Politics

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…

The National Assembly Progressive Media Aides, (NAPMAIDES) has welcomed the defection of Former Minister of Aviation, Senator Stella Oduah to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). NAPMAIDES an umbrella body of Media Aides to Legislators elected under the ruling APC while commending the Gov. Buni Led Caretaker Committee also charged the party to emerge victorious forthcoming Anambra Gubernatorial election. Oyelude said this in a statement released to pressmen in Abuja on Friday 27th August, 2021, through its Chairman , Prince Oyelude Oladele, the group lauded the defection of Senator Stella Oduah representing Anambra North Senatorial…

Former Aviation Minister, Stella Oduah has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Stella, currently the Senator for Anambra North, was part of President Goodluck Jonathan’s cabinet. The lawmaker defected on Thursday at a brief ceremony the APC held in Abuja to admit her into the fold. In attendance were the Chairman, APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) and Yobe Governor, Mai Mala Buni. Others were Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege; Chairman, Progressive Governors’ Forum and Kebbi Governor, Atiku Bagudu; Imo Governor, Hope Uzodimma, among others. The Anambra APC governorship candidate, Senator Andy…

Fresh reports indicate the senator will soon move to the ruling party after key chieftains in Anambra APC reconciled their differences recently. Stella Adaeze Oduah, Senator representing Anambra North is set to join the All Progressives Congress (APC) from People's Democratic Party (PDP), THE WHISPERER has learnt. Before now, there have been rumours about the planned defection of Oduah, who is the Vice Chairman of Senate Committee on Appropriation. In 2015, she was elected to the Nigerian Senate to represent Anambra North Senatorial District. She was one of the only seven women elected to the 8th Senate. Others were Rose…

As the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) prepares for national convention, gladiators eyeing the position of national chairmen are warming up. They are mainly from the South. This may have raised expectations that the main opposition party may zone its 2023 presidential ticket to the North. Atiku Abubakar Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has not hidden his desire to contest for the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 presidential election. While it may be too early in the day to weigh Atiku in the balance, developments in the party and projections in the months ahead will…

UMEOJI/JUDE OKEKE SURRENDER TO OYE/SOLUDO AS COURT OF APPEAL ENUGU DISMISSES THEIR APPEAL AGAINST THE JUDGMENT OF HIS LORDSHIP, HON JUSTICE C C OKAA WHICH UPHELD THE DR VICTOR OYE LED LEADERSHIP OF APGA AND THE CANDIDACY OF PROF CHARLES CHUKWUMA SOLUDO. A Special panel of the Court of Appeal sitting at Enugu and presided over by His Lordship, Hon Justice Monica Dongban Mensem, PCA on Wednesday, 25th August 2021, struck out the appeal filed by Jude Okeke/Umeoji against the judgment of His Lordship, Hon Justice C C Okaa delivered on the 19th of July, 2021. The Court of Appeal…

Two factions have emerged in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) following the suspension of the party National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, by a Port Harcourt High Court. On Monday, the court restrained Secondus from parading himself as PDP helmsman. Sequel to this, the Deputy National Chairman (South), Elder Yemi Akinwonmi, laid claim to the leadership of the party. But the Deputy National Chairman (North), Senator Suleiman Nazif, also said he is in charge of the party. The Nazif led faction of the party has fixed Friday August 27, for the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting.

The Deputy National Chairman (South) of the Peoples Democratic Party, Elder Yemi Akinwonmi, has taken over the affairs of the party following the restraining order issued against the National Chairman, Uche Secondus, by a Rivers High Court in Port Harcourt on Monday. Akinwonmi cited Section 35 (b) of the PDP Constitution to support his action and suspended the National Working Committee meeting of the party indefinitely. THE WHISPERER reported that a High Court in Rivers State restrained Prince Uche Secondus from parading himself as the National Chairman or member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The injunction was granted on…

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has tackled Barr. Aliyu Mahdi Gusau, the Deputy Governor of Zamfara State for not defecting to the All Progressives Congress, APC with his principal. The deputy governor had refused to defect with Governor Bello Mattawale to the APC. In a tweet on Tuesday morning, the former aviation minister said: “When a Governor decamps from one party to another shouldn’t his Deputy go with him? Is that not what loyalty is all about? “Against his better judgement @Bellomatawalle1 picked you as his running mate & made you Deputy Governor &…