The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Hajia Sadiya Umar Farouq has approved funds for release to Npower volunteers for the month of January. A top source in the ministry disclosed this to THE WHISLER on Monday. Recall that the National Association of Npower Volunteers (NANV) had a couple of days ago asked Farouq to resign over her alleged refusal to pay them their January stipend. The call for the minister’s resignation followed a recent revelation from an interview granted by the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed on NTA Tuesday Live chat, where she was alleged to have…
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There is much anticipation in the air ahead of the Supreme Court’s review of the governorship situation in Imo state today in whose Ihedioha’s faith is to be decided. The supreme court has fixed today for hearing of the application filed by Emeka Ihedioha, a former governor of Imo state who was removed from office in January and declared Hope Uzodinma as governor. Ihedioha had asked the apex court to review the judgement which led to his removal as governor. Ahead of today’s review, the apex have released the panel of judges. The panel is led by Chief Justice of…
Nigerian International, Odion Ighalo who made a switch from Chinese league to Manchester United two weeks on a transfer dead line day is set to make his debut tonight against Chelsea Fc. Ourworldgist sport desk gathered that Nigerian International, Odion Ighalo who is lined up to play against Chelsea to night in English Premiership League ( EPL ) would be wearing Jessy number 25. Odion Ighalo who has been at isolation centre for proper quarantine of Coronavirus is motivated by head coach, Ole that if he plays well, he would be given permanency deal. Ourworldgist sport desk further noted that…
President Donald Trump was in Washington on Sunday night after opening the Daytona 500 NASCAR race in Florida to attend the wedding of his senior aide Stephen Miller, held at the president’s own Trump International Hotel in DC in disregard of ongoing concerns about violations of the Constitution’s Emoluments Clause. Over 1,100 Justice Department prosecutors and officials have meanwhile called for his attorney general, William Barr, to step down after it became clear he had intervened to push for a more lenient prison sentence for Republican political operative and Trump ally Roger Stone. President Donald Trump has otherwise been belatedly…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday ruled out any fresh governorship election in Bayelsa State as requested by Adams Oshiomole, the Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC). INEC’s Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, in a press briefing in Abuja on Sunday dismissed the APC’s demand for a fresh governorship poll in Bayelsa State. He said the commission on Friday concluded its work on the Bayelsa State governorship poll. The APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, had in a letter dated February 14, 2020 and addressed to the INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, called for a fresh election…
The Boko Haram terrorist group rejected the ransom offered by the Federal Government to secure the release of Leah Sharibu, sources at the Presidency told Daily Trust yesterday. Sharibu, a schoolgirl, is the only Dapchi schoolgirl still held hostage out of the 110 kidnapped by the Boko Haram terrorist group from the Government Girls’ Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State, in 2018. The sources that the money was ready to be delivered when the terrorists, who had made the request for a specific amount totalling millions of Naira in hard currency, changed their minds and rejected any ransom. They…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has slammed National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, as a dubious and political armed robber without verifiable academic certificate. He also described Oshiomhole as a politician without character. He also described the APC National Chairman as a man always driven by survival instincts. He said these in an interview at the Government House, Port Harcourt on Saturday in response to Oshiomhole recent outburst on national issues. Wike said in reaction to Oshiomhole’s parable that he (Oshiomhole) is an antelope, while Governor Wike is a tortoise, that his pedigree and education are…
There have been arguments on how the whites have adopted the politics of International conspiracy to under develop Africa and other struggling continents. Some have postulated that the western world inordinately use African leaders to achieve their evil aim while others are of the thought that the western world use or inject killer diseases into Africa via space which is either intended to depopulate Africans or make Investors run away thereby resulting into: hunger, poverty, crime and unemployment. It is against this background, ourworldgist seeked the opinion of our reliable writer, Sani Michael Omakoji (SMO) to bear his mind on…
Lately, judiciary, especially Supreme Court has been under attack by Lawyers and non lawyers alike. The recent supreme court judgements that generated a lot of outbursts are that of Imo State Gubernatorial Judgement and that of :Bayelsa’s Gubernatorial Judgement. The aftermaths of these judgements have made some politicians who have no idea of law interpretation that is subject to: logics, judicial precedents and constitution call judiciary all manners of abusive names. For example, following the supreme court judgement on Bayelsa that disqualified APC’s Governor- Elect, Oshiomole who is APC’s national chairman has made some derogatory statements in such a way…
Two trucks loaded with bags of cement belonging to the Dangote group involved in multiple accidents have crushed score of persons to death and several others injured in Ogun State. The accidents occurred around 12:20 pm on Saturday at the old tollgate Ota, along the Lagos – Abeokuta Expressway in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the state. A mob reportedly mobilised and set the two Dangote trucks ablaze after it was learnt that they caused the fatal crashes. The Federal Road Safety Corps, Sector Commander, Ogun State Command, Clement Oladele confirmed the incident. Oladele explained that the multiple fatal…