Politics

The Deputy Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Uchendu today countered the comment made by the Deputy Governor of Ebonyi State, Barr. Kelechi Eric Igwe. Barr Igwe had claimed that his Boss, the Governor of Ebonyi State, Dr. Dave Umahi is the best among the 36 Governors in the country during the Unveiling/Presentation of the book titled: “FOOTPRINTS OF EXCELLENCE (80 Leadership Lessons from Global Titans) written by Dr. C. Jasper Uche. But in his own speech at the book launch held at Bridge Waters Suites, GRA Enugu, Rt. Hon. Uchendu noted that Abia State Governor,…

The former Caretaker Committee Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Rivers State, Igo Aguma on Friday announced his exit from APC. Aguma’s resignation came shortly after the  Supreme Court verdict which  gives Isaac Ogbobula right as Care Taker Committee Chairman of Rivers State chapter of APC. Aguma in a press statement said that he  has received the Supreme Court judgement which dismissed his appeal challenging the Court of Appeal decision which upturned the High Court judgment that declared me as Acting Chairman of APC in Rivers state. “It is now clear that it is not within the purview…

A Presidency cabal has succeeded in caging Vice President Yemi Osinbajo through the probe of a former Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Tunde Fowler – both of whom are godsons to former Lagos State Governor and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu. According to SaharaReporters, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister for Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) is central to the caging of the Vice President, Osinbajo; the former FIRS chairman’s probe by the Economic and Financial Crimes and Commission, and the investigation recently initiated against Tinubu. Malami, it was learnt, is eyeing the 2023…

The former Governor of Bauchi State and erstwhile National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Dr. Ahmadu Adamu Mu’azu, has returned to the PDP. The Whisperer gathered that Mu’azu rejoined the party at the ongoing North East Zonal Congress of the PDP. Recall that Mu’azu dumped the PDP shortly before the 2019 general elections. Adamu Muazu, nicknamed the ‘Game Changer’ at the height of his powers as PDP Chairman, saw the party through the 2015 general election in which its presidential candidate, Goodluck Jonathan lost to Muhammadu Buhari of the APC.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has commenced the process of reviewing its constitution ahead of 2023 general elections. National Secretary, APC Caretaker and Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee, John Akpanudoedehe, said this while inaugurating the party’s eight-man Constitutional Review Committee in Abuja on Tuesday. “At the formation stages, parties will often adopt the minimum requirements needed to secure registration. “But as a pro-peoples party, the APC leadership of Gov. Mai Mala Buni believes that in rebuilding the party, there must be reforms that reflect the current trends and aspirations of the owners of the party: that is the people, the masses,”…

A Presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in 2019, Chief Charles Udeogaranya, has said that the way things are going in Nigeria, Ndigbo Republic may emerge instead of Biafra. According to him, "if after 50 years of Nigeria/Biafra civil war and political power brokers do not find it expediently urgent to close this monumental gap of inequality by giving a sense of belonging to the South-East region of Nigeria, then Ndigbo Republic (NR) is inevitable and I will lead the struggle of its actualisation." Udeogaranya said that Ndigbo remains more Nigerian than any other Nigerian ethnic group and…

Kogi State governor, His Excellency, Yahaya Bello met with the former president Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday in Abuja. In the meeting which was held behind a closed door, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Yahaya Bello, Mohammed Onogwu disclosed that his principal and the former president had a fruitful discussion. The Chief Press Secretary stated that Obasanjo urged the governor of Kogi State to sustain his effort in providing security for his state noting Kogi is central to the nation’s peace and development. Former President Obasanjo noted that the fight against insecurity should have everybody on board, stressing that governors…

Despite being a constituent state of the Niger Delta region that enjoys 13 per cent derivation from oil revenue aside from the monthly FAAC allocations and Internally Generated Revenue (IGR), Abia is still not rated among the financially healthy states in Nigeria. Bizarrely, her full basket of natural resources is yet to change her fortune and that of her citizenry. With over 100 oil wells and three installed flow stations that produce approximately 40,000 barrels of crude oil per day, Abia State remains on financial life support. The scowls on people’s faces explain the frustration and growing disenchantment with the…