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Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former governor of Lagos state, has won the presidential primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Rotimi Amaechi, former minister of transportation and top contender, polled 316 votes while Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo got 235 votes. Senate President Ahmad Lawan, the ”consensus candidate” of Abdullahi Adamu, APC national chairman, polled 152 votes. Rochas Okorocha, Tein Jack-Rich and Tunde Bakare got zero vote; Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba got one vote; David Umahi polled 38 votes; Ogbonnaya Onu got one vote; Yahaya Bello polled 47 votes, and Ben Ayade got 37 votes. The former governor of Lagos will fly the party’s…

Siminialayi Fubara, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State, for the 2023 general election, has reportedly escaped an attempt by officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to arrest him. According to report by PUNCH, the incident happened on Tuesday night, at the Port Harcourt International Airport, as the plane ferrying Fubara and other PDP chieftains who had accompanied him to Abuja to receive his Certificate of Return touched down at the airport. THE WHISPERER gathered that some youths believed to be supporters of Fubara, in an attempt to resist his arrest, allegedly…

Voting was temporarily suspended at the convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at Eagle Square, Abuja, on Wednesday. According to Daily Trust, the exercise was put on hold as Kano delegates were casting their ballot in the keenly contested exercise. Chairman of Kano APC, Alhaji Abdullahi Abbas, was seen arguing with some officials before voting was suspended. Less than 20 of the 127 delegates from Kano had voted before the exercise was suspended. Some of the aspirants reportedly had more than one agent at the voting points, leading to protest. To douse tension, the Election committee ordered some persons…

Alhaji Isa Baba Buji, one of the delegates of Jigawa State at the ongoing special convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is dead. THE WHISPERER gathered Buji died at the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Tuesday. Until his sudden death, Buji was the APC vice chairman in charge of Jigawa South west. He reportedly slumped in the morning at the State Liaison Office at FCT, while getting ready to go to the venue of the convention. Confirming the development, the Jigawa State APC Public Relations Officer, Bashir Kundu, told Daily Trust, “Of course, he died this morning”. The public…

Nigerian Association of Christain Journalists, NACJ, is set to INDUCT TEN EMINENT NIGERIANS into the First Ever INTEGRITY HALL OF FAME, in Nigeria to commemorate the tenth Anniversary of the Association. This was made public in a Press Statement released by the Association today in Abuja. According to the statement, the Ten Eminent Nigerians have been selected in recorginition of their outstanding leadership qualities and high sense of INTEGRITY. In a Press Statement Signed by the National President of NACJ, Dr Charles Okhai, the event is scheduled to hold in August, 2022. He said that it is a higher level…