A yet-to-be-identified vandal was electrocuted in the early hours of Sunday for allegedly vandalising Umuezerimpi 500KVA Distribution Substation. The property belongs to the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC), located at Umuatuegwu Okija, Anambra State, THE WHISTLER gathered. Mr. Emeka Ezeh, head, Corporate Communications, EEDC, Enugu, disclosed this in ...

  The federal government of Nigeria under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari has replaced Mr. Chukwuyere N. Anamekwe as the acting Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF).   It was gathered that Anamekwe was replaced about two weeks ago over allegations of corruption and investigation by the Economic and Financial ...

  The decision of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to pick for Borno State Governor, Senator Kashim Shettima, has not gone down well with governors elected on the party’s platform. Indications have emerged disclosing that APC governors want one of their colleagues ...

  The convoy of the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, on Sunday was involved in a road accident in Abuja. The development was confirmed in a statement released by the media aide to the Governor, Terver Akase. According to Akase, no life was lost in the incident that happened ...

  Eleven persons were burnt beyond recognition in an accident that occured at Ogere end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in the Ogere Remo-North Local Government Area of Ogun State. The Public Relations Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps ,Ogun State Sector, Florence Okpe, who confirmed the incident on Sunday ...

Herdsmen have converted the Kwara State Complex Stadium Ilorin, into a fertile land for cattle pasture as weeds overtake a section of the facility. This weekend, cattle were sighted grazing on grasses in parts of the complex.   Fresh and dried cow dung could also be seen on the asphalt ...

  Nigeria’s main opposition, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, has rebuked the state government for increasing the fare for Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) across various routes in the state. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu‘s led government had recently approved a flat rate increase for all Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) ...

  The 2023 Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar is mired in a fresh Certificate controversy following a discovery that his WAEC certificate bears a different name. Atiku’s WAEC certificate bears the name ‘Siddiq Abubakar’. According to documents displayed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), ...

  The presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar has reiterated his decision to stick with Delta state governor, Ifeanyi Okowa despite pressure to replace him. Vanguard gathered in Abuja on Saturday that 13 governors and loyalists of the PDP are reaching out to Atiku to douse ...

  Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday droved a tricycle (keke) as part of his 85th birthday celebration. The elder statesman rode through some roads in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun, to pick up passengers. The former president caught the attention of residents of the community who cheered ...