Chairman of Lokoja Local Government Council, Hon. Muhammed Danasabe Muhammed, is dead. He was confirmed dead around 4:30am at a hospital in Lokoja, the state capital. Muhammed was rushed to the hospital after he slumped at his residence. He was said to have been active at a series of political meetings in preparation for…
The Oyo state police command has paraded a 45-year-old suspected ritualist simply identified as Hassan Kolawole, who was nabbed with a fresh human head in Ibadan, the state capital. Kolawole was paraded alongside nine others who were arrested for various crimes at different locations within the state. The State’s Police Public Relations Officer, Adewale…
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has expressed concern over the rift between popular businessmen of Northern extraction, Alhaji Aliko Dangote and Abdussamad Rabiu of BUA Company. NEF also said it was disturbed over the rift between the former governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle and his successor, Governor Dauda Lawal NEF, in a statement by…
The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma, has said the president of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero, is pursuing the agenda of the Labour Party in the state. Uzodimma during an interview on Channels TV on Thursday said Ajaero was a member of the Labour Party and is pursuing whatever programme that will…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, has lambasted President Bola Tinubu for allocating more funds for the purchase of Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) for about 400 lawmakers than the total amount allocated to the primary healthcare in the 2023 budget. Obi, who had in his World…
The People’s Democratic party (PDP) has accused Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, of refusing its request to hold the grand finale of its governorship campaign at the Lokoja Stadium. The PDP national spokesperson , Debo Ologunagba, made the claim in a phone conversation with THE WHISTLER, while responding to a question on what the party…
President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for the Saudi-Africa Summit scheduled to be held on Friday, November 10. At the Middle-East nation, President Tinubu was received by ministers, members of the National Assembly as well as other government functionaries at the airport. According to the presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, the visit would…
Justice Olukayode Adeniyi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court has granted former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, bail. At his bail hearing today November 8, the judge ordered that Emefiele be released immediately to his lawyers and ordered the lawyers to produce him in court for his arraignment…
A pastor identified as Sunday of a Cherubim and Seraphim Church in the Agbado area of Ogun State has been arrested for alleged fake prophecies and the abduction of a 21-year-old lady identified as Aliu Blessing. The Ogun State Police Command, in an exclusive chat with PUNCH Metro on Tuesday said the victim had gone…
A woman believed to be the mother of Oreofeoluwa Lawal-Babalola, a young boy who went viral in a video begging his mother to ‘Calm Down’ and rest a little when she tried to whip him, has reportedly committed su!c!de. Several months after the incident, his mom is alleged to have taken her life in…