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Chairman of Labour Party Yakurr Local Government Area, Comrade Akpama Kammonke Essien has congratulated Nigerians on this year's DEMOCRACY DAY commemoration. Akpama in a statement signed by the Publicity Secretary of the party, Comrade Leo Lekam Ofem, stressed on the need for Nigerians to get their permanent voter's card ahead of the 2023 general elections.   The statement said, "Nigerians should participatively get themselves involved in the ongoing Permanent Voters Card (PVC) registration process across the country ahead of 2023 general elections to enable them be a part of those who'll chose who becomes our leader at all levels, thereby…

Following the deadline issued by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ahead of the 2023 general elections, there are strong indications that the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu may unveil his running mate on Wednesday, June 15. THE WHISPERER gathered that Tinubu would conclude consultations with the party’s stakeholders, including governors on Tuesday and would announce his running mate on Wednesday. Recall that the APC governors and other stakeholders had agreed that the North-East should produce the vice-presidential candidate of the party. Tinubu’s associate and Lagos Vice Chairman (Central) of the APC, Hakeem Bamgbala, in an…

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State, Monday stressed that Ebonyi people will not vote for Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 general election in the State. According to Vanguard, Umahi stated this during the swearing in ceremony of five Commissioners and two Special Assistant, SA, into his cabinet including 6 Development Center Coordinators at the Exco chambers of the new Government House, Abakaliki. The Governor insisted that the state will vote only for the All Progressives Congress APC and urged the people not to vote for the Labour Party during the election. According to him, the votes of the State…

Senator Uche Ekwunife (Anambra central) has said it’s laughable for former Anambra Governor Peter Obi to achieve his presidential ambition on the platform of the Labour Party (LP). The two-term Senator, who is gunning for another term on the ticket of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), declared her party is still solid as a rock in Anambra State. Addressing PDP stakeholders at her event Centre in Awka at the weekend, Ekwunife, said it would be a pipe dream for Obi to beat PDP or any other party in Anambra with Labour party. According to The Nation, though stakeholders cautioned her…

There are feelers that stakeholders in the North, on Monday, opted for Former Borno State governor, Senator Kashim Shettima, as running mate to the standard bearer of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu. A source told Daily Independent that stakeholders in the region believes that the former Borno State governor is a better option than the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara and the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, who were reportedly in the race. Speaking under condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media, the National Working Committee…