Politics

Ahead of the forthcoming 2023 governorship elections, a multi state-wide opinion poll commissioned by ANAP Foundation and conducted by NOI Polls Limited has seen Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos state, Alex Otti of Abia state and Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq of Kwara state leading in the elections in their various states. The Atedo Peterside-led organisation also projected that in Rivers, Siminalayi Fubara of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has an edge while in Kano, the race is between Abba Kabir Yusuf of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In Lagos, the…

A swarm of bees on Saturday disrupted a rally organised by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State. The APC had organised a road walk in Ihima, Okene to campaign for all candidates of the party from the area. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Kogi Central senatorial candidate, Natasha Hadiza Akpoti Uduaghan is also from the town. In 2019, Akpoti was a governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party in the state, challenging Governor Yahaya Bello. “Bees have disrupted our road walk in Okene, Kogi State,” a party member told online newspaper SaharaReporters. Governor Yahaya Bello, the state…

The House of Representatives Majority Leader, Alhassan Ado Doguwa, has alleged that the deputy governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kano, Murtala Sule Garo is a mole in the party, because he is working for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. This is even as he refuted the trending story that he sent a delegation of party members to beg Garo, also a former Kano State Commissioner for Local Government, after exchanging of blows between them over the weekend. Doguwa in a video now trending on social media and sighted by THE…

Senator Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed Binani has resigned her position as the Coordinator of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council in Adamawa State, THE WHISPERER has learnt. A statement personally signed by Binani indicated that she stepped aside pending the outcome of an appeal case against the annulment of her election as the governorship candidate. A federal high court had nullified the governorship primary in the state won by Binani. “Senator Aishatu Binani steps aside as Adamawa State Tinubu/Shettima Campaign Coordinator pending the outcome of Appeal Court case filed. The PCC is urged to appoint an interim coordinator in…

Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has increased the number of his newly appointed special assistants on political units to 200, 000. The Governor, while inaugurating the last batch of the 100,000 appointees at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Omagwa in Ikwerre Local Government Area on Friday, said he decided to increase the number to accommodate more people, who had shown willingness to work for him. The Governor, who said the gesture was part of the stomach infrastructure he promised the state, asked local government chairmen to return to their domains and identify more people for appointments. Details Shortly…

A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, on Friday, dismissed a suit seeking to disqualify the governorship candidate of PDP, Siminalaye Fubara, believed to be the anointed candidate of Governor Nyesom Wike. An aspirant of the PDP, Chief Morgan West, had challenged Fubara’s candidacy. Morgan alleged that Fubara was not a member of the party and did not have a valid PDP membership card, among other issues. However, the presiding judge, Justice Adamu T. Mohammed, in his judgment, threw out the suit for incompetence and lack of jurisdiction.