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All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Osun, Bola Oyebamiji, has pledged that his administration will

Family and friends have showered encomiums on the popular Lagos All Progressives Congress (APC) Governor’s Advisory Council on his 80th Birthday Celebration on Saturday in Lagos. The Daughter of the Celebrant, Mulikhat Sonubi, describes her dad as disciplined and very factual when it comes to reality. She explained that the children never missed a beat […]

Enugu West Senatorial District of Enugu State, weekend, donated N100m to Gov Peter Mbah for the purchase of his nomination form for his second tenure.

THE WHISTLER reports that the zone is made of up Awgu, Oji River, Ezeagu, Udi and Aninri local government areas. The donation was made at a rally to drum support for Mbah and President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 general elections.

The senator representing Enugu West Senatorial District, Senator Osita Ngwu, said the decision was based on performance. He listed Mbah’s legacy initiatives to include the Command and Control Centre to help improve security across the state, as well as Smart Schools and Type-2 Healthcare Centres in all the political wards in the state.

He also commended Gov Mbah’s road infrastructure in the zone. “Before, if you were going to Aguobu Owa through 9th Mile, it would seem like a journey of no return. But now, it takes you only a few minutes. It is the handiwork of Gov Mbah. These are not promises; these are realities; these are dividends of democracy.”

He also commended President Tinubu for embarking on major projects in South East and Enugu State in particular.

Former Chief of Naval Staff and former Military Governor of old Anambra State, Rear Admiral Allison Madueke (rtd), also backed the endorsement of Mbah and Tinubu by the zone.

Madueke said, “The testimonies today are accurate. The people have spoken. All we want to do is to ask Mbah to go back and do more.”

Also speaking, former Senator President Ken Nnamani urged electorate in the state to vote Mbah to continue with his developmental initiatives in the state. He said electing another person as governor aside Mbah would disrupt the guber zoning chemistry of the state.

In his words, “Any other candidate apart from Mbah does not guarantee Enugu West’s turn by 2031. Besides, currently on the stage, we have someone with integrity and performance. Even among his colleague governors, he is highly rated. And he is ready to continue to perform.”

Mbah described the rally as overwhelming. “This rally is of epic proportions. You have also become standard bearers for equity, justice, fairness, and unity. You are also showing that you are not lightheaded; that you are strategic.”

Mbah urged them to cast their votes for Tinubu to sustain his economic reforms and national development agenda.

Quoting him, “By this endorsement, you recognise the positive results of Mr President in the stabilisation of our macro indicators, making sure that our foreign exchange is stabilised; that our inflation rate is trending downwards; that our foreign reserves are growing above the $50 billion mark, and that the states now have enough money to execute massive projects. The local governments in Enugu State are also executing numerous projects that I am being invited almost on a weekly basis to come and commission.”

He assured the people that he would continue to justify their confidence in his administration and pledged that President Tinubu would also not disappoint them.

The motion for Tinubu’s endorsement was moved by the House of Representatives member for Ezeagu/Udi Federal Constituency, Hon Sunday Umeha, and seconded by the Executive Director (Projects), South East Development Commission, Hon Toby Okechukwu.

Similarly, the motion for Mbah’s endorsement was moved by the Speaker of the Enugu State House of Assembly, Hon Uchenna Ugwu, and seconded by the lawmaker representing Aninri State Constituency, Hon Magnus Ede.

2027: Enugu Senatorial District Gifts Mbah ₦100m To Buy Nomination Form is first published on The Whistler Newspaper

Popular content creator and influencer, Emmanuel Obruste, better known as GehGeh, has finally responded to his sister over neglect allegation.

DAILY POST reports that GehGeh’s younger sister had called him out for neglecting her and other siblings despite being wealthy. Alleging she was bounced out of GehGeh’s house warming ceremony.

Reacting to the allegations, many Nigerians criticised GehGeh on social media.

