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  There are fresh indications revealing that the gunmen who attacked the Kuje Medium Security Prison reportedly freed over 90 percent of the inmates. According to Daily Sun, the heavily armed gunmen invaded the correctional centre around 10.30pm. The gunmen who bombarded the facility and successfully operated for about one ...

  The Secretary-General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Muhammad Sanusi Barkindo has died. The outgoing Sec-Gen died at about 11p.m on Tuesday at the aged 63. Mele Kyari, group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, announced his death. In a post on Twitter, ...

  The Kuje Correctional Center is said to be under heavy bombardment by unidentified gunmen. A source who spoke to THE WHISTLER on telephone said “they are unleashing bombs. “We don’t know who is carrying out the attack but we can hear heavy sounds bearing the hallmark of bombs. “Everywhere ...

  Former United States president, Barack Obama has stated that increased access to abortion is one of the signs that the American democracy was growing. He lamented on Tuesday that there is still work to do in areas of abortion rights, gun control and LGBTQ rights, among others. He wrote ...

  Multichoice Nigeria has announced that season 7 of the Big Brother Naija reality TV show will commence on July 23, 2022. The winner of this season will walk away with N100 million prize at the end of the show. The anchor, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, also confirmed the news in a ...

  A former Chief of Army Staff and Nigeria’s Ambassador to Benin Republic, Tukur Buratai has denied links to monies and properties recently seized in Abuja by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). Recall that the ICPC had raided a property in the Wuse 2 area ...

  The Lagos State Ministry of Education on Monday evening said it has shut the Redeemers Nursery and Primary School, Ogba. The government said the school will remain closed, pending an administrative investigation of its operations and procedures as well as the conduct of its officials ¨C in line with ...

  The Federal Government has revoked the training contract awarded to Express Concern International (ECN) to train former Niger Delta militants. The Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Col.Milland Dikio (retd), made this known in a statement on Sunday signed by his spokesman, Neotabase Egbe. Dikio stated the ...

  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 ...