Politics

Tinubu Returns To Nigeria Amid Health Fears The National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has returned to Nigeria after a brief holiday abroad, contrary to speculations that the APC leader was sick and hospitalised in France. Tinubu made his return to Nigeria on Tuesday evening a few hours after news filtered in that his health had continued to deteriorate and that he was currently receiving medical treatment at an unspecified hospital abroad. One of his aide, who returned to Nigeria alongside the national leader of the ruling party, told The News across that Tinubu was hale and…

Chairman of the Nigeria Governors' Forum and Governor of Ekiti State,  Kayode Fayemi  on Tuesday paid a courtesy call to the Chief Whip of the Senate and former Governor of Abia state,  Senator Orji Uzor Kalu Gov Fayemi who arrived Kalu's residence at exactly 11: 30 am spent more than three hours with Kalu. Details of the visit is still unknown as at  the time of filing this report See photos

The Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) , Chief Victor Oye, has been suspended for alleged anti-party activities. The National Working Committee (NWC) of the party, ratified and announced his suspension today in Abuja. The NWC further announced Chief Jude Okeke as National Chairman.   Details later.

The Ogun State All Progressive Congress (APC), Caretaker Committee’s treasurer, Adekunbi Banjoko is dead. The Party’s Publicity Secretary, Mr. Tunde Oladunjoye, made the announcement in a statement on Monday, in Abeokuta, capital of Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria. Tunde said, Banjoko died earlier on Monday. According to Mr Tunde, “A devoted Christian, seasoned politician, and former Secretary to Sagamu Local Government. He also served as treasurer of the party diligently, humbly and to the best of his ability. “He will surely be missed by our members in the state working committee of the party. “The late treasurer is survived by wives…

Former Anambra state governor and PDP vice presidential candidate in the 2019 presidential election, Mr. Peter Obi has tackled the administration of Prof. Ben Ayade of Cross River State. Obi, who accompanied the National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, and other top members of the party had stormed Calabar and issued Governor Ben Ayade a quit notice for failing to deliver on his campaign promises to the people of Cross River State. Speaking during the official Inauguration of Efiok Cobham-led Caretaker Committee and unveiling of new party state secretariat( annex) on Monday in Calabar, Obi…

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Uche Secondus, Gov Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State and former Senate President, Bukola Saraki have said they were in Calabar to formally give a quit notice to Gov Ben Ayade of Cross River State. Secondus said they were also in the state to formally commission the new state party secretariat even as he also inaugurated the caretaker committee headed by former deputy governor of the state, Efiok Cobham. The national chairman said the PDP is much intact and will certainly recover the state from APC, even as he said they…

PDP governors in strategy meeting, plot APC downfall in 2023 State governors under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have converged on Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, to stategise on how to dethrone the governing All Progressives Congress in the 2023 general elections. On Sunday, the governors pledged to provide the needed platform for the party to return to power at the federal level in 2023. The Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum and Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, made the pledge at a state banquet, organised by the Akwa-lbom State government, ahead of the forum…

Violence broke out at mega rally of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano on Saturday. The rally, which was organised to welcome former governorship candidate of the Green Party of Nigeria (GPN), A. A. Zaura and other decampees into APC, is taking place at Sabongari area of Kano metropolis. While Rt Hon Hamisu Chidari, Speaker of Kano state House of Assembly, was giving his goodwill message, some of the party members in attendance started exchanging blows. The incident almost disrupted the rally as people fled in different directions. But normalcy was restored after a while. The rally is…

Discussions are in advance stage for former Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku to rejoin embattled People's Democratic Party (PDP), sources confirms to THE WHISPERER on Thursday. Maku who dumped the party in 2014 after a controversial primaries which produced Alh. Yusuf Agabi as gubernatorial candidate will join with key associates and supporters in their thousands. The planned reunion aimed at repositioning the party ahead of the nation's 2023 general elections has however sent jittery to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). "The negotiation is being handled by a former governor. Maku will be back home soon", a state official…