Speaking amid the backlash, GehGeh in a video on his Instagram page, stated that “I never get the kind of money wey fit raise family from poverty. I can only do my best and not my all.”

Narrating how he has supported his family in the past, the content creator, who claimed to have bought the phone her sister is currently using, told her siblings to go and get a job and stop depending on him.

GehGeh who disclosed that he is the first person in his family to breakthrough, said “I no go help anybody in this life to the point wey be say I go con later need help from them. I will not do it. I will give my best not my all. See, I wicked ooo. Yes I wicked. Na wickedness carries me reach this level.

“I’m very wicked with my money. I wouldn’t have gotten to this level if I kept giving money to everyone that asked for help. Asake don blow for over four years now as an international super star, but na this year he bought cars for his parents. I started earning money from social media two years ago and you expect me to just carry my full family wey don poor in history. Bro, in the history of my family. I’m the only one that has seen light. And you dey expect that as I see the light, make I just carry everybody once from poverty?

“Make I con get one sister wey no wan work. My advice to my brother and sister is that they should go and work, don’t depend on me. I get family with three children to take care of. I’m applying strategy over emotions because I never get the kind of money to raise family from poverty. In the history of my family, I’m the first person to build a duplex and cars. In such a family, you just want me to elevate everyone?”, he asked.

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I don’t have money that can lift family members from poverty’ – GehGeh replies sister

Former Kogi lawmaker, Senator Dino Melaye, has declared that he would defeat President Bola Tinubu in a credible election, while stressing that his main focus is backing a united opposition candidate.

Melaye made the remarks during an interview on Mic On Podcast hosted by Seun Okinbaloye, where he criticised the current administration and expressed confidence in alternative candidates.

“My brother, anybody among those interested in presidency in ADC would do one million times better than Tinubu. They can never be a worse president than Tinubu,” he said.

Speaking on his own chances, the former senator insisted he could unseat the President under a transparent process.
“Me, Dino Melaye. Let’s go on a free and fair election,” he stated.
“I will beat him flat in the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”

Despite his confidence, Melaye said his immediate priority is not necessarily personal ambition but ensuring a united front against the current government.

“My own for now is that we must send Tinubu away. Whoever emerges from consensus or from a primary, I will support,” he said.

He also alleged that the President may not be willing to allow a credible electoral process.
“Let him allow a free and fair contest. And if he doesn’t allow it, we will make him conduct our election. Because he doesn’t want election. He wants to be Kabiyesi. He wants to be Igwe,” he added.

On coalition talks, Melaye dismissed speculation about joint tickets, saying the priority is national interest.

“I am not interested in any joint ticket or non-joint ticket, we are only interested in rescuing this country,” he said.

The former lawmaker also raised concerns about governance, alleging undue influence by non-elected individuals, particularly the President’s son, Seyi Tinubu.

“My son will not interfere with governance. My son will not summon DGs of parastatals and agencies of government and ministers,” he said.

He further criticised what he described as the growing visibility of Seyi Tinubu in public affairs, referencing comments by Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka.

“Even our respected Wole Soyinka complained about him. You have seen the City Boy Movement and what they are doing,” he said.

Melaye maintained that opposition figures are already strategising ahead of future elections, stressing that unity will be key to achieving their goal.

I can defeat Tinubu in free, fair election – Dino Melaye

Shekarau announced his decision on Sunday, stating that the move followed

Goldberg Lager Beer has unveiled Back to Bar, a new consumer campaign built around how Nigerians already experience football: in bars, with friends, and in real time.

The campaign was introduced at a press briefing held at the Lagos Brewery Bar on Friday, April 17, where media, football enthusiasts, and respected voices in the game gathered for its official launch. Former Super Eagles players, including Friday Elahor, Victor Agali, Ifeanyi Udeze, Jonathan Akpobore, Precious Dede, and Ebi Onome, were in attendance, reinforcing the brand’s long-standing connection to football culture in Nigeria.

