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Member, National Governing Council of the Africa Union Development Agency(AUDA-NEPAD), Hon Edozie Madu on Thursday, met with the Anambra State Executive of the  APC in Awka to officially declare his intention to fly the party's flag in the November 6th Governorship election in the State. Madu was received at the Anambra APC secretariat by members of the State Executive led by the Caretaker Committee Chairman, Chief Basil Ejidike. Addressing party members, the former Presidential candidate of Independent Democrats(ID) called on the party to provide a level playing field for all the aspirants in the upcoming Governorship primaries in the state.…

Nigerians Questions Tinubu's Mental Fitness As He Goofs, Calls Dolapo Osinbajo ‘Wife Of The President’ The national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, goofed while delivering a speech during the book launch of First Lady Aisha Buhari’s biography titled, “Aisha Buhari: Being Different”. Tinubu, who was chairman of the occasion, inadvertently referred to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s wife, Dolapo, as “wife of the president”. The gaffe quickly sent social media into frenzy as some Nigerians questioned Tinubu’s mental fitness ahead of 2023 presidential election. Watch video:  

Senator Sati Davies Gogwim, who represented Plateau Central in the Senate between 2007 and 2011, has passed on at the age of 71. He died Wednesday at Mayfield Medical Hospital, Jos, the state capital after an undisclosed ailment. THE WHISPERER gathered that the deceased recently returned from the United Kingdom after receiving treatment for the ailment before he eventually passed on in Jos. In his condolence message, Plateau State Governor Simon Lalong expressed sadness over Senator Godwin’s death, describing him as a patriotic Nigerian who gave the nation and Plateau State his very best at all times.    

Former Minister of Information, Professor Jerry Gana, has alleged that there is no government in Nigeria. Gana said this when he, alongside many of his supporters, returned the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday. In March 2018, Gana, a member of the Board of Trustees of the PDP, had dumped the party for the Social Democratic Party. But addressing the party members in Bida, Niger State, during a reception to mark his return to the party, Gana said the country is nosediving and needs urgent rescue. Prof. Gana said, “Today is not a day for lecture. It is not a…

Willie Obiano, the Governor of Anambra State, South Eastern Nigeria, has dumped his All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for the ruling All Progressives Party (APC). Obiano announced his defection today, April 1, 2021. Thanks for reading. APRIL FOOL!!!😂🤣😂🤣 Happy new month to all our readers. Stay blessed.

POWER!!! 2023 Election: PDP Holds Closed-Door Meeting With Bolaji Abdullahi, Other Ex-Guber Aspirants The Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has held a closed-door meeting with its former gubernatorial aspirants. The meeting, which was held at the party’s Tanke Junction Secretariat, Ilorin has immediate past Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Hon Ali Ahmad; a former Minister of Youth and Sports, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, a former state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Saka Isau (SAN) and one-time Chief of Staff and former Commissioner for Health, Alhaji Ladi Hassan, among others in attendance. Although the details of the…

He will be part of those that will make a better and youthful president for this country. I believe in his judgement,” he said Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello has declared that Bola Tinubu, a leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), will support a youthful president come general elections in 2023. Mr Bello made the comment while speaking to BBC Pidgin. When asked who will make a better president between him and Mr Tinubu in 2023, Mr Bello said that Mr Tinubu knows his limitations and would rather advocate for the younger generation to take over the leadership of…

Okigwe Zone Senatorial Zone Election: Gov. Uzodinma Loses As Owerri Hight Court Vacates Injunction Restraining INEC From Issuing Certificate Of Return To Ararume Justice E. O. Agada of Owerri High Court vacates the Injunction he placed on INEC not to issue Senator Ifeanyi Araraume Certificate of Return, saying INEC should issue him Certificate Of Return as ordered by Federal High Court Abuja.   Details later.

“We, therefore, say categorically that the Senate President has never made any such statement, before or after 2019. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has debunked reports which alleged that he was planning for a constitutional amendment to elongate President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure beyond 2023. Mr Lawan, in a statement by his Special Adviser (Media), Ola Awoniyi, in Abuja, said he firmly stands by the constitutional provision for a term limit for elected public officers and would not support any move to amend the section. The statement reads: “The Office of the President of the Senate has noted a tweet by…