Politics

Indications have emerged that the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) leaders have allegedly decided to consider the choice of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, as a consensus presidential candidate of the party. This decision, which leaked to supporters of other aspirants less than 25days to the party’s presidential primary election, has resulted in threat of mass defection by supporters of aggrieved aspirants. Recall that last month, Abubakar formally declared to run for the office of the Nigerian president in 2023 under the platform of the opposition PDP. Making his intention known at an event held at the International Conference Centre (ICC)…

Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has finally declared his ambition to become Nigeria’s President in 2023. Amaechi made the declaration at an ongoing All Progressives Congress (APC) event in Rivers State. The former Rivers Governor said he would seek the party’s ticket to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari. “I stand before you today to declare my intention and submit my application to serve as your next President”, he announced.

The wife of the Ondo State governor, Mrs Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, has declared her intention to run for the Imo East senatorial seat in the 2023 elections. Mrs Anyanwu-Akeredolu, who made the disclosure on Friday while addressing journalists in Owerri, Imo State capital, said her decision to run for Senate stemmed from a desire to correct the perceived neglect of the area by successive administrations. According to her, the level of neglect had ensured that the area remained remote despite the rapid urbanisation of other parts of the state. She also lamented the lack of standard medical facilities in the area…

A frontline governorship aspirant in Abia State, Mr Etigwe Uwa, has picked the expression of interest and nomination forms to contest for the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA,  for the 2023 governorship election. Mr Uwa, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria was at the national secretariat of the party in Abuja on Friday with some political associates to purchase the form. Etigwe Uwa SAN, FCIArb is the managing partner at StreamSowers & Kohn, a leading law firm in Nigeria. He was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1990 and was conferred with the rank of Senior Advocate…

Ikpeazu Sacks Chinenye Nwogu as head of Abia Social Investment Programme The Governor of Abia State, Dr Okezie Victor Ikpeazu, has relieved Mr . Chinenye Nwogu of his appointment as Special Adviser (Social Investment), Abia State. This government directive takes immediate effect. BARR. CHRIS EZEM Secretary to Abia State Government

A frontline house of representatives aspirant for Arochukwu/Ohafia federal constituency, Ibe Okwara Osonwa has tasked leaders and stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress in Abia State to stay united in a bid to realize its bid to win the 2023 general elections in the state. Osonwa in a statement signed by him on Friday, noted that the only option available to the APC family on how to wrestle power from the People's Democratic Party, PDP, was to put its house in order before the coming general elections. He therefore urged the leadership of PDP to provide enabling playing ground for…

Members of the Peoples Democratic Party, Abiriba Chapter, at a meeting held on Thursday expressed appreciation to Chief Fred Idika for all he was able to achieve in his time as Transitjon Council Chairman of Ohafia LGA. Speaking during the presentation of Idika as a Federal House of Representatives Aspirant for Arochukwu/Ohafia constituency, the Leader of the party in Abiriba, Chief Mba Ukariwo, described Chief Idika as one of the best TC Chairmen that served Ohafia Local Government in the current dispensation. “We are proud of the tireless work you did to secure the local government during the COVID era,…

A frontline governorship aspirant in 2023 gubernatorial election in Abia State, Mr. Kalu Ijomah Ukeh, has joined the National Rescue Movement, NRM. Speaking to Journalists at the party's secretariat in Abuja, Mr. Kalu Ijomah Ukeh stated that he joined the party because it is a party that aligns with his vision for Abia State and Nigeria at large. He said, "I am pleased to inform all my supporters, friends, Abians and Nigerians that I have officially joined the National Rescue Movement (NRM). My decision was made after an intensive consultations with my family, friends, clergymen and supporters. "If we are…

Govenor Okezie Ikpeazu has withdrew his support to the former Vice Chancellor of Abia State University, Prof Uchenna Eleazar Ikonne as his preferred candidate for the Abia state governorship in 2023, THE WHISPERER has learnt. A source close to the Governor told THE WHISPERER that Ikpeazu was worried by the outright rejection of Ikonne by stakeholders across the three senatorial districts. "The Governor was shocked at how Ikonne was rejected by virtually all the stakeholders including traditional rulers. "He is now considering Chinenye Nwogu and another person I won't name for now. But what I can tell you is that…

The Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has said stakeholders in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will resolve the crisis bedevilling the Abia State chapter of the party. Addressing some leaders of the party from Bende local government area on Thursday evening in Abuja, the former Abia state governor said gap in communication led to the crisis. “I am all out to reconcile everyone. I don't belong to any faction, I didn't support any group, but it is time to come together, because APC in Abia is one big family. "I am in touch with all…