Politics

President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, on Friday, submitted his Expression of Interest and Nomination forms at the National Secretariat of the ruling All Progressives Congress in Abuja. The forms were submitted on his behalf by Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State, Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo state, Senator Uba Sani and some members of the Senate. Political associates of the Senate president had paid N100m to purchase the forms on May 9, saying the country needs a “Nigerian president” and not one given to ethnic proclivities. Defending his presence at the APC Secretariat, Uzodinma explained that the delegation…

Abdulmumin Jibrin, a Director General of one of the various presidential campaign groups of Bola Tinubu, has dumped the All Progressives Congress, APC, to the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP. Last weekend Mr Jibrin announced the decision to leave the APC on his verified handle, saying he would reveal the next party to join within 24 hours. “I have done my best for APC. It’s time to move on. I will announce my new political party within the next 24 hours insha Allah. I will make a formal statement in due course. Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin,” he tweeted. He however did…

Senate President and Presidential aspirant of All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ahmad Lawan has approved the appointment of Mr Iyke Ekeoma as the official Spokesman of his presidential campaign organization Lawan is seeking nomination as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress The appointment which takes immediate effect was announced in a release on Friday signed by Senator Bello Mandiya of the Ahmad Lawan Campaign Organisation Ekeoma  is a seasoned journalist and a former General Manager at National Television Authority. He served as Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to former Abia state Governor, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu . He was…

A renowned Industrialist and Humanitarian, Tein T.S. Jack-Rich will today, May 13, 2022, formally declare his intention to run for the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, (APC). This is sequel to the submission of his Nomination and Expression of Interest Forms in compliance to the Electoral Acts and the Party guidelines ahead of the Presidential Primaries. According to a statement from his presidential campaign office Friday, the declaration is in furtherance of the historic project towards the Presidency and in consonance with the extant provisions of the…

Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has refuted the allegations leveled against him by an elder statesman and Niger Delta leader, Chief Edwin Clark that he betrayed the southeast in their quest to produce Nigeria’s next president in 2023. Reacting in a statement he personally signed and made available to The Whisperer in Abuja yesterday, Kalu who was a former governor of Abia State said that he had in the last two years clamoured for a president of Igbo extraction, asking where others who now accused him of betrayal were at the time. Professing a huge respect…

The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogbia ward 13 in Ogbia Local Government Area in Bayelsa State has finally confirmed that former President of Nigeria, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, has joined the APC to run for president. Speaking to Tribune Online via telephone, the Ogbia ward 13 chairman, Igori Freeman, confirmed that Jonathan officially joined the APC on Wednesday, 12th May 2022, in his country home in Otuoke Community of Ogbia LGA. Igori however, refused to give further details of Jonathan’s registration process but pleaded that the state chairman of the APC, Dennis Otiotio, be contacted to get…

There is a raging division among the governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the party’s presidential candidate. The division, it was learnt, was borne out the presidential aspiration of four of the governors of the party. They are Governors Bala Mohammed of Bauchi, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto, Nyesom Wike of Rivers and Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom. Daily Trust gathered that the party’s governors met earlier on Wednesday at the Benue State governors’ lodge in Abuja, but there was no definite outcome on their position. Investigations by Daily Trust revealed that the governors are currently torn between…

Trouble is brewing in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, over the composition of the Presidential Primary Election Committee. Vanguard gathered that Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has registered his displeasure with the Senator Iyorchia Ayu-led National Working Committee, NWC, for allegedly denying Rivers State a slot in the panel. A source familiar with the matter, told Vanguard: “Wike is very angry and he has made this known. In fact, he confronted the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, who stood in as guarantor for Ayu at the time he was elected. “He told Ortom, ‘You brought this man, see what he…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says its presidential ticket will not be zoned to any region. Debo Ologunagba, PDP spokesperson, announced this on Wednesday night after the national executive committee (NEC) meeting at the party’s headquarters in Abuja. He said the decision aligns with the recommendation of the zoning committee. “After a very extensive deliberation, NEC aligned with the recommendation of the PDP national zoning committee that the presidential election should now be left open,” Ologunagba said. “The party should also work towards consensus where possible.” The party’s decision implies that all presidential hopefuls from the six geo-political zones can…