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Jun

01

2022

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REVEALED: Atiku Vs Wike: How state delegates voted at PDP presidential primary

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THE WHISPERER has obtained details of how the various state delegates voted at Saturday’s Special National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja. The primary produced former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as the candidate of the opposition party for the 2023 presidential election. Atiku polled 371 votes from the 767 accredited candidates to edge his closest opponent, Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, who polled 237 votes. A last-minute withdrawal by Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, swung the contest in favour of Atiku as delegates from Mr Tambuwal’s North-West stronghold and from other states where delegates had pledged their…

Jun

01

2022

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2023 Presidency: Jack-Rich is the best man for the job, Youth groups tell Buhari

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A coalition of youth groups, under the aegis of Nigerian Youth Groups, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to annoint Mr Tein Jack-Rich as his successor. The group was making the appeal on the heels of Buhari's call on All Progressives Congress (APC) governors on Tuesday in Abuja, to support him in choosing a worthy successor. The coalition's spokesman, Haruna Jagindi, who passed the group's message on Tuesday,, at the end of a Youth Stakeholders meeting in Abuja, said Jack-Rich had all it took to fulfill the president's desires. The president had told the governors that their objective must be the…

May

31

2022

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Otisi Ebitu Ukiwe: It’s About Time By Peter Agba Kalu

Opinion, Politics

There's a burden most children of super great men always lived with, living behind the shadow of their fathers. Always been introduced as the son of this and that without really knowing the quality they are made of or the content of their characters. That was the burden that forced our great leader evergreen in our memory Chief Emeka Odinegwu Ojukwu the great Ikemba of Nnewi to do the unthinkable, by abandoning the business of his father Philip Ojukwu, who was the richest man in Africa then to join the Nigerian Army. To the world then he rebelled, but to…

May

31

2022

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2023: Former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu Set To Join APC

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There are speculations that arrangement are in top gear for the former Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu to join the All Progressives Congress (APC), THE WHISPERER has learnt. Checks revealed that Ekweremadu, the former governorship aspirant under the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu state who stepped down less than 24 hours to the conduct of the primary election and Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State, on Monday, met with the National Chairman of the APC Sen. Abdullahi Adamu. It was learnt that closed-door meeting lasted three hours at the party’s secretariat in Abuja, with sources close to the…

May

31

2022

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Your Zone Betrayed South-East, Kalu Won’t Support Tinubu, Edozie Madu Replies Babafemi

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The former Presidential Candidate of the defunct Independent Democrats, ID, Hon. Edozie Madu, has lambasted the South-West and South-South geo-political zones for not supporting the South-East geo-political zone to clinch the 2023 presidential race. Madu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, stated this while reacting to a a statement by Hon. Jimoh Adewunmi Babafemi, who urged the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu to back the presidential ambition of Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Babafemi, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, had pleaded with the Senate Chief Whip to reconsider his decision on Lawan and…

May

31

2022

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2023 : “Reconsider Your Decision on Lawan and Support Your Ally Tinubu” APC Chieftain Babafemi Begs Orji Kalu

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As the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary elections draw closer, there are concerns in some quarters as to the possibility of National Leader of the APC, Bola Tinubu clinching the presidential candidate of the ruling party considering the power play going on at the moment Less than six days to the elections, the Senate Chief Whip and former Governor of Abia State, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu who has dropped his presidential ambition in support of the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has continued to push for Lawan’s candidacy of the ruling party . Kalu’s support to Lawan has propagated him to…

May

29

2022

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2023: I’m not leaving PDP, says Sam Anya

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Sam Anya, a chieftain of the People's Democratic Party, PDP, has debunked rumours of him dumping the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Anya who contested the House of Representatives seat for Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency, under the platform stated this in a statement signed by him and made available to THE WHISPERER on Sunday afternoon. Read statement below: PRESS RELEASE I, Chief Dr Sam Anya, a House of Representatives aspirant for Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency under the platform of the People's Democratic Party, PDP, is using this opportunity to inform the general public that I remain a committed and bonafide member of the…

May

29

2022

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OPINION: Atiku’s Victory And The Supremacy Of The North By Doyin Okupe

Opinion, Politics

Atiku won the PDP Presidential Primaries on Saturday the 28th of May 2023. But the assurance of the victory was concluded some 24hrs before the delegates elections. The main challenger Nyesom Wike had nearly over ran the whole country with massive deployment of resources and had actually overtaken the Crown Prince himself. Prior to the advent of the primaries ,the North had taken a pre emptive strike by installing a loyalist as the National chairman with ready acquiescence of pdp Southern leaders who believed naively that with that arrangement in place, a southern Presidential candidate was a certainty. The only…

May

29

2022

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2023: Alex Ikwechegh Joins Labour Party After Dumping APGA

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Former Chairman of Aba Local Government Area, Alex Ikwechegh has formally joined the Labour Party days after announcing his exit from the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA. He is expected to contest the House of Representatives primary for Aba North/Aba South Federal Constituency on the platform of his new party. The Igbere born philanthropist is decamping alongside other heavyweight politicians from the state including a former Managing Director of Diamond Bank, Dr Alex Otti, Ibe Okwara Osonwa, Ginger Onwusibe among others.

May

28

2022

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BREAKING: Ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar emerges PDP presidential candidate for 2023 election

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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has won the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential ticket, making him the forerunner for the party in the race to the 2023 general elections. On Saturday, the PDP held its presidential primary elections at the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja amidst the sudden extension of primaries by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Mr Abubakar, a retired customs office and Nigeria’s vice-president from 1999 to 2007, won the most votes from the 767 delegates accredited for the convention. The full results are still being counted. Earlier, Sokoto state governor and fellow presidential aspirant Aminu Tambuwal withdrew…