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Sep

10

2024

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Udi LGA Election: Nachi and Umuaga Wards Pledge Total Solidarity For PDP

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....As the party's flagbearer, Engr. Hyginus Ogbonna Agu assures them of partnership, all inclusive governance. The people of Nachi have reiterated their unflinching resolve to vote massively for the candidates of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming Udi LGA Chairmanship and Councillorship elections slated for 21st September,2024. They made this known to the party when its campaign train visited the community on Tuesday, 10th September, 2024 at Ohankpagu, Nachi. Welcoming the august visitors, the President General of Nachi, *Dr. Peter Nwanna Onuigbo* thanked the Enugu State government ably led by His Excellency, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah for considering…

Aug

18

2024

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EXCLUSIVE: LG Polls: Zoning Tears Ohafia LGA Political Stakeholders Apart

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All seems unwell with the Ohafia Local Government Area chapter of the Labour Party (LP) as the zoning arrangement for the chairmanship position is believed to have torn the party apart ahead of the council elections in Abia State. The Whisperer reports that Ohafia Local Government Area with eleven federal wards is politically divided into Ohafia North (Abiriba and Nkporo) and Ohafia South. Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, had earlier this month told journalists that he was waiting on the state House of Assembly to put in place some legislative matters before it will conduct local government election. Despite the…

Jul

13

2024

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BREAKING: Ex-Senate President, Anyim Pius Anyim Formally Dumps PDP For APC

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Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim, has officially dumped the Peoples Democratic Party for the ruling All Progressive Congress. He announced the defection at the Pa Ngele Township Abakaliki, the state capital, during the Grand Finale of the APC Local Government election Campaign on Saturday. He led a host of other notable personalities across other political parties, including former state and National Assembly members, former governorship candidate of Labour Party in the state, Edwin Nkwegu, Senator Obinna Ọgba, former national and state assembly candidates and thousands of their supporters to join the party. On hand…

Jul

13

2024

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‘I Have Left PDP’ — Daniel Bwala Reveals Party He’ll Soon Join

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Daniel Bwala, former spokesperson for the Atiku Abubakar 2023 election campaign, says he is no longer a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Bwala spoke in a chat with Channels TV’s Politics Today on Thursday. He added that he is “very close” to joining the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). “I am not a member of the PDP. Yes, I have left the PDP,” he said. “I am very close [to joining APC].” Bwala was the spokesperson for the PDP presidential campaign organisation during the 2023 election. He was one of President Bola Tinubu’s fiercest critics during the election…

Jul

12

2024

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Ex-Secretary To Government Of The Federation Pius Anyim Set To Join APC

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A former Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Anyim Pius Anyim is set to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC), The Whisperer has gathered. Anyim, who is a founding member of the PDP in Ebonyi state, was also a former president of the Nigerian Senate. “His supporters had earlier joined us. He is expected to formally join our us tomorrow. PDP is finished in Ebonyi state,” a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) told The Whisperer. In April, 2024 loyalists of Anyim dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All…

Jul

12

2024

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Ex–Kano Senator Doguwa Dumps APC, Accuses Party Of Running Anti-People Polices

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An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain and former Senator, Mas’ud El-Jibril Doguwa, his supporters and political associates have announced their resignation from the party. The senator announced this in a statement issued Thursday evening. He said, “My supporters, working colleagues and other political associates, do hereby resign our membership of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and all its committees at various levels, with effect from today, Thursday, July 11, 2024 at about 1700hrs. “This decision is consequent upon series of wide-range consultations with our people who believe that APC, at all levels, does not take advantage of our long-standing experience…

Jul

08

2024

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2027 Polls: Atiku, Obi, Kwankwaso, Osinbajo, Amaechi, Others Must Align To Defeat Tinubu, Says Ex–APC Vice Chairman

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A former national vice chairman, North-west of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Lukman has charged former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Governor Peter Obi, former Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, former Governor Rotimi Ameachi to forge an alliance to unseat President Bola Tinubu and his party in 2027. He threw the same charge to former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, former Governor Nasir El-rufai, former Governor Rauf Aregbesola, former Governor Kayode Fayemi and former Ibikunle Amosun, among other political leaders. Lukman, in a statement, titled: “Future of Democracy in Nigeria” said building the kind of united front capable of moving Nigerian…

Jun

18

2024

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Angry Rivers Youths Destroy Statue Of FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike In Obio/Akpor Council Area (Photos, Video)

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Supporters of Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State have destroyed the statue of former governor Nyesom Wike in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area. Obio/Akpor is the local government area of the minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. On Tuesday, Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State directed the administrative heads of local governments to take charge of the councils and to await further directives following the expiration of the tenure of the elected council chairpersons and councillors on Monday. “Heads of local governments administration are hereby directed to immediately take charge of the councils and await further directives,” the governor…

Jun

17

2024

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Board Appointments: Abia APC Write Tinubu, Reject Nomination Of Ohuabunwa, Others, Say Only Two Are Party Members

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Members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Abia State Chapter under the aegis of Abia APC Stakeholders Forum (AASF) have rejected all other nominees for appointments into the various governing boards/councils of Tertiary institutions in Nigeria except two nominations. The Forum stated that outside the former minister of state for science and technology, Chief Henry Ikoh and Barrister Chijioke Ikpo, the other nominees belonged to either the Labour Party (LP) or the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). To this end, the group has written to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, appealing for the withdrawal of the names. Signed by the former…

Jun

05

2024

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ABIA:YPP Stakeholders Reaffirm Nwafor, Ukpai Ohafia As Leaders, Pledge Support For Tinubu, Otti, Orji Kalu, Ibe Okwara

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Stakeholders of the Young Progressive Party (YPP), in Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency have reaffirmed support for its governorship candidate in the 2023 gubernatorial election in Abia State, Engr. Enyinnaya Nwafor. The leaders unanimously adopted Chief Dr. Stephen Ukpai Ohafia as the leader of the party in the federal constituency through a motion moved by Pastor Success Okorie, with Chief Goody Imo seconding the motion. The stakeholders who spoke during an enlarged meeting featuring ward and local government leaders —which was powered by Chief Ukpai Ohafia pledged to support the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Governor of Abia State, Dr Alex…