Politics

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has claimed that an individual in Nigeria’s presidency is supporting Atiku Abubakar ahead of the 2023 elections. The former vice president is the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Wike lost the ticket to him in May and continues to insist that the national chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, step down. In his remarks at the Ahoada Campus of the Rivers State University, he said the party’s flagbearer and the chairman should be from the North. The governor accused the Atiku camp of being arrogant because they believe they have a strong backing. “They are…

Former President of the Senate of Nigeria, Adolphus Wabara, has emerged as the new chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party. His appointment followed the resignation of the former National PDP BoT Chairman, Walid Jibrin, amid the crisis rocking the main opposition party in the country. Jibril’s resignation and Wabara’s appointment were announced on Thursday at the BoT and National Executive Committee meeting on Thursday in Abuja. Wabara, was an Abia South senator for two consecutive terms from 1999 to 2007. He was Senate President between June 2003 and April 2005. Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers…

The All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, denied nursing grudges against the APC National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu. Tinubu made the clarification before his scheduled meeting with the National Working Committee of the APC at the party’s headquarters in Abuja. According to him, it is rarity to see big masquerades dance in a cage instead of the market square. The roundtable, which was earlier slated for 10.00 am, did not commence until five hours later. Addressing newsmen at the secretariat, Tinubu who admitted reading his alleged cold war in newspapers, claimed that it was a rumoured manufactured…

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has lambasted the National Chairman of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), Iyorchia Ayu, for displaying "ingratitude" and "arrogance" after being aided in obtaining the party's national leadership seat. "These children you said we are, brought you from nothing,” the governor said on Thursday at the opening of the Omerelu Internal Roads in the state's Ikwerre Local Government Area. Recall THE WHISPERER had reported that Iyorchia Ayu, described party members calling for his resignation as children who knew nothing about the party. Ayu said he had not committed any offence to warrant a call for his…