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Dec

01

2022

Senate considers Orji Kalu’s bill seeking to make Criminal Justice Act ‘more humane’

Lifestyle, Metro, News, Opinion, PoliticsCrime, Kuje prison, Metro, Nigeria, Opinion, Orji Uzor Kalu, Politics, Security

A bill seeking to amend of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) has passed second reading at the senate. The bill sponsored by him Orji Uzor Kalu, senate chief whip, is seeking to make the law more “effective and more humane”. The bill passed first reading at the upper legislative chamber in July 2020 about a month after he was released from prison. The former governor of Abia state was released from the Kuje Correctional Centre on June 2, 2020. He had spent five months in prison.In December 2019, a federal high court in Lagos convicted the chief whip of money laundering…

Nov

30

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Native Doctor Guns Down Client While Testing Anti-Gun Charm

Lifestyle, MetroCrime, Enugu State, Lifestyle, Metro, Native Doctor, Security

Enugu state police said they arrested a native doctor in Umuaram, Ikem, a community in the state’s Isi-Uzo local government area, for allegedly shooting dead his client in Eha-Amufu, another community in the council area. The suspect, 23-year-old Emmanuel Odoh, allegedly killed the victim, Onunze Benedict, at a shrine while testing a gunshot protection amulet that the native doctor had prepared for the victim. State police spokesman Daniel Ndukwe, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, said the suspect was arrested on November 16 by police officers from the Isi-Uzo Police Division Headquarters. Ndukwe, deputy superintendent of police, said…

Nov

29

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

FCT budget jumps from N329 billion to N607.9 billion in less than 1year

Lifestyle, Metro, News, PoliticsAbuja, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics, Security

The House of Representatives has passed the budget of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT for the 2022 fiscal year. The N607.9 billion budget was passed on Tuesday after consideration by the Committee on Supply. The new budget of the ministry shows that the budget of the FCT has increased from N329 billion in 2021 to N607.9 billion in 2022. The breakdown of the budget shows that N403.6 billion has been allocated for capital projects. This allocation is more than the entire N329 billion budget of 2021. N127 billion has been allocated to overheads and N76 billion for personnel costs. The…

Nov

29

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Ikpeazu, Kalu, Sani, Obi Cubana, Others To Grace Ohafia Day Abuja, December 4

Abia State, Metro, News, OhafiaAbia State, Metro, Nigeria, Ohafia

The Abuja Branch of Ohafia Improvement Union (OIU) has concluded plans to hold the 2022 edition of Ohafia day celebration on Sunday, December 4, at Sandralia Hotel, Jabi Abuja. A press statement signed by the Secretary of the Association, Mr. Lopez Okwara Mba Awa and made available to THE WHISPERER disclosed that the theme of this year’s Ohafia Day Celebration is titled: "Ikpirikpe" which literally means “Using culture and tradition to drive development”. According to the press statement, the Central planning committee of the event as set up by the President of Ohafia Improvement Union Abuja Branch, Chief Paul Ibe,…

Nov

27

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

12-year-old boy kidnaps 3-year-old girl, demands N150,000 ransom

Lifestyle, MetroCrime, Kano State, Kidnappers, Lifestyle, Metro, Nigeria, Security

The operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command have arrested a 12-year-old boy for allegedly kidnapping a three-year-old girl. The father of the girl reported to the police that he got an anonymous call informing him that his daughter had been kidnapped. The anonymous caller demanded N150,000 from the girl’s father as ransom before his daughter would be released. The Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Police Command, Ahmed Wakil, stated these in a media statement made available to journalists in the state on Saturday. The statement titled, ‘The arrest of a minor for Kidnapping’ read, “the suspect lured the girl…