At its core, Back to Bar is designed to be straightforward. Consumers who purchase two bottles of Goldberg at participating bars receive instant airtime rewards and qualify for weekly raffle draws. Over the course of the campaign, ten winners will earn all-expense-paid trips to the United Kingdom or Lisbon to watch the Super Eagles live.

The structure reflects a deliberate choice: keep the mechanics simple, the rewards immediate, and the process transparent. For a category where trust and participation are closely linked, the campaign leans into visibility, making it easy for consumers to understand how it works and what they stand to gain.

Speaking at the launch, Senior Brand Manager, Goldberg, Nigerian Breweries Plc, Kunle Aroyehun, said the campaign was shaped by current consumer realities.

“We understand what it means to go to a bar right now. People are more intentional with how they spend, but they still want to enjoy football and the moments that come with it.

Back to Bar is our way of meeting that reality. If someone is already making that choice at a participating bar, then it should feel worthwhile from the first two bottles. There is instant value, and beyond that, a real opportunity to experience football at a completely different level.

 

What matters to us is that people can see how it works and trust it.”

Also speaking, Head of Marketing Communications, Nigerian Breweries Plc, Sandra Amachree, noted that the campaign is rooted in how football is experienced locally.

“Football in Nigeria is not something people experience occasionally; it is part of everyday life. And for many fans, that experience is shaped in bars.

What we are doing with Back to Bar is recognising that space for what it truly is, not just a place to watch the game, but where fan culture is formed and shared. Our role is to support that culture in a way that feels natural. When you get that right, the brand is no longer separate from the experience; it becomes part of it.”

The campaign has now rolled out across participating bars nationwide, with weekly draws and real-time winner announcements designed to keep participation visible and easy to follow.

 

Goldberg Launches ‘Back to Bar’, Giving 10 Fans chance to watch the Super Eagles Live in the UK, Lisbon

A High Court in Kano has reaffirmed Abdullahi Abiya as the authentic chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the state, nullifying the earlier dissolution of the party’s leadership.

The court ruled that the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) acted beyond its constitutional powers when it dissolved the state, local government, and ward executives without involving the National Executive Committee (NEC).

Abiya had taken the NWC to court before Justice Nasiru Saminu, challenging the decision and accusing the party leadership of denying him and others a fair hearing.

He also asked the court to stop Hashimu Suleiman Dungurawa from parading himself as a parallel chairman in Kano.

In his judgment, Justice Saminu set aside the dissolution and issued a perpetual injunction preventing the party and its agents from interfering with the tenure of the duly elected executives at all levels in Kano State.

The court also upheld the expulsion of Dungurawa from the NNPP, ruling that the action taken by his ward and ratified by higher party structures followed due process and complied with the party’s constitution.

In a specific order, the court restrained Dungurawa, “whether by himself, his agents, privies, servants or any person acting through or under him, from further parading himself as the Kano State Chairman of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) or performing any functions attached to that office”.

Abiya had urged the court to declare “that the purported dissolution of the duly elected Kano State, Local Government and Ward Executive Committees of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) by the Defendant, acting through its National Working Committee, is ultra vires, unconstitutional, null and void, same having been carried out outside the powers conferred by Article 10.3 of the Constitution of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP).”

He also argued that “the Defendant’s reliance on Article 10.3(e) of its Constitution to effect a blanket dissolution extending to Local Government and Ward Executive Committees, and without the involvement of the National Executive Committee (NEC), constitutes an abuse of discretionary power, and is therefore unlawful, ultra vires and void ab initio.”

On fair hearing, Abiya maintained that “the dissolution of the duly elected Kano State, Local Government and Ward Executive Committees of the Defendant without notice, hearing, or opportunity to be heard violates the Plaintiffs’ right to fair hearing guaranteed under section 36(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) is unconstitutional, unlawful, null and void.”

