Politics

Chief whip of the Senate , Dr Orji Uzor Kalu will emerge as the senatorial candidates of the All Progressives Congress in the state at the end of Friday’s primaries. Kalu represents Abia North in the Nigerian Senate and has received overwhelming applause and commendation for rebuilding Abia North in the three years he represented the zone Kalu was cleared to contest the primaries of Abia senatorial districts, while the single opponent he had has withdrawn from the race . The former Governor who dropped his presidential ambition for the Senate President, Senator Ahmad Lawan , will now contest the…

Mosco Ukoha Kalu Ofon, founder of Ohafia Vanguard for Equity and House of Assembly aspirant for Ohafia South State Constituency, has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Ofon announced his decision to leave the party in a letter addressed to the PDP chairman in his Ania Ohafia ward and made available to THE WHISPERER on Monday evening. The development comes days after the House of Assembly primary election of the People's Democratic Party, PDP. Ofon said he is leaving the party with immediate effect as a result of “some irregularities ongoing in the party”. "I humbly write…

Etigwe Uwa SAN is a legal practitioner and Senior Partner at the commercial law firm of Streamsowers & Kohn where he heads the firm’s litigation and Arbitration departments. He attended Methodist Boys’ High School and King’s College both in Lagos and he is a law graduate of the University of Lagos. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators UK and was in 2009 conferred with the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria. He holds a Masters Degree in International Relations and Finance from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of the Tufts University Boston. He is…

A coalition of northern group under the auspices of Arewa Youths Ambassadors (AYA) has thrown its weight behind the aspiration of the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, for 2023 Presidency. The group in their support expressed support the Senate President to become the next president of the country. This was contained in a statement jointly signed by the National Coordinator Aliyu Muhammad; Acting Secretary General, Abdulkadir Rabiu; National Organising Secretary, Ibrahim Shehu, and the Director of Media and Publicity, Waziri Biu, in Abuja on Monday. The group described Lawan as the best presidential material for the 2023 general election. It urged…

Delegates of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Bauchi have endorsed the presidential ambition of Mr Tein Jack-Rich. The delegates said it was time to reciprocate the many humanitarian projects sited by the philanthropist in Bauchi State. The delegates made the endorsement during a familiarisation visit by the presidential aspirant on Saturday, in Bauchi. The Chairman of APC in the state, Alh Babayo Misau, who spoke on behalf of the delegates, said Jack-Rich does not need to campaign for their votes as his humanitarian projects, scattered all over Bauchi, were enough to speak for him. Misau said that delegates from…

Mr Tein Jack-Rich, a presidential hopeful under the umbrella of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says to ensure stable economic growth, his administration will work with state governments. According to Jack-Rich, who spoke in an interview with newsmen in Abuja on Saturday, he will do that through a careful study of states’ economic policies and models, as well as the understanding of how their microeconomic engines work. ``We will have an in-depth knowledge of how these sates’ microeconomic engines are stirred and what keeps them functional, so that when the exposure comes, the mitigation is there,’’ he said. The astute…

A frontline Governorship aspirant in Abia State, Dr Ukpai Iro Ukpai, has picked his nomination and expression of interest forms today at the National Secretariat of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Abuja. Addressing members of the National Working Committee after obtaining the forms, Ukpai thanked the National Chairman of the party, Prof. Rufai Ahmed Alkali flanked by the National Secretary (Chief Dipo Olayoku); the National Deputy Treasurer (Hon Chibuisi Mba); and the South East Zonal Chairman (Prince Nweze Onu) for welcoming him and his team and for his strategic role in the nation's democracy space. He appreciated the…

The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan was in Calabar earlier today in connection with his bid to be the APC flag bearer for the 2023 presidential election. He was accompanied by the former Governor of Abia State and the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, former Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma Egba, former Senator representing Cross River Central Senatorial District, Senator John Own Enoh, and other chieftains of the party. His first port of call was the Cross River State government house where he met the State Governor, Prof Ben Ayade. Thereafter, Lawan held pally with the APC leaders…

Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Etigwe Uwa, was in Ukwa East and Ukwa West Local Government Areas yesterday in connection with his bid to be the APGA flag bearer for the 2023 governoship election in Abia State. Uwa had long started his consultation but this was his first outing to the council areas. He was accompanied by political associates including the President of Mben Political Assembly, MPA, Chief Lucas Uche Onuh Eme. Uwa held pally with the APGA leaders in the council areas and delegates to solicit their votes ahead of the governoship primaries scheduled for the end of May. See…