Politics

In 2023, the three Senatorial Districts of Ebonyi State would have taken turns in producing governors of the state known for its potential in agriculture. It started with Sam Egwu (Ebonyi North) to Martin Elechi (Ebonyi Central) and now to David Umahi (Ebonyi South). Barring unforeseen circumstances, all the zones would have enjoyed eight years in office after Governor Umahi completes his tenure in 2023. A charter of equity by the founding fathers before the creation of Ebonyi had indicated that gubernatorial power will rotate between the Afikpo and Abakaliki blocs that make up the state. However, on creation, the…

Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State and other members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Caretaker/ Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, CECPC have been sacked. A Delta State High Court sitting in Asaba, Wednesday, restrained the Governor and the others from parading themselves as Chairman and members of the APC CECPC until the determination of a substantive suit before the court. Justice Onome Marshal Umukoro, who presided over the matter, also stopped the Party’s scheduled LG Congress in Delta State slated for September 4, 2021. Olorogun Elvis Ayomanor, who is the APC Deputy Chairman in the state had led other…

Battle For Kano Governorship In 2023 Begins As List Of APC Aspirants Emerges Although it may be argued that political activities towards the 2023 national elections have not begun in full blast, keen political actors have started the jostle to position themselves for vantage political offices. This can be observed in Kano State, which is unarguably the political melting pot of Northern Nigeria. At the moment, a sizable number of politicians have started indicating interests to come forward and contest for the most exalted position in the state. Politicians in the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kano State have…

More trouble for Seconds as  Rivers PDP suspends national chairman The Peoples Democratic Party Ward 5 in Ikuru town, Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State has suspended the embattled National Chairman of the party, Uche Secondus. Secondus is a prominent politician from Andoni in Rivers State. He was a former Chairman of the PDP in Rivers and a former National Organising Secretary of the party. The Ward Chairman of the Party, George Christopher, announced this at the party’s extraordinary meeting at the party’s Secretariat at Ikuru town, Andoni Local Government Area. The chairman said eleven executive members out of…

Six serving members of the Anambra State House of Assembly under the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the forthcoming governorship election in the state. Chairman APC Caretaker and Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee and Yobe state Governor Mai Mala Buni, have however, received the lawmakers and imediately presented with the APC flag at the end of a strategic meeting held behind closed doors. The six state lawmakers include; Hon. Nonso Okafor, representing Nnewi North, Hon. Timothy Ifedioramma, representing Njikoka 1, Hon. Cater D. N Umeoduagu, representing Aguata 1,…

Following the political situation in Anambra State, all is now set for 12 out of 30 members of the Anambra State House of Assembly to formally decamp from the All Progressive Grand Alliance(APGA) to the All Progressive Congress (APC), THE WHISPERER has learnt. Party insiders told THE WHISPERER that the members moved against Obiano because he “narrowed the party to himself’” and one of the founders of APGA, committed many infractions, sidelined the NEC and carried out solely many actions that needed NEC’s ratification including the nomination of Prof. Charles Soludo. The source who refused to be named also confirmed…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) conflict reconciliation panel has attributed the leadership crisis tearing apart the opposition party to the battle between Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike and suspended Chairman Uche Secondus, it was learnt. The eight-man panel headed by former Senate President David Mark has decided to meet with the two gladiators before the end of this week to press for the withdrawal of court cases in connection with the crisis. There has been a plethora of cases since the Rivers State High Court granted an interim injunction stopping Secondus from parading himself as chairman or conducting affairs of…

The Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has denied knowledge of any agreement between President Muhammadu Buhari and Bola Ahmed Tinubu ahead of the 2023 election. Senator Rufai Hanga, a key founding member the APC, had implied that there was an arrangement between Tinubu and Buhari on the 2023 presidential election. But when asked by Daily Trust if such pact existed between Buhari and Tinubu to hand over power to the latter, Amaechi said he does not know. He stated that as the director-general of APC Campaign Organisation during the 2015 and 2019 presidential election, he did not witness such…

There is a high likelihood that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will pick its presidential candidate for the 2023 elections from the northern part of the country as stakeholders are set to zone the chairmanship position of the party to the South. During its 92nd National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting at the weekend, the party had announced that it will arrive at a zoning formula for the National Working Committee (NWC) at a meeting billed for September 9. This comes as the struggle for political power among the political gladiators hots up ahead of the party’s national convention slated for…