Politics

The President of Mben Political Assembly (MPA), Chief Eme Uche Onuh has said that Abia North Senatorial Zone must produce the next governor of Abia State. According to him, this is in line with the Abia Charter of Equity, which the founding fathers of the state at its creation enunciated as an unwritten code to ensure peaceful transition of political power, especially the governorship, to the various blocs that make up the state. In an interview with VINCENT KALU of the SUN, Chief Onuh called on serving Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe from Abia South, who has indicated interest in the governorship…

Barely one year to the 2023 general election, speculations are growing over the “selection” of Hakeem Muri-Okunola as the next Lagos State Governor. Political forces reportedly picked the Head of Service (HoS) to emerge as All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate against Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. If this happens, it would be history repeating itself as former governor Akinwunmi Ambode suffered the same fate ahead of the 2019 election. Though governors in Lagos and Nigeria mostly get second term tickets, Ambode was denied a second chance, after party stalwarts insisted on his exit. To date, many believe his fallout with powerful APC…

Governor Udom Emmanuel on Sunday put to rest several months of speculations and permutations with the presentation of the state Commissioner of Lands, Pastor Umo Eno, as his preferred candidate to succeed him as governor in 2023. Eno was presented at a well-attended Peoples Democratic Party’s stakeholders’ meeting which took place at the Governor’s Lodge, in Uyo. Former Governor Obong Victor Attah, made the formal presentation of the governor’s successor to the stakeholders which comprised major and leading political chieftains from the three senatorial districts, who all applauded the choice and pledged to work towards his emergence as the governor…

A large presidential campaign billboard bearing the name and picture of the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has surfaced in the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra state. Kalu, a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), is currently the Senator representing Abia North Senatorial District. Our correspondent observed that the campaign banner which was attached to a bridge in a strategic location at the Uga Junction Bridge, had a picture of Kalu. Others were located at Approach Intra Onitsha and Asaba expressway. The campaign banner had the inscription, “For a better Nigeria, support Orji Uzor…

A former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, has declared to contest for presidency in 2023 on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Okorocha revealed this in a letter to the Senate President which was read by Ahmad Lawan at plenary. He said he will address a world press conference on Monday, 31 January 2022 to officially declare his ambition to contest the presidency. Okorocha, who is representing Imo West Senatorial District in the 9th Senate, is the latest politician from the South-East zone of Nigeria to join the presidential race. He is also the newest member…

Mr. Kalu Idika, a seasoned techocrat and career civil servant with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), says people have been asking him to contest the 2023 gubernatorial election in Abia State. In an interview with Sunny Idika, The Whisperer publisher, the Ohafia Improvement Union Abuja Branch Vice President said "I am under severe pressure from groups, association and unions to join the governorship race in 2023." Idika, who is the Chairman of Kalu Idika Foundation told THE WHISPERER that he was consulting with relevant stakeholders across the state. “Recently I met with members of Ohafia Progressives Assembly (OPA), a…

A coalition of youth associations and student groups, under the auspices of Orji Kalu Students Network (OSN), on Tuesday, began a door-door campaign in Nasarawa state for the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari. Orji Uzor Kalu, a Forbes rated billionaire, is the Senator representing Abia North Senatorial District. The coalition, made up of members from National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), All Progressives Congress (APC) leagues of Youth Leaders, National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Northern Students Parliament, among others. Leader of the group, Comrade Yakubu Arigu Muhammad said the former…

As the quest for the return of power to Abia North Senatorial Zone continues to gather momentum, the prevailing argument in the public opinion has always centred on the desire for change in status quo, vis-a-vis, effective leadership that will transform Abia State better than it is today. This has given birth to strong and dedicated contenders who believe in the school of thought that only good governance and focused leadership can reinvent the Abia Can – Do -Spirit if sustainable development is to be achieved. Among the foremost contenders from Abia-North, precisely Ohafia is Chief Dr Chidia Maduekwe, (ISHINKA…

Members of the Arewa Youths for Orji Uzor Kalu (AYOUK), have insisted that the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu is in good stead to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari at the expiration of the latter’s tenure in May 2023. AYOUK's position was made known in Gasau, the Zamfara state capital, when the National Coordinator of the group, Comrade Yakubu Arigu Muhammad met with Zamfara local government coordinators of the group. According to Muhammad, Nigeria’s Presidency might elude the Southeast in 2023 if any wrong move, such as failure to seriously consider total backing for Orji Uzor Kalu…