Politics

Sep
05
2022
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Why We Trust Orji Kalu – Abia Community

Why We Trust Orji Kalu – Abia Community

Politics
The President General of Idima Abam Development Union, Chief Bassey Okorie Kalu has promised that the people of Idima Abam in Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia State would continue to support the senator representing Abia North senatorial district, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu. Kalu in a chat with journalists during a town hall meeting described the senator’s strides as unprecedented, saying he had surpassed expectations in the area of welfare of the people and in the socio-economic development of the senatorial district. He said the decision to endorse Kalu followed careful observation and proper fact finding carried out on his…
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Sep
01
2022
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Those You Called Children Brought You From Gutter To Become National Chairman – Wike Hits Ayu

Those You Called Children Brought You From Gutter To Become National Chairman – Wike Hits Ayu

News, Politics
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…
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Sep
01
2022
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2023: We’ll help PDP lose election – Wike

2023: We’ll help PDP lose election – Wike

Politics
The Rivers State Governor has threatened to help the Peoples Democratic Party lose the 2023 presidential election. The governor issued the threat at the commissioning of the internal road in Omerelu community in Ikwerre local government area of Rivers on Thursday. The governor who was responding to recent comments by the National Chairman of the PDP, Iyorchia Ayu said the chairman is exhibiting arrogance. He said “Doctor Ayu said we are children. Yes, the children brought you from the gutter to make you chairman. “Now we have seen that you don’t want the party to win election, we will help…
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Sep
01
2022
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Abia APP Tour: Guber Candidate, Mascot Uzor Kalu Visits Aba North Council Area

Abia APP Tour: Guber Candidate, Mascot Uzor Kalu Visits Aba North Council Area

Politics
In continuation of his LGA verification tour, the Abia state APP's governorship candidate, Chief Mascot Uzor Kalu, and his team stormed Aba North today for a brief town hall meeting. The verification tour, which kicked-started yesterday, is to assess the preparedness of the party for the upcoming elections in the state and to examine the growth of the party by the governorship candidate. In what was perceptible evidence that the party is growing at a geometrical rate barely a year after its formation in Abia state, the hall was filled to the brim with elated party members that came to…
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Aug
31
2022
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Abia APP’s Guber Candidate, Mascot Kick-Starts LG Verification Tour (Photos)

Abia APP’s Guber Candidate, Mascot Kick-Starts LG Verification Tour (Photos)

News, Politics
The governorship hopeful of Abia state and candidate of the Action Peoples Party, APP, for the 2023 gubernatorial election in the state, Chief Mascot Uzor Kalu, has kick-started what he calls a verification tour across the 17 L.G.As of the state to ascertain the voting strength of his party for the upcoming election. Today, Chief Mascot, in conjunction with his running mate, Prof. Osondu Akoma, and his entourage, stormed Umurakpa Community of Osisioma Ngwa LGA to kick-start the tour. Hon. Prince Charles Nwogu, the LG Chairman of APP in Osisioma Ngwa, on behalf of the party's faithful, members of the…
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Aug
31
2022
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PDP Crisis: Those calling for my resignation are children – Ayu blasts Wike’s group

PDP Crisis: Those calling for my resignation are children – Ayu blasts Wike’s group

Politics
The National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party(PDP), Iyorchia Ayu, has said he will not resign his position because he sees no reason for him to do so. Mr Ayu stated this in an interview with BBC Hausa Service on Wednesday. He has been under pressure from a group of governors and former governors of the party, led by Rivers governor, Nyesom Wike, to step down and allow a southerner take his position. The governors had been complaining against the imbalance in the leadership of the party in which Mr Ayu, the presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and the heads of…
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Aug
31
2022
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We’re Not A Social Media Party, We Have 22 Million Voters – Labour Party

We’re Not A Social Media Party, We Have 22 Million Voters – Labour Party

Politics
The Labour party says it is not a social media party, vowing to win the 2023 elections. The National Publicity Secretary of the Party, Comrade Arabambi Abayomi, who stated this in Lagos, said there are more than 22 million registered voters who have indicated interest in the party. He said Nigerians are yearning for change as the ruling All progressives Congress, APC, has failed to meet the expectations of the people. “We are not a social media political party. The people that are conducting our rallies across the states are human beings. We are the new phenomenon, the uncommon political…
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Aug
31
2022
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Those Who Are Seriously Contesting To Take Over From Ikpeazu Are Already Known – Odo Ijere

Those Who Are Seriously Contesting To Take Over From Ikpeazu Are Already Known – Odo Ijere

Opinion, Politics
As the clock of May 29th, 2023 ticks, it is time to put on our analytic caps, pick up our kaleidoscope, redoubt our thinking membrane and gaze dispassionately into what future awaits us Abians as a people. I'm writing this piece to help settle the dust kicked by my last article which got many asking why I stepped out to eulogyze the person of High Chief Ikechi Emenike. I have been asked what happened to the MBEN agenda, Ohafia ejikerele mantra, Udumaeze political renaissance, Abia North charter, Abia equity charter and what have you. The truth is that these potpourri…
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Aug
30
2022
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Senate 2023: Abia North Will Deliver 99% Votes For Orji Kalu – Prof Ndukwe

Senate 2023: Abia North Will Deliver 99% Votes For Orji Kalu – Prof Ndukwe

News, Politics
A professor of Law, Eme Agha Ndukwe has congratulated the Chief Whip of the Senate and Senator representing Abia North Senatorial district, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu on his successful mid term constituency tour while commending his vision and determination to reposition and transform Abia North for greatness. This is even as he said that the Chief Whip will win the 2023 Abia North senatorial election with a landslide. Speaking with newsmen on Tuesday in Umuahia, Ndukwe based his optimism on Kalu's performance in the 9th Senate and his popularity in the nation’s politics and capacity to deliver good governance. Ndukwe,…
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Aug
29
2022
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Pendulum: My Early Permutations On 2023 Presidential Election, By Dele Momodu

Pendulum: My Early Permutations On 2023 Presidential Election, By Dele Momodu

Politics
Fellow Nigerians, let me make a few clarifications before going into the nitty-gritty of this epistle. Today, I’m wearing two caps on this page. I’m a journalist as well as a politician. I have been both for decades, although I remain pre-eminently a journalist. Also, I have been a non-partisan politician for a long time until recently. Even then I have seen it fit to support candidates from the two mainstream political parties depending on the capacity and performance of the ruling government party. Since this is my column, it is expected that it will reflect my personal opinion and…
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