Politics

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…

Former Governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke Returns To PDP Donald Duke, a former governor of Cross River State, has dumped the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and returned to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Mr Duke returned to the PDP on Monday following the defection of Governor Ben Ayade to the All Progressive Congress (APC). A source close to the former governor confirmed his defection to THE WHISPERER. The former governor, who is a founding member of the PDP, was the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the 2019 general election. He was the state governor…

More details are emerging from the defection of Governor Ben Ayade from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) last week thursday. Details emerging now show that Mr. Ayade may have also been ambushed in the same manner his defection shocked some of his aides and political allies, THE WHISPERER has learnt. According to Cross River Watch, Mr. Ayade had met with Governor Hope Uzodinma and some other APC bigwigs Wednesday night and is said to have placed on the table the need to consult with his followers on the best way to move. “He requested…

May 21, 2021 Press Statement PDP Dissolves, Replaces Cross River State Caretaker Committee The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on behalf of the National Executive Committee (NEC), has approved the dissolution of the State Caretaker Committee for the Cross River state chapter of the party The decision is in pursuant to the powers conferred on the NWC by the PDP Constitution. Consequently, the NWC has constituted a new State Caretaker Committee to pilot the affairs of the chapter of the party at the state level The members of the new State Caretaker Committee for Cross…

Although the next governorship election in Kaduna State is almost two years away, the two main political parties, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), are already engaged in a silent battle to produce Governor Nasir el-Rufai's successor at Sir Kashim Ibrahim House. El-rufai recently scratched the subject of who might Succeed him in 2023. That Pronouncement of his has opened the Race to Kashim Ibrahim House to all Manners of Permutations. Top Seven Politicians that May Succeed the Outgoing Governor in 2023 include: 1. Rt. Hon. Isa Ashiru (PDP) Ashiru was the 2019 PDP Governorship Candidate,…

Kenneth Udeh, Abuja The former acting Director Of Projects, Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission and APC chieftain, Hon. Dr Cairo Ojougboh, has joined the long train of APC bigwigs to congratulate and welcome the Governor of Cross River state, Professor Ben Ayade who recently sojourned from the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) to the All Progressive Congress (APC). In a statement released on Friday from his Abuja office, Ojougboh Described Ayade as a quintessential governor who knows the right time to make decisions that will better not just himself but the people of Cross River state and the…

Former Governor of Abia State and Chief of the Senate, Dr. Orji Kalu has described the defection of Governor of Cross-Rivers state, Mr Ben Ayade from the People's Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a welcome and timely development. Commending the efforts of the Caretaker Chairman of the APC, Alhaji Mai Mala Buni and stakeholders of the party for the giant strides in galvanizing grassroots support for the APC, Kalu stressed that the ideals of the APC are anchored on genuine leadership and good governance. Kalu, who described Ayade as a progressive politician and silent achiever,…

The Member representing Obubra/Etung Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon Mike Etaba, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Etaba, who was elected on the PDP platform, is a second term member of the house. He announced his defection shortly after Governor Ben Ayade joined the party. Read statement: WE HAVE LEFT THE UMBRELLA!! Dear Brothers & Sisters of Obubra/Etung Federal Constituency: Today, I joined His Excellency, Sen. Prof. Sir Ben Ayade, my colleagues in the National Assembly and several other high-ranking dignitaries in our dear state to join the ruling All…