Politics

A Professor of Political Economy, Ikenna Nzimiro Jnr on Saturday said the South-East geo-political zone will appreciate the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu after 2023 presidential election. Nzimiro said the decision of the former Abia state governor to back the Senate President Ahmad Lawan was in order, since the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the People's Democratic Party, PDP, have refused to concede the 2023 presidency to the South-East geo-political zone. He commended the courage and sagacity of Senator Orji Kalu to speak truth to power, describing him as a politician with deep vision and tactical…

Barring any last minute change, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will announce its presidential candidate for the 2023 general polls on June 1, 2022. This is in line with the new timetable for the 2023 general elections released recently by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), mandating all political parties to complete the conduct of their primaries not later than June 3. The APC National Executive Committee (NEC) had on April 20, at its meeting held at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja, approved May 30, 31 and June 1, 2022 for the party’s presidential primary election. Sequel to…

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…