He further sought “a declaration that any action taken by the Defendant, its organs, agents, committees or privies pursuant to or founded upon the said purported dissolution is illegal, ineffective and of no legal consequence whatsoever.”

The court granted all the reliefs sought by Abiya and awarded N500,000 in costs against Dungurawa and the NNPP National Working Committee.

Court reinstates Abiya as Kano NNPP chairman

The Nigerian Army has arrested over 20 suspected terrorists and other suspected criminals in a coordinated nationwide operation within the last 24 hours in its renewed fight against insurgent activities.

In an operational report made available on Sunday at the Nigerian Army Headquarters in Abuja, it explained that the arrests were made during intelligence-led offensives conducted in collaboration with other security agencies and local vigilantes, targeting terrorist hideouts, kidnapping syndicates, and criminal networks operating in several states.

According to the report, in Kogi State, troops of 12 Brigade, in conjunction with the Nigerian Police and vigilantes, conducted offensive operations at Kakuma Ileteju/Origa and Ijumu villages, during which 2 suspected terrorists were arrested and two motorcycles and two chainsaw machines were recovered.

Similarly, it explained that troops of Sector 1 Operation FANSAN YAMMA apprehended a suspected terrorist at Afaka in Kaduna State, who confessed to abandoning a terrorist camp due to internal clashes among terrorist leaders.

According to the report, “In Sokoto State, troops of COAS Intervention Battalion VII with 8 Division Nigerian Army Stalkers cleared multiple villages in Tangaza Local Government Area, destroying a terrorist camp and recovering two camouflage trousers.”

It added that troops also rescued a Nigerien national held captive for over three weeks, further highlighting the cross-border dimension of terrorist activities in Niger State, stressing that the troops neutralised threats by disposing of one IED, apprehending five suspects and destroying terrorist camps and illegal mining sites.

The report further explained that the troops also recorded major successes in rescue operations, saying that in Kwara State, troops swiftly responded to a distress call, forcing terrorists to abandon three kidnapped victims.

In Edo State, the report stated that troops responded to multiple incidents, rescuing victims, apprehending five suspected kidnappers and recovering one AK-47 rifle with nine rounds of 7.62mm special ammunition and three mobile phones.

Additional operations led to the rescue of two kidnapped farmers and, in Delta State, troops arrested a suspected IPOB terrorist at Umunede Junction.

It further explained that in the South-South, troops of 2 Brigade conducted raids on drug peddlers’ hideouts in Akwa Ibom State, arresting six suspects and recovering 20kg of cannabis sativa, 120g of Canadian Loud, 27.5g of Colorado, 4.3g of methamphetamine (ice), 15 bottles of codeine, one sachet of tramadol, and N431,500.00.

In Rivers State, troops uncovered and dismantled illegal bunkering infrastructure. Items recovered include four galvanised pipes (about 50m), four hoses (about 100m each), one big empty reservoir, one big drum oven, two big empty receivers, one big coolant, one medium drum oven, and three small coolants.

Others are one small active drum oven containing about 50 litres of AGO, one small empty drum oven, two empty drum receivers, one galvanised pipe (about 15m), two hoses (about 50m each), one receiver, one coolant, and one waste pit.

In Plateau State, troops of Operation ENDURING PEACE intercepted criminal elements, arresting nine suspects and recovering one SMG rifle, one locally made revolver rifle, one pistol, 20 rounds of 9mm ammunition, three motorcycles, seven mobile phones, and N35,500.

Additionally, troops in Abia State discovered and handled sacks of suspected stolen crude oil hidden within the Imo River axis in line with operational directives.

Army arrests over 20 suspected terrorists in nationwide operations

Former Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye, has stated that he would defeat President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in a free and fair election. Melaye made the declaration during an interview with Seun Okinbaloye on Mic On, where he criticised the current administration and expressed confidence in his chances if given a level playing field. He argued […]