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Etigwe Uwa, an Abia State governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) has promised to reduce the rate of unemployment in the state if elected by the people of the state in next year's gubernatorial election. Etigwe made the promise yesterday during a screening exercise at the party's national headquarters in Abuja.   Fielding questions from journalists on the sideline of the exercise, Etigwe alluded the high rate of crime in the state to the increase in youths unemployment. He however gave the assurance that his government would harness the huge resources found in Abia…

Barely 24hours after the national leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) announced the costs of its nomination and expression of interest forms, two businessmen from Igbere, Bende Local Government Area of Abia State are set to issue a N200 million cheque for the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan and the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu to purchase theirs. The businessmen, Ukaegbu James, Nnanna Kalu, made the announcement on Wednesday evening in Abuja, noting that both Lawan and Kalu are competent leaders to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. The duo noted that APC needed a…

A group made up of traditional rulers, Abia North youth groups, Abia professionals, academicians, prominent members of the political class and top businessmen under the auspices of Abia North Stakeholders have told senatorial aspirants from Abia North senatorial district to forget their senatorial ambitions for the interest of the zone. According to a statement issued on Wednesday , the group is drumming support for the re-election of the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu. The leader of the group, Dr Kalu Ncheghe, said that indices showed that the Senate Chief Whip performed far better than other senators…

The All Progressives Congress has pegged its presidential nomination and expression of interest forms at N100 million. The party’s national publicity secretary, Felix Morka, disclosed this shortly after the 11th National Executive Meeting in Abuja on Wednesday. The nomination form would go for N70 million while expression of interest forms would go for N30 million. Opposing an earlier announcement by the party’s national women leader, Betta Edu, that the women will get free forms, Morka said women are entitled to free nomination forms but will pay for their expression of interest forms.

A frontline governorship aspirant in Abia State, Prof. Uchenna Eleazar Ikonne, has inaugurated members of his campaign council tagged Uche Ndi Abia 2023 Campaign Council. Ikonne who is favorite to clinch the governorship ticket of the People's Democratic Party, PDP, inaugurated the council on Tuesday. Ikonne posted the inauguration pictures on his facebook page sighted by THE WHISPERER. He said, "Yesterday, the gubernatorial campaign council of Uche Ndi Abia was inaugurated. "I charge them to discharge their duties with utmost responsibility, in order to realize the goal of ultimate victory. To God be the glory!" Among those inaugurated is a…

The Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, has appealed to the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to consider the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike for his presidential bid. Governor Ikpeazu described the Rivers Governor as the best candidate the PDP can queue behind in 2023. He stated this on Tuesday during a meeting between Wike and the National Working Committee of the party. According to Governor Ikpeazu, the two main requirements for the PDP to wrestle power from the ruling APC in 2023 are competence and acceptability. He opined that Governor Wike has met those requirements and has also…