police inspector, Mr. Musa was stabbed with a dagger by his assailants. According to…

The Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB has reacted to media report that the Nigerian Army and police killed 16 operatives of the Eastern Security Network (ESN) in Aba, Abia State. IPOB in a statement signed by it’s Media and Publicity secretary, Emma Powerful, said the security agents are lying and they did not kill any ESN operative. The group also, asked the Nigerian security agents to publish the exact camp of the ESN it attacked and show videos and photos of their operations. The statement is refuting a media publication by Sahara Reporters, where it says a military source had…

No fewer than 11 people are feared dead in Aba, Abia State, in a fierce gunfight between soldiers and hoodlums, THE WHISPERER has learned. This is coming barely a few weeks after unknown gunmen attacked and killed policemen in nearby Abayi (World Bank Estate) police station and 48 hours after three policemen were ambushed and murdered by hoodlums in Abiriba, Ohafia Local Government Area of the state. The latest attack, the armed hoodlums, numbering about 50, are said to have, at about 8.30 pm on Tuesday, stormed the popular Ariaria junction on the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, ostensibly to attack soldiers…

A joint operation of the Nigerian Army and police has led to the death of about 16 operatives of the Eastern Security Network (ESN). According to Sahara Reporters, hundreds of security operatives on Tuesday night launched a heavy attack on the camp of ESN in Aba, Abia state, killing about 16 of them and injuring others. It was gathered that the operation was in response to a series of attacks against security personnel in the South-East. Not less than 20 security operatives have been killed in the region by unknown gunmen in the last three months. Police stations are also…

The Supreme Court has berated the All Progressives Congress for accusing three justices of having a secret meeting with the Peoples Democratic Party over Imo North Senatorial District by-election held December last year. There have been controversies surrounding the election outcome after the Independent National Electoral Commission declared APC the winner of the election without announcing any authentic candidate based on conflicting court orders on the party’s candidacy. Both members of the party, Ifeanyi Ararume, and Francis Ibezim, were in a legal battle over the senatorial seat, but Justice Taiwo Taiwo, of the Federal High Court in Abuja, on March…