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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that President Bola Tinubu’s Monday media chat has confirmed the president’s Insensitivity and disconnection from Nigerians. The main opposition party blamed the president and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the widespread hardship and suffering being faced by Nigerians. In a …

Access Holdings Plc has announced the completion of its Rights Issue, receiving full regulatory approvals from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This was contained in the company’s notice to the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) seen by THE WHISTLER. The recently concluded offer …

Former spokesperson and Director-General of Peter Obi’s Presidential Campaign Organisation, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has stated that the South, not the North, should produce Nigeria’s president in 2027. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Lagos, Okupe argued that geopolitical considerations make it unfair for the North to …

No fewer than 2,100 babies were delivered in the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), in the outgoing year 2024. The tertiary health institution also attended to about 300,000 patients, performed about 6,300 surgeries across its different theatres, treated and discharged about 20,000 patients during the year under review. The …

Tade Makinwa, a digital creator and author, who has known Olori Naomi Silekunola, the embattled ex-wife of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja II for over 16 years, has given reasons the highly respected traditional ruler won’t come to her aid. The former Queen and seven others are …

The Southern Governors Forum (SGF) has said its members are completely heartbroken over the death of Abdulwahab, the son of Governor Umar Namadi of Jigawa State just a day after the death of his grandmother. The SGF said this in a statement issued by its chairman, Governor Dapo Abiodun on …

Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has signed into law Seven Hundred and Fifty Billion, Two Hundred and Eighty-Two Million, Two Hundred Thousand Naira (750, 282, 200, 000) only for the 2025 fiscal year. The Governor while assenting to the bill commended the Abia State House of Assembly lawmakers for …

The lecturer said he was offered a PhD Programme in a Cyprus university for which he secured TETFund scholarship; however, he added that a large chunk of the funds was not released to him. Kamal A. Odunjo-Saka, a lecturer at Federal University Oye-Ekiti, (FUOYE) in Ekiti State has accused the …

Controversial social critic, Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, on Friday, said N180m was stolen from his NGO’s account after its website was hacked. Recall that Otse launched the NGO named Martins Vincent Osei Initiative in October to focus on community development and improving the quality of public education in …

The state’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Kayode Ajulo, issued the directive on Friday in a statement released in Akure, expressing concern over the high number of state assets in private hands one year after Akeredolu’s death. The Ondo State government has warned associates of the late Governor …