Politics

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…

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has urged politicians seeking to be president in 2023 to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Mr Buhari stated this Thursday in an exclusive interview with ARISE TV. When asked about his succession plan, he said, “The succession plan depends on the party. We are going to leave it for the party. The party will sit and make decision by the constituency they want and so on. So, those who want to be president should better join APC.” Mr Muhammadu also noted that APC would decide which region the presidency would be zoned to in…

Race For Delta 2023 Governorship: Okowa, Ibori In Supremacy Battle That is why I say that even if there is a clash between Ibori and Okowa, it will lead to a compromise and an agreement. For the first time in the political history of Delta State under the new democratic dispensation, a quake of massive proportions is about to call out the big wigs in the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and make them declare their stand, ahead of the forthcoming general elections in 2023. The sudden turn of events, which was certain to happen following covert political manoeuvr Delta…

A socio- political group, Benue Rebirth 2023, has claimed that Rivers State governor, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, plans to install the next governor of Benue State in 2023. In a statement on Monday, the Coordinator of the group, Adue Iortyom, alleged that Mr Wike had reconciled with Governor Samuel Ortom in a bid to actualise his ambition. According to Ioryom, Mr Wike’s move is not in the best interest of Benue people. The statement said: “Our attention has been drawn to a grand plan by Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike and his new found friend, Governor Samuel Ortom to further lower…

Buba Galadima, a former ally of President Muhammadu Buhari, has denied his affiliation with any of Nigeria’s two dominant political parties. Mr Galadima, at a webinar tagged “Intra-Party Democracy in Nigeria: Challenges and Solution,” said he has ceased being a member of either the All Progressives Congress (APC) or the country’s main opposition, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). At the webinar organised by the Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ), he presented himself as the National Chairman of the breakaway of the APC called Reformed All Progressives Congress (rAPC) adding that ”the rAPC is coming back to take Nigeria’s political…

Former Cross River State Governor, Mr Donald Duke Clears Air on his Return to PDP, Says He Re-United with the Party Over a Year Ago Now Read full statement: MY STATEMENT OF RETURN TO PDP Dear Friends, a lot is being said about my return to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Truth is, I reunited with the party almost a year ago now, but in spirit never left the ideals for which the party was founded upon. It is rather unfortunate that Governor Ben Ayade who constantly egged me to rejoin the party has himself had cause to leave. A…

Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has approved the disengagement of 19 political office holders. According to the government, this is the first phase of political appointees to depart the public service during the current rightsizing exercise. Daily Trust reports that El-Rufai had received knocks for disengaging thousands of civil servants in his rightsizing policy. The government had defended its policy by saying it will not continue to pay over 80 percent of its Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) to civil servants and assured that the political appointees will also be affected in the exercise. However the state government yesterday…

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said that his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will suffer if he leaves for another party. Wike made the assertion on Monday while briefing newsmen in Government House, Port Harcourt the state’s capital. THE WHISPERER reports that the governor’s claim is coming barely one week after his Cross River counterpart, Ben Ayade dumped the part for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The governor also claimed that he would win election in any party he joins, stressing that PDP in Rivers State lack political detractor. Governor Wike, who described himself as asset…