Politics

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…

Fulani herdsmen prefer Tinubu as president in 2023, says Miyetti Allah Fulani herdsmen are considering the adoption of APC national leader Bola Tinubu as their presidential candidate ahead of the 2023 presidential election, preferring him to others in ruling Nigeria, says Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN). “We are also scanning the people showing interest in the presidential seat with Bola Tinubu leading because he was the one that intervened in our matter while he was governor of Lagos, and we had a crisis in Benue,” said the MACBAN on Sunday after a meeting at the Agricultural and Rural Management…

As the 2023 presidential race gathers momentum, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, is all out to edge out former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, erstwhile Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and other contenders for the party’s ticket from the North. Multiple high-level party sources told Daily Trust that Wike, who they described as the sole financier of the main opposition party has reached out to many of his colleagues on this agenda. A source with knowledge of the permutations said the Rivers State governor was all out to zone the party’s presidential ticket to the South. Two sitting governors who are members…

The Abia North Youths Stakeholders for Development have reaffirmed their support for Senator Orji Uzor Kalu's developmental efforts and effective representation of the senatorial district through his people oriented Bills and Motions. The non-governmental organisation (NGO), in a statement signed by their coordinator, Dr. Ijoma Okoro Ijoma, further commended the senator for giving the zone a voice. The group commended supporters of the Senate Chief Whip including women, youths and students groups for their steadfastness and total commitment. They further reaffirmed their support for Senator Kalu by passing a vote of confidence on him and promised to follow his political…

...call on political parties to honour zoning presidency to southern states AHEAD of 2023 general elections with heightened political permutations and strategies, Civil Society Organisations under the auspices of Coalition of Civil Society Groups, CCGS, Friday, resolved to support southern presidency. This stand by CCGS was declared during a media conference held in Abuja, where the President, CCGS, Basset Etuk Williams, and Secretary General, CCGS, Abubakar Ibrahim, in an address read pointed that since the return of democracy on May 29, 1999, there has been "an unwritten convention in the country for power rotation between the North and South." The…

The chief whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has stated that he is competent enough to be Nigeria's next President of the country. Kalu told newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday, January 19, that if the APC zones its ticket to the southeast, he will commence serious campaignsHowever, the former Abia governor made it clear that he is in no way desperate to become the president in 2023 Abuja - Senator Orji Kalu has stated that he is very well capable to lead Nigeria but is not desperate to attain the presidency. Kalu made this submission on Wednesday, January…