Politics

Barring any last minute change, the Deputy Governor of Edo State, Mr. Philip Shaibu is set to dump the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, THE WHISPERER has learnt. Vanguard was made to understand that if the body language and recent marathon meetings that took place outside the country last week between the Edo Deputy Governor and some party bigwigs in the country, are anything to go by, then Shaibu may dump the PDP anytime from now. It was gathered that series of meetings took place outside the country, during the deputy governor’s vacation before he returned to Nigeria last week. A…

Ahead of 2023 general elections, Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State, on Friday, said the All Progressives Congress, APC, is not interested in Igbo presidency. Uzodinma spoke while dismissing claims of APC zoning its presidential ticket to the Southeast. Appearing on Channels Television, Uzodinma said APC is looking for a Nigerian president. Asked if APC is committed to zoning the 2023 presidential ticket to the South-East, he responded: “We are not looking for an Igbo President. We are looking for a President of Nigeria. “We as a party APC believe what we are practicing here is partisan democracy and every…

*Restrains him from convening meetings A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has upheld the suspension of the embattled National Chairman of People’s Democratic Party, Uche Secondus. The court presided over by Justice Okugbelem Ggasam in his judgement on Friday relied on the suspension of Ward 5 in Andoni local government area of the State brought by some aggrieved members of the PDP, Ibeawuchi Ernest Alex and four others against Secondus and the PDP. Justice Gbasam also uphold the prayers of the aggrieved PDP members to retrain, suspend, Uche Secondus from attending, conveying PDP meetings in his capacity…

Governor Udom Emmanuel has finally put paid to rumours regarding his successor. The governor, THE WHISPERER learnt, has anointed his Commissioner for Lands and Water Resources, Rev. Umo Eno to succeed him in 2023. A top source who spoke in confidence informed THE INK that the governor who has always maintained that God will reveal his successor to him, has finally chosen Umo Eno, a top hotelier, to replace him as governor. Investigation by THE INK revealed that Mr. Udom Emmanuel has already beefed up security around the Water and Lands Commissioner, with some of the security personnel assigned him…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi State says that anyone wishing Nigerians to have Muhammadu Buhari’s kind as the next President of Nigeria come 2023 needs his psyche to be reexamined. The PDP Chairman, Elder Fred Udeogu, disclosed this while reacting to a statement credited to the Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, where he said God would give Nigeria a president “who has a good heart like President Muhammadu Buhari” in 2023. Reacting, the PDP chairman stated that Buhari’s home state governor, Aminu Bello Masari, and other notable northern leaders already acknowledged the government had failed Nigerians, while Umahi…

GOVERNOR Dave Umahi of Ebonyi state, Monday prayed that God should give Nigeria a president “who has good heart like President Muhammadu Buhari for the good of this country.” The governor also said that the people of South East are grateful to President Buhari for what he described as mega projects the President was doing in the zone. Governor Umahi, who spoke to State House correspondents after meeting with President Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, condemned the sit-at-home order declared by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, describing it as the worst thing to happen to the economy of…

Pundits have given reasons why the All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders are keeping an eye on former President Goodluck Jonathan to dump the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and pitch tent with the ruling party. Since the visit of APC governors led by Yobe State governor and chairman of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Mai Mala Buni, on the occasion of Jonathan’s birthday in his Abuja residence in November the polity has been twitching with speculations of his possible defection to the ruling party. Gunmen invade residence of Katsina lawmaker, abduct wife, children Woman, teenage daughters abducted as gunmen break…

The Kaduna local government elections held on September 4, 2021, were conducted using electronic voting machines. The Kaduna local government elections held on September 4, 2021, were conducted using electronic voting machines. The Peoples Democratic Party has won the chairmanship and councillorship seats in Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s Ungwar Sarki polling unit in Kaduna North Local Government Area. El-Rufai, a member of the All Progressive Congress, had earlier voted at the polling unit where he also declared that he is not desperate to win at all costs, but to improve the voting process using the Electronic Voting Machine. According